Round 1 MVPs

Round 1 of ahm NPL 2026 is done. 36 matches, two divisions, seven conferences. 14 MVPs. 12 players closed Round 1 without dropping a game.

One performance set the bar: Selina Turulja, NSW Pro Female, 6-0, +58. The most dominant individual performance across either division. Here's how the rest of the round shaped up.

Pro Division

NSW Conference

Selina Turulja, Heat. Female. 6-0, +58.

Nobody else got near. Six games, six wins, +58 in points difference. Turulja closed Round 1 cleaner than anyone in either division. Heat teammate Shannon Spencer (4-0, +40) ran her own unbeaten week alongside her in the same conference.

Brian Tran, Dinkers. Male. 5-1, +27.

NSW was the closest of the three Pro Male MVPs. Two players at 5-1. Tran took it ahead of Stingers' Ryan Henry, +27 to +11 in the points difference column. Both teams also fielded a 4-0 unbeaten in support: Daiki Tanabe (Dinkers, 4-0 +16) alongside Tran, Kyle Stoker (Stingers, 4-0 +17) alongside Henry. Four strong NSW Male rounds, one MVP.

VIC Conference

Sahil Dang, Roos. Male. 5-1, +19.

Dang played both his singles games as the finisher. He partnered VIC Pro Female MVP Kat Valos in Mixed Doubles. 5-1 on the round.

Roos teammate Ethan Chung went 4-0 (+29) across his doubles and singles starter halves. Two Roos Males ran the top of VIC Pro Male: Dang's MVP-taking 5-1, and Chung's clean 4-0 alongside.

Kat Valos, Roos. Female. 4-2, +8.

The tightest race in Pro. Valos and Tide's Ayesha Dang both finished 4-2, the top eligible record in the conference. Valos led the points difference column, +8 to +6.

QLD Conference

Josh Nipperess, Brumbies. Male. 4-0, +18.

Played four. Won four. The only Pro Male MVP without a loss in Round 1.

Nicola Schoeman, Opals. Female. 5-1, +26.

Five wins from six. Opals teammate Crystal Mildwaters went 4-0 (+33) in the same conference. Two strong Opals weeks at the top of QLD Pro Female.

Division 2

Four conferences. Eight MVPs. Five unbeaten rounds across them. Three from one team.

VIC Conference

Ryan Hosseini, 29ers. Male. 6-0, +28. The only VIC player to go unbeaten in Round 1.

Celina Yang, Tide. Female. 5-1, +17. The deepest race outside Pro. Four players tied at 5-1 across three teams. Yang separated on points difference.

NSW Conference

Kyron Pinter, Stingers. Male. 5-1, +21. Five wins from six.

Monique Burton, Comets. Female. 5-1, +21. Identical record and points difference to Pinter. Two NSW Division 2 MVPs at the same number.

QLD Conference

Sudharshan Janakiraman, Burras. Male. 6-0, +19. Unbeaten Round 1.

Grace Sorbello, Burras. Female. 6-0, +21. Burras' second unbeaten MVP. Teammate Katie Weibler also went 6-0 in the same conference. Three Burras players went unbeaten across QLD Division 2. The standout team performance of the round.

NZ Conference

Semisi Fanguna, Taika. Male. 6-0, +36. The biggest points difference in Division 2 in Round 1. Won every game he played in. Taika produced the round's two strongest NZ Division 2 Male performances. Teammate Feiloakitohi Tavalea finished 5-1, one game off.

Hikaru Han, Tuatara. Female. 5-1, +28. Five wins from six. Played all four of her split games as finisher.

What's next

Round 2 starts soon. Records reset. MVPs don't.

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MVP eligibility and tiebreakers. Individual game wins inside the NPL match format. Singles and Division 2 Mixed Doubles split into a starter half (pre-swap) and a finisher half (post-swap), credited as separate games. M and W Doubles count as one game per partner. Tiebreakers, in order: fewer losses, position (finisher over starter), points difference, team performance. Four games minimum for eligibility. Male and Female MVP per conference, in each division.

Round 1 MVPs. Pro Division: Brian Tran (Dinkers, NSW Male), Selina Turulja (Heat, NSW Female), Sahil Dang (Roos, VIC Male), Kat Valos (Roos, VIC Female), Josh Nipperess (Brumbies, QLD Male), Nicola Schoeman (Opals, QLD Female). Division 2: Ryan Hosseini (29ers, VIC Male), Celina Yang (Tide, VIC Female), Kyron Pinter (Stingers, NSW Male), Monique Burton (Comets, NSW Female), Sudharshan Janakiraman (Burras, QLD Male), Grace Sorbello (Burras, QLD Female), Semisi Fanguna (Taika, NZ Male), Hikaru Han (Tuatara, NZ Female).

Round 1's other unbeaten players. Pro Division (in addition to MVPs Turulja and Nipperess): Shannon Spencer (Heat, NSW Female, 4-0 +40), Crystal Mildwaters (Opals, QLD Female, 4-0 +33), Ethan Chung (Roos, VIC Male, 4-0 +29), Kyle Stoker (Stingers, NSW Male, 4-0 +17), Daiki Tanabe (Dinkers, NSW Male, 4-0 +16). Division 2 (in addition to MVPs Janakiraman, Sorbello, Hosseini and Fanguna): Katie Weibler (Burras, QLD Female, 6-0 +27).