I have suggested a few times that I don't plan to continue with this next year. But to be honest, my view on that is often dictated by workload in real life and my view in general on the votes and polls and engagement. Plus no one else came forwards yet!
Anyway, I will continue with this Player of the Month and Player of the Season process into the future - the nominations and voting process works a lot better now than it used to, lots of people seem to engage with it, voting is up, and it takes a lot less of my time as I have refined my own interaction with the process.
So I will plan to continue running PoM/PoS into 2025 and beyond, as long as I keep the desire and interest in myself. Hurrah I hear you say!!
With his Wimbledon mens doubles title today, Henry Patten joins our list of qualified players for Player of the Season - 17 players are now qualified
2024 Player of Season Qualifiers
Player Name
Dec 23 PoM Hannah Klugman (1)
Dec 23 PoM RU Jack Draper (2)
Australian Open / French Open Men's Wheelchair Doubles Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid (3)
Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles Andy Lapthorne (4)
Jan PoM Kyle Edmund (5)
Jan PoM RU Luke Johnson (6)
Feb PoM Katie Boulter (7)
Feb PoM RU Julian Cash (8)
Feb PoM RU Marni Banks (9)
Mar PoM Fran Jones (10)
Mar PoM Lily Miyazaki (11)
Apr PoM Emma Raducanu (12)
Apr PoM Mika Stojsavljevic (13)
May PoM Ella McDonald (14)
May PoM Fran Jones (already qualified)
Jun PoM Billy Harris (15)
Jun PoM RU Jake Fearnley (16)
Jun PoM RU Jack Draper (already qualified)
Wimbledon Mens Doubles Henry Patten (17)
With his Wimbledon mens singles wheelchair title today, Alfie Hewett joins our list of qualified players for Player of the Season - 18 players are now qualified, including Alfie as part of a doubles pair also.
2024 Player of Season Qualifiers Player Name Dec 23 PoM Hannah Klugman (1) Dec 23 PoM RU Jack Draper (2) Australian Open / French Open / Wimbledon Men's Wheelchair Doubles Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid (3) Australian Open Quad Wheelchair Doubles Andy Lapthorne (4) Jan PoM Kyle Edmund (5) Jan PoM RU Luke Johnson (6) Feb PoM Katie Boulter (7) Feb PoM RU Julian Cash (8) Feb PoM RU Marni Banks (9) Mar PoM Fran Jones (10) Mar PoM Lily Miyazaki (11) Apr PoM Emma Raducanu (12) Apr PoM Mika Stojsavljevic (13) May PoM Ella McDonald (14) May PoM Fran Jones (already qualified) Jun PoM Billy Harris (15) Jun PoM RU Jake Fearnley (16) Jun PoM RU Jack Draper (already qualified) Wimbledon Mens Doubles Henry Patten (17) Wimbledon Wheelchair Mens Singles Alfie Hewett (18)
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 14th of July 2024 05:20:58 PM
Winner Jan Joe Salisbury Feb Heather Watson Mar Sam Murray-Sharan Apr no play - Covid May no play - Covid Jun/Jul Arthur Fery Aug Jo Konta Sep Fran Jones Oct Fran Jones (2) Nov/Dec Hep Oluwadare
2020 Player of Season Joe Salisbury
2021 Winner Jan Fran Jones (3) Feb Dan Evans Mar Neal Skupski Apr Dan Evans (2) May Cam Norrie / Hannah Klugman (tie) Jun Katie Swan Jul Emma Raducanu Aug Emma Raducanu (2) Sep Emma Raducanu (3) Oct Cam Norrie (2) Nov/Dec Beth Grey/Billy Harris/Sonay Kartal (tie)
2021 Player of Season Emma Raducanu
2022 Winner
Jan Hannah Klugman (2) Feb Sonay Kartal (2) Mar Harriet Dart Apr Jay Clarke May Sonay Kartal (3) Jun Ryan Peniston Jul Cam Norrie (3) Aug Alicia Barnett/Olivia Nicholls Sep Katie Swan (2) Oct Emily Appleton Nov Henry Patten/Julian Cash
2022 Player of Season Jack Draper
2023 Winner
Dec/Jan Andy Murray Feb Cam Norrie (4) Mar Jodie Burrage Apr Fran Jones (4) May George Loffhagen Jun Katie Boulter Jul Henry Searle Aug Dan Evans (3) Sep Dan Evans (4) Oct Billy Harris (2) Nov Joe Salisbury (2)
2023 Player of the Season Joe Salisbury (2nd PoS title)
Here is the latest comparison of PoM votes year by year for those interested! Although the 35 this month was a lot lower than last year, we still have a lot in the bank and votes are generally well up on all past years
And here is the 2024 calendar for the Sir Andy Murray player of the month/season for the rest of the year: each month is 4 or 5 weeks.
August 2024 - Sunday 25th August (ie end of week 34, as the US Open begins) - 4 week period; includes Paris Olympics
September 2024 - Sunday 29th September (ie end of week 39) - 5 week period; includes US Open, Davis Cup Finals Group stage, Paralympics
October 2024 - Sunday 3rd November (ie end of week 44, end of Paris Indoor) - 5 week period includes ATP 1000 Paris and Shanghai, WTA 1000 Beijing and Wuhan
November 2024 - Sunday 1st December (ie end of week 48) - 4 week period; includes Davis Cup finals week, BJK Cup finals week, ATP Tour Finals, WTA Tour Finals, NEC Wheelchair Masters
December 2024 - Sunday 29th December (ie end of week 52) - 4 week period; includes Next Gen Finals
Player of the Season votes will then run: (slight amend to planned schedule below)
wild card nominations - these will be asked for during December and close December 31st
Wild Card Vote - Thursday 2nd January to Friday 3rd January
PoS Round One - Saturday 4th January to Monday 6th January
PoS Semifinals - Tuesday 7th January to Thursday 9th January
PoS Final - Friday 10th January to Sunday 12th January
Over the past few years, we have had 56 players win or tie for a win in the Player of the Month votes.
Although the past two months have been won by men, overall our women have won 33 PoM's versus 23 for the men (a number of recent ties and also doubles wins are included in those numbers)
Looking at how many qualifiers for PoS we have so far, and how many months we have left, it feels like we will end up with more than 28 qualifiers this season. Perhaps 32, once we include a couple of wild cards qualifiers as well.
Which is great - PoS vote will therefore most likely follow the same structure of three rounds, with 4 groups of 8, semis and then a final, although 32 would also play into a nice 4 round process as opposed to 3 rounds. I will see where we land numbers wise and how it feels closer to the date
Winner Jan Joe Salisbury Feb Heather Watson Mar Sam Murray-Sharan Apr no play - Covid May no play - Covid Jun/Jul Arthur Fery Aug Jo Konta Sep Fran Jones Oct Fran Jones (2) Nov/Dec Hep Oluwadare
2020 Player of Season Joe Salisbury
2021 Winner Jan Fran Jones (3) Feb Dan Evans Mar Neal Skupski Apr Dan Evans (2) May Cam Norrie / Hannah Klugman (tie) Jun Katie Swan Jul Emma Raducanu Aug Emma Raducanu (2) Sep Emma Raducanu (3) Oct Cam Norrie (2) Nov/Dec Beth Grey/Billy Harris/Sonay Kartal (tie)
2021 Player of Season Emma Raducanu
2022 Winner
Jan Hannah Klugman (2) Feb Sonay Kartal (2) Mar Harriet Dart Apr Jay Clarke May Sonay Kartal (3) Jun Ryan Peniston Jul Cam Norrie (3) Aug Alicia Barnett/Olivia Nicholls Sep Katie Swan (2) Oct Emily Appleton Nov Henry Patten/Julian Cash
2022 Player of Season Jack Draper
2023 Winner
Dec/Jan Andy Murray Feb Cam Norrie (4) Mar Jodie Burrage Apr Fran Jones (4) May George Loffhagen Jun Katie Boulter Jul Henry Searle Aug Dan Evans (3) Sep Dan Evans (4) Oct Billy Harris (2) Nov Joe Salisbury (2)
2023 Player of the Season Joe Salisbury (2nd PoS title)
2024 Winner
Dec 23 Hannah Klugman (3)
Jan Kyle Edmund
Feb Katie Boulter (2)
Mar Fran Jones (5) / Lily Miyazaki
Apr Emma Raducanu (4) / Mika Stojsavljevic
May Ella McDonald / Fran Jones (6)
Jun Billy Harris (3)
Jul Henry Patten
Aug Jan Choinski / Jacob Fearnley
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 27th of August 2024 09:28:58 PM
And here is the 2024 calendar for the Sir Andy Murray player of the month/season for the rest of the year: each month is 4 or 5 weeks.
September 2024 - Sunday 29th September (ie end of week 39) - 5 week period; includes US Open, Davis Cup Finals Group stage, Paralympics (vote 29 Sept - 1 Oct)
October 2024 - Sunday 3rd November (ie end of week 44, end of Paris Indoor) - 5 week period includes ATP 1000 Paris and Shanghai, WTA 1000 Beijing and Wuhan (vote 3 Nov - 5 Nov)
November 2024 - Sunday 1st December (ie end of week 48) - 4 week period; includes Davis Cup finals week, BJK Cup finals week, ATP Tour Finals, WTA Tour Finals, NEC Wheelchair Masters; this month marks the end of the ATP Tour, main WTA Tour and Challenger tour (vote 1 Dec to 3 Dec)
Rankings cut off to determine number ones qualifying for POS vote - Dec 22
December 2024 - Sunday 22nd December (ie end of week 51) - 3 week period due to Xmas.includes Next Gen Finals, several WTA 125 events and some ITF events, and the Orange Bowl juniors (Vote 22Dec to 24 Dec)
Player of the Season votes will then run: (slight amend to planned schedule below)
wild card nominations - these will be asked for from 24th December and close December 31st
Wild Card Vote - Wednesday 1st January to Friday 3rd January
PoS Round One - Saturday 4th January to Monday 6th January
PoS Semifinals - Tuesday 7th January to Thursday 9th January
PoS Final - Friday 10th January to Sunday 12th January
The 2025 AO then begins a week or so
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 29th of September 2024 08:49:50 PM
The past two months have shown a downward trend but overall we are well up on past seasons.
September in the past few years has had 21, 31, 35 and 33 votes respectively and is one of the slowest votes - we tend to pick up again in October and November, with Jan to April being the biggest voting months, for whatever reason. Let's see but September will most likely be similar to this month with voting in the early to mid 30's
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 8th of September 2024 07:08:38 AM
With 4 of the 13 votes for the season left, plenty of tennis to come. With 19 qualifiers for player of the season so far, plus future months Pom votes to sort out more and year end number ones to join as well, it feels like we will actually end up with 28 qualifiers like last season, maybe 32 but Im predicting 28. Not that Im very good at predictions!