European Senior Players of the Year
The Tennis Europe Seniors Player of the Year title is awarded to the top-ranked European player of each age category at the end of each season.
Many new faces feature amongst the 2019 list of Tennis Europe Senior Players of the Year. Just one woman - Over 85 winner Sabine Leflaive of France - was able to defend her title from 2018. At the other end of the age spectrum, Manon Kruse (GER, 35) and Rosa-Maria Andres Rodriguez (ESP, 40) picked up their first ever titles, as did Reinhilde Adams (GER, 65).
Amongst the other winners are perennial champions Heidi Eisterlehner and Heide Orth, both Germans, who have now picked up an astonishing 13 and 15 titles respectively.
The men's list is headed by Over 35 winner Andriy Baidikov (pictured), who becomes Ukraine' s second ever Player of the Year. Roberto Menendez Ferre of Spain won title 40s title - his fourth consecutive win, while Clemens Weinhandl (AUT, 45), Norbert Henn (GER), and Peter Pokorny (AUT, 75) were all also able to defend their titles.
Pokorny's win sees the Austrian master extend his record winning total to 18 titles.
Medals and certificates are due to be handed over to representatives of the winners’ national tennis federations at Tennis Europe's next Annual General Meeting.
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MEN |
WOMEN |
| 35 & Over |
Abdriy Baidikov (UKR) |
Manon Cruse (GER) |
| 40 & Over |
Roberto Menendez Ferre (ESP) |
Rosa-Maria Andres Rodriguez (ESP) |
| 45 & Over |
Clemens Weinhandl (AUT) |
Monika Biernat (POL)/
Susi Fortun Lohrmann (GER) |
| 50 & Over |
Alexandr Lindholm (FIN) |
Lucie Schwab (AUT) |
| 55 & Over |
Christian Greuter (GER) |
Liselot Prechtel (NED) |
| 60 & Over |
Norbert Henn (GER) |
Sabine Schmitz (GER) |
| 65 & Over |
Frits Raijmakers (NED) |
Reinhilde Adams (GER) |
| 70 & Over |
Jairo Velasco Ramirez (ESP) |
Heidi Eisterlehner (GER) |
| 75 & Over |
Peter Pokorny (AUT) |
Heide Orth (GER) |
| 80 & Over |
Klaus-Juergen Klein (GER)/
Ruediger Schoening (GER) |
Nanda Fischer (GER) |
| 85 & Over |
Herbert Althaus (GER) |
Sabine Leflaive (FRA) |
Former Players of the Year
2000 - 2019 (.pdf)