WTA Awards

WTA Awards

First award	1977
Forgiver	WTA
Most awards
Ladies	Martina Navratilova (17)
Team women	Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (8)
Website	www.wtatennis.com
Men's price	ATP World Tour Awards

The WTA Awards list includes various awards given each season by the Women's Tennis Association for outstanding achievement.

Player of the year

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1977	Virginia Wade	1997	Martina Hingis	2017	Garbiñe Muguruza
1978	Martina Navrátilová (1)	1998	Lindsay Davenport (1)	2018	Simona Halep
1979	Martina Navrátilová (2)	1999	Lindsay Davenport (2)	2019	Ashleigh Barty
1980	Tracy Austin	2000	Venus Williams
1981	Chris Evert-Lloyd	2001	Jennifer Capriati
1982	Martina Navrátilová (3)	2002	Serena Williams (1)
1983	Martina Navrátilová (4)	2003	Justine Henin (1)
1984	Martina Navrátilová (5)	2004	Maria Sharapova
1985	Martina Navrátilová (6)	2005	Kim Clijsters (1)
1986	Martina Navrátilová (7)	2006	Amélie Mauresmo
1987	Steffi Graf (1)	2007	Justine Henin (2)
1988	Steffi Graf (2)	2008	Serena Williams (2)
1989	Steffi Graf (3)	2009	Serena Williams (3)
1990	Steffi Graf (4)	2010	Kim Clijsters (2)
1991	Monica Seles (1)	2011	Petra Kvitová
1992	Monica Seles (2)	2012	Serena Williams (4)
1993	Steffi Graf (5)	2013	Serena Williams (5)
1994	Steffi Graf (6)	2014	Serena Williams (6)
1995	Steffi Graf (7)	2015	Serena Williams (7)
1996	Steffi Graf (8)	2016	Angelique Kerber

Double team of the year

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1977	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	1997	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	2017	Martina Hingis Chan Yung-jan
1978	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová (1)	1998	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	2018	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
1979	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová (2)	1999	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa	2019	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
1980	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	2000	Serena Williams Venus Williams (1)
1981	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (1)	2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
1982	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (2)	2002	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez (1)
1983	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (3)	2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez (2)
1984	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (4)	2004	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez (3)
1985	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (5)	2005	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (1)
1986	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (6)	2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (2)
1987	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (7)	2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber (1)
1988	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver (8)	2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber (2)
1989	Jana Novotná Helena Suková (1)	2009	Serena Williams Venus Williams (2)
1990	Jana Novotná Helena Suková (2)	2010	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
1991	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	2011	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
1992	Larisa Neiland Natallja Swerawa	2012	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (1)
1993	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa (1)	2013	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (2)
1994	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa (2)	2014	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (3)
1995	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa (3)	2015	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
1996	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2016	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic

Newcomer of the year

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1977	Wendy Turnbull	1997	Amanda Coetzer	2017	Jeļena Ostapenko
1978	Virginia Ruzici	1998	Patty Schnyder	2018	Kiki Bertens
1979	Sylvia Hanika	1999	Serena Williams	2019	Sofia Kenin
1980	Hana Mandlíková	2000	Jelena Dementjewa
1981	Barbara Potter	2001	Justine Henin
1982	Sabina Simmonds	2002	Daniela Hantuchová
1983	Andrea Temesvári	2003	Nadia Petrova
1984	Kathy Jordan	2004	Maria Sharapova
1985	Helena Suková	2005	Ana Ivanović (1)
1986	Steffi Graf	2006	Jelena Janković
1987	Lori McNeil	2007	Ana Ivanović (2)
1988	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (1)	2008	Dinara Safina
1989	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (2)	2009	Yanina Wickmayer
1990	Monica Seles	2010	Francesca Schiavone
1991	Gabriela Sabatini	2011	Petra Kvitová
1992	Kimiko Date	2012	Sara Errani
1993	Magdalena Maleewa	2013	Simona Halep
1994	Mary Pierce	2014	Eugenie Bouchard
1995	Chanda Ruby	2015	Timea Bacsinszky
1996	Martina Hingis	2016	Johanna Konta

