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

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

mdewey wrote:
There is an interesting conundrum here. What do we do about Katie? She has been steadily achieving over an extended period and not so far been nominated. Does that qualify as PoM November (we cannot change history, we did not nominate her before as far as I remember) or do we wait and nominate her for the wildcard vote as she spread her success over several months?

Yeah - as Indy says, she has actually had a couple of nominations so far this year, just not made significant impact on the vote.

But her record this month certainly qualify her for a November nomination IMO and her longer record for a wildcard nomination as well.

November may also be a generally quieter month than most, as will December, so it may well be that she has a shout in the vote - and she could well build on it in the next 2 weeks as well.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations:

1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.

2. TBD - World Tour Finals Doubles - one of (at least) Joe/Neal, or Henry. Let's see who comes out on top!! - narrative to be written and updated accordingly

3. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

Had to be done!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 15th of November 2025 06:47:10 PM

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.

2. TBD - World Tour Finals Doubles - one of (at least) Joe/Neal, or Henry. Let's see who comes out on top!! - narrative to be written and updated accordingly

3. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

4' Katie Swan - Katie wins the W50 in Brisbane to add to her other titles this year, beating the no.2, 3, 5 and 6 seeds on the way, including highly rated junior Emerson Jones.

ETA If she does make Australian Open qualifying I'll be considering her as my PoS.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Sunday 16th of November 2025 05:40:38 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks Emmsie - glad to see Katie doing so well!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.

2. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

3. Katie Swan - Unseeded, Katie wins the W50 in Brisbane to add to her other titles this year, beating the no.2, 3, 5 and 6 seeds on the way, including highly rated junior Emerson Jones. Re enters the top 300 as a result.

added a little to Katies entry. Also Ill add the doubles entry back in later once the final is done/ the holding entry was a bit clumsy and not quite in true order.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.
2. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

3. Katie Swan - Unseeded, Katie wins the W50 in Brisbane to add to her other titles this year, beating the no.2, 3, 5 and 6 seeds on the way, including highly rated junior Emerson Jones. Re enters the top 300 as a result.
4. Henry Patten- Fantastic to see a 75% all British ATP Turin final, and fantastic to see 5 British players in the final top 10 doubles rankings (or in 3 of the top 5 pairs ) .Henry and his partner Heliovaara took the title and Henry deserves nomination for 3 aces in the final game serving out the match alone !
added a little to Katies entry. Also Ill add the doubles entry back in later once the final is done/ the holding entry was a bit clumsy and not quite in true order.

Ill leave you to edit this as you think fit Jon !

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Sunday 16th of November 2025 04:15:27 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.

2. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

3. Katie Swan - Unseeded, Katie wins the W50 in Brisbane to add to her other titles this year, beating the no.2, 3, 5 and 6 seeds on the way, including highly rated junior Emerson Jones. Re enters the top 300 as a result.

4. Henry Patten- Fantastic to see a 75% all British ATP Tour Finals final, and fantastic to see 5 British players in the final top 10 doubles rankings (or in 3 of the top 5 pairs ) .Henry and his partner Heliovaara took the title and Henry deserves nomination for 3 aces in the final game serving out the match alone !

lovery, thanks Danny!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 16th of November 2025 04:48:42 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Although our list is smaller than normal for this time, it feels like a very high quality list. Will be interesting to see how the list develops as the focus turns from main tour to Challengers and ITF events, juniors and, then, next month, almost exclusively ITF events and juniors.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.
2. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

3. Katie Swan - Unseeded, Katie wins the W50 in Brisbane to add to her other titles this year, beating the no.2, 3, 5 and 6 seeds on the way, including highly rated junior Emerson Jones. Re enters the top 300 as a result.
4. Henry Patten- Fantastic to see a 75% all British ATP Tour Finals final, and fantastic to see 5 British players in the final top 10 doubles rankings (or in 3 of the top 5 pairs ) .Henry and his partner Heliovaara took the title and Henry deserves nomination for 3 aces in the final game serving out the match alone !
lovery, thanks Danny!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 16th of November 2025 04:48:42 PM

Back end of week 3 of 4 - DF highlights runners and riders in the FF thread and the serious part of the week begins

https://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t66034135/who-has-that-friday-feeling/?page=76&ts=last

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

A number of players are progressing well this week still. Good to see.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Titles and finals starting to come through. If anyone appeals, remember to nominate them by adding to the latest list above. Only 4 players currently appearing on it!

the addict · Tennis legend

1. Cam Norrie - maybe Cam should have won this title, but he came in seeded 7, won round after round from behind and almost took the title in Metz. We have only had two ATP singles finalists all year, Jack in IW and now this and it is Cams only final of the season. We should celebrate that and the fact he has come back from nearly out of the top 100 to a likely Aussie Open seeding.

2. Liam Broady - qualified for and then proceeds to reach the final in the Lyon Challenger, beating Hanfmann, seeded 7 and ranked just outside the top 100, on the way. His first challenger final in over 2 years and this result lifts him from 390 to just outside the top 300, a rise of over 80 places. Welcome back, Liam.

3. Katie Swan - Unseeded, Katie wins the W50 in Brisbane to add to her other titles this year, beating the no.2, 3, 5 and 6 seeds on the way, including highly rated junior Emerson Jones. Re enters the top 300 as a result.

4. Henry Patten- Fantastic to see a 75% all British ATP Tour Finals final, and fantastic to see 5 British players in the final top 10 doubles rankings (or in 3 of the top 5 pairs ) .Henry and his partner Heliovaara took the title and Henry deserves nomination for 3 aces in the final game serving out the match alone !

5. Alicia Dudeney - winning the W50 doubles title in Trnava (with Elena Malygina). Her fifth and largest title of the year, taking her to WR250 in live rankings. Still building on her singles ranking where she has broken into the top 500 at WR488 (in live rankings so TBC)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks The Addict!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

For Alicia, and last weekend for Henry, that is their 4th respective nomination of the season. Cam, Fran and Julian/Lloyd have 6 apiece, Sonay has 5. This puts them both up near the top of the list.

Cam is the outlier - his nomination this month puts him equal top on nominations but he hasnt really troubled the voting at any stage this season and, at this stage, is the only player mentioned in this post who isn't into the Player of the Season field. Yet.

For Alicia, it is also her 8th title of the season in total, from Indy's collated 2025 records. This puts her equal 2nd on titles with Hamish Stewart, just behind Ben Jones on 9.

Alicia is a making herself a geniune contender for doing well in the Player of the Season vote.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 22nd of November 2025 05:35:32 PM