Every month I say it's hard to choose and then the next month it gets even tougher, with so many excellent performances to choose from. I think Arthur is probably the top candidate and deserves to win, but I have special affection for both Fran and Henry so I feel very torn. This month I'm going with Henry - you can't really argue against a Wimbledon champion!! Just hoping Fran takes her good form into the US Open so I can vote for her next month.
I must admit that I thought Arthur would win by a landslide. Congratulations to Maia for making it much closer than that !
Indeed, although Arthur was never seriously close to not winning it.
Here are the overall qualifiers for Player of the Season as things stand (in the order they qualified and how they have qualified noted after their name), with Arthur and Maia joining the list.
2026 Player of the Season qualifiers list:
1. Neal Skupski - Australian Open Men's Doubles Champion and January PoM winner
2. Anna McBride - January PoM RU
3. Jack Pinnington-Jones - February PoM winner
4. Katie Boulter - February PoM RU
5. Toby Samuel - March PoM winner, May PoM winner, June PoM RU
6. Alicia Dudeney - March PoM RU
7. BJK Cup Team - April PoM winner
8. Daniella Britton - April PoM RU
9. Katie Swan - May PoM winner
10. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - French Open and Wimbledon Wheelchair Mens Doubles Champions
11. Henry Searle - June PoM winner
12. Henry Patten - Wimbledon mens doubles champion
13. Arthur Fery - July PoM winner
14. Maia Lumsden - July PoM RU
14 players now qualified for the Player of the Season vote for 2026
-- Edited by JonH on Thursday 6th of August 2026 08:13:40 AM
-- Edited by JonH on Thursday 6th of August 2026 08:14:31 AM