Newbie of the year

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1977	Tracy Austin	1997	Venus Williams	2017	Catherine Bellis
1978	Pam Shriver	1998	Serena Williams	2018	Aryna Sabalenka
1979	Kathy Jordan	1999	Kim Clijsters	2019	Bianca Andreescu
1980	Andrea Jaeger	2000	Dája Bedáňová
1981	Kathy Rinaldi	2001	Daniela Hantuchová
1982	Zina Garrison	2002	Svetlana Kuznetsova
1983	Carling Bassett	2003	Maria Sharapova
1984	Manuela Maleeva	2004	Tatiana Golovin
1985	Gabriela Sabatini	2005	Sania Mirza
1986	Stephanie Deer	2006	Agnieszka Radwańska
1987	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2007	Ágnes Szávay
1988	Natallja Sverava	2008	Caroline Wozniacki
1989	Conchita Martínez	2009	Melanie Oudin
1990	Jennifer Capriati	2010	Petra Kvitová
1991	Andrea Strnadová	2011	Irina-Camelia Begu
1992	Debbie Graham	2012	Laura Robson
1993	Iva Majoli	2013	Eugenie Bouchard
1994	Irina Spîrlea	2014	Belinda Bencic
1995	Martina Hingis	2015	Daria Gavrilova
1996	Anna Kurnikowa	2016	Naomi Osaka

Return of the year

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1987	Bettina Bunge	2002	Corina Morariu	2017	Sloane Stephens
1988	Pascale Paradis	2003	Amélie Mauresmo	2018	Serena Williams (2)
1989	Kathy Rinaldi	2004	Serena Williams (1)	2019	Belinda Bencic
1990	Elizabeth Smylie (1)	2005	Kim Clijsters (1)
1991	Stephanie Deer	2006	Martina Hingis
1992	Jenny Byrne	2007	Lindsay Davenport
1993	Elizabeth Smylie (2)	2008	Zheng Jie
1994	Meredith McGrath	2009	Kim Clijsters (2)
1995	Monica Seles (1)	2010	Justine Henin
1996	Jennifer Capriati	2011	Sabine Lisicki
1997	Mary Pierce	2012	Jaroslawa Schwedowa
1998	Monica Seles (2)	2013	Alissa Kleibanova
1999	Sabine Appelmans	2014	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
2000	Iva Majoli	2015	Venus Williams
2001	Barbara Schwartz	2016	Dominika Cibulková

Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1977	Jim Bainbridge	1997	Katrina Adams (2)	2017	Lucie Šafářová (4)
1978	Trish Faulkner	1998	Joannette Kruger	2018	Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1979	Edy McGoldrick	1999	Nicole Pratt (1)	2019	Gabriela Dabrowski
1980	Diane Desfor	2000	Nicole Pratt (2)
1981	Barbara Jordan	2001	Nicole Pratt (3)
1982	Diane Desfor	2002	not forgiven
1983	Lele Forood	2003	Kim Clijsters (1)
1984	Kim Shaefer	2004	Nicole Pratt (4)
1985	Chris Evert (1)	2005	Liezel Huber (1)
1986	Marcella Mesker	2006	Kim Clijsters (2)
1987	Chris Evert (2)	2007	Liezel Huber (2)
1988	Candy Reynolds	2008	Liezel Huber (3)
1989	Mercedes Paz	2009	Liezel Huber (4)
1990	Wendy Turnbull	2010	Kim Clijsters (3)
1991	Kathy Jordan	2011	Francesca Schiavone
1992	Elise Burgin	2012	Venus Williams (1)
1993	Pam Shriver	2013	Venus Williams (2)
1994	Marianne Werdel (1)	2014	Lucie Šafářová (1)
1995	Marianne Werdel (2)	2015	Lucie Šafářová (2)
1996	Katrina Adams (1)	2016	Lucie Šafářová (3)

Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award

Named after Karen Krantzcke , an Australian tennis player who died jogging on April 11, 1977 at the age of 30.

