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The nominees are in for August’s Player of the Month. Have your say and vote for your standout British tennis stars from the month of August.
How does it work?
Every month, three players will be nominated for each of the following categories:
- Women’s singles
- Men’s singles
- Doubles
- Wheelchair
Voting closes on Monday 9 September at 23:59.
Women’s
Sonay Kartal
- Lifted back-to-back titles at the W35 Roehampton without dropping a single set across two weeks
- Extended her match winning streak to 10 as a result of doing the Roehampton double
- Reached the third round of qualifying at the US Open
- Achieved a new career-high ranking of 161 on 26 August 2024
Mimi Xu
- Won her first professional singles title at the W35 Aldershot aged just 16
- Dropped just one set en route to the title and claimed two wins over former top 200 opponents
- Climbed inside the WTA top 500 for the first time
Emma Raducanu
- Enjoyed a run to the quarter-finals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open (WTA 500)
- Took down world No.35 Elise Mertens and world No.47 Peyton Stearns en route to the quarters
Men’s
Jack Draper
- Reached the quarter-final of the Cincinnati Open (Masters 1000) for the first time
- Defeated world No.11 Stefanos Tsitsipas and former world No.6 Felix Auger-Aliassime during the week
Jacob Fearnley
- Lifted his second ATP Challenger title at the Lincoln Challenger
- Defeated former world No.29 Christopher Eubanks during his run to the title
- Hit a new career-high of world No.158
Jan Choinski
- Came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw at the US Open for the first time in his career
- Made a quarter-final appearance at the Bonn Challenger 75
Doubles
Andy Murray & Dan Evans
- Reach the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the Paris Olympics
- Saved multiple match points on their way to the quarter-finals
- Their quarter-final appearance against Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul marked Murray's last ever professional tennis match before retirement
Katie Boulter & Heather Watson
- Quarter-finalists at the Paris Olympics
- Defeated the sixth seeds Beatriz Haddad Maia and Luisa Stefani 6-3, 6-4 en route to the quarters
Joe Salisbury
- Finished runner-up at the National Bank Open (Masters 1000) after being beaten to the title by Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-2, 7-6(4)
- Quarter-finalist of the Cincinnati Open alongside Rajeev Ram
Wheelchair
Ruby Bishop
- Won the Lithuanian Open title without dropping a set
- Made it back-to-back titles after she clinched the Vilnius Open crown the following week
- Won both trophies without dropping a set
Joshua Johns
- Clinched his first singles title of the year at the Vilnius Open and did so without dropping a set
- Finished runner-up at the Lithuanian Open, losing out in a tough three-set battle against Kamil Fabisiak 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the final
- Runner-up at the BTA Wheelchair Open
Emily Donnan
- Won her first pro-level singles title at the Kaufland Bucharest 2 Wheelchair Tennis Open, defeating Ju-Youn Park 6-3, 6-0 in the final
- Also claimed the doubles trophy alongside Park
- Reached the quarter-final of the aufland Bucharest 1 Wheelchair Tennis Open