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British Tennis Forum May 2026 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread

JonH · Tennis legend

Thank you TA.

JonH · Tennis legend

A few strong qualies wins and two players into the FQR.

Other action is taking place this week, of course!

PoM nominations for May end this Sunday and the PoM poll will, hopefully, be posted and ready for votes on Sunday evening (so that we dont encroach too far into the start of the FO main draw action.

If you feel like nominating someone before Sunday, just add to the list below, get rid of this extra text in the post, and add your players name and narrative and re post

Nomination list:

1 - Neal Skupski - back to #1 in the world in doubles. Being #1 - you can't do better than that - got to be worth a shoutout

2 - Liv Zingg - 14 years old, Liv won the biggest title of her career with the J100 in Peru, taking out the top seed in the process. As CD said at the time of her title "Liv is still 14, and this is her first singles title at above J30 level

3 - Sophie Johnstone - doing the double, winning singles and doubles, at the domestic J60 in Edinburgh. Her second singles and doubles title this year, and first titles at J60 level

4. Jan Choinski - winning the CH75 in Zagreb, his first title of the season and taking him to a new career high and the verge of the top 100

5. Katie Swan - winning back-to-back titles in Japan - W35 at Fukuoka, follows by W75 at Kurume, accompanied by a rise in ranking (TBC) of some 66 places to 203 Ten consecutive wins and only dropped one set.

JonH · Tennis legend

Heading towards the end of the week, a few players coming good Nominations close Sunday. Remember, RG qualies counts towards this month so any performances this week are fair game for a nomination. RG main draw counts towards June

JonH · Tennis legend

We enter the last weekend of the month, thanks to DF for the update!

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

Will anyone get on our list this weekend - weve already got one qualifier for the FO, will Felix join Toby and has either done enough to join our list!?

JonH · Tennis legend

Nomination list:

1 - Neal Skupski - back to #1 in the world in doubles. Being #1 - you can't do better than that - got to be worth a shoutout

2 - Liv Zingg - 14 years old, Liv won the biggest title of her career with the J100 in Peru, taking out the top seed in the process. As CD said at the time of her title "Liv is still 14, and this is her first singles title at above J30 level

3 - Sophie Johnstone - doing the double, winning singles and doubles, at the domestic J60 in Edinburgh. Her second singles and doubles title this year, and first titles at J60 level

4. Jan Choinski - winning the CH75 in Zagreb, his first title of the season and taking him to a new career high and the verge of the top 100

5. Katie Swan - winning back-to-back titles in Japan - W35 at Fukuoka, follows by W75 at Kurume, accompanied by a rise in ranking (TBC) of some 66 places to 203 Ten consecutive wins and only dropped one set.

6.Toby Samuel - beating Martin Damm, and David Goffin, en route to qualifying for his first grand slam event in the French Open, on clay, a result which will see his ranking move near to the top 150 and to GB number 8

-- Edited by JonH on Friday 22nd of May 2026 05:31:00 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Clearly a very good shout re Toby but as commented on in the French Open men's qualifying thread, as well as his 40 total points due to be added from Q and R1, he has 14 points due to come off in the 08/06 rankings.

378 + 40 - 14 = 404 points would leave him for now GB #8, even if close behind Jake, Arthur and Billy, and more likely still outside the top 150.

Clearly much yet to change in the post RG rankings but Toby would need to win further post May PoM points to rise above GB #8.

He's still done great already though.

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Clearly a very good shout re Toby but as commented on in the French Open men's qualifying thread, as well as his 40 total points due to be added from Q and R1, he has 14 points due to come off in the 08/06 rankings.

378 + 40 - 14 = 404 points would leave him for now GB #8, even if close behind Jake, Arthur and Billy, and more likely still outside the top 150.

Clearly much yet to change in the post RG rankings but Toby would need to win further post May PoM points to rise above GB #8.

He's still done great already though.

Edited subtly and accordingly!

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Nomination list:
1 - Neal Skupski - back to #1 in the world in doubles. Being #1 - you can't do better than that - got to be worth a shoutout

2 - Liv Zingg - 14 years old, Liv won the biggest title of her career with the J100 in Peru, taking out the top seed in the process. As CD said at the time of her title "Liv is still 14, and this is her first singles title at above J30 level

3 - Sophie Johnstone - doing the double, winning singles and doubles, at the domestic J60 in Edinburgh. Her second singles and doubles title this year, and first titles at J60 level

4. Jan Choinski - winning the CH75 in Zagreb, his first title of the season and taking him to a new career high and the verge of the top 100

