Athletes of all ages and talents are nominated for the next classes, with the winners introduced on the Australian Tennis Awards.
Melbourne, VIC, 2 December 2024 | Jackson Mansell
Australia’s largest stars throughout all ages and talents can be celebrated on the 2024 Australian Tennis Awards.
The awards can be held on Monday 9 December at Melbourne’s Palladium Ballroom, an evening highlighted by the awarding of the Newcombe Medal to Australia’s most excellent elite tennis participant and ambassador for the game.
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The next award classes recognise longevity and inclusivity inside the sport of tennis, making it a sport for everybody.
Listed here are the finalists in 4 awards classes honouring gamers of all ages and talents.
Feminine Junior Athlete of the 12 months
Ava Beck (Vic): The 16-year-old had an emphatic rise in 2024. Ranked No.717 within the ITF women’ rankings final September, Beck has since skyrocketed inside the highest 100 within the house of 15 months. The Victorian gained three ITF junior titles this season, in Mornington, Canberra and Miki. She capped her yr by representing Australia on the Junior Billie Jean King Cup.
Emerson Jones (Qld): The Queenslander went from energy to energy in 2024. Twice a Grand Slam women’ singles finalist, Jones turned the primary Australian since Jelena Dokic in 1998 to turn into ITF junior women’ world No.1. Additionally on the junior circuit, the 16-year-old reigned supreme within the World Junior Tennis Finals. At skilled stage, Jones gained her maiden ITF title in Sydney final month.
Maya Joint (Qld): Joint had a season to recollect, starting it world No.684 earlier than hovering as excessive as world No.110 in October. The world’s second-highest ranked youngsters after Mirra Andreeva, the 18-year-old is excelling at a charge past her years. A spotlight of Joint’s season was profitable her first Grand Slam main-draw match on the US Open.
Renee Alame (NSW): The 15-year-old continued her upward trajectory this season, and now boasts career-high rankings in each the ITF junior singles and doubles. Inside the highest 100 in each classes, the Sydneysider gained 4 titles throughout each disciplines in 2024. She additionally made her junior Grand Slam debut at Melbourne Park, reaching the second spherical of the singles and the third spherical of the doubles.
| Australian Tennis Awards Honour roll Feminine Junior Athlete of the 12 months |
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| 2023 | Taylah Preston (WA) |
| 2022 | Taylah Preston (WA), Talia Gibson (WA) |
| 2021 | Taylah Preston (WA) |
| 2020 | Not introduced |
| 2019 | Talia Gibson (WA) |
| 2018 | Destanee Aiava (Vic) |
| 2017 | Destanee Aiava (Vic) |
| 2016 | Kimberly Birrell (Qld) |
| 2015 | Kimberly Birrell (Qld) |
| 2014 | Destanee Aiava (Vic) |
| 2013 | Ash Barty (Qld) |
| 2012 | Ash Barty (Qld) |
| 2011 | Ash Barty (Qld) |
| 2010 | Ash Barty (Qld) |
Male Junior Athlete of the 12 months
Cruz Hewitt (NSW): The son of Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton, Cruz achieved many firsts this yr. Hewitt made his junior main-draw debut at Australian Open 2024 and cracked into the ITF boys’ prime 100 for the primary time. The 15-year-old gained three junior titles, together with the Oceania Closed Junior Championships, and was chosen in Australia’s Junior Davis Cup staff.
Hayden Jones (Qld): A 3-time finalist for this award, the 18-year-old is hoping to lastly be topped winner. Jones’ season was highlighted by breaking into ITF Junior prime 10, turning into the highest-ranked Australian boy since Alexei Popyrin in 2017. The Australian Open 2024 boys’ quarterfinalist gained three ITF singles titles in Thailand and performed within the World Junior Tennis Finals.
Jin Woodman (Vic): The 15-year-old introduced himself as the brand new face of Australian wheelchair tennis in 2024, scaling new heights by profitable 14 titles throughout boys’ singles, quad singles and quad doubles. He peaked at world No.3 within the ITF boys singles rankings and reached the highest 20 within the quad singles. Woodman additionally represented Australia within the Boys’ World Staff Cup.
