British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Editing and adding yet more for Mika ..

1. Rhys Lawlor (2009) - winning the singles title at the J100 in Greece. He's our #2 best player for the age (after Ceban) and this is his first title in 2025, and his best win ever

2 Mark Ceban (2009) - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J200 in Spain. This equals his best wins ever, and will give him a big booster in ITF points

3 Mika Stojsavljevic - the 16 yo, in week 40 reached a Tunisia W35 singles final plus won the doubles title. Then in week 42 won the Birmingham W35 singles title, with some fight backs before 6-4 6-0 in the final, beating 4 seeds on the way, WRs 366, 356 (Mimi), 289 (Marni) and 376. Then in week 43 reached the Wrexham W100 singles final, this time losing out to Mimi, having beaten 2 top 300 players, including Marni again, on the way. Then in week 44, having risen over 400 places this month to a CH 352, GB #11, and world U17 #2, actually level on points with the #1, Julieta Pareja, she took a very well eaned rest.

4. Gordon Reid - won his biggest singles title in 7 years, at the series 1 tournament in Mallorca at the Rafa Nadal Academy, beating Gustavo Fernandez in the final. His previous title this year was at Series 2 level and his last Series 1 title was the Korean Open in 2018

5. April Sackflame - age 13.5 (born 2012), winning the J60 singles title a Loughborough, in her first ITF event. A graceful player, with a lot of natural skills, and one to watch; followed by being runner up in the TE under 14 Yellow Bowl in Gran Canaria, seeded 7.

6. Brooke Black - winning the W35 doubles title in Week 41 in Darwin (her first professional title) at the age of 17. She also reached the final in Week 40

7. Ryan Peniston - winning the latest challenger in the Greek islands, his first in 2 years, beating the top seed in the final and entering the top 200 again as a result. Welcome back, Ryan

8. Jan Choinski - wins his second 125 title in just a few weeks, second of his career, in Valencia, rising very close to his career high ranking and up to GB number 5 in the process

9. Harry Wendelken - wins his first Challenger level title as a lucky loser at the Hersonissos Challenger in Greece. The victory has catapulted Harry up 105 places in the ATP rankings to a new career-high world No.341.

10. Lui Maxted - unseeded, wins the Tunisia M25 title, beating 3 seeds along the way including (5) WR 462 in the final. In the same week was RU in the doubles, having won the doubles title the previous week ( both with Connor Thomson ). Takes his CHs at 29/09 of singies 806 and doubles 600 to live ranked 608 and 462 respectively for 27/10.

11. Victoria Allen - seeded 7th, won the Quebec City, Canada W35 without dropping a set, beating the 5th seed in the final. Moving on in Canada to the Saguenay W75, lost in R2 but only just missed out on a CH win against the 3rd seeded WR 247 ( had a total of 4 MPs in a final set TB ).Taken together, thrashed her CH 613 in moving up to live 467.

12. Mimi Xu - Unseeded, won the W100 Wrexham tournament, beating the number 3 and 6 seeds on the way. In the same tournament lifts the doubles championship with Ella McDonald. Prior to this was runner up in the w35 Birmingham tournament and lifted the doubles title once again with Ella. Now breaking into the top 300 (NCH) in singles and doubles, she is settling in very well to her senior pro career. The combination of singles and doubles success in one tournament is commendable and confirms her physical strength as well as her adaptable and varied game. In WTA rankings stands around 11 in the under 19s and 4 in the doubles. Well done Mimi.

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Editing and adding yet more for Mika ..

1. Rhys Lawlor (2009) - winning the singles title at the J100 in Greece. He's our #2 best player for the age (after Ceban) and this is his first title in 2025, and his best win ever

2 Mark Ceban (2009) - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J200 in Spain. This equals his best wins ever, and will give him a big booster in ITF points

3 Mika Stojsavljevic - the 16 yo, in week 40 reached a Tunisia W35 singles final plus won the doubles title. Then in week 42 won the Birmingham W35 singles title, with some fight backs before 6-4 6-0 in the final, beating 4 seeds on the way, WRs 366, 356 (Mimi), 289 (Marni) and 376. Then in week 43 reached the Wrexham W100 singles final, this time losing out to Mimi, having beaten 2 top 300 players, including Marni again, on the way. Then in week 44, having risen over 400 places this month to a CH 352, GB #11, and world U17 #2, actually level on points with the #1, Julieta Pareja, she took a very well eaned rest.

4. Gordon Reid - won his biggest singles title in 7 years, at the series 1 tournament in Mallorca at the Rafa Nadal Academy, beating Gustavo Fernandez in the final. His previous title this year was at Series 2 level and his last Series 1 title was the Korean Open in 2018

5. April Sackflame - age 13.5 (born 2012), winning the J60 singles title a Loughborough, in her first ITF event. A graceful player, with a lot of natural skills, and one to watch; followed by being runner up in the TE under 14 Yellow Bowl in Gran Canaria, seeded 7.

