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

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A BBC article looking at Julian and Lloyd and linked to the post by Hadley above, nominating them on their year end number one status

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cy9p7x1x7e1o

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

I can see that , while Henry and Julian / Lloyd all clearly deserve nomination it is likely to split the doubles votes. Personally I think that Henrys year end championship title edges it . But it may open the door for others and Im hoping that Cam finally gets into the top 2 !

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Dannythomas wrote:
I can see that , while Henry and Julian / Lloyd all clearly deserve nomination it is likely to split the doubles votes. Personally I think that Henrys year end championship title edges it . But it may open the door for others and Im hoping that Cam finally gets into the top 2 !

Yes, the voting could be very interestingly balanced this month!

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We enter the last weekend of this months PoM duration and DF has posted Friday Feeling again

britishtennis.activeboard.com/t66034135/who-has-that-friday-feeling/

Lets see if anyone can nudge their way onto our list of 11 as it stands.

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Toby, Alicia and Liam all still in action this week.

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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 WR308 on 250 points. Still building on her singles ranking where she has broken into the top 500 at WR488. Reached the SF in the W35 in Monastir to add further points and a rise to a new CH of around WR453 when the points go on

6. Josh Paris/Marcus Willis - won the CH100 Challenger title in Bergamo. For Josh, it is his biggest title to date and for both of them it takes them to new career highs- Marcus to the top 80 and Josh into the top 100 for the first time. A great way to end their season and a great platform for 2026.

7. Toby Samuel - winning his first Challenger title, in Soma Bay, Egypt, following up a smaller M15 title earlier in November. Dropped one set all week and will rise over 100 places to a new career high around 329 with this title.

8. Felix Gill - winning 2 successive Turkey titles, M15 then M25, moving from.WR 493 at the start of the month to around WR 410.

9. Lui Maxted - doing the M25 double (singles and doubles) at the ITF event in Austin, losing just one singles set seeded 5th. Should be closing on the top 500 in singles as a result.

10. Avon Ladies Winter County Cup team - at the weekend they won the national title, division 1. A real team effort after two consecutive promotions in previous seasons. They beat Yorkshire, Kent and Hertfordshire to win it for the first time ever. And with the plans to end this competition they might hold it for ever now...A different sort of nomination but I think worth recognition as most years the usual suspects win....Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Herts etc.

11. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - for being crowned Doubles No 1 pair for 2025 season

as we go into the final weekend of the month, here is the current list. Nominations close Sunday night, voting will be opened Monday morning.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 29th of November 2025 08:43:46 AM

Edited to update Alicia's nomination

-- Edited by the addict on Saturday 29th of November 2025 01:22:36 PM

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Some of those nominated are building on their record for the month - the original nominator or anyone else can edit the narrative over the weekend if they feel there is a build needed for any of those in action this weekend or, indeed, since the original entry was written.

For new nominations - plenty going on this weekend with Zach, Jay, Hollie, and others already making their name known - if you think anyone deserves a nomination, just add them to the list above and re post it with your supporting narrative as to why they are worthy of a PoM vote!

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With Jay, Zach, Arthur, Toby, Alicia, Liam, Charles all in semis today, we have some potentials to keep an eye on. Mika lost her doubles final today after a really good week and Hollie lost her quarterfinal in Mexico after a good run.

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Remembering nominations close tomorrow night (most if not all of the action will be over mid afternoon Sunday); any final updates to players narratives should be complete before I post this months vote, which will be around 8 am Monday, if not before. Thanks!

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Jay gets into a challenger final; his second of the month, having lost to Toby in Soma Bay earlier this month.

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3 men into challenger finals- Jay, Arthur and Toby.

Good work for the last week of the challenger season!

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JonH comes home wrote:
Remembering nominations close tomorrow night (most if not all of the action will be over mid afternoon Sunday); any final updates to players narratives should be complete before I post this months vote, which will be around 8 am Monday, if not before. Thanks!

