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

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Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and lets hope they get over the line soon, and get the title they deserve.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration.

9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.

10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.

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Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and lets hope they get over the line soon, and get the title they deserve.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration.
9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.
10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.
11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 17th of September 2025 07:53:55 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thought I would get JPJ on here , no point in waiting!

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Thought I would get JPJ on here , no point in waiting!

Ha, well just don't complain later that you seem to end up making many of the nominations.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Thought I would get JPJ on here , no point in waiting!
Ha, well just don't complain later that you seem to end up making many of the nominations.

And that, my friend, is fair comment!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

As we hit the back end of week 4 of 5, just a week and a bit left in this months PoM, and Friday Feeling is here, courtesy of DF

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

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JonH comes home wrote:
Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and lets hope they get over the line soon, and get the title they deserve.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration.
9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.
10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.
11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process
Katie is one who may need a little narrative upgrade over the weekend!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and lets hope they get over the line soon, and get the title they deserve.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration. Followed up by reaching the final the following week, winning 9 matches over the fortnight.

9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.

10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.

11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process

updated Katies narrative - anyone wishing to build on it, may do so.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and lets hope they get over the line soon, and get the title they deserve.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration. Followed up by reaching the final the following week, winning 9 matches over the fortnight.

9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.

10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.

11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process

12. Jan Choinski - in a month where a few have won challengers, Jan takes the biggest of them with a CH125 in Austria; his biggest ever title, beating the world 102 in the final for his highest ranking win this year. Excellent week for Jan and maybe the best British title of the month?

given up on worrying - Jan deserves a nomination as much as all the others on here!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 21st of September 2025 07:54:38 PM

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Last week of nominations this week. The Japan and China Opens both will end after the weekend, so if there is GB involvement as we get
to that point, I will extend the nominations period for just those events to allow for those to play out.

The biggest concern is the womens China Open, there are 3 British singles players in it (Emma, Katie and Sonay) and, presumably, Liv in doubles. In theory it ends on 5th October, a whole week after the period end, but it started today with main draw starting Wednesday. So well within September. Ill follow it closely and lets see where the Brits are by Sunday, to determine whether we
Keep the event aligned to September or need to move it to counting towards October. My gut feel is I will keep it aligned to September as a week 39/40 events. but other week 40 events will all count wholly towards October. If we have players going deep into it, then its a nice problem to have.

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Mens Japan Open and mens China Open will definitely
Remain and count towards September

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Just realised the end of this week represents 3/4 of the year gone, 39 weeks down in the tennis calendar, 13 weeks left.

Plenty still to enjoy!

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DF is nice and early with the Friday Feeling this week.

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

Remember, for the events mentioned its the final weekend for nominations; with the exception of China and Japan Opens, where we will keep nominations open until all Brits are out, due to the staggered finishes and 10 day events etc

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Nominations List:

1. Cam Norrie - 4th round Roland Garros, quarter final Wimbledon and now 3rd round New York, again the last British man standing. Match of the tournament just now against Comesana, before taking Novak to 4 sets in round 3. Ive nominated Cam 3 times after each of those slams. Hopefully he gets more votes this time !

2. Hamish Stewart - 2 weeks in a row qualifying for and reaching R2 of ATP Challenger 75s ( Manacor and Cassis ), in the first beating the top seed Otto Virtanen WR 123 in straight sets for a best ever rankings scalp. Takes out his CH 442, being now live ranked 413.

3. Ruben Harris - won the US Open junior wheelchair doubles title with his Austrian partner, Max Taucher, for our only piece of silverware in the wheelchair tennis in New York. The junior events are only held here and in Paris, so a rare chance to win a big title. Ruben is playing senior events now and looks to be one to watch for the future.

4. Max Basing - for doing the double - winning singles and doubles titles at the M25 in Bali after winning the M15 singles in Thailand the previous week, cumulatively taking him up to about WR 450. Added a third title in 3 weeks in singles with another M25 win in Bali, stretching his unbeaten run to 14 matches. A very profitable run of events for Max and I see from the schedules he plans to play the Aussie ITF stretch next as he continues to progress.

5. Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski - for reaching their second grand slam doubles final of the year and coming so close to glory at the US Open. Great start to their pairing and lets hope they get over the line soon, and get the title they deserve.

6. Billy Harris - it may not have been the hardest set of opponents and it may have been a CH 75, but Billy had never won a title at Challenger level until now. In fact, he was the highest ranked player without a challenger title. But not anymore - Billy wins the Cassis Challenger, his first at this level and his ranking back to around 136 as a result. Nice one, Billy!

7. Francesca Jones - WTA 250 Sao Paolo SF should take her to a big new CH 73 ( up to GB #2 ) and to #60 for points won this year so far.

8. Katie Swan - for winning the W35 in Wagga Wagga. This may not be the level of tennis any of us think she is capable of, but the fact she has played and won 5 successive matches and is seemingly fit and healthy is cause for celebration. Followed up by reaching the final the following week, winning 9 matches over the fortnight.
9. Alicia Dudeney - winning two consecutive W15 singles in Monastir, and also reaching the doubles finals in both weeks, winning the second one. A significant boost to Alicia's ranking, taking her from WR692 to around WR565 and from 52 points to 82 points. And she's entered for the W35's in the next two weeks.
10. Lucy Shuker - Lucy has won plenty of series 3 events but at the Birmingham Classic in Toronto she faced the added pressure of playing fellow Brit and challenge for British top spot, Cornelia Oosthuzen. In a real battle, Lucy won in 3 long sets and , with it, probably secures top British womens player spot for the season.
11. Jack Pinnington-Jones - won his second Challenger title this season, at the Challenger 75 in Winston-Salem. Managed it without losing a set and losing just 30 games in 10 sets; impressive display and will reach a new career high of 177 in the process
12. Jan Choinski - in a month where a few have won challengers, Jan takes the biggest of them with a CH125 in Austria; his biggest ever title, beating the world 102 in the final for his highest ranking win this year. Excellent week for Jan and maybe the best British title of the month?

As we hit the weekend, Billy (and Cam in doubles) are the only players I can see currently nominated that is in action still and may add to their September record. Involvement in Japan Open is over and so the end date of that no longer need concern the PoM vote timings, leaving just China Open to potentially disrupt things.

In Beijing, we still have the following involved as of now:

Emma and Sonay in women's singles

Liv in women's doubles

Cam, Henry, Julian/Lloyd in men's doubles

No doubt this will reduce over the weekend. Emma, Sonay, Henry and Julian/Lloyd are in Saturday action.

Outside of that, a number of players are in weekend action as summarised per DF's weekly Friday Feeling update, but some have already dropped away