2019 WTA Awards

The 2019 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2019 WTA Tour.[1]

2019 WTA Awards
Details
Achievements (singles)
Awards
Player of the yearAustralia Ashleigh Barty
Most improved
player of the year		United States Sofia Kenin
Newcomer of the yearCanada Bianca Andreescu
Comeback
player of the year		Switzerland Belinda Bencic
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2020 →
Women's Tennis Association Awards

The awards

These awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account[2] and on the WTA official website.[1]

Note: award winners in bold

Player of the Year

Doubles Team of the Year

Most Improved Player of the Year

Newcomer of the Year

Comeback Player of the Year

Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award

Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award

Diamond Aces

WTA Coach of the Year

Fan Favourite Player

Fan Favorite WTA Shot of the Year

Fan Favorite WTA Match of the Year

Fan Favorite Grand Slam Match of the Year

The awards and honours of the decade (2010s)

In December 2019 WTA announced five top 10 categories of different aspects which marked 2010s in WTA tennis.

Top 10 Rivalries of the Decade
  1. United States Serena Williams vs United States Venus Williams, 18–12 (four times at Majors in 2010s, including 2017 Australian Open final) ()
  2. Russia Maria Sharapova vs Romania Simona Halep, 7–2 (most matches went to third set, includes Sharapova's three set victory in 2014 French Open final)
  3. Germany Angelique Kerber vs Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková, 7–5 (five matches in finals, including Kerber's three set victory in 2016 US Open final)
  4. United States Serena Williams vs Russia Maria Sharapova, 20–2 (Serena won 19 matches since Maria was leading the head to head 2–1 in 2004)
  5. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová vs Poland Agnieszka Radwańska, 8–5 (including Radwańska's three set victory in final at 2015 WTA Finals)
  6. Belarus Victoria Azarenka vs China Li Na, 6–5 (including Azarenka's three set victory in 2013 Australian Open final)
  7. Switzerland Belinda Bencic vs Japan Naomi Osaka, 3–0 (Bencic ended Osaka's title defence at 2019 Indian Wells and 2019 US Open)
  8. Russia Maria Sharapova vs China Li Na, 10–5 (played 9 times in 2010s, 2 Major semifinal matches)
  9. Romania Simona Halep vs Ukraine Elina Svitolina, 5–5 (most of the matches being played in the final stages of the biggest tournaments)
  10. United States Serena Williams vs Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková, 2–2 (three of the four matches happened at Majors)

Top 10 Streaks of the Decade
  1. United States Serena Williams, winning second "Serena Slam", 2014–15 non-calendar year Grand Slam ()
  2. 2019 season, 18 different tournaments, 18 different champions at the start of the year
  3. Belarus Victoria Azarenka, 26-match win streak, ascent to world No. 1 and first Major at Australian Open to start the 2012 season
  4. Switzerland Martina Hingis & India Sania Mirza, 41-match winning streak in doubles during 2015–16
  5. Canada Bianca Andreescu, 8–0 vs top 10 in 2019
  6. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki, 2010 season 32–4 record after Wimbledon, including 4 titles and becoming world No. 1
  7. Switzerland Belinda Bencic, 4–0 vs world No. 1s
  8. United States Serena Williams, 20-match win streak in Miami from 2013 to 2016 which included 3 titles
  9. United Kingdom Johanna Konta, 2015 season translate from ITF tour to having success at US Open and Wuhan
  10. Belarus Aryna Sabalenka, having a perfect record at Premier 5 tournament in Wuhan, which includes two titles in a row (2018–2019)

Top 10 Comebacks of the Decade
  1. United States Serena Williams, comeback after maternity leave, reaching four Major finals, the first coming just 10 months after giving birth ()
  2. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová, comeback in just six months from stabbing, to win Birmingham just two weeks back
  3. United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands, comeback from injury to win US Open in mixed doubles, a year after dislocating her knee cap
  4. Switzerland Martina Hingis, comeback from retirement in 2013 to play doubles, winning eventually four Majors and having 41-match winning streak during 2015–16
  5. Australia Ashleigh Barty, return to tennis in early 2016 after playing cricket during two-year-hiatus from tennis, going on to win her first Major and finishing 2019 as the world No. 1
  6. United States Venus Williams, comeback after Sjögrens Syndrome diagnosis in 2011, winning Olympic gold less than year later, and reaching two Major finals in 2017
  7. Belgium Justine Henin, comeback from retirement after 18 months in 2010, reaching immediately finals of Sydney and Australian Open
  8. Switzerland Belinda Bencic, comeback from injury to reach again top 10 in 2019 after three years and winning Dubai and Moscow
  9. Russia Elena Vesnina, comeback from injury to win Olympic gold in doubles and Indian Wells in singles
  10. Belarus Victoria Azarenka, comeback after maternity leave, climbing from No. 978 to the top 50 in 2017

Top 10 Upsets of the Decade
  1. Italy Roberta Vinci vs United States Serena Williams, semifinals of 2015 US Open (2–6, 6–4, 6–4), Vinci playing first Slam semifinal and being outside top 40, ended Serena's Calendar Slam hunt ()
  2. Puerto Rico Monica Puig vs Germany Angelique Kerber, final of the 2016 Olympics (6–4, 4–6, 6–1), Puig winning the gold unseeded and beating three Grand Slam champions and two current top 3 players
  3. Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko vs Romania Simona Halep, final of 2017 French Open (4–6, 6–4, 6–3), Ostapenko winning first Slam and also title of any kind at 20 years old, being ranked No. 47
  4. Slovakia Dominika Cibulková vs Germany Angelique Kerber, final of 2016 WTA Finals (6–3, 6–4), Cibulková winning the tournament after first going 0–2 in round robin and avenging loss to Kerber in that stage
  5. Canada Bianca Andreescu vs Germany Angelique Kerber, final of 2019 Indian Wells (6–4, 3–6, 6–4), Andreescu becoming first wild card champion in Indian Wells at 18 years old
  6. China Li Na vs Denmark Caroline Wozniacki, semifinals of 2011 Australian Open (3–6, 7–5, 6–3), Li saving match point to become first Chinese Major finalist and later that year a champion
  7. Belarus Victoria Azarenka vs Russia Maria Sharapova, final of 2012 Australian Open (6–3, 6–0), Azarenka winning 12 of the last 13 games in her first Major final
  8. Italy Flavia Pennetta vs China Li Na, semifinals of 2014 Indian Wells (7–6, 6–3), Pennetta going on to win the title in less than a year after comeback from injury
  9. Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei vs Poland Agnieszka Radwańska, third round of 2018 Australian Open (6–2, 7–5), with Hsieh being ranked at No. 88
  10. Australia Ashleigh Barty vs Czech Republic Petra Kvitová, quarterfinals of 2019 Miami Open (7–6, 3–6, 6–2), Barty winning first match of rivalry after previously being down 4–0

Top 10 WTA Outfits of the Decade
  1. Russia Maria Sharapova, 2017 US Open ()
  2. Russia Maria Sharapova, 2017 US Open (second outfit)
  3. Japan Naomi Osaka, 2019 US Open
  4. United States Serena Williams, 2015 Australian Open
  5. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki, 2010 US Open
  6. Romania Sorana Cîrstea, 2019 French Open
  7. Germany Andrea Petkovic, 2018 Australian Open
  8. United States Venus Williams, 2017 Australian Open
  9. Serbia Ana Ivanovic, 2016 US Open
  10. France Kristina Mladenovic, 2017 Wimbledon

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