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1978	Evonne Goolagong (1)	1998	Yayuk Basuki (2)	2018	Petra Kvitová (7)
1979	Chris Evert	1999	Ai Sugiyama	2019	Petra Kvitová (8)
1980	Evonne Goolagong (2)	2000	Kim Clijsters (1)
1981	Diane Desfor	2001	Kim Clijsters (2)
1982	Nancy Yeargin	2002	Kim Clijsters (3)
1983	Sharon Walsh-Pete	2003	Kim Clijsters (4)
1984	Marcella Mesker	2004	Lindsay Davenport
1985	Peanut Louie-Harper (1)	2005	Kim Clijsters (5)
1986	Peanut Louie-Harper (2)	2006	Kim Clijsters (6)
1987	Anne Minter	2007	Ana Ivanović
1988	Svetlana Parchomenko	2008	Jelena Dementjewa (1)
1989	Gretchen Magers	2009	Kim Clijsters (7)
1990	Mercedes Paz	2010	Jelena Dementjewa (2)
1991	Judith Wiesner	2011	Petra Kvitová (1)
1992	Jill Hetherington	2012	Kim Clijsters (8)
1993	Nicole Arendt	2013	Petra Kvitová (2)
1994	Kimberly Po	2014	Petra Kvitová (3)
1995	Amanda Coetzer (1)	2015	Petra Kvitová (4)
1996	Yayuk Basuki (1)	2016	Petra Kvitová (5)
1997	Amanda Coetzer (2)	2017	Petra Kvitová (6)

Best tournament of the year

year	WTA tournaments of the category
	Premier (WTA Tier I / WTA Tier II before 2009)		International (WTA Tier III / WTA Tier IV / V before 2009)
1995	Miami		Quebec
1996	San Diego		Quebec
1997	Indian Wells		Quebec
1998	Montréal		Quebec
1999	Toronto		Quebec
2000	Montréal		Quebec
2001	Dubai		Acapulco
2002	Dubai		Acapulco
2003	Moscow		Gold coast
2004	Miami		Quebec & Acapulco
2005	Indian Wells		Quebec
2006	Indian Wells		Acapulco
2007	Stuttgart		Bali
2008	Stuttgart		Bali
2009	Indian Wells		Acapulco
2010	Stuttgart		Pattaya
2011	Stuttgart		Acapulco
2012	Stuttgart		Båstad
2013	Indian Wells		Acapulco
	International	premier	Premier 5	Premier Mandatory
2014	Acapulco Auckland Bastad	Stuttgart		Indian Wells
2015	Acapulco Auckland Bastad	Stuttgart		Indian Wells
2016	Acapulco Auckland Bastad	Stuttgart	Rome	Indian Wells
2017	Acapulco	Stuttgart	Rome	Indian Wells
2018	Hong Kong	St. Petersburg	Rome	Indian Wells
2019	Auckland Acapulco	Stuttgart Saint Petersburg	Dubai	Indian Wells

Diamond Aces

This award goes to the player who advertises tennis in the best possible way both on and off the courts.

year	Player	year	Player	year	Player
1995	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2007	Jelena Janković	2019	Kiki Bertens
1996	Gabriela Sabatini	2008	Ana Ivanović
1997	Amanda Coetzer	2009	Jelena Dementjewa
1998	Lindsay Davenport (1)	2010	Samantha Stosur
1999	Lindsay Davenport (2)	2011	Caroline Wozniacki (1)
2000	Martina Hingis (1)	2012	Viktoriya Azaranka (1)
2001	Martina Hingis (2)	2013	Viktoriya Azaranka (2)
2002	not forgiven	2014	Petra Kvitová
2003	not forgiven	2015	Caroline Wozniacki (2)
2004	Anastassija Myskina (1)	2016	Simona Halep
2005	Anastassija Myskina (2)	2017	Angelique Kerber
2006	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2018	Elina Switolina

Coach of the year

year	Trainer
2018	Sascha Bajin ( as trainer of Naomi Osaka )
2019	Craig Tyzzer ( as coach of Ashleigh Barty )

Voted single player of the year by fans

year	Player
2009	Jelena Dementjewa
2010	Maria Sharapova
2011	Agnieszka Radwańska
2012	Agnieszka Radwańska
2013	Agnieszka Radwańska
2014	Agnieszka Radwańska
2015	Agnieszka Radwańska
2016	Agnieszka Radwańska
2017	Simona Halep
2018	Simona Halep
2019	Simona Halep

Voted double of the year by fans

year	Player
2009	Serena Williams Venus Williams
2010	Serena Williams Venus Williams
2011	Maria Kirilenko Viktoriya Azaranka
2012	Serena Williams Venus Williams
2013	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
2014	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
2015	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki

Fan Favorite Breakthrough Player

year	Player
2011	Petra Kvitová

Humanitarian of the Year

year	Player
2005	Liezel Huber
2006	Kim Clijsters
2007	Liezel Huber
2008	Ana Ivanović
2010	Maria Sharapova