6. Brooke Black - winning the W35 doubles title in Week 41 in Darwin (her first professional title) at the age of 17. She also reached the final in Week 40

7. Ryan Peniston - winning the latest challenger in the Greek islands, his first in 2 years, beating the top seed in the final and entering the top 200 again as a result. Welcome back, Ryan

8. Jan Choinski - wins his second 125 title in just a few weeks, second of his career, in Valencia, rising very close to his career high ranking and up to GB number 5 in the process

9. Harry Wendelken - wins his first Challenger level title as a lucky loser at the Hersonissos Challenger in Greece. The victory has catapulted Harry up 105 places in the ATP rankings to a new career-high world No.341.

10. Lui Maxted - unseeded, wins the Tunisia M25 title, beating 3 seeds along the way including (5) WR 462 in the final. In the same week was RU in the doubles, having won the doubles title the previous week ( both with Connor Thomson ). Takes his CHs at 29/09 of singies 806 and doubles 600 to live ranked 608 and 462 respectively for 27/10.

11. Victoria Allen - seeded 7th, won the Quebec City, Canada W35 without dropping a set, beating the 5th seed in the final. Moving on in Canada to the Saguenay W75, lost in R2 but only just missed out on a CH win against the 3rd seeded WR 247 ( had a total of 4 MPs in a final set TB ).Taken together, thrashed her CH 613 in moving up to live 467.

12. Mimi Xu - Unseeded, won the W100 Wrexham tournament, beating the number 3 and 6 seeds on the way. In the same tournament lifts the doubles championship with Ella McDonald. Prior to this was runner up in the w35 Birmingham tournament and lifted the doubles title once again with Ella. Now breaking into the top 300 (NCH) in singles and doubles, she is settling in very well to her senior pro career. The combination of singles and doubles success in one tournament is commendable and confirms her physical strength as well as her adaptable and varied game. In WTA rankings stands around 11 in the under 19s and 4 in the doubles. Well done Mimi.

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 I like your style, Indy!

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I feel like Rhys deserves more to be said about him as SC points out in his own individual thread -  in essence , he is undersold. Is anyone willing to do an update to his record, please? 

https://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t72233483/rhys-lawlor/

1. Rhys Lawlor (2009) - winning the singles title at the J100 in Greece. He's our #2 best player for the age (after Ceban) and this is his first title in 2025, and his best win ever

2 Mark Ceban (2009) - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J200 in Spain. This equals his best wins ever, and will give him a big booster in ITF points

3 Mika Stojsavljevic - the 16 yo, in week 40 reached a Tunisia W35 singles final plus won the doubles title. Then in week 42 won the Birmingham W35 singles title, with some fight backs before 6-4 6-0 in the final, beating 4 seeds on the way, WRs 366, 356 (Mimi), 289 (Marni) and 376. Then in week 43 reached the Wrexham W100 singles final, this time losing out to Mimi, having beaten 2 top 300 players, including Marni again, on the way. Then in week 44, having risen over 400 places this month to a CH 352, GB #11, and world U17 #2, actually level on points with the #1, Julieta Pareja, she took a very well eaned rest.

4. Gordon Reid - won his biggest singles title in 7 years, at the series 1 tournament in Mallorca at the Rafa Nadal Academy, beating Gustavo Fernandez in the final. His previous title this year was at Series 2 level and his last Series 1 title was the Korean Open in 2018

5. April Sackflame - age 13.5 (born 2012), winning the J60 singles title a Loughborough, in her first ITF event. A graceful player, with a lot of natural skills, and one to watch; followed by being runner up in the TE under 14 Yellow Bowl in Gran Canaria, seeded 7.

6. Brooke Black - winning the W35 doubles title in Week 41 in Darwin (her first professional title) at the age of 17. She also reached the final in Week 40

7. Ryan Peniston - winning the latest challenger in the Greek islands, his first in 2 years, beating the top seed in the final and entering the top 200 again as a result. Welcome back, Ryan

8. Jan Choinski - wins his second 125 title in just a few weeks, second of his career, in Valencia, rising very close to his career high ranking and up to GB number 5 in the process

9. Harry Wendelken - wins his first Challenger level title as a lucky loser at the Hersonissos Challenger in Greece. The victory has catapulted Harry up 105 places in the ATP rankings to a new career-high world No.341.

10. Lui Maxted - unseeded, wins the Tunisia M25 title, beating 3 seeds along the way including (5) WR 462 in the final. In the same week was RU in the doubles, having won the doubles title the previous week ( both with Connor Thomson ). Takes his CHs at 29/09 of singies 806 and doubles 600 to live ranked 608 and 462 respectively for 27/10.