| Australian Tennis Awards Honour roll Male Junior Athlete of the 12 months |
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| 2023 | Charlie Camus (ACT) |
| 2022 | Edward Winter (SA) |
| 2021 | Philip Sekulic (Qld) |
| 2020 | Not introduced |
| 2019 | Rinky Hijikata (NSW) |
| 2018 | Rinky Hijikata (NSW) |
| 2017 | Alex de Minaur (NSW) |
| 2016 | Alex de Minaur (NSW) |
| 2015 | Omar Jasika (Vic) |
| 2014 | Thanasi Kokkinakis (SA) |
| 2013 | Nick Kyrgios (ACT) |
| 2012 | Luke Saville (SA) |
| 2011 | Luke Saville (SA) |
| 2010 | Bernard Tomic (Qld) |
Most Excellent 35+ Tennis Grasp
Glenn Busby (Vic): The 2011 winner of this award loved one other stellar season on the ITF World Tennis Masters Tour in singles and doubles. With a mixed 47-1 document over the 2 disciplines, the 67-year-old claimed each world championships in March. The world No.1 65+ singles participant additionally led Australia to their third-straight Britannia Cup.
Kerryn Cyprien (Qld): Cyprien had sustained success throughout all codecs in 2024. Ranked within the prime 10 for singles, doubles, and blended doubles within the over-55 class, the Queenslander gained each doubles world championships in Mexico Metropolis. The 56-year-old represented Australia on the Maureen Connolly Cup in April – her eighth time being chosen.
Stephen Dance (TAS): Dance had one in all his greatest seasons so far. The 69-year-old turned the 65+ doubles world No.1 for the primary time in Could, after profitable his third Masters Tour 1000 title for the yr. Additionally ranked world No.3 in singles, Dance’s all-round success earned him a seventh look in Australia’s Britannia Cup staff.
| Australian Tennis Awards Honour roll Most Excellent 35+ Tennis Grasp |
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| 2023 | Brandon Lee Moore (NSW) |
| 2022 | Jarrod Broadbent (Vic) |
| 2021 | Sue Willis (ACT) |
| 2020 | Not introduced |
| 2019 | Pat Moloney (ACT) |
| 2018 | Peter Froelich (Qld) |
| 2017 | Ros Balodis (ACT) |
| 2016 | Leanne Swaysland (NSW) |
| 2015 | Bob Howes (Vic) |
| 2014 | Ros Balodis (ACT) |
| 2013 | Ros Balodis (ACT) |
| 2012 | Andrew Rae (Vic) |
| 2011 | Glenn Busby (Vic) |
| 2010 | Andrew Rae (Vic) |
Most Excellent Athlete with a Incapacity
Archie Graham (Qld): Graham is aiming to win the award for a fourth time. The PWII-1 singles world No.1 began his season in scintillating type, profitable the Australian Open, earlier than claiming gold on the World Tennis Championships in France. It marks the second time in a row that Graham is year-end No.1.
Grace Hobbs (NSW): Hobbs dominated blind and low imaginative and prescient tennis competitors in 2024. The IBTA B4 singles world No.1 gained gold within the respective occasion on the Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Tennis World Championships, in addition to the ladies’s open doubles. She was additionally an integral half in Staff NSW profitable the Maurice Gleeson Cup on the Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Nationwide Championships in July, profitable the B4 singles and B2-4 doubles.
Michael Leigh (NSW): Leigh was one in all Australia’s most adorned gamers on the IBTA Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient Tennis World Championships in October, the place he gained two gold medals. The New South Welshman gained gold within the B3 singles, earlier than teaming up with Ross Patterson to win the lads’s open doubles competitors. He additionally holds the Australian No.1 rating in each the B3 singles and doubles.
Ross Patterson (TAS): Patterson as soon as once more had an ideal season in 2024. The Tasmanian went undefeated in B4 Blind and Low Imaginative and prescient singles competitors, a marketing campaign which included an Australian Championship title in July. The B4 singles world No.1 additionally had a formidable yr within the doubles, the place he excelled at nationwide and worldwide stage. He gained the B3-4 doubles at Australian Championships, in addition to the lads’s open doubles on the IBTA World Championships, alongside Michael Leigh.
| Australian Tennis Awards Honour roll Most Excellent Athlete with a Incapacity |
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| 2023 | Archie Graham (Qld) |
| 2022 | Heath Davidson (Vic) |
| 2021 | Ben Weekes (NSW) |
| 2020 | Not introduced |
| 2019 | Dylan Alcott (Vic) |
| 2018 | Archie Graham (Qld) |
| 2017 | Archie Graham (Qld) |
| 2016 | Heath Davidson (Vic), Dylan Alcott (Vic) |
| 2015 | Dylan Alcott (Vic) |
| 2014 | Adam Kellerman (NSW) |
| 2013 | Ben Weekes (NSW) |
| 2012 | Glen Flindell (Vic) |
| 2011 | Kelly Wren (NSW) |
| 2010 | Daniela Di Toro (Vic) |
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