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British Tennis Forum September 2025 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

For those events not called the China Open, that end today or tomorrow, then the nominations should ideally be in by the end of Sunday, please - if anyone gets triggered. My aim is to get the vote up asap after the China Open is over for British interest. So Id ask that the nominations coming from other events are all put on the list before the end of Sunday, please. There are a few Brits in action in ITF singles events, men and women, that may still lead to someone nominating, perhaps doubles as well; not really followed the juniors closely to know if that may lead somewhere and, of course, we have the All American College event as well, with one of our players still in doubles action there and others in the consolation events.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and cemented by qualifying for the Tour Finals as the September month ends.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration. Followed up by reaching the final the following week, winning 9 matches over the fortnight.

9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.

10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.

11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process

12. Jan Choinski - in a month where a few have won challengers, Jan takes the biggest of them with a CH125 in Austria; his biggest ever title, beating the world 102 in the final for his highest ranking win this year. Excellent week for Jan and maybe the best British title of the month?

updated Joe and Neals entry.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Harriet D, Matt S., and Liam B into respective finals tomorrow - George L and Oliver O to come still later on today in their semis.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 27th of September 2025 11:06:26 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Harriet D, Matt S., and Liam B into respective finals tomorrow - George L and Oliver O to come still later on today in their semis.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 27th of September 2025 11:06:26 AM

George is playing in the final today and currently looking good to possibly win it quite soon.

indiana · Tennis legend

And George does indeed win the Sweden M25 title, probably taking him to a further new CH.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
And George does indeed win the Sweden M25 title, probably taking him to a further new CH.

Cool - I hadnt followed closely but assumed as it was Saturday, it was semis day! Those darn Scandis!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Sonay, Emma, Liv+, Julian/Lloyd, Henry+ and Cam + all still in China Open- with Henry and Cam facing off tomorrow, the others will be in action again Monday; so the PoM process for September will definitely extend beyond the weekend.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Harriet D, Matt S., and Liam B into respective finals tomorrow - George L and Oliver O to come still later on today in their semis.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 27th of September 2025 11:06:26 AM
George is playing in the final today and currently looking good to possibly win it quite soon.

Oli joins Harriet, Liam and Matt in tomorrows finals and , as Indy says, hopefully some of them can follow George to a title as well.

Lambda · ATP level

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and cemented by qualifying for the Tour Finals as the September month ends.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration. Followed up by reaching the final the following week, winning 9 matches over the fortnight.

9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.

10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.

11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process

12. Jan Choinski - in a month where a few have won challengers, Jan takes the biggest of them with a CH125 in Austria; his biggest ever title, beating the world 102 in the final for his highest ranking win this year. Excellent week for Jan and maybe the best British title of the month?

13. Savannah Dada-Mascoll - her breakthrough tournament. An Appalachian State senior, she is ranked #106 in the college rankings and caused the upset of the week in the ITA All-Americans Championships by knocking out the #1 ranked player as well as defeating the #51, #27, #13 and #48 ranked players. She defied all odds and won her half of the consolation draw to book a place in the NCAA championships.

-- Edited by Lambda on Saturday 27th of September 2025 07:02:54 PM

-- Edited by Lambda on Sunday 28th of September 2025 03:34:40 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks Lambda - I think Savannah is a genuine contender in quite an even month. Good stuff

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Singles titles this weekend for George, Harriet and Liam- Oli O to come later.

And plenty of players still in Beijing, so the month will continue, at least through tomorrow.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

In fact , Beijing play is guaranteed at least through Tuesday as Henry wont play again til then

SuperT · Futures level

JonH comes home wrote:
In fact , Beijing play is guaranteed at least through Tuesday as Henry wont play again til then

Does that mean next week counts towards September POM rather than October?

Lambda · ATP level

I've updated Savannah's entry in my previous post in light of today's result that got her a place in the NCAA Championships.