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.
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.
In 2020 he began studying political science at the University of Tennessee on a tennis scholarship. Whilst competing on the college circuit he became the number one ranked NCAA player.
Career After winning the title of the men's doubles of the Nottingham Open alongside Jacob Fearnley, the pair received wildcards for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. 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. In the doubles, he and Fearnley beat Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan in the opening round before losing to Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna.
He won three consecutive singles titles on the ITF tennis tour in October 2024. 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.
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.
In June 2025, Monday was awarded a wildcard to make his major tournament main-draw singles debut at Wimbledon, where he lost to 13th seed Tommy Paul in the first round.
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.
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) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF WTT (8–0)Finals by surfaceHard (8–2)Clay (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 South Bend, USWTTHard Sekou Bangoura6–3, 7–5Win2–0M25 Decatur, USWTTHard Ezekiel Clark6–3, 6–3Win3–0M25 East Lansing, USWTTHard Aidan McHugh6–2, 6–2Win4–0M25 Louisville, USWTTHard Tyler Zink6–2, 6–3Win5–0M25 Harlingen, USWTTHard Tadeas Paroulek6–0, 6–1Win6–0M25 Norman, USWTTHard (i) Juan Carlos Aguilar6–1, 6–3Win7–0M25 Sunderland, UKWTTHard (i) Ryan Peniston6–4, 6–2Win8–0M25 Bakersfield, USWTTHard (i) Alex Rybakov6–2, 6–4Loss0–1Sioux Falls Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Patrick Kypson7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 5–7Loss0–2Nottingham Challenger, UKChallengerHard (i) Clément Chidekh7–5, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Doubles: 12 (10 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (4–0)ITF WTT (6–2)Finals by surfaceHard (8–2)Grass (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Nottingham Open, UKChallengerGrass Jacob Fearnley Liam Broady Jonny O'Mara6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–7]Win1–0M25 Roehampton, UKWTTGrass Emile Hudd Arthur Bouquier François Musitelli6–4, 7–5Loss1–1M25 Roehampton, UKWTTHard Emile Hudd Charles Broom George Houghton4–6, 6–4, [9–11]Win2–1M25 Roehampton, UKWTTHard Emile Hudd Millen Hurrion Daniel Little7–5(10–8), 7–6(7–4)Win3–1M25 Aldershot, UKWTTHard Emile Hudd Arthur Fery Anton Matusevich6–3, 3–6, [10–8]Win4–1M15 Las Vegas, USWTTHard Ángel Díaz Jalil William Grant Andrés Andrade6–4, 6–4Loss4–2M25 Columbus, USWTTHard Shunsuke Mitsui Robert Cash Bryce Nakashima5–7, 6–7(10–12)Win5–2M25 Dallas, USWTTHard Shunsuke Mitsui Alexander Kotzen Tristan McCormick6–4, 6–4Win6–2M25 Louisville, USWTTHard J.J. Mercer Jody Maginley Evan Zhu7–5, 6–4Win2–0Knoxville Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Patrick Harper Micah Braswell Eliot Spizzirri6–2, 6–2Win3–0Columbus Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Patrick Harper George Goldhoff Theodore Winegar6–4, 6–3Win4–0Lincoln Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Patrick Harper Aryan Shah Dhakshineswar Suresh6–4, 7–5
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