WTA Awards

This article lists the WTA Awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players and coaches for achievements during a season or their careers.

Player of the Year

Year Player Nationality 1977 Virginia Wade 1978 Martina Navratilova 1979 Martina Navratilova (2) 1980 Tracy Austin 1981 Chris Evert-Lloyd 1982 Martina Navratilova (3) 1983 Martina Navratilova (4) 1984 Martina Navratilova (5) 1985 Martina Navratilova (6) 1986 Martina Navratilova (7) 1987 Steffi Graf 1988 Steffi Graf (2) 1989 Steffi Graf (3) 1990 Steffi Graf (4) 1991 Monica Seles 1992 Monica Seles (2) 1993 Steffi Graf (5) 1994 Steffi Graf (6) 1995 Steffi Graf (7) 1996 Steffi Graf (8) 1997 Martina Hingis 1998 Lindsay Davenport 1999 Lindsay Davenport (2) 2000 Venus Williams 2001 Jennifer Capriati 2002 Serena Williams 2003 Justine Henin 2004 Maria Sharapova 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006 Amélie Mauresmo 2007 Justine Henin (2) 2008 Serena Williams (2) 2009 Serena Williams (3) 2010 Kim Clijsters (2) 2011 Petra Kvitová 2012 Serena Williams (4) 2013 Serena Williams (5) 2014 Serena Williams (6) 2015 Serena Williams (7) 2016 Angelique Kerber 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza 2018 Simona Halep 2019 Ashleigh Barty 2020 Sofia Kenin 2021 Ashleigh Barty (2) 2022 Iga Świątek 2023 Iga Świątek (2) 2024 Aryna Sabalenka 2025 Aryna Sabalenka (2)

Doubles Team of the Year

Year Player Nationality 1977 Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve 1978 Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 1979 Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova (2) 1980 Kathy Jordan Anne Smith 1981 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 1982 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (2) 1983 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (3) 1984 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (4) 1985 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (5) 1986 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (6) 1987 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (7) 1988 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver (8) 1989 Jana Novotná Helena Suková 1990 Jana Novotná Helena Suková (2) 1991 Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná 1992 Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva Belarus 1993 Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva Belarus 1994 Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva (2) Belarus 1995 Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva (3) Belarus 1996 Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1997 Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva (4) 1998 Martina Hingis Jana Novotná 1999 Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova 2000 Serena Williams Venus Williams 2001 Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez (2) 2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez (3) 2005 Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 2006 Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur (2) 2007 Cara Black Liezel Huber 2008 Cara Black Liezel Huber (2) 2009 Serena Williams Venus Williams (2) 2010 Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 2011 Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 2012 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 2013 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (2) 2014 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (3) 2015 Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 2016 Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2017 Martina Hingis Chan Yung-jan 2018 Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 2019 Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 2020 Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic (2) 2021 Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková (2) 2022 Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková (3) 2023 Storm Hunter Elise Mertens 2024 Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini 2025 Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend

Most Improved Player of the Year

Year Player Nationality 1977 Wendy Turnbull 1978 Virginia Ruzici 1979 Sylvia Hanika 1980 Hana Mandlíková 1981 Barbara Potter 1982 Sabina Simmonds 1983 Andrea Temesvári 1984 Kathy Jordan 1985 Helena Suková 1986 Steffi Graf 1987 Lori McNeil 1988 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1989 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2) 1990 Monica Seles 1991 Gabriela Sabatini 1992 Kimiko Date 1993 Magdalena Maleeva 1994 Mary Pierce 1995 Chanda Rubin 1996 Martina Hingis 1997 Amanda Coetzer 1998 Patty Schnyder 1999 Serena Williams 2000 Elena Dementieva 2001 Justine Henin 2002 Daniela Hantuchová 2003 Nadia Petrova 2004 Maria Sharapova 2005 Ana Ivanovic 2006 Jelena Janković 2007 Ana Ivanovic (2) 2008 Dinara Safina 2009 Yanina Wickmayer 2010 Francesca Schiavone 2011 Petra Kvitová 2012 Sara Errani 2013 Simona Halep 2014 Eugenie Bouchard 2015 Timea Bacsinszky 2016 Johanna Konta 2017 Jeļena Ostapenko 2018 Kiki Bertens 2019 Sofia Kenin 2020 Iga Świątek 2021 Barbora Krejcikova 2022 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2023 Zheng Qinwen 2024 Emma Navarro 2025 Amanda Anisimova

