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June 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread


Thanks Danny - a good list now of 8 women and 8 men / pairs and two weeks left to add and see how it all shakes out! Been a fun month so far!

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Thanks, Jon, for doing the bulk of the update to Jake's entry, but I feel you slightly undersold him, so I've made a couple of edits!

Nominations:


1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh

2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( wirh Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result  

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers and now showing at a CH ranking on live scores as a result. Wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). 

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Smashing her career high win by beating two top 80 players (the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nş1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. 

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. 

 



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Haha, all good adds Tanaqui

And anyone else, feel free to add to any player that you think the previous editor or nominator has undersold!

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Honestly I think Erin Pearce has it in the bag.

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Honestly I think Erin Pearce has it in the bag.


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Got to be in it, to win it!



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Tanaqui wrote:

Thanks, Jon, for doing the bulk of the update to Jake's entry, but I feel you slightly undersold him, so I've made a couple of edits!

Nominations:


1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh

2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( wirh Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result  

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers and now showing at a CH ranking on live scores as a result. Wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). 

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Smashing her career high win by beating two top 80 players (the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nş1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. 

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. First British woman to defend a WTA title since Virginia Wade ( Bournemouth 1973-4 ) 

 


 Final sentence added to Katies listing courtesy of DF in individual player thread ! 



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Thanks Danny - some great entries for sure!

It feels like a lot of these players could well do something extra this week or next to make the difference; as it stands, I would be torn several ways, due to some marvellous performances, so need one of them to do it all again and more!

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I'll leave Billy's update for now in the hope that there will be a lot more to add before the end of the month.

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Tanaqui wrote:

Thanks, Jon, for doing the bulk of the update to Jake's entry, but I feel you slightly undersold him, so I've made a couple of edits!

Nominations:


1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh

2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( wirh Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result  

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers and now showing at a CH ranking on live scores as a result. Wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). 

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Smashing her career high win by beating two top 80 players (the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nş1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. 

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. First British woman to defend a WTA title since Virginia Wade ( Bournemouth 1973-4 ) 

 


 Final sentence added to Katies listing courtesy of DF in individual player thread ! 


 17. Andy Murray for winning his 1000th match and at Queens, becoming only the 5th man to do so. 



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Nominations:

1 Erin Pearce - winning the singles AND the doubles title at the J60 in Edinburgh

2 Hollie Smart - aged 14, won the Sweden J100 doubles ( wirh Ruby Cooling ) and reached the singles final, along the way beating the top seed JWR 134 plus additional top 200 and top 300 players.

3 Neal Skupski - for keeping the British flag flying at Roland Garros by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Desirae Krawczyk.

4. Emily Appleton - for exceeding expectations at Surbiton and taking out her previous highest ranked win. After the first two events on grass, has amassed 6 wins in total in qualies and main draw, more than any other player.

5. Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid - for a fifth successive French Open mens wheelchair doubles title, and for winning their second slam of the year. Dominant.

6. Charlie Broom - his best ranking win by a long way, over WR 98 Lloyd Harris, and for his first ever win against a Top 100 player. Beating last week's champion to boot. Also beat Dan Evans and Billy Harris in reaching the Nottingham ATP 125 Challenger Final, reaching a new CH ranking of 235 as a result  

7. Peter Alam - For getting his first ever ranking point and then making the QF (so far) in Tunisia.

8. Allegra Korpanec Davies - aged 16, going unbeaten in 3 consecutive weeks on grass, claiming the titles at the British Tour North Oxford (G2), the Progress Tour at Cromer and the British Tour Premier at West Worthing.

9. Eleanor Dean - returning to tennis after many years with no ranking and reaching the quarter finals of the Monastir W 15 from qualifying at her second tournament back

10. Billy Harris - for reaching semifinals in consecutive weeks in the two UK based grass court challengers and now showing at a CH ranking on live scores as a result. Wins included WR 96 Shang and WR 135 Kukushkin (twice). 

11. Fran Jones - 2 truly battling wins on Nottingham 250 grass no less, against WRs 58 and 70, took her into the QF. Made a precautionary withdrawal at that stage due to a shoulder issue.

12. Amelia Rajecki - Smashing her career high win by beating two top 80 players (the 6th and 9th qualifying seeds) in Birmingham as a qualifying wild card to qualify for her first WTA tour level main draw

13. Jack Draper - for winning his first ever ATP title winning the ATP250 in Stuttgart, taking out his career high ranking in the process, becoming GB Nş1 and hopefully getting himself seeded at Wimbledon. 

14. Jake Fearnley - for winning the Nottingham Challenger 125 as a qualifier. In the process, he beat Jubb, Shang (WR 96) and Charlie Broom, and reached 7 wins in the first two events of the grass season, the most wins of any man or woman from GB (and possibly internationally). Rises to GB number 12 and a WR of 274, a new CH by a country mile, having started the week at WR 525. His full sequence of wins was against one top 100 player, two top 200 players and 4 top 300 players. Oh, and let's not forget that, for the coin toss before his match with Jubb, he had to comfort the little girl scared by the LTA's mascot!

15. Marcus Willis - for winning the Nottingham Challenger and finally, after all these years of ups and downs, becoming a Top 100 player.

16. Katie Boulter - for winning Nottingham for the second consecutive year, coming from a set down 3 times to beat Dart, Raducanu and Pliscova ( 5 sets on finals day ), enhancing her position as British #1 and almost certainly earning a Wimbledon seeding in the process. First British woman to defend a WTA title since Virginia Wade ( Bournemouth 1973-4 ) 

17. Andy Murray for winning his 1000th match (having won ~74% of them) and at Queens, becoming only the 5th active male player to have done so. 


 thanks Blue Belle -just tidied the list post up a little

Edit - and just clarified the Andy entry a little, hope that is ok!!






-- Edited by JonH comes home on Wednesday 19th of June 2024 08:13:16 AM

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Thanks, it's beginning to get unwieldy on my phone!

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Blue_Belle wrote:

Thanks, it's beginning to get unwieldy on my phone!


 Haha, I know! 

If we reach 21 noms, I will split the vote into two rounds of voting, so the voting will become slightly easier! Could well happen as it is only a few more and we have the end of this week and a full week to go!



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 17. Andy Murray for winning his 1000th match and at Queens, becoming only the 5th man to do so. 


Hi Blue_Belle, I was wondering where you got your stats for Andy. From what I'm seeing, it looks like he's played 1000 ATP matches (and won 739 of them). And he's (I think) the 7th player to play 1000 ATP matches, although the 5th of currently active players.

(Other records I'm looking at suggest others e.g Connors have played more professional matches but a chunk of those must have been pre-ATP or not ATP.)

It's still a fantastic achievement from Andy, of course!

 



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 17. Andy Murray for winning his 1000th match and at Queens, becoming only the 5th man to do so. 


Hi Blue_Belle, I was wondering where you got your stats for Andy. From what I'm seeing, it looks like he's played 1000 ATP matches (and won 739 of them). And he's (I think) the 7th player to play 1000 ATP matches, although the 5th of currently active players.

(Other records I'm looking at suggest others e.g Connors have played more professional matches but a chunk of those must have been pre-ATP or not ATP.)

It's still a fantastic achievement from Andy, of course!

 

Out of interest who are the other 4 currently active players? 

 



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Out of interest who are the other 4 currently active players? 


 Wikipedia (yes, yes, I know, it's wikipedia, which was why I checked at least some of the stats elsewhere) tells me it's Djokovic, Nadal, Verdasco and Gasquet. The other two listed with more than 1000 matches played are Federer and Ferrer.



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