Still 44 votes with less than 10 hours left until the 7.37 pm close, with it just a little tighter at the top:
17 - Fran 13 - Julian and Lloyd 10 - Sonay 4 - Alicia
Let's be getting 50 plus votes for Jon ( he should win with that ). Last year we had 47 votes with less than 10 hours left and finished with 52, and the previous year we had 48 votes with 9 hours left and finished with 54.
Still 44 votes with less than 10 hours left until the 7.37 pm close, with it just a little tighter at the top:
17 - Fran 13 - Julian and Lloyd 10 - Sonay 4 - Alicia
Let's be getting 50 plus votes for Jon ( he should win with that ). Last year we had 47 votes with less than 10 hours left and finished with 52, and the previous year we had 48 votes with 9 hours left and finished with 54.
45 now as Fran gets another.
Work done for the day here!
And just over 7 hours left. Is there enough left in it to see anyone close the gap?
Still 44 votes with less than 10 hours left until the 7.37 pm close, with it just a little tighter at the top:
17 - Fran 13 - Julian and Lloyd 10 - Sonay 4 - Alicia
Let's be getting 50 plus votes for Jon ( he should win with that ). Last year we had 47 votes with less than 10 hours left and finished with 52, and the previous year we had 48 votes with 9 hours left and finished with 54.
If this pattern converts to this year, Fran is almost at the line. Time to get behind Julian and Lloyd, those who think they are the players of the season! Or Fran, Sonay and Alicia if you think someone else is!
I can't put this off any longer as I might forget this evening. In the end I voted for Fran (as I always do) but Sonay was so close - I would have voted for her too if I could have!!!
We have too many Great Doubles players in this country! This means that the BEST of the World Season 2025 are overlooked. The POOLING together of Julien and LLoyd is sheer CLASS.
We end the final proceedings with 51 votes and Fran as
20 - Fran 14 - Julian and Lloyd 13 - Sonay 4 - Alicia
Fran established a clear lead from our first 24 hour voters and Julian & Lloyd I don't think ever then got closer than 4 votes behind though they kept Sonay just behind in a close battle for 2nd place.
Well done to all our finalists who all clearly had particular admirers wondering how anyone could think differently
FWIW that's actually 4 years in a row that the winner has ended on 20 votes.
Emma is the only one ever to get more than 50% in a final ( 2021 of course ) and the highest final vote since 2020 ( that the first one? ) - 22 out of just 40 votes that year for 55%. She would probably have got more if after she went off like a train in the final ( the thread says she got 9 out of the first 10 votes ) I think some folk got a bit distracted with some more interested in affecting the contest for second place between Cam and Joe.
Thanks Indy for seeing it through and congrats to Fran for being our 2025 Player of the Season!
51 votes was a season high poll vote and back up there again, showing the endurance of the Pom and pos process. Enjoyed this years PoS process and wildcard votes v much.
Thanks to all who support and vote in these - I know all dont enjoy them but enough do to make it worthwhile and we go on into 2026!