Newcomer of the Year

Year Player Nationality 1977 Tracy Austin 1978 Pam Shriver 1979 Kathy Jordan 1980 Andrea Jaeger 1981 Kathy Rinaldi 1982 Zina Garrison 1983 Carling Bassett 1984 Manuela Maleeva 1985 Gabriela Sabatini 1986 Stephanie Rehe 1987 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1988 Natalia Zvereva 1989 Conchita Martínez 1990 Jennifer Capriati 1991 Andrea Strnadová 1992 Debbie Graham 1993 Iva Majoli 1994 Irina Spîrlea 1995 Martina Hingis 1996 Anna Kournikova 1997 Venus Williams 1998 Serena Williams 1999 Kim Clijsters 2000 Dája Bedáňová 2001 Daniela Hantuchová 2002 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2003 Maria Sharapova 2004 Tatiana Golovin 2005 Sania Mirza 2006 Agnieszka Radwańska 2007 Ágnes Szávay 2008 Caroline Wozniacki 2009 Melanie Oudin 2010 Petra Kvitová 2011 Irina-Camelia Begu 2012 Laura Robson 2013 Eugenie Bouchard 2014 Belinda Bencic 2015 Daria Gavrilova 2016 Naomi Osaka 2017 Catherine Bellis 2018 Aryna Sabalenka 2019 Bianca Andreescu 2020 Nadia Podoroska 2021 Emma Raducanu 2022 Zheng Qinwen 2023 Mirra Andreeva 2024 Lulu Sun 2025 Victoria Mboko

Comeback Player of the Year

Year Player Nationality 1987 Bettina Bunge 1988 Pascale Paradis 1989 Kathy Rinaldi 1990 Elizabeth Smylie 1991 Stephanie Rehe 1992 Jenny Byrne 1993 Elizabeth Smylie (2) 1994 Meredith McGrath 1995 Monica Seles 1996 Jennifer Capriati 1997 Mary Pierce 1998 Monica Seles (2) 1999 Sabine Appelmans 2000 Iva Majoli 2001 Barbara Schwartz 2002 Corina Morariu 2003 Amélie Mauresmo 2004 Serena Williams 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006 Martina Hingis 2007 Lindsay Davenport 2008 Zheng Jie 2009 Kim Clijsters (2) 2010 Justine Henin 2011 Sabine Lisicki 2012 Yaroslava Shvedova 2013 Alisa Kleybanova 2014 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2015 Venus Williams 2016 Dominika Cibulková 2017 Sloane Stephens 2018 Serena Williams (2) 2019 Belinda Bencic 2020 Victoria Azarenka 2021 Carla Suárez Navarro 2022 Tatjana Maria 2023 Elina Svitolina 2024 Paula Badosa 2025 Belinda Bencic (2)

Diamond Aces

This award is named for the late WTA trailblazer Jerry Diamond and is awarded to the player who gives endlessly to promote the game of tennis on and off the court.

Year Player Nationality 1995 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1996 Gabriela Sabatini 1997 Amanda Coetzer 1998 Lindsay Davenport 1999 Lindsay Davenport (2) 2000 Martina Hingis 2001 Martina Hingis (2) 2002Not awarded2003 2004 Anastasia Myskina 2005 Anastasia Myskina (2) 2006 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2007 Jelena Janković 2008 Ana Ivanovic 2009 Elena Dementieva 2010 Samantha Stosur 2011 Caroline Wozniacki 2012 Victoria Azarenka 2013 Victoria Azarenka (2) 2014 Petra Kvitová 2015 Caroline Wozniacki (2) 2016 Simona Halep 2017 Angelique Kerber 2018 Elina Svitolina 2019 Kiki Bertens 2020 Not awarded2021 2022 Maria Sakkari 2023 Jessica Pegula 2024 Aryna Sabalenka 2025 Coco Gauff

Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service

Award named for Peachy Kellmeyer, former player and the first tour director of the fledgling Virginia Slims circuit (precursor of WTA Tour). In 2020, the award was presented to all the members of the WTA Players' Council, as the group "worked diligently discussing proposals and obtaining feedback to help the Tour return safely and successfully, all with a dedicated commitment to their fellow players", following the suspension of the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year Player Nationality1977 Jim Bainbridge 1978 Trish Faulkner 1979 Edy McGoldrick 1980 Diane Desfor 1981 Barbara Jordan 1982 Diane Desfor (2) 1983 Lele Forood 1984 Kim Shaefer 1985 Chris Evert 1986 Marcella Mesker 1987 Chris Evert (2) 1988 Candy Reynolds 1989 Mercedes Paz 1990 Wendy Turnbull 1991 Kathy Jordan 1992 Elise Burgin 1993 Pam Shriver 1994 Marianne Werdel 1995 Marianne Werdel (2) 1996 Katrina Adams 1997 Katrina Adams (2) 1998 Joannette Kruger 1999 Nicole Pratt 2000 Nicole Pratt (2) 2001 Nicole Pratt (3) 2002 Not Awarded 2003 Kim Clijsters 2004 Nicole Pratt (4) 2005 Liezel Huber 2006 Kim Clijsters (2) 2007 Liezel Huber (2) 2008 Liezel Huber (3) 2009 Liezel Huber (4) 2010 Kim Clijsters (3) 2011 Francesca Schiavone 2012 Venus Williams 2013 Venus Williams (2) 2014 Lucie Šafářová 2015 Lucie Šafářová (2) 2016 Lucie Šafářová (3) 2017 Lucie Šafářová (4) 2018 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2019 Gabriela Dabrowski 2020 Kristie AhnGabriela Dabrowski (2)Madison KeysJohanna KontaAleksandra KrunićChristina McHaleKristina MladenovicAnastasia PavlyuchenkovaSloane StephensDonna Vekić 2021 Kristie Ahn (2) 2022 Gabriela Dabrowski (3) 2023 Ons Jabeur 2024 Ons Jabeur (2) 2025 Gabriela Dabrowski (4)

Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award

Award named for Karen Krantzcke, an Australian player who died of a heart attack whilst jogging, aged 31, on 11 April 1977. Currently this award and only one other award, the Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service, are uniquely given after a vote by fellow players.

Year Player Nationality 1978 Evonne Goolagong 1979 Chris Evert 1980 Evonne Goolagong (2) 1981 Diane Desfor 1982 Nancy Yeargin 1983 Sharon Walsh-Pete 1984 Marcella Mesker 1985 Peanut Louie-Harper 1986 Peanut Louie-Harper (2) 1987 Anne Minter 1988 Svetlana Parkhomenko 1989 Gretchen Magers 1990 Mercedes Paz 1991 Judith Wiesner 1992 Jill Hetherington 1993 Nicole Arendt 1994 Kimberly Po 1995 Amanda Coetzer 1996 Yayuk Basuki 1997 Amanda Coetzer (2) 1998 Yayuk Basuki (2) 1999 Ai Sugiyama 2000 Kim Clijsters 2001 Kim Clijsters (2) 2002 Kim Clijsters (3) 2003 Kim Clijsters (4) 2004 Lindsay Davenport 2005 Kim Clijsters (5) 2006 Kim Clijsters (6) 2007 Ana Ivanovic 2008 Elena Dementieva 2009 Kim Clijsters (7) 2010 Elena Dementieva (2) 2011 Petra Kvitová 2012 Kim Clijsters (8) 2013 Petra Kvitová (2) 2014 Petra Kvitová (3) 2015 Petra Kvitová (4) 2016 Petra Kvitová (5) 2017 Petra Kvitová (6) 2018 Petra Kvitová (7) 2019 Petra Kvitová (8) 2020 Marie Bouzková 2021 Carla Suárez Navarro 2022 Ons Jabeur 2023 Ons Jabeur (2) 2024 Ons Jabeur (3) 2025 Jessica Pegula

Georgina Clark Mother Award

YearPlayer Nationality 2010 Ann Haydon-Jones 2011 Judy Tegart-Dalton 2012 Gladys Heldman 2013 ? 2014 Françoise Durr 2015 Ingrid Löfdahl-Bentzer 2016 Yulia Berberian-Maleeva 2017 ? 2018 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 2019 Chris Evert 2020 ? 2021 Judy Murray 2022Mary Carillo2023No award given2024Pam Shriver2025Nicole Pratt

WTA Coach of the Year Award

YearCoach Of player 2018 Sascha Bajin Naomi Osaka2019 Craig Tyzzer Ashleigh Barty 2020 Piotr Sierzputowski Iga Świątek 2021 Conchita Martínez Garbiñe Muguruza 2022 David Witt Jessica Pegula 2023 Tomasz Wiktorowski Iga Świątek 2024 Renzo Furlan Jasmine Paolini 2025 Hendrik Vleeshouwers Amanda Anisimova

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