Newcombe Medal

The Newcombe Medal celebrates and recognizes the performances, achievements, and contributions made by members of the Australian tennis family each year. The awards are named after Australian tennis player John Newcombe. The awards are presented annually at an event in the latter months of the year. The inaugural year was 2010.^[1]

Newcombe Medal
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements for Australian tennis
Country	Australia
Presented by	Tennis Australia
First award	3 December 2010; 14 years ago (2010-12-03)
Website	Newcombe Medal

Athlete Awards

Newcombe Medal

The Newcombe Medal is awarded to Australia's most outstanding elite tennis player for the year. Nominees for the award are selected by a panel of Australian champions and individuals in the tennis community. The award is named in honour of the achievements of Australian tennis player John Newcombe.

Winner

Season	Nominees
	Player / Team	Ranking	Tour	Origin
2010	Samantha Stosur	No. 6 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Lleyton Hewitt	No. 54 (Singles)	ATP	Adelaide
	Anastasia Rodionova	No. 26 (Doubles)	WTA	Melbourne
	Jarmila Gajdošová	No. 42 (Singles)	WTA	Melbourne
2011	Samantha Stosur (2)	No. 6 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Jarmila Gajdošová	No. 33 (Singles)	WTA	Melbourne
	Matthew Ebden	No. 86 (Singles)	ATP	Perth
	Bernard Tomic	No. 42 (Singles)	ATP	Gold Coast
2012	Samantha Stosur (3)	No. 9 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Marinko Matosevic	No. 49 (Singles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Lleyton Hewitt	No. 80 (Singles)	ATP	Adelaide
	Casey Dellacqua	No. 88 (Singles)	WTA	Perth
2013	Lleyton Hewitt	No. 60 (Singles)	ATP	Adelaide
	Marinko Matosevic	No. 61 (Singles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	No. 12 (Doubles) No. 10 (Doubles)	WTA	Ipswich Perth
2014	Nick Kyrgios	No. 52 (Singles)	ATP	Canberra
	Samantha Stosur	No. 23 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Lleyton Hewitt	No. 50 (Singles)	ATP	Adelaide
	Casey Dellacqua	No. 29 (Singles)	WTA	Perth
2015	Sam Groth	No. 60 (Singles)	ATP	Narrandera
	Samantha Stosur	No. 27 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Thanasi Kokkinakis	No. 80 (Singles)	ATP	Adelaide
	John Peers	No. 8 (Doubles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Casey Dellacqua	No. 4 (Doubles)	WTA	Perth
2016	Dylan Alcott	No. 1 (Quads)	WTT	Melbourne
	Daria Gavrilova	No. 24 (Singles)	WTA	Melbourne
	John Millman	No. 84 (Singles)	ATP	Brisbane
	John Peers	No. 9 (Doubles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Samantha Stosur	No. 21 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Jordan Thompson	No. 79 (Singles)	ATP	Sydney
2017	Ashleigh Barty	No. 17 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Daria Gavrilova	No. 25 (Singles)	WTA	Melbourne
	Nick Kyrgios	No. 21 (Singles)	ATP	Canberra
	John Peers	No. 2 (Doubles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Jordan Thompson	No. 63 (Singles)	ATP	Sydney
2018	Ashleigh Barty (2) / Alex de Minaur	No. 15 (Singles) / No. 31 (Singles)	WTA / ATP	Brisbane / Sydney
	Dylan Alcott	No. 2 (Quads)	WTT	Melbourne
	John Millman	No. 34 (Singles)	ATP	Brisbane
2019	Ashleigh Barty (3)	No. 1 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
	Dylan Alcott	No. 1 (Quads)	WTT	Melbourne
	Alex de Minaur	No. 18 (Singles)	ATP	Sydney
	John Millman	No. 48 (Singles)	ATP	Brisbane
	Ajla Tomljanović	No. 51 (Singles)	WTA	Brisbane
2020	no awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Ashleigh Barty (4) / Dylan Alcott (2)	No. 1 (Singles) No. 1 (Quads)	WTA/ WTT	Brisbane / Melbourne
	John Peers	No. 13 (Doubles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Samantha Stosur	No. 16 (Doubles)	WTA	Brisbane
2022	Ashleigh Barty (5)	—	WTA	Brisbane
	Alex De Minaur	No. 24 (Singles)	ATP	Sydney
	Matthew Ebden	No. 26 (Doubles)	ATP	Perth
	Storm Hunter	No. 10 (Doubles)	WTA	Rockhampton
	Nick Kyrgios	No. 22 (Singles) No. 13 (Doubles)	ATP	Canberra
	Max Purcell	No. 33 (Doubles)	ATP	Perth
	Ajla Tomljanović	No. 33 (Singles)	ATP	Brisbane
2023	Alex De Minaur (2)	No. 11 (Singles)	ATP	Sydney
	Matthew Ebden	No. 4 (Doubles)	ATP	Perth
	Rinky Hijikata	No. 71 (Singles) No. 23 (Doubles)	ATP	Sydney
	Storm Hunter	No. 1 (Doubles)	WTA	Rockhampton
	Max Purcell	No. 45 (Singles)	ATP	Perth
2024 [2]	Alex De Minaur (3)	No. 6 (Singles)	AT4	Sydney
	Matthew Ebden	No. 1 (Doubles)	ATP	Perth
	Alexei Popyrin	No. 23 (Singles)	AT4	Perth
	Jordan Thompson	No. 25 (Singles) No. 3 (Doubles)	ATP	Perth
	John Peers	(Doubles)	ATP	Melbourne
	Max Purcell	(Doubles)	ATP	Perth
	Olivia Gadecki	No. 83 (Singles)	WTA	Perth

Female Junior Athlete of the Year Award

Junior athlete of the year is awarded to the player 18 years and under that is ranked number 1 in their age group (ATP/WTA/ITF/AR), has demonstrated a record of playing for Australia in teams events and has displayed a positive attitude at all times.

