The Australian Tennis Award finalists have officially been announced by Tennis Australia, with Victorians featuring prominently.<\/p>\n
Victorians Daria Gavrilova and John Peers join, Ashleigh Barty, Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson as nominees for the coveted Newcombe Medal \u2013 awarded to Australia\u2019s most outstanding elite tennis player and ambassador for the sport.<\/p>\n
Both Gavrilova and Peers have had stellar years, with Gavrilova ending Sam Stosur\u2019s record-breaking streak as Australia\u2019s number one female player in June and Peers enjoying grand slam success at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy to be nominated for the second-straight year and I can\u2019t wait to celebrate tennis at the Newcombe Medal, it is always a great night,\u201d Daria Gavrilova said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to again be nominated for the Newcombe Medal,\u201d John Peers said from London, where he\u2019s competing in the ATP World Tour Finals.<\/p>\n
The Newcombe Medal will be presented alongside 14 other categories as part of the Australian Tennis Awards.<\/p>\n
Tennis Australia CEO\u00a0Craig Tiley\u00a0believes the event is celebrating an inspiring and positive 12 months of tennis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to honouring the contribution of our tennis stars on and off the court at the Australian Tennis Awards,\u201d Tiley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe recognise the exceptional achievements of our athletes but also celebrate the influence our coaches, clubs, schools, volunteers and communities have had on the game across Australia during the past 12 months.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of the 14 categories, Victorians feature in 11 of them, which is a remarkable achievement from many of the state\u2019s award winners.<\/p>\n
2017 Newcombe Medal finalists:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Coaching Excellence High Performance Coaching Excellence Club Coaching Excellence Talent Development Female Junior Athlete of the Year Male Junior Athlete of the Year Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability Volunteer Achievement Award Most Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior Excellence in Officiating Most Outstanding Club Most Outstanding Australian Ranking Tournament Most Outstanding Professional Tournament Most Outstanding School The Newcombe Medal will take place on Monday 27 November at Crown Palladium, Melbourne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Victoria shines as Australian Tennis Award finalists are officially announced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6038,"featured_media":18038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Nicole Kriz (NSW), Anthony Richardson (Qld), Des Tyson (NSW), Craig Tyzzer (Vic)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Frank Calabria (Canberra, ACT), Rufus Keown (Malvern, Vic)<\/strong>, Helen Rice (Belair, SA)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Luke Bourgeois (Homebush, NSW), Graeme Brimblecombe (Graceville East, Qld), Sam Wall (Aberfoyle Park, SA)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Destanee Aiava (Berwick, Vic), Jaimee Fourlis (Preston, Vic)<\/strong>, Michaela Haet (Longueville, NSW)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:\u00a0<\/strong>Alex De Minaur (Sydney, NSW), Blake Ellis (Bellbowrie, Qld), Alexei Popyrin (Pymble, NSW)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Heath Davidson (Rosebud, Vic)<\/strong>, Archie Graham (Ipswich, Qld), Ben Weekes (Strathfield, NSW)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0James Edwards (Perth, WA), Shirley Peake (Fawkner, Vic)<\/strong>, Charles Webb (Darwin, NT)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Adrienne Avis (Avalon Beach, NSW), Ros Balodis (Canberra, ACT), Glenn Busby (Eltham, Vic)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Phillip Goodman (Mill Park, Vic)<\/strong>, Glenn Toland (Engadine NSW), Emma Walter (Swinger Hill, ACT)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Boroondara Tennis Centre (Vic)<\/strong>, City Community Tennis (NSW), Redland Bay Tennis Club (Qld)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a02017 Federation Cup Foundation Bronze Women\u2019s AMT and Girls\u2019 JT (SA), 2017 Glenorchy Open (Tas), Melbourne Wheelchair Tennis Open 2017 (Vic)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0ACT Clay Court International 2017 (ACT), Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International 2016 (Qld), Mildura Grand Tennis International 2017 (Vic)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0Brisbane Boys\u2019 College (Toowong, Qld), Giralang Primary School (Giralang, ACT), Riverton Primary School (Riverton, WA)<\/p>\n