Johannus Monday

Johannus Monday (born 22 January 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of 531 achieved on 10 October 2022. He has a career high doubles ranking of 192 achieved on 28 August 2023.[1][2]

Johannus Monday
Monday at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002
Hull, England
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeTennessee
Prize money$74,660
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 531 (10 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 728 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 192 (28 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 202 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2023)
Last updated on: 21 January 2024.

Early life

Monday was born in Kingston upon Hull and brought up in nearby Cottingham. He began playing tennis at four years old. He attended St Mary's College and, from 2015, boarded at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh.[3]

In 2020 he began studying political science at the University of Tennessee on a tennis scholarship.[4][5][3]

Career

After winning the title of the men's doubles of the Nottingham Open alongside Jacob Fearnley, the pair received wildcards for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[6] He was also given a wildcard into the men's qualifying singles and beat Mili Poljicak before pushing the experienced Radu Albot to three sets.[7] In the doubles, he and Fearnley beat Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan in the opening round before losing to Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna.[8]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Doubles: 7 (5–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2023 Nottingham, Great Britain Challenger Grass Jacob Fearnley Liam Broady
Jonny O'Mara		 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–7]
Win 2–0 Jul 2023 M25 Roehampton, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Grass Emile Hudd Arthur Bouquier
François Musitelli		 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–1 Jul 2023 M25 Roehampton, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard Emile Hudd Charles Broom
George Houghton		 4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win 3–1 Aug 2023 M25 Roehampton, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard Emile Hudd Millen Hurrion
Daniel Little		 7–5(10–8), 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–1 Aug 2023 M25 Aldershot, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard Emile Hudd Arthur Fery
Anton Matusevich		 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 5–1 Oct 2023 M15 Las Vegas, USA World Tennis Tour Hard Ángel Díaz Jalil William Grant
Andrés Andrade		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–2 Oct 2023 M25 Columbus, USA World Tennis Tour Hard Shunsuke Mitsui Robert Cash
Bryce Nakashima		 5–7, 6–7(10–12)

References
  1. "Johannus Monday". ITF. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. "Johannus Monday | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. Jones, Preston (20 April 2022). "Family-Oriented Monday Excelling on Rocky Top". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. "Hull tennis player Johannus Monday proving a big hit on the US college tennis circuit". ITV News. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. Kemp, Dan (February 21, 2021). "'JoMo' the Cottingham tennis star taking the US by storm". HullLive.
  6. Elder, Matthew (1 July 2023). "Andy Murray and the nine Scots competing at Wimbledon 2023 – including son of Rangers coach". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. Dickson-Jefford, Oli (29 June 2023). "Monday takes pride from Wimbledon Qualifying campaign". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  8. Russo, Rick (10 July 2023). "Monday's impressive debut at Wimbledon comes to an end". wvlt.tv. Retrieved 17 April 2023.


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