Year	Player	Age	Origin
2010	Ashleigh Barty	14	Ipswich
	Monika Wejnert	16	Brisbane
2011	Ashleigh Barty (2)	15	Ipswich
2012	Ashleigh Barty (3)	16	Ipswich
	Lizette Cabrera	15	Townsville
	Destanee Aiava	12	Melbourne
2013	Ashleigh Barty	17	Ipswich
	Priscilla Hon	15	Brisbane
	Seone Mendez	14	Sydney
2014	Destanee Aiava	14	Melbourne
	Kimberly Birrell	16	Hope Island
	Seone Mendez	15	Sydney
2015	Kimberly Birrell	17	Hope Island
	Jaimee Fourlis		Melbourne
	Priscilla Hon		Brisbane
2016	Kimberly Birrell (2)	18	Hope Island
	Jaimee Fourlis		Melbourne
	Priscilla Hon		Brisbane
	Maddison Inglis		Maida Vale
2017	Destanee Aiava (2)	17	Melbourne
	Jaimee Fourlis		Melbourne
	Michaela Haet		Longueville
2018	Destanee Aiava (3)	18	Melbourne
	Anastasia Berezov		Sydney
	Annerly Poulos		Canberra
2019	Talia Gibson		Western Australia
2020	no awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Taylah Preston	16	Western Australia
2022	Taylah Preston / Talia Gibson	17 / 18	Western Australia / Western Australia
2023	Emerson Jones / Talia Gibson	15 / 19	Western Australia / Western Australia
2024	Emerson Jones / Maya Joint	16 / 18	Queensland / Queensland

Male Junior Athlete of the Year Award

Junior athlete of the year is awarded to the player 18 years and under that is ranked number 1 in their age group (ATP/WTA/ITF/AR), has demonstrated a record of playing for Australia in teams events and has displayed a positive attitude at all times.

Year	Player	Age	Origin
2010	Bernard Tomic	18	Gold Coast
	Jason Kubler	17	Brisbane
	Benjamin Mitchell	18	Gold Coast
	James Duckworth	18	Sydney
2011	Luke Saville	17	Berri
2012	Luke Saville (2)	18	Berri
	Jacob Grills	17	Ocean Grove
	Harry Bourchier	16	Hobart
2013	Nick Kyrgios	18	Canberra
	Oliver Anderson	15	Yeronga
	Thanasi Kokkinakis	17	Adelaide
2014	Thanasi Kokkinakis	18	Adelaide
	Alex de Minaur	15	Rhodes
	Omar Jasika	17	Clarinda
2015	Omar Jasika	18	Clarinda
	Alex de Minaur		Sydney
	Blake Ellis		Bellbowrie
2016	Alex de Minaur		Sydney
	Blake Ellis		Bellbowrie
	Alexei Popyrin		Pymble
2017	Alex de Minaur (2)		Sydney
	Blake Ellis		Bellbowrie
	Alexei Popyrin		Pymble
2018	Rinky Hijikata
	Chen Dong		Brisbane
	Tristan Schoolkate		Perth
2019	Rinky Hijikata (2)		New South Wales
2020	no awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Philip Sekulic	18	Queensland
2022	Edward Winter	18	South Australia
2023	Charlie Camus	17	ACT
2024	Hayden Jones	18	Queensland

Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability

Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability is awarded to the player ranked in the top 10, participated in at least one Grand Slam (including the Australian Tennis Championships), has demonstrated a record of playing for Australia in teams events and has displayed a positive attitude at all times.

Year	Player	Origin
2010	Daniela Di Toro	Melbourne
	Ben Weekes	Sydney
	Zvi Schweitzer	Murrumbeena
	Kelly Wren	Sydney
2011	Kelly Wren	Sydney
2012	Glen Flindell	Heidelberg
	Adam Kellerman	St Ives
	Zvi Schweitzer	Murrumbeena
2013	Ben Weekes	Sydney
	Adam Kellerman	St Ives
	Kelly Wren	Sydney
2014	Adam Kellerman	Newtown
	Dylan Alcott	St Kilda East
	Archie Graham	Newtown
2015	Dylan Alcott	St Kilda
	Glen Flindell	Yallambie
	Adam Kellerman	St Ives
2016	Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson	St Kilda and Rosebud
2017	Archie Graham	Queensland
2018	Archie Graham (2)	Queensland
	Carla Lenarduzzi	Melbourne
	Kelly Wren	Sydney
2019	Dylan Alcott (3)	St Kilda
2020	no awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Timothy Gould and Ben Weekes	Queensland and New South Wales
2022	Heath Davidson	Victoria
2023	Archie Graham	Queensland
2024	Ross Patterson	Tasmania

Tournament Awards

• Most Outstanding Professional Tournament
• Most Outstanding Australian Ranking Tournament

Community Awards

• Coaching Excellence Award – High Performance
• Coaching Excellence Award – Club
• Coaching Excellence Award – Tennis Hot Shots
• Coaching Excellence Award – Talent Development
• Most Outstanding Tennis Community
• Volunteer Achievement Award
• Excellence in Officiating Award
• Most Outstanding Club
• Most Outstanding School