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Vote: 2023 LTA Player of the Year Awards

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It’s time for you to have your say and vote for your favourite tennis stars for the 2023 LTA Player of the Year Awards.

With an abundance of British tennis talent breaking through last year and some familiar faces dominating at the top of the game, this will be a tough one to call!

Vote for your standout stars for the 2023 LTA Player of the Year Awards, which highlight, acknowledge and reward the incredible contributions of Britain's top tennis players in 2022, 

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In the mean time, take a look at who the nominations were for this year's awards:

  • Women’s Singles
  • Men’s Singles
  • Doubles
  • Wheelchair

Women's singles

A collage for the nominees for women's player of the year - Emma Raducanu, Harriet Dart, Heather Watson, Katie Boulter, Katie Swan

Emma Raducanu 

Highlights:

  • Became only the fifth British woman to break into the WTA top 10, with a new career-high at world No.10
  • Made the semi-final at the WTA 250 Seoul, as well as quarterfinals in Stuttgart and Washington
  • Defeated 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams at the Western & Southern Open
  • Third rounds in three WTA 1000 events in Indian Wells, Madrid, and Cincinnati 
  • Made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Great Britain in qualifiers against Czech Republic, where she beat world No.50 Tereza Martincova

Harriet Dart

Highlights:

  • Broke into the top 100 for the first time – new career-high ranking of 84
  • Came through qualifying to reach the fourth round of a WTA 1000 for the first time at Indian Wells
  • Made her first two WTA quarterfinals at Rothesay Open Nottingham and Rothesay International Eastbourne
  • Knocked out 10th seed Daria Kasatkina in US Open first round
  • Led the GB Billie Jean King Cup team to the semi-finals – including wins over world No.13 Paula Badosa and No.33 Ajla Tomljanovic

Heather Watson

Highlights:

  • Had a career-best performance at Wimbledon, reaching the fourth round for the first time
  • Runner-up at the W60 Glasgow singles
  • Helped Great Britain secure a semi-final spot at the Billie King Cup Finals with win over Nuria Parrizas Diasv

Katie Boulter

Highlights:

  • Won her first singles title in four years at the W60 Grenoble
  • Defeated world No.7 Karolina Pliskova to reach third round at Wimbledon a week after beating the Czech in Eastbourne
  • Made the quarterfinals at the Rothesay Classic Birmingham
  • Ranking rose to inside the top 120 for the first time since 2019
  • Played her part in the GB Billie Jean King Cup squad that reached the semi-finals

Katie Swan

Highlights:

  • Won W60 singles titles in Lexington and Trnava, as well as the W25 Santo Domingo
  • Reached her first WTA semi-final in Chennai
  • Ranking rose 118 places from the start of the year to a new career-high world No.118 in October
  • Defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the opening round in Bad Homburg

Men's singles

Collage of men's nominees for Player of the Year - Andy Murray, Dan Evans, Cam Norrie and Jack Draper

Andy Murray

Highlights: 

  • Rose back into the top 50 for the first time since 2018
  • Finished runner-up at the ATP 250 Sydney and ATP 250 Stuttgart
  • Reached the semi-finals of ATP Challenger Surbiton in June
  • Represented GB at the Davis Cup Finals group stages in Glasgow
  • Competed at the Laver Cup in September

Cam Norrie

Highlights:

  • Won ATP 250 singles titles in Delray Beach and Lyon
  • Finished runner-up in Los Cabos and Acapulco
  • Made his first Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon.
  • Reached a career high ranking of 8 in September – one of four British players to reach the top 10 in the Open Era
  • Represented GB at the Davis Cup Finals group stages in Glasgow
  • Competed at the Laver Cup in September

Dan Evans

Highlights:

  • Lifted his second title at the Rothesay Open Nottingham
  • Made his second ATP Masters semi-final in Canada
  • Reached the semi-final of the ATP250 in Sydney and San Diego
  • Went undefeated in three matches at the ATP Cup for Great Britain
  • Represented GB at the Davis Cup Finals group stages in Glasgow

Jack Draper

Highlights:

  • In 2022 Draper rose from world No.265 to a career-high world No.41
  • Draper has been nominated alongside some of the biggest stars in the game for the ‘Most Improved Player of the Year’ and ‘Newcomer of the Year’ at the season-ending ATP Awards
  • Having started the season with four ATP Challenger titles in quick succession, Draper’s season saw him reach the semi-finals at the Rothesay International Eastbourne as well as a quarter-final at the ATP 1000 in Canada
  • Became the first British player to qualify for the Next-Gen ATP Finals – reaching the semi-finals

Doubles

A collage of the doubles nominees for Player of the Year - Alicia Barnett, Joe Salisbury, Jamie Murray, Lloyd Glasspool, Neal Skupski and Olivia Nicholls

Alicia Barnett

Highlights: 

  • Became the British No.1 in women’s doubles for the first time
  • Achieved world ranking No.59, a career high in October  
  • Won her first WTA 250 title at the Granby Championships with Olivia Nicholls
  • Won W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki and W60 Bellinzona with Olivia Nicholls
  • Barnett, along with Jonny O’Mara, beat Venus Williams and Jamie Murray, to advance to third round at Wimbledon
  • Selected to represent Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow and won against Wimbledon champion, Elena Rybakina and world No.11, Anna Danilina
  • Booked GB a spot in the semi-finals for the first time since 1981 after beating Spain

