British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

sammmm wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Nominations:

1.Arthur Fery- The only British singles player, male or female, to win more than 1 Wimbledon round . Ex Stanford student athlete Fery went 4 rounds better than any of the others. Not bad for a player ranked outside the top 100, and now he has climbed to #38, making him ( at least temporarily ) British no 1.Wins over Bergs, Dimitrov and Coboli helped take him to the semis before coming up against number 2 seed Zverev. Truly sensational run , will take some beating this month .

2. Oliver Page - coming into Wimbledon ranked junior 323, Ollie surprised us all with a great run to the last 8. His win loss for the year had been 16 wins and 9 losses, this Wimbledon run out did that form and some! 

3. Henry Patten - wins his 2nd Wimbledon doubles title in 3 years, again with his regular partner Harri Heliovaara. They go over 2500 points clear as joint WR 1s and already seal their place at the ATP Tour Finals. In his winners' speech Henry gives a passionate defence of doubles in the face of the proposed ATP changes.

4. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - winning their 7th Wimbledon wheelchair doubles title and 25th grand slam doubles title in total, the top pair in the game - certainly now and possibly ever 

5. Jake Fearnley - winning the CH125 in Newport, his first title for almost 2 years. Building on his run to the Ilkley final in June, this will lift him a further 35 places or so in the rankings to the low 120s. Throughout this tournament, he demonstrated a lot of grit and self-belief, with 4 out of his 5 matches going to 3 sets and numerous match points saved in the final. The tennis (especially the serve) may still be a work in progress but he's on his way back.

6. Jan Choinski - winning the CH125 in Braunschweig on his favoure clay, consolidating the top 100 position he achieved during the grass season with a rise to a new CH of WR75. This should also secure Jan direct entry to the main draw of the US Open as he more than covers the points dropping off in the next few weeks.

7. Henry Searle - winning his second successive challenger title (either side of Wimbledon) and  putting himself on a 10-match winning streak in challengers, by taking the title at the Nottingham CH50. He rises nearly 60 places to a new CH of WR 214 and has almost certainly secured himself a place in qualies for the US Open.

8. Alicia Barnett - winning the WTA125 doubles title in Kitzbuhel with her french partner after they reached the final of the WTA125 in Sweden the week before. It is their first title together since an ITF W75 title last year and Alicias biggest title since she won her first tour level title in 2022. Hopefully with more European clay events this month they can add to their success.

9. Alicia Dudeney - winning her biggest singles title of her career to date W50 Nottingham. It is her 5th singles title this year and her 8th since graduating last year.

10. Savannah Dada-Mascoll - winning her 1st pro title with the W15 Monastir doubles title. With just having played a W15 last December and a QWC to Ilkley last month, this is where the ITA's most Improved player of the year starts her pro career.

11. Brooke Black - for winning her biggest doubles title at the W50 Nottingham.   

12. Anna McBride - at the Virtus Games in Poland, Anna proved herself once more the best in her class. Despite challenging circumstances with health and politics, Anna took 6 medals, including 4 golds. She won World gold in singles and mixed, and European singles and mixed also. World and European champion, once more!

13. Maia Lumsden - 2 WTA 250 doubles finals in successive weeks, both as 4th seed. First in Athens partnering Tang Qianhui, beating the 2nd seeds in the SF and losing to the top seeds in the final. Then in Prague partnering Harriet Dart ... Up to a new CH, taking out her previous CH from 2024.

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 Thats called getting ahead of the game! 

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 They're in the final Jon, I'm sure Indi will edit if if they win the title!

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 Thats not what I meant - see my earlier post! I have no issue with the nomination, Id just raised a point above with a tongue in cheek. 

JonH wrote:

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Id said this

Maia, of course, got to the final last week in the 250 in Athens. Any nominations from womens doubles may need a little thought if someone decides to go for it!

And was commenting that Indy had effectively got ahead of this - and quite rightly so.

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 Oh sorry I missed your post before Indiana's, i'm going to blame it on it being small amongst the increasingly length nominations posts!

JonH wrote:

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sammmm wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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Id said this

Maia, of course, got to the final last week in the 250 in Athens. Any nominations from womens doubles may need a little thought if someone decides to go for it!

And was commenting that Indy had effectively got ahead of this - and quite rightly so.

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 Oh sorry I missed your post before Indiana's, i'm going to blame it on it being small amongst the increasingly length nominations posts!

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 Indeed! And a good list it is! 

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 Very much hoping Fran gives us an extra reason to nominate her and also hope Alicia can boost her chances in Dublin