11. Victoria Allen - seeded 7th, won the Quebec City, Canada W35 without dropping a set, beating the 5th seed in the final. Moving on in Canada to the Saguenay W75, lost in R2 but only just missed out on a CH win against the 3rd seeded WR 247 ( had a total of 4 MPs in a final set TB ).Taken together, thrashed her CH 613 in moving up to live 467.

12. Mimi Xu - Unseeded, won the W100 Wrexham tournament, beating the number 3 and 6 seeds on the way. In the same tournament lifts the doubles championship with Ella McDonald. Prior to this was runner up in the w35 Birmingham tournament and lifted the doubles title once again with Ella. Now breaking into the top 300 (NCH) in singles and doubles, she is settling in very well to her senior pro career. The combination of singles and doubles success in one tournament is commendable and confirms her physical strength as well as her adaptable and varied game. In WTA rankings stands around 11 in the under 19s and 4 in the doubles. Well done Mimi.

13.Cam Norrie- The 3rd time Ive nominated Cam in recent months. This time his win against Rublev was great , now surpassed by the best win of his career against world number 1 Alcaraz .  Supplemented by a win over Baez. Now back at #27 in the live rankings. Whatever happens in the rest of the Paris Masters he has to be a strong candidate this month ! 

I hope we get to add more to Cams entry as the week progresses! 

1. Rhys Lawlor (2009) - winning the singles title at the J100 in Greece. He's our #2 best player for the age (after Ceban) and this is his first title in 2025, and his best win ever

2 Mark Ceban (2009) - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J200 in Spain. This equals his best wins ever, and will give him a big booster in ITF points

3 Mika Stojsavljevic - the 16 yo, in week 40 reached a Tunisia W35 singles final plus won the doubles title. Then in week 42 won the Birmingham W35 singles title, with some fight backs before 6-4 6-0 in the final, beating 4 seeds on the way, WRs 366, 356 (Mimi), 289 (Marni) and 376. Then in week 43 reached the Wrexham W100 singles final, this time losing out to Mimi, having beaten 2 top 300 players, including Marni again, on the way. Then in week 44, having risen over 400 places this month to a CH 352, GB #11, and world U17 #2, actually level on points with the #1, Julieta Pareja, she took a very well eaned rest.

4. Gordon Reid - won his biggest singles title in 7 years, at the series 1 tournament in Mallorca at the Rafa Nadal Academy, beating Gustavo Fernandez in the final. His previous title this year was at Series 2 level and his last Series 1 title was the Korean Open in 2018

5. April Sackflame - age 13.5 (born 2012), winning the J60 singles title a Loughborough, in her first ITF event. A graceful player, with a lot of natural skills, and one to watch; followed by being runner up in the TE under 14 Yellow Bowl in Gran Canaria, seeded 7.

6. Brooke Black - winning the W35 doubles title in Week 41 in Darwin (her first professional title) at the age of 17. She also reached the final in Week 40

7. Ryan Peniston - winning the latest challenger in the Greek islands, his first in 2 years, beating the top seed in the final and entering the top 200 again as a result. Welcome back, Ryan

8. Jan Choinski - wins his second 125 title in just a few weeks, second of his career, in Valencia, rising very close to his career high ranking and up to GB number 5 in the process

9. Harry Wendelken - wins his first Challenger level title as a lucky loser at the Hersonissos Challenger in Greece. The victory has catapulted Harry up 105 places in the ATP rankings to a new career-high world No.341.

10. Lui Maxted - unseeded, wins the Tunisia M25 title, beating 3 seeds along the way including (5) WR 462 in the final. In the same week was RU in the doubles, having won the doubles title the previous week ( both with Connor Thomson ). Takes his CHs at 29/09 of singies 806 and doubles 600 to live ranked 608 and 462 respectively for 27/10.

11. Victoria Allen - seeded 7th, won the Quebec City, Canada W35 without dropping a set, beating the 5th seed in the final. Moving on in Canada to the Saguenay W75, lost in R2 but only just missed out on a CH win against the 3rd seeded WR 247 ( had a total of 4 MPs in a final set TB ).Taken together, thrashed her CH 613 in moving up to live 467.

12. Mimi Xu - Unseeded, won the W100 Wrexham tournament, beating the number 3 and 6 seeds on the way. In the same tournament lifts the doubles championship with Ella McDonald. Prior to this was runner up in the w35 Birmingham tournament and lifted the doubles title once again with Ella. Now breaking into the top 300 (NCH) in singles and doubles, she is settling in very well to her senior pro career. The combination of singles and doubles success in one tournament is commendable and confirms her physical strength as well as her adaptable and varied game. In WTA rankings stands around 11 in the under 19s and 4 in the doubles. Well done Mimi.

