British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

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.
 
14. Sonay Kartal- its v. tough to reach the QF in a WTA 1000 and 3 big wins for Sonay and then a massive win have got her there at Beijing for the loss of only one set, including impressive wins over Parks, Kasatkina, Joint and , most impressive of all, was the beating of Andreeva, 4th seed and world number 5, 7-5 final set. 

15. Henry Patten - after a hard season, he and Harri H win their first title in 9 months and their second this season at the ATP500 in Beijing. First title as a pair at this level as they move to 4th in the Race. 

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Updated Sonay by subtly changing the original nomination narrative!  

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 1st of October 2025 12:04:16 PM

indiana wrote:

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Good stuff. Though I had previously been thinking that if Sonay's win over Parks was getting a mention, her win over Maya Joint, the 19 yo WR 36, certainly should.

4 very good wins - in playing order Parks, Kasatkina, Joint and Andreeva.

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 duly amended!

Liv is on tomorrow at 6 am our time, Sonay NB 8 am.

If both lose (and I hope one or both can win), then we should be over well in advance of lunchtime and I will aim to post the September vote around that time tomorrow, probably running it through to Sunday morning this time.

A finish with coffee and a bacon sandwich / granola (take your pick!) on a Sunday sounds grand, I would say.

Of course, if one of them wins, then we kick the whole thing on a day or so, maybe even two, depending on where things get to - and it would be a nice problem to have!

Ok, so September is officially over ! Any last minute nominations, please get them on to the list by midday. I will be posting the vote shortly after that.

The October nominations thread will also be posted around then as well so any performances from week 40 should go on there