Voted blow of the year by fans

year	Player	competition	Video
2013	Agnieszka Radwańska	Miami VF	( [1] )
2014	Agnieszka Radwańska	Montreal HF	( [2] )

Voted Game of the Year by fans

year	winner	loser	competition	Result	Video
2013	Maria Sharapova	Viktoriya Azaranka	French Open HF	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 4	( [3] )
2014	Serena Williams	Caroline Wozniacki	WTA Championships 2014 HF	2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 6	( [4] )

See also

• ATP World Tour Awards
• Tennis records
• List of world number one in women's tennis (individual)
• List of world number one in women's tennis (doubles)

Web links

• WTA Awards ( Memento from January 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). WTA tour.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wimbledon champion and former WTA World No.1 Garbiñe Muguruza has been named 2017 Singles Player of the Year. In: wtatennis.com. October 20, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 . 
2. ↑ 2019 WTA Player of the Year: Ashleigh Barty. In: wtatennis.com. December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Serena: WTA Player Of The Year (wtatennis.com November 21, 2014, accessed November 23, 2014)
4. ↑ Serena: Player Of Year (wtatennis.com, December 8, 2014, accessed January 1, 2016)
5. ↑ Serena Williams: WTA Player Of The Year (wtatennis.com, December 8, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016)
6. ↑ Kerber: WTA Player of the Year (wtatennis.com October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016)
7. ↑ Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan's dominant season has earned them the title of 2017 Doubles Team of the Year. In: wtatennis.com. October 20, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 . 
8. ↑ 2018 WTA Doubles Team of the Year: Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova. In: wtatennis.com. October 19, 2018, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
9. ↑ 2019 WTA Doubles Team of the Year: Timea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic. In: wtatennis.com. December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Garcia & Mladenovic: WTA Doubles Team of the Year (wtatennis.com October 21, accessed October 21, 2016)
11. ↑ Jelena Ostapenko grabs the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award for 2017. In: wtatennis.com. October 20, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 . 
12. ↑ 2018 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year: Kiki Bertens. In: wtatennis.com. October 19, 2018, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
13. ↑ 2019 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year: Sofia Kenin. In: wtatennis.com. December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Konta: WTA Most Improved Player of the Year (wtatennis.com of October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016)
15. ↑ American 18-year-old Catherine Bellis has been selected as the WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2017. In: wtatennis.com. October 20, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 . 
16. ↑ 2018 WTA Newcomer of the Year: Aryna Sabalenka. In: wtatennis.com. October 19, 2018, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
17. ↑ 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year: Bianca Andreescu. In: wtatennis.com. December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Osaka: WTA Newcomer of the Year (wtatennis.com, October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016)
19. ^ Sloane Stephens has been named the WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 2017. In: wtatennis.com. October 20, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 . 
20. ↑ 2018 WTA Comeback Player of the Year: Serena Williams. In: wtatennis.com. October 19, 2018, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
21. ↑ 2019 WTA Comeback Player of the Year: Belinda Bencic. In: wtatennis.com. December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Cibulkova: WTA Comeback Player of the Year (wtatennis.com October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016)
23. ↑ ^{a b} Safarova, Kvitova earn player-voted awards for service and sportsmanship. In: wtatennis.com. December 5, 2017, accessed December 5, 2017 . 
24. ↑ 2019 Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award: Gabriela Dabrowski. In: wtatennis.com. December 9, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
25. ↑ 2019 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award: Petra Kvitova. In: wtatennis.com. December 9, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
26. ^ Indian Wells, Rome, Stuttgart and Acapulco win tournament awards. In: wtatennis.com. December 5, 2017, accessed December 5, 2017 . 
27. ↑ 2018 WTA Tournament and Player Award winners announced, first ever Coach Award is presented. In: wtatennis.com. December 10, 2018, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
28. ↑ 2019 WTA Tournament, Player and Coach award winners announced. In: wtatennis.com. December 9, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 . 
29. ↑ Halep: WTA Diamond Aces Award Winner (wtatennis.com October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016)
30. ↑ Osaka's coach, Bajin, wins 1st WTA Coach of the Year award. In: usatoday.com. December 10, 2018, accessed December 12, 2019 . 
31. ↑ Craig Tyzzer wins WTA Coach of the Year honors. In: wtatennis.com. December 10, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 .