13.Cam Norrie- The 3rd time Ive nominated Cam in recent months. This time his win against Rublev was great , now surpassed by the best win of his career against world number 1 Alcaraz .  Supplemented by a win over Baez. Now back at #27 in the live rankings. Whatever happens in the rest of the Paris Masters he has to be a strong candidate this month ! 

 Back end of the final week of October PoM period; if anyone wants to add any players of the weekend, you have through Sunday night and the same for any narrative updates if you think more needs saying about someones month - a few of the above are still left in this week and might benefit from an update, which anyone can do, not just the original nominator. 

1. Rhys Lawlor (2009) - winning the singles title at the J100 in Greece. He's our #2 best player for the age (after Ceban) and this is his first title in 2025, and his best win ever; followed up by qualifying for and winning a round at the M25 in Sheffield, and also getting a doubles win. Great stuff for a 16 year old  

2 Mark Ceban (2009) - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J200 in Spain. This equals his best wins ever, and will give him a big booster in ITF points, followed up with a doubles final appearance at the J200 in Norway 

3 Mika Stojsavljevic - the 16 yo, in week 40 reached a Tunisia W35 singles final plus won the doubles title. Then in week 42 won the Birmingham W35 singles title, with some fight backs before 6-4 6-0 in the final, beating 4 seeds on the way, WRs 366, 356 (Mimi), 289 (Marni) and 376. Then in week 43 reached the Wrexham W100 singles final, this time losing out to Mimi, having beaten 2 top 300 players, including Marni again, on the way. Then in week 44, having risen over 400 places this month to a CH 352, GB #11, and world U17 #2, actually level on points with the #1, Julieta Pareja, she took a very well eaned rest.

4. Gordon Reid - won his biggest singles title in 7 years, at the series 1 tournament in Mallorca at the Rafa Nadal Academy, beating Gustavo Fernandez in the final. His previous title this year was at Series 2 level and his last Series 1 title was the Korean Open in 2018

5. April Sackflame - age 13.5 (born 2012), winning the J60 singles title a Loughborough, in her first ITF event. A graceful player, with a lot of natural skills, and one to watch; followed by being runner up in the TE under 14 Yellow Bowl in Gran Canaria, seeded 7.

6. Brooke Black - winning the W35 doubles title in Week 41 in Darwin (her first professional title) at the age of 17. She also reached the final in Week 40

7. Ryan Peniston - winning one of the series of challenger events in the Greek islands, his first challenger title in 2 years, beating the top seed in the final and entering the top 200 again as a result. Welcome back, Ryan

8. Jan Choinski - wins his second 125 title in just a few weeks, second of his career, in Valencia, rising very close to his career high ranking and up to GB number 5 in the process

9. Harry Wendelken - wins his first Challenger level title as a lucky loser at the Hersonissos Challenger in Greece. The victory has catapulted Harry up 105 places in the ATP rankings to a new career-high world No.341.

10. Lui Maxted - unseeded, wins the Tunisia M25 title, beating 3 seeds along the way including (5) WR 462 in the final. In the same week was RU in the doubles, having won the doubles title the previous week ( both with Connor Thomson ). Takes his CHs at 29/09 of singies 806 and doubles 600 to live ranked 608 and 462 respectively for 27/10.

11. Victoria Allen - seeded 7th, won the Quebec City, Canada W35 without dropping a set, beating the 5th seed in the final. Moving on in Canada to the Saguenay W75, lost in R2 but only just missed out on a CH win against the 3rd seeded WR 247 ( had a total of 4 MPs in a final set TB ).Taken together, thrashed her CH 613 in moving up to live 467.

12. Mimi Xu - Unseeded, won the W100 Wrexham tournament, beating the number 3 and 6 seeds on the way. In the same tournament lifts the doubles championship with Ella McDonald. Prior to this was runner up in the w35 Birmingham tournament and lifted the doubles title once again with Ella. Now breaking into the top 300 (NCH) in singles and doubles, she is settling in very well to her senior pro career. The combination of singles and doubles success in one tournament is commendable and confirms her physical strength as well as her adaptable and varied game. In WTA rankings stands around 11 in the under 19s and 4 in the doubles. Well done Mimi.

13.Cam Norrie- The 3rd time Ive nominated Cam in recent months. This time his win against Rublev was great , now surpassed by the best win of his career against world number 1 Alcaraz .  Supplemented by a win over Baez. Went out to the red hot Vacherot, no disgrace in that . Now back at #27 in the live rankings having started the year at 50. Solid performances in the big events but the Alcaraz win was special.

 

thanks Danny for the update to Cam's record!