Johannus Monday
.jpg) Monday at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | .svg.png){kind=small} United Kingdom |
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| Born | 22 January 2002 Hull, England |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Tennessee |
| Prize money | $383,127 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 212 (27 October 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 311 (24 August 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2025) |
| US Open | Q1 (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 192 (28 August 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 271 (22 June 2026) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2023) |
| Last updated on: 22 June 2026. | |
Johannus Monday (born 22 January 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 212, achieved on 27 October 2025. He has a career high doubles ranking of No. 192 achieved on 28 August 2023.[1][2]
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]
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]
In September 2025, Monday combined with Patrick Harper to win the doubles title at the Columbus Challenger, defeating George Goldhoff and Theodore Winegar in the final.[16]
In October 2025, Monday reached his first Challenger final in singles, at the Sioux Falls Challenger. He lost to fifth seed Patrick Kypson in three sets.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | M15 South Bend, US | WTT | Hard |  Sekou Bangoura |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2022 | M25 Decatur, US | WTT | Hard | Ezekiel Clark |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 2024 | M25 East Lansing, US | WTT | Hard |  Aidan McHugh |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct 2024 | M25 Louisville, US | WTT | Hard | Tyler Zink |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–0 | Oct 2024 | M25 Harlingen, US | WTT | Hard |  Tadeas Paroulek |
6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–0 | Oct 2024 | M25 Norman, US | WTT | Hard (i) | .svg.png){kind=small} Juan Carlos Aguilar |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–0 | Jan 2025 | M25 Sunderland, UK | WTT | Hard (i) | Ryan Peniston |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–0 | Mar 2025 | M25 Bakersfield, US | WTT | Hard (i) | Alex Rybakov |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2025 | Sioux Falls Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | Patrick Kypson |
7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2026 | Nottingham Challenger, UK | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Clément Chidekh |
7–5, 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Doubles: 12 (10 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2023 | Nottingham Open, UK | Challenger | Grass | Jacob Fearnley |
Liam Broady Jonny O'Mara |
6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–7] |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2023 | M25 Roehampton, UK | WTT | Grass | Emile Hudd |
Arthur Bouquier François Musitelli |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2023 | M25 Roehampton, UK | WTT | Hard | Emile Hudd |
Charles Broom George Houghton |
4–6, 6–4, [9–11] |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2023 | M25 Roehampton, UK | WTT | Hard | Emile Hudd |
Millen Hurrion Daniel Little |
7–5(10–8), 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2023 | M25 Aldershot, UK | WTT | Hard | Emile Hudd |
Arthur Fery Anton Matusevich |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 4–1 | Oct 2023 | M15 Las Vegas, US | WTT | Hard |  Ángel Díaz Jalil |
William Grant Andrés Andrade |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Oct 2023 | M25 Columbus, US | WTT | Hard |  Shunsuke Mitsui |
Robert Cash Bryce Nakashima |
5–7, 6–7(10–12) |
| Win | 5–2 | Jul 2024 | M25 Dallas, US | WTT | Hard | Shunsuke Mitsui |
Alexander Kotzen Tristan McCormick |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–2 | Oct 2024 | M25 Louisville, US | WTT | Hard | J.J. Mercer |
 Jody Maginley Evan Zhu |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2024 | Knoxville Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | .svg.png){kind=small} Patrick Harper |
Micah Braswell Eliot Spizzirri |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2025 | Columbus Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | Patrick Harper |
George Goldhoff Theodore Winegar |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Oct 2025 | Lincoln Challenger, US | Challenger | Hard (i) | Patrick Harper |
 Aryan Shah Dhakshineswar Suresh |
6–4, 7–5 |
References
- ↑ "Johannus Monday". ITF. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ "Johannus Monday | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- 1 2 Jones, Preston (20 April 2022). "Family-Oriented Monday Excelling on Rocky Top". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ "Hull tennis player Johannus Monday proving a big hit on the US college tennis circuit". ITV News. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ Kemp, Dan (February 21, 2021). "'JoMo' the Cottingham tennis star taking the US by storm". HullLive.
- 1 2 3 "Ryan Peniston, Johannus Monday & Oliver Crawford headline a standout week of British singles titles on the ITF Tour". lta.org. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Rothesay Open Nottingham 2023: Jacob Fearnley & Johannus Monday lift first ATP Challenger title". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dickson-Jefford, Oli (29 June 2023). "Monday takes pride from Wimbledon Qualifying campaign". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ↑ Russo, Rick (10 July 2023). "Monday's impressive debut at Wimbledon comes to an end". wvlt.tv. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ "Jay Clarke & Johannus Monday claim ITF singles titles & three British doubles champions". lta.org. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ Furness, Glenys. "MONDAY CLAIMS ITF HARLINGEN TITLE". Britsportswatch. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "M25 NORMAN". itftennis. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Johannus Monday and Fran Jones get Wimbledon wild card in nod to Yorkshire tennis". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Wimbledon: Paul books spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ↑ "Jan Choinski wins Bad Waltersdorf Challenger title as Harriet Dart, Maia Lumsden & Johannus Monday clinch doubles trophies". Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
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- Living people
- British male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Kingston upon Hull
- Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis players
- British expatriate tennis players in the United States
- People educated at Merchiston Castle School
- English male tennis players
- Tennis players from the East Riding of Yorkshire
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- 21st-century English sportsmen