Iga Swiatek’s second consecutive season-ending No 1 rating helped her gather a second consecutive WTA Player of the Year award, making her the first woman since Serena Williams to declare that honour twice in a row.
Williams, who retired final 12 months, was the WTA Player of the Year seven instances in whole, together with each season from 2012-15.
The Pole went 68-11 in 2023 with a tour-leading six titles, together with at the French Open in June.
That was Swiatek’s third Grand Slam title at Roland Garros and fourth general at a Grand Slam match.
The 22-year-old wrapped up the season with an undefeated run at the WTA Finals in Cancun final month, which allowed her to overtake Aryna Sabalenka atop the rankings.
Svitolina picked up the award for the Comeback of the Year
In different WTA awards, Zheng Qinwen of China was the Most Improved Player of the Year, Mirra Andreeva of Russia was the Newcomer of the Year, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was chosen for the Comeback of the Year and Tomasz Wiktorowski – who works with Swiatek – was Coach of the Year.
Svitolina and her tennis enjoying husband, Gael Monfils, welcomed their daughter, Skai, final October.
She returned to the Grand Slam circuit at the French Open earlier this 12 months, the place she misplaced in the quarter-finals earlier than reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Storm Hunter of Australia and Elise Mertens of Belgium earned Doubles Team of the Year.
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was the recipient of each the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award and the Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award, and Jessica Pegula was given the Jerry Diamond ACES Award for her off-court promotional and charitable actions.
Simon to relinquish function as WTA CEO, stay as govt chairman
Steve Simon will relinquish his function as WTA CEO however keep on as govt chairman
WTA boss Steve Simon will relinquish his function as CEO however keep on as govt chairman, the governing physique of girls’s tennis stated because it introduced an organisational restructure.
Simon has been chairman and chief govt of the WTA for eight years however has come underneath rising hearth from the gamers not too long ago, not least over the choice to maintain the season-ending WTA Finals open air in the Mexican resort of Cancun.
The WTA added that Micky Lawler, who has served as president since 2015, had determined to depart the organisation at the finish of the 12 months to pursue new alternatives.
“Once the position of CEO has been filled, Simon will assume the role of executive chairman,” the WTA stated.
“In this role, Simon will focus on governance, strategic interests of the WTA within the sport, integrity issues and the development of new markets and frontiers for the WTA.”
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