LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
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Kyle Edmund also reached the semi-finals<br />
before falling to Kyrgios.<br />
OCTOBER 2012<br />
Heather Watson became the first British<br />
woman to win a WTA singles title since<br />
1988 with a dramatic victory at the HP<br />
Open in Osaka.<br />
US Open Champion Andy Murray reached the<br />
semi-finals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis<br />
Championships in Tokyo before narrowly<br />
losing a thrilling final to Novak Djokovic at the<br />
Shanghai Masters 1000.<br />
Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming reached the<br />
semi-finals in Beijing and at the Shanghai<br />
Masters 1000 while Dominic Inglot was<br />
a finalist at the Swiss Open in Basel with<br />
partner Treat Huey.<br />
Ken Skupski and partner Xavier Malisse were<br />
finalists at the Open D’Orleans ATP Challenger<br />
with Belgian partner Xavier Malisse.<br />
Gordon Reid won his first Super Series title at<br />
the US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships<br />
by partnering Frenchman Stephane Houdet to<br />
victory in the doubles event.<br />
Reid was also a singles finalist at the<br />
Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis<br />
Tournament before teaming up with Maikel<br />
Scheffers to win the doubles title with a win<br />
over the all-British team of Marc McCarroll<br />
and David Phillipson in the final.<br />
Kyle Edmund won his first ITF Futures title in<br />
Birmingham, Alabama, defeating third seed<br />
Chase Buchanan 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-4 in the final.<br />
There were also Futures victories for Neil<br />
Paufley and Dan Smethurst in Hambach,<br />
Germany and Falun, Sweden respectively<br />
while Alex Ward took the doubles title<br />
in Essen, Germany, with Dutch partner<br />
Romano Frantzen.<br />
Samantha Murray won her first $25K title<br />
at the Aegon GB Pro-Series in Glasgow<br />
while Ashley Hewitt was runner-up in the<br />
Men’s singles.<br />
The Great Britain Deaf Tennis Team were<br />
nominated for Team of the Year in the<br />
Deaf Sports Personality of the Year<br />
Awards 2012, while Bethany Brookes was<br />
also nominated for Young Player of<br />
the Year.<br />
NOVEMBER 2012<br />
Heather Watson and Laura Robson were<br />
jointly named Young Sportswomen of the<br />
Year Award at the 2012 Sunday Times<br />
Sportswomen of the Year Awards.<br />
British No.1 Andy Murray was jointly<br />
named Scottish Sportsperson of the year<br />
with Sir Chris Hoy at the Commonwealth<br />
Games Awards dinner in Glasgow. 14 yearold<br />
Maia Lumsden was named the Most<br />
Improved Junior Sportsperson.<br />
Jonny Marray reached his first Masters<br />
1000 semi-final in Paris with Australian<br />
partner Paul Hanley. The unseeded duo<br />
<strong>LTA</strong> Player Guide 9
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