5. Katie Swan - winning back-to-back titles in Japan - W35 at Fukuoka, follows by W75 at Kurume, accompanied by a rise in ranking of 66 places to 203 Ten consecutive wins and only dropped one set.
6.Toby Samuel - beating Martin Damm, and David Goffin, en route to qualifying for his first grand slam event in the French Open, on clay, a result which will see his ranking move near to the top 150 and to GB number 8

remember, nominations close tomorrow for this, Ill say for 8 pm which will allow me to post the PoM vote later tomorrow evening

Edit:- Katie Swan

-- Edited by the addict on Saturday 23rd of May 2026 01:51:37 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

Im probably missing something, but as far as I can tell the week 20 contenders left playing today are:

Alicia in the W35 singles final in Spain
J30 girls and boys singles finals in Newport
M15 mens doubles last 8 and beyond, maybe, in Turkey for Stefan Cooper or Carl Holder. The OOP suggests they will try to move it through to the final, with Stefan playing Carl in the last 8.

Not sure how that last 8 and 4 stage in Turkey M15 doubles will play out, but Im going to close nominations for May PoM at 8pm regardless, and the vote will go up between 9 and 10 pm most likely.

So final nominations for May PoM by 8 pm please.

-- Edited by JonH on Sunday 24th of May 2026 07:06:21 AM

JonH · Tennis legend

Nomination list:

1 - Neal Skupski - back to #1 in the world in doubles. Being #1 - you can't do better than that - got to be worth a shoutout

2 - Liv Zingg - 14 years old, Liv won the biggest title of her career with the J100 in Peru, taking out the top seed in the process. As CD said at the time of her title "Liv is still 14, and this is her first singles title at above J30 level

3 - Sophie Johnstone - doing the double, winning singles and doubles, at the domestic J60 in Edinburgh. Her second singles and doubles title this year, and first titles at J60 level

4. Jan Choinski - winning the CH75 in Zagreb, his first title of the season and taking him to a new career high and the verge of the top 100

5. Katie Swan - winning back-to-back titles in Japan - W35 at Fukuoka, follows by W75 at Kurume, accompanied by a rise in ranking of 66 places to 203 Ten consecutive wins and only dropped one set.

6.Toby Samuel - beating Martin Damm, and David Goffin, en route to qualifying for his first grand slam event in the French Open, on clay, a result which will see his ranking move near to the top 150 and to GB number 8

JonH · Tennis legend

I notice Alicia already won a W35 singles title in week 18, and Stefan an M15 doubles title in week 18 also.

Not sure re week 19 but both sitting on titles already in this 3 week May PoM period

britishtennis.activeboard.com/t72430240/2026-titles-seniors-juniors-singles-doubles/

-- Edited by JonH on Sunday 24th of May 2026 07:45:42 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, Alicia is having another very good week 20 too in both singles and doubles. I remain a bit perplexed by her March PoM vote but she's looking good this month and I am just waiting for her to play her singles final for a possible W35 singles / doubles double.

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Yes, Alicia is having another very good week 20 too in both singles and doubles. I remain a bit perplexed by her March PoM vote but she's looking good this month and I am just waiting for her to play her singles final for a possible W35 singles / doubles double.

Hadnt realised Alicia has a doubles title to her name this week, and two W35 singles titles would certainly trump her March W15 titles.

Eta - just seen her doubles result from yesterday. Good stuff

-- Edited by JonH on Sunday 24th of May 2026 07:38:32 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Nomination list:

1 - Neal Skupski - back to #1 in the world in doubles. Being #1 - you can't do better than that - got to be worth a shoutout

2 - Liv Zingg - 14 years old, Liv won the biggest title of her career with the J100 in Peru, taking out the top seed in the process. As CD said at the time of her title "Liv is still 14, and this is her first singles title at above J30 level

3 - Sophie Johnstone - doing the double, winning singles and doubles, at the domestic J60 in Edinburgh. Her second singles and doubles title this year, and first titles at J60 level

4. Jan Choinski - winning the CH75 in Zagreb, his first title of the season and taking him to a new career high and the verge of the top 100

5. Katie Swan - winning back-to-back titles in Japan - W35 at Fukuoka, follows by W75 at Kurume, accompanied by a rise in ranking of 66 places to 203 Ten consecutive wins and only dropped one set.

6.Toby Samuel - beating Martin Damm, and David Goffin, en route to qualifying for his first grand slam event in the French Open, on clay, a result which will see his ranking move near to the top 150 and to GB number 8

7. Alicia Dudeney - in the first week of the month as top seed she won the Nottingham W35 singles. And then in the 3rd week of the 3, as respectively 2nd and top seed, she won both the singles and doubles in the Estepona, Spain W35. From singles WR 301 at 04/05 she will rise to a further CH about WR 257, currently projected to be GB #7. In doubles from WR 216 at 04/05 she will rise to a further CH about WR 200, currently projected to be GB #10.