Male Junior Player of the Year

Criteria: Male players aged 18 & under who have had outstanding national or international results either individually or as part of a team in the last year.

Liam Broady

Liam won the 14 & under Tennis Europe Junior Masters singles title in October which added to his growing reputation as one of the brightest young prospects in British tennis. He defeated the No 1 seed in the first round and played the entire tournament without dropping a set.

Liam reached the Les Petit As singles final in Tarbes and was a key member of the Great Britain 14 & under boys’ team that finished fifth and third in the Tennis Europe Winter and Summer Cups respectively. He also played for the GB team at the World Junior Finals in Prostejov where the boys, captained by Colin Beecher, finished seventh.

Dan Evans

After reaching the boys’ singles quarter-final at the Australian Open and third round at The Championships, Dan turned his attentions to the senior game with great success. Since July, he has won $10k singles titles in Wrexham, London and Glasgow along with reaching a further three semi-finals.

Dan has also enjoyed success on the doubles court after claiming victory with Josh Milton in Edinburgh. These results have helped him reach a career high singles world ranking of No 470 in November and doubles world ranking of No 748 in October.

George Morgan

George burst onto the scene in December when he won the 14 & under singles title at the Orange Bowl in Florida, often regarded as the unofficial world championships for this age group. He also began playing on the ITF junior circuit reaching a singles semi-final in Wellington and two doubles finals in Christchurch and Nottingham.

George enjoyed domestic success by winning the 16 & under Grand Prix Masters title and claiming the 16 & under Junior National Championships doubles crown with Nick Jones. In team competition, George represented Great Britain at the Junior Davis Cup in San Luis Potosi.

Gordon Reid

Gordon started 2008 by becoming Britain's first ever wheelchair tennis Junior Masters boys' singles champion in Tarbes while also winning the boys' doubles for the second successive year. He won three singles and two doubles titles in his first four international senior tournaments of 2008 and made his Paralympic Games debut in September.

Gordon became the youngest men’s British No 1 just before his 17th birthday, reaching a career high singles world ranking of No 27. He was also undefeated in singles competition when making his senior Great Britain men's debut and helping GB to win the World Group 2 title at the Invacare World Team Cup, the Davis and Fed Cups of wheelchair tennis.

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