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Johannus Monday
British tennis player (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johannus Monday (born 22 January 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 216, achieved on 21 July 2025. He has a career high doubles ranking of No. 192 achieved on 28 August 2023.[1][2]
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Early life
Monday was born in Kingston upon Hull, and brought up in nearby Cottingham. He began playing tennis at the age of 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] Whilst competing on the college circuit he became the number one ranked NCAA player.[6]
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Career
After winning the title of the men's doubles of the Nottingham Open alongside Jacob Fearnley,[7] the pair received wildcards for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[8] 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.[9] In the doubles, he and Fearnley beat Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan in the opening round before losing to Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna.[10]
He won three consecutive singles titles on the ITF tennis tour in October 2024.[6] His haul included the singles and doubles titles at the M25 Louisville, a singles victory in Norman, Oklahoma, and a singles victory in Harlingen, Texas.[11][12][13]
He began 2025 with another title at that level in Sunderland before adding a fifth in six months in Bakersfield, United States in March 2025, defeating American Alex Rybakov in the final in straight sets to seal the title.[6]
In June 2025, Monday was awarded a wildcard to make his major tournament main-draw singles debut at Wimbledon,[14] where he lost to 13th seed Tommy Paul in the first round.[15]
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ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 8 (8–0)
Doubles: 10 (8–2)
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