Vote: April Player of the Month
Introducing a brand-new LTA Advantage exclusive – it’s time for you to have your say and vote your favourite tennis stars from the month of April in our latest feature, Player of the Month.
April delivered a month of British success across the ATP, WTA, ITF and Wheelchair tours, with Brits sweeping up titles across the board and securing career-high rankings - but who stood out to you the most?
Voting for April Player of the Month is now closed - we'll be announcing the winners very soon...
How does it work?
Every month, three players will be nominated for each of the following categories.
- Men’s singles
- Women’s singles
- Doubles
- Wheelchair
Then, it’s over to you to cast your votes. The players with the most votes from their respective categories will be crowned April's Player of the Month.
Voting for Player of the Month will open on Wednesday 10 May at 16:00, and close on Sunday 14 May at 23:59.
Now, let’s take at the April nominees and their highlights from the last month.
The nominees
Men's singles
- Reached the semi-final of the Barcelona Open
- Picked up straight-set wins against Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo during his run in Barcelona
- Reached the semi-final of the Grand Prix Hassan II
- Won back-to-back ATP Challenger semi-finals for first time in his career
- Broke into ATP top 200 for the first time
- Reached a career-high ranking of world No.178
George Loffhagen
- Won his first professional title at M25 Mysuru
- Made the quarter-final at the M25 Nottingham event
- Reached a career-high ranking of world No.560
Women's singles
- Clinched the biggest title of her career at the W60 Croissy-Beaubourg event after beating Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the final
- Finished runner-up in the doubles event at W60 Croissy-Beaubourg alongside partner Berfu Cengiz
- Rose to a career-high ranking of world No.108
- Having returned to the court from injury, Jones made it to her first ever WTA semi-final at the Copa Colsanitas
- Rose 431 places up the WTA rankings to finish the month at No.386
- Finished runner up at the W25 Guayaquil event
- Made it to the semi-final in Guayaquil once again just one week after
- Crowned champion at the W25 Santa di Margherita after defeating Ekaterina Makarova 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Made it to the semi-final once again at Santa di Margherita the following week
Doubles
- Finished runner up at the Barcelona Open, alongside partner Wesley Koolhof - just missing out on the title to Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni
- Made it to the quarter-final of the Monte Carlo Masters
- Crowned champion at the Srpska Open alongside partner Michael Venus following a 7-5, 6-2 win over Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Francisco Cabral in the final
- Won their 11th ATP Challenger title together at the Sarasota Open – defeating Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Duran 7-6(4), 6-4
- Finished runners-up at the US Clay Court Championships after missing out on the title to Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson
- Both reached career-highs in the doubles rankings, with Patten ending the month as world No.53 and Cash as world No.51
Wheelchair
- Crowned champion at the UH Cougar Open after defeating Emmy Kaiser 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Made it to the doubles final at the Indian Wells Wheelchair Championships alongside partner Macarena Cabrillana but just missed out on the title to Angelica Bernal and Maria Moreno
- Won the UH Cougar Open quad doubles title alongside Japan’s Kei Usami where they defeated Jose Arriga and Andrew Bogdanov 6-4, 6-1
- Reached a career-high of world No.15 in the quad singles rankings
- Was crowned singles champion at the Lithuanian Open after defeating fellow Brit Martha Harris 6-1, 6-2
- Teamed up with Martha Harris to take the doubles title at the Lithuanian Open, defeating Shiran Madar and Giulia Valdo 6-2, 7-5
- Broke into the women’s top 50 to earn a career-high ranking of world No.43