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JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
As highlighted by Jon in the August PoM Nominations & Highlights thread, Dahnon went and won that Austrian Open title. Very well done, him!

"Dahnon Ward - WR 33 and unseeded, won the Austrian Open title, beating the 1, 2, 3 and 8 seeds (WR 15, 18, 19, 27) en route for a stunning title, including beating Ben Bartram in the final following 12 straight losses to him. Stunning title to win, surely the best effort of his career, certainly the biggest level tournament win of his career"

Thanks Indy, I commented there as you say and completely forgot to come over here!

It was a great title - sometimes one odd result can open but to cause 4 upsets in an event is really good going.

I havent checked todays rankings yet, but hopefully he will see a boost when the points come on

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
indiana wrote:
As highlighted by Jon in the August PoM Nominations & Highlights thread, Dahnon went and won that Austrian Open title. Very well done, him!

"Dahnon Ward - WR 33 and unseeded, won the Austrian Open title, beating the 1, 2, 3 and 8 seeds (WR 15, 18, 19, 27) en route for a stunning title, including beating Ben Bartram in the final following 12 straight losses to him. Stunning title to win, surely the best effort of his career, certainly the biggest level tournament win of his career"
Thanks Indy, I commented there as you say and completely forgot to come over here!
It was a great title - sometimes one odd result can open but to cause 4 upsets in an event is really good going.
I havent checked todays rankings yet, but hopefully he will see a boost when the points come on

Looking at the points breakdown, Dahnon should replace last years 29 points at this event with 175, taking him to 710 points total. The WR 26 has 710 points at the moment, so depending on others losing points, he should move from 33 to around 26 or 27 in today's update. Feels like he deserves more!

His next points drop off will be end Nov though, so he may get the chance to rise further over the next 3 months or so.

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
JonH wrote:
indiana wrote:
As highlighted by Jon in the August PoM Nominations & Highlights thread, Dahnon went and won that Austrian Open title. Very well done, him!

"Dahnon Ward - WR 33 and unseeded, won the Austrian Open title, beating the 1, 2, 3 and 8 seeds (WR 15, 18, 19, 27) en route for a stunning title, including beating Ben Bartram in the final following 12 straight losses to him. Stunning title to win, surely the best effort of his career, certainly the biggest level tournament win of his career"
Thanks Indy, I commented there as you say and completely forgot to come over here!
It was a great title - sometimes one odd result can open but to cause 4 upsets in an event is really good going.
I havent checked todays rankings yet, but hopefully he will see a boost when the points come on
Looking at the points breakdown, Dahnon should replace last years 29 points at this event with 175, taking him to 710 points total. The WR 26 has 710 points at the moment, so depending on others losing points, he should move from 33 to around 26 or 27 in today's update. Feels like he deserves more!
His next points drop off will be end Nov though, so he may get the chance to rise further over the next 3 months or so.

Dahnon does indeed rise to 26th in the rankings (I must have got my calcs slightly wrong) so that is a good week of work for him.

Ben Bartram also rises a spot through getting to the final in Austria and sits 14th.

JonH · Tennis legend

The teams for the World Cup which takes place in September after the Us open are declared. British team is:

Great Britain
Players
Mens

Alfie Hewett

Gordon Reid

Ben Bartram

Womens

Lucy Shuker

Abbie Breakwell

Cornelia Oosthuizen

Quad

Andy Lapthorne

Gregory Slade

Oliver Cox

JonH · Tennis legend

There are 12 mens and womens teams respectively and 8 quad teams

JonH · Tennis legend

The US Open warm up, the WC500 event at College Park, takes place starting today. GB entries:

Mens singles - 24 player draw; Gordon Reid seeded 3 and with a bye, Andrew Penney plays American Charlie Cooper in round one

Womens singles - 21 player draw. Martha Harris has a bye and plays 7th seed Jinte Bos in last 16. Cornelia Oosthuizen plays Takamuro of Japan in round one, Abbie Breakwell plays another Japanese, Tanaka, in round one.

Quad singles - 14 player draw. Andy Lapthorne is seeded 4 and plays Lazarte of Argentina in the opening round; Greg Slade plays Cayulef of Chile in round one

-- Edited by JonH on Tuesday 1st of September 2026 10:12:54 AM

JonH · Tennis legend

a now very close PoM vote is reaching it conclusion tonight - in case you haven't voted and wish to:

britishtennis.activeboard.com/t73176864/british-tennis-forum-player-of-the-month-vote-august-2026/

JonH · Tennis legend

At College Park:

Mens singles - Andrew Penney lost his opener; Gordon plays German, Wilke, in last 16

Womens singles - Cornelia Oosthuizen won in 3 sets and plays top seeded De Groot next. Abbie Breakwell lost in straight sets

Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne won in 2 sets and plays Chiles Diego Perez next. Greg Slade disappointingly lost in 2 sets

Doubles starts today - in quad doubles, Andy and Greg arent playing as a pair, Greg is with Heath Davidson - I wonder if this is a prelude to US Open pairings and the two will be splitting up?

JonH · Tennis legend

At College Park today:

Men's singles - Gordon Reid into the last 8 and plays Charlie Cooper in the last 8. cooper unseeded but there are 3 American non seeds in the last 8 and they are doing well

Men's doubles - Andrew P into the last 8. Partnering Conner Stroud

Women's singles - all out

Women's doubles - Cornelia Oosthuizen and Martha Harris both in the last 8

Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne into the last 4 and plays second seeded Jin Woodman

Quad doubles - Andy and Greg Slade and partners both in the last 4

JonH · Tennis legend

Gordon Reid won his last 8 match in College Park - awtg to find out semis opponent but likely to be Gustavo Fernandez.

Lots of play left today, will see how other Brits got on later

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
At College Park today:

Men's singles - Gordon Reid into the last 8 and plays Charlie Cooper in the last 8. cooper unseeded but there are 3 American non seeds in the last 8 and they are doing well

Men's doubles - Andrew P into the last 8. Partnering Conner Stroud

Women's singles - all out

Women's doubles - Cornelia Oosthuizen and Martha Harris both in the last 8

Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne into the last 4 and plays second seeded Jin Woodman

Quad doubles - Andy and Greg Slade and partners both in the last 4

Gordon does play Fernandez in the last 4 today; Andrew Penney into men's doubles semis; Andy Lapthorne in quad singles semis action.

Our pairs are out of the womens events and quad doubles.

JonH · Tennis legend

Gordon got through Fernandez but via a walkover and now plays top seeded de la Puente in today's final.

In the men's doubles, Andrew Penney and Conner Stroud made it into the final but they also gave a walkover there, which is a shame. Not sure which of them was injured.

And in the quad semis, Andy Lapthorne lost in 3 sets to Jin Woodman.

Good luck to Gordon today.

JonH · Tennis legend

Another good week for Dahnon Ward, this time he is at the WC 100 event in Sion in Switzerland. Seeded 4th, he's reached the final, beating top seed Groenewoud in the semis, losing just 3 games. Dahnon seems to be progressing really well at the moment

JonH · Tennis legend

Gordon Reid battered world number 3, de la puente, in the final to take the College Park WC 500 title! Excellent win for Gordon!