Jamie Murray

Highlights:

  • Lifted the title at the ATP 250, Winston-Salem Open with Matt Ebden
  • Runner-up at the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro with Bruno Soares
  • Two-time ATP Masters semi-finalist in Monte Carlo and Madrid
  • Further ATP semi-finals at the Rothesay International Eastbourne and Estoril

Joe Salisbury

Highlights:

  • In April rose to World No.1 – becoming only the third Britain to do so in Open Era
  • Made history as first Brit doubles champion at Nitto ATP Finals
  • Defended US Open doubles title with Rajeev Ram – becoming the most successful British men’s doubles player in the Open Era
  • Won two ATP Masters Masters titles in Cincinnati and Monte Carlo
  • Semi-finalist at the Australian Open and Wimbledon
  • Named as ITF men’s doubles team of the year 2022
  • Represented GB at the Davis Cup Finals group stages in Glasgow

Lloyd Glasspool

Highlights:

  • Reached a new career-high ranking at No.12 – rising 66 places in the rankings
  • Won his first ATP 500 event in Hamburg withHarri Heliovaara 
  • Reached seven ATP finals, including cinch Championships
  • Qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time and progressed to the semi-finals
  • Semi-finalist at the ATP Masters in Paris and quarter-finalist at French Open and US Open

Neal Skupski

  • Became the ATP doubles world No. 1 in November 2022 – the fourth British player to do so in the Open Era
  • Finished the year as the top ranked doubles pair with Wesley Koolhof
  • With Desirae Krawczyk, he formed half of the first mixed doubles side to defend the Wimbledon crown since 1997
  • Lifted three ATP Masters titles in Paris, Canada and Madrid
  • Won a further four ATP titles, including Melbourne, Adelaide, Doha and ‘s-Hertogenbosch
  • Runner-up at the US Open
  • Semi-finalist at the Nitto ATP Finals and quarter-finals at Australian Open and French Open
  • Represented GB at the Davis Cup Finals group stages in Glasgow

Olivia Nicholls

Highlights:

  • Became joint British No.1 in women’s doubles
  • Reached a new career-high ranking at 59
  • Won her first WTA 250 title at the Granby Championships with Olivia Nicholls
  • Won W100 Grodzisk Mazowiecki and W60 Bellinzona with Olivia Nicholls
  • Selected to represent Great Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow and won against Wimbledon champion, Elena Rybakina and world No.11, Anna Danilina
  • Booked GB a spot in the semi-finals for the first time since 1981 after beating Spain

Wheelchair

A collage of Wheelchair nominees - Alfie Hewett, Ben Bartram, Andy Lapthorne, Gordon Reid, Lucy Shuker

Alfie Hewett

Highlights: 

  • Won his third US Open men’s singles title
  • Spent 21 weeks as world No.1 in the men’s singles rankings after two periods at the top of the rankings during the 2022 season.
  • Partnered Gordon Reid to win the Australian Open and Roland Garros men’s doubles titles as they extended their record of successive Grand Slam doubles titles to 10, beating the previous record of eight owned by Pam Shriver & Martina Navratilova
  • Won a total of 5 singles titles and 4 doubles titles during 2022
  • Reached his first Wimbledon men’s singles final

Andy Lapthorne

Highlights:

  • Won his sixth Australian Open quad doubles title
  • Won his first British Open quad singles title in his sixth final at the event since 2014
  • Won the inaugural quad singles title at the Rothesay Classic Birmingham
  • Won the Cajun Classic quad doubles title (level below Grand Slam) with David Wagner (USA)
  • Won the Bolton Indoor ITF 2 quad doubles title partnering Greg Slade after beating the top seeds in the final

Ben Bartram

Highlights: 

  • Won the inaugural US Open junior boys’ singles titles and partnered Dahnon Ward to win the boys’ doubles title
  • Became the third Brit to win the Junior Masters boys’ singles title and partnered Dahnon Ward to win the boys’ doubles title
  • Won his first senior men’s main draw singles title in Sardinia and went on to win six successive men’s singles titles over the summer, including his first at ITF 3 Series
  • Improved his senior men’s singles ranking by 45 places to reach a career-best No.16
  • Named ITF Junior Wheelchair Tennis Player of the Year and ended 2022 having been awarded a wild card for the Australian Open, his first senior Grand Slam

Gordon Reid

Highlights:

  • Partnered Alfie Hewett to win their third Australian Open and their third Roland Garros doubles titles together, setting a new record of 10 successive Grand Slam doubles titles and beating the previous record of eight owned by Shriver & Navratilova
  • Partnered Alfie Hewett to reach all four Grand Slam doubles finals, finishing runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open during a season hampered with wrist injury
  • Reached the men’s doubles final at the British Open in Nottingham
  • Reached the doubles final at all six tournaments be played in 2022 during a season largely dictated by injury management

Lucy Shuker

Highlights:

  • Returned to her career-best women’s singles ranking at No.5 in February
  • Won back-to-back Bolton Indoor ITF 3 and ITF 2 singles titles
  • Completed the two Bolton Indoor tournaments having also won one of two doubles finals
  • Ended 2022 having won four women’s doubles titles partnering USA’s Dana Mathewson
  • Reached a total of 15 doubles finals during the 2022 season
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