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Vote for your 2020 LTA Player of the Year!
We’re looking to crown the 2020 LTA Player of the Year – and we need your help.
Our own expert panel have selected the following lists for the male and female players of the year – now it’s time for you to have your say.
Your Advantage fan vote, combined with the voting from our expert panel of LTA staff and selected media, will decide the winners of each category.
Scroll down to cast your vote – here’s a reminder of what the nominees achieved in 2020…
Male player of the year
Dan Evans
Evans’ best results in 2020 were reaching ATP Tour semi-finals in Dubai, Antwerp and Vienna. The British No. 1 recorded eight victories over top 20 players, including defeating World No.11 David Goffin at the ATP Cup, World No.11 Fabio Fognini in Dubai and World No.14 Andrey Rublev in both Dubai and Cincinnati. He broke into the top 30 for the first time in March and recorded his highest year-end ranking at No.32.
Alfie Hewett
Hewett claimed three men’s singles titles, including lifting his fourth career Grand Slam trophy at Roland Garros, where he became a two-time champion. He finished the season unbeaten in doubles with Gordon Reid after the pair won all seven tournaments they entered, including at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Open. Victory at Roland Garros ensured the pair completed the career doubles Grand Slam.
Andy Lapthorne
Lapthorne claimed the World No.1 quad singles ranking for the first time after reaching back-to-back semi-finals in Australia. He finished runner-up in quad singles events at the Australian Open and Roland Garros and won his fourth US Open quad doubles title and his second with Dylan Alcott. At the ITF2 Bolton Indoor event, Lapthorne was a finalist in the quad singles and won the quad doubles with compatriot Antony Cotterill.
Gordon Reid
Reid finished 2020 unbeaten in doubles competition with Alfie Hewett after the pair won seven successive tournaments. They triumphed together at the Australian Open and Roland Garros to complete the career doubles Grand Slam, and also won their fourth US Open title. Reid reached his second Australian Open men’s singles final and his third World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament final in Rotterdam.
Joe Salisbury
Salisbury won the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open with Rajeev Ram, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of World No.3 as a result. The pair narrowly missed out on a place in the final at the ATP Finals, holding one match point against Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the semi-finals. Together with Ram, Salisbury also reached the semi-finals of ATP Tour events in Adelaide, Cincinnati and the US Open. The pair also made it to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
Female player of the year
Harriet Dart
Dart reached the second round as a qualifier at the Australian Open, coming from a set down to defeat Misaki Doi before losing to World No. 3 Simona Halep. Also in 2020, Dart finished as runner-up to Kaia Kanepi at the ITF $25,000 event in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and reached the doubles finals with Sarah Grey at the ITF $25,000 events in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Reims. She finished the year ranked in the top 150 in singles for the second time.
Francesca Jones
Jones improved her year-end ranking by more than 100 places to finish the year ranked in the top 250 (No. 241) for the first time. She reached the quarter-finals on her WTA main draw debut in Prague, defeating former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki before losing to eventual champion Kristina Kucova. On the ITF Tour, Jones reached the semi-finals in Jodhpur, Tarvisio and Istanbul and quarter-finals in Guadeloupe and Zagreb.
Johanna Konta
Konta’s best results in 2020 included reaching the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open, where she lost to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka, and at Monterrey. She finished the year ranked No.14, the sixth straight time she has been ranked in the year-end top 50. She also reached the semi-finals of a women’s doubles event in St Petersburg with Caroline Garcia.
Heather Watson
Watson won her fourth career WTA Tour title in Acapulco, battling past Leylah Fernandez in three sets on her tenth championship point to lift her first trophy since Monterrey in 2016. She also defeated top seed Elise Mertens on her way to a semi-final finish as a qualifier at Hobart and finished the year ranked in the top 100 for the eighth time in 10 years.
Jordanne Whiley
Whiley started 2020 by reaching back-to-back singles finals in Australia and then won her first Grand Slam doubles title since becoming a mum at the Australian Open with Yui Kamiji. Whiley and Kamiji won their 11th Grand Slam doubles title as a pair at the US Open, and finished as runners-up at Roland Garros. Whiley also triumphed in both the women’s singles and doubles events at the ITF2 Bolton Indoor.