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British Tennis Forum October 2026 Player of the Month Nominations and Highlights thread

JonH · Tennis legend

One PoM process ends and another begins

First week of 5 this month and DF has posted the weekly round up

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

the addict · Tennis legend

Nominations:

1. Madeline Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

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JonH · Tennis legend

Good stuff! Thanks TA

JonH · Tennis legend

Nominations:

1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.

-- Edited by JonH on Thursday 8th of October 2026 09:23:30 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

End part of week 2 of 5 and Friday is almost here!

Thanks to DF and if any player catches your eye this week, you know what to do

Worth calling out Madeleine Brooks, already on the list for a WTA125 title and onto the semi of this weeks with a different partner.

https://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t66034135/who-has-that-friday-feeling/?page=84&ts=last

-- Edited by JonH on Thursday 8th of October 2026 09:22:52 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

Nominations:

1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.

end of week 2 of 5 and this is the current months nominations list as we stand.

JonH · Tennis legend

Halfway through the month now, mid way through week 3 of 5. Remember, anyone can nominate at any time; no need to wait on others or until the end of the month. No rules!

Jones · Social player

Nominations:

1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.

4: Sonay Kartal - for making round three of consecutive WTA 1000 tournaments. Hopefully the start of a good few weeks for Sonay in her quest to return to the top 100.

JonH · Tennis legend

Thank you Jones! I guessed someone would go for Sonay at some point. I see she is just started on court now in that third round, let's hope she is able to go even further this week and subsequent weeks!

JonH · Tennis legend

Jones wrote:

Nominations:
1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.
4: Sonay Kartal - for making round three of consecutive WTA 1000 tournaments. Hopefully the start of a good few weeks for Sonay in her quest to return to the top 100.

Sonay's win just now probably makes this look outdated already and some of her wins eg WR 12 have been worth calling out (that was her second best win by ranking). So it may well be worth updating this narrative and padding it out a little come the end of the week! Anyone can do that, PoM is a communal activity, or Jones can add to it if they wish, at any point (but suggest end of the week is best?) Good stuff!

JonH · Tennis legend

It's almost Friday and the end of week 3 of 5 is upon us - thanks to DF for the round up.

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

If any catch your eye- get them on the list!

JonH · Tennis legend

Jones wrote:

Nominations:
1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.
4: Sonay Kartal - for making round three of consecutive WTA 1000 tournaments. Hopefully the start of a good few weeks for Sonay in her quest to return to the top 100.

I think Jones or someone should be checking the pen has ink left in it for a little narrative upgrade later this weekend!

Dannythomas · Intermediate Club Player

JonH wrote:
Jones wrote:

Nominations:
1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.
4: Sonay Kartal - for making round three of consecutive WTA 1000 tournaments. Hopefully the start of a good few weeks for Sonay in her quest to return to the top 100. And now with huge wins over Kalinina, Bencic , Paolini Svitolina and Ostapenko she has reached the Wuhan final and is comfortably inside the top 100. In fact shes in the top 50 ! Her performance in outlasting world no 6 Svitolina ( who is enjoying her best ever year ) was especially impressive And she followed it up with a really gutsy 2 close tiebreak straight sets win over Ostapenko. In beating Paolini, Svitolina and Ostapenko she has out fought 3 of the biggest fighters there are.

I think Jones or someone should be checking the pen has ink left in it for a little narrative upgrade later this weekend!

Updated Jon ! Hopefully it needs further updating this weekend . I didnt want to touch what Jones originally wrote but it probably still needs a bit of editing !

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Saturday 17th of October 2026 11:48:08 AM

JonH · Tennis legend

Nominations:

1. Madeleine Brooks and Amelia Rajecki - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Jingshan, China. Millie's second title at this level and Madeleine's first. They are both climbing up the rankings towards the top 100 - live ranked 120=NCH and 116

2 Gordon Reid - after winning the French Riviera Open wheelchair mens doubles title in Nice, Gordon re-ascends to outright top spot in the world rankings, edging ahead of his partner and good friend, Alfie Hewett. Having won three of this seasons grand slam mens doubles titles, a well deserved accolade for Gordon

3 Cornelia Oosthuizen - aged 47, Cornelia becomes British number one in wheelchair women's singles for the first time (world ranking of 20) in the 5th October rankings release.

4: Sonay Kartal - for making round three of consecutive WTA 1000 tournaments. Hopefully the start of a good few weeks for Sonay in her quest to return to the top 100. And now with huge wins over Kalinina, Bencic , Paolini and Svitolina she has reached the Wuhan semis and is comfortably inside the top 100. Her performance in outlasting world no 6 Svitolina ( who is enjoying her best ever year ) was especially impressive.

thanks Danny- just got rid of the chat around the edges so we have a clean version for future posts!