Obviously all the play tomorrow is east of us and will therefore be well over by mid afternoon.

as such, it will help me with work to post the Pom vote Sunday evening - about 10.

so unless any objections - and it will help my work commitments as I need to be at work early Monday- can I have final nominations and updates in by 10 pm Sunday. It doesnt matter if anyone wants to check rankings etc, live rankings will do the trick I am sure.

but if this causes a real issue, please shout and Ill listen. It just will help me now Im thinking a little more about what Ive got on etc.

so, 10 pm Sunday - thank you.

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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 !

5. Alicia Dudeney - winning the W50 doubles title in Trnava (with Elena Malygina). Her fifth and largest title of the year, taking her to WR308 on 250 points. Still building on her singles ranking where she has broken into the top 500 at WR488. Reached the SF in the W35 in Monastir to add further points and a rise to a new CH of around WR453 when the points go on

6. Josh Paris/Marcus Willis - won the CH100 Challenger title in Bergamo. For Josh, it is his biggest title to date and for both of them it takes them to new career highs- Marcus to the top 80 and Josh into the top 100 for the first time. A great way to end their season and a great platform for 2026.

7. Toby Samuel - winning his first Challenger title, in Soma Bay, Egypt, following up a smaller M15 title earlier in November. Dropped one set all week and will rise over 100 places to a new career high around 329 with this title.

8. Felix Gill - winning 2 successive Turkey titles, M15 then M25, moving from.WR 493 at the start of the month to around WR 410.

9. Lui Maxted - doing the M25 double (singles and doubles) at the ITF event in Austin, losing just one singles set seeded 5th. Should be closing on the top 500 in singles as a result.

10. Avon Ladies Winter County Cup team - at the weekend they won the national title, division 1. A real team effort after two consecutive promotions in previous seasons. They beat Yorkshire, Kent and Hertfordshire to win it for the first time ever. And with the plans to end this competition they might hold it for ever now...A different sort of nomination but I think worth recognition as most years the usual suspects win....Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Herts etc.

11. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - for being crowned Doubles No 1 pair for 2025 season

last day of November action today - Jay, Arthur and Toby all play in challenger singles finals. In juniors, in Stirling, Annabel plays Milica in the girls and Archie plays in the boys final.

as per note above, nominations will close by 10pm please, plus any narrative updates for achievements this week. if any of these masters or those who also did well this week appealed, get them on the list by 10pm, please, and the vote will go live soon after. The vote will last exactly 48 hours this month, through to Tuesday pm.

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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 WR308 on 250 points. Still building on her singles ranking where she has broken into the top 500 at WR488. Reached the SF in the W35 in Monastir to add further points and a rise to a new CH of around WR453 when the points go on

6. Josh Paris/Marcus Willis - won the CH100 Challenger title in Bergamo. For Josh, it is his biggest title to date and for both of them it takes them to new career highs- Marcus to the top 80 and Josh into the top 100 for the first time. A great way to end their season and a great platform for 2026.

7. Toby Samuel - winning his first Challenger title, in Soma Bay, Egypt, following up a smaller M15 title earlier in November. Dropped one set all week and will rise over 100 places to a new career high around 329 with this title.

8. Felix Gill - winning 2 successive Turkey titles, M15 then M25, moving from.WR 493 at the start of the month to around 385 at month end (live rankings)

9. Lui Maxted - doing the M25 double (singles and doubles) at the ITF event in Austin, losing just one singles set seeded 5th. Enters into the top 500 at month end as a result

10. Avon Ladies Winter County Cup team - at the weekend they won the national title, division 1. A real team effort after two consecutive promotions in previous seasons. They beat Yorkshire, Kent and Hertfordshire to win it for the first time ever. And with the plans to end this competition they might hold it for ever now...A different sort of nomination but I think worth recognition as most years the usual suspects win....Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Herts etc.

11. Julian Cash/ Lloyd Glasspool - for being crowned Doubles No 1 pair for 2025 season

12. Jay Clarke - won his second challenger of the season, in Islamabad, having been runner up in Soma Bay Challenger earlier this month. His 93rd match of a long season, he should rise to 170-175 with this win, and to GB number 6 or 7, depending on later results.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 30th of November 2025 11:05:26 AM