WTA Awards
Appearance
This is a list with all the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Awards given by the WTA Tour to players who have done or achieved something remarkable during the season or their career.
Player of The Year
[change | change source]This is awarded to the player who the WTA think has played the best tennis over the year.
Doubles Team of the Year
[change | change source]This is awarded to the doubles team who the WTA think has played the best tennis over the year.
Year | Players |
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1981 | |
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Most Improved Player
[change | change source]This is awarded to the player who the WTA think has improved the most over the year.
Newcomer of the Year
[change | change source]This is awarded to the player who the WTA think has played the best tennis in their first season as a professional.
Comeback Player of the Year
[change | change source]This is awarded to the player who the WTA think has played the best tennis after coming back from a long break from playing.
Player Service
[change | change source]Year | Player | Nationality |
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2007 | Liezel Huber | |
2004 | Nicole Pratt | |
2003 | Kim Clijsters | |
2002 | Not awarded | |
2001 | Nicole Pratt | |
2000 | Nicole Pratt | |
1999 | Nicole Pratt | |
1998 | Joannette Kruger | |
1997 | Katrina Adams | |
1996 | Katrina Adams | |
1995 | Marianne Werdel | |
1994 | Marianne Werdel | |
1993 | Pam Shriver | |
1992 | Elise Burgin | |
1991 | Kathy Jordan | |
1990 | Wendy Turnbull | |
1989 | Mercedes Paz |
Note: in 2002 the award was not given.
Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award
[change | change source]Year | Player | Nationality |
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2007 | Ana Ivanovic | |
2006 | Kim Clijsters | |
2005 | Kim Clijsters | |
2004 | Lindsay Davenport | |
2003 | Kim Clijsters | |
2002 | Kim Clijsters | |
2001 | Kim Clijsters | |
2000 | Kim Clijsters | |
1999 | Ai Sugiyama | |
1998 | Yayuk Basuki | |
1997 | Amanda Coetzer | |
1996 | Yayuk Basuki | |
1995 | Amanda Coetzer | |
1994 | Kimberly Po | |
1993 | Nicole Arendt | |
1992 | Jill Hetherington | |
1991 | Judith Wiesner | |
1990 | Mercedes Paz | |
1989 | Gretchen Magers | |
1988 | Svetlana Parkhomenko | |
1987 | Anne Minter | |
1986 | Peanut Louie-Harper | |
1985 | Peanut Louie-Harper | |
1984 | Marcella Mesker | |
1983 | Sharon Walsh-Pete | |
1982 | Nancy Yeargin | |
1981 | Diane Esfor | |
1980 | Evonne Goolagong | |
1979 | Chris Evert | |
1978 | Evonne Goolagong |
Tournaments of the Year
[change | change source]Tier I - II
[change | change source]Year | Tournament |
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2006 | Indian Wells |
2005 | Indian Wells |
2004 | Miami |
2003 | Moscow |
2002 | Dubai |
2001 | Dubai |
2000 | Montréal |
1999 | Toronto |
1998 | Montréal |
1997 | Indian Wells |
1996 | San Diego |
1995 | Miami |
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Monica Seles, originally from Yugoslavia, became a U. S. citizen in 1994.
- ↑ Hana Mandlíková became an Australian citizen in 1988
Other websites
[change | change source]- WTA Awards - past winners Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine