Iga Swiatek has been honoured as WTA Player of the Year for the primary time after taking up from Australia’s retiring nice Ash Barty as world No.1 and staying on the high with a dominant marketing campaign.
The Polish 21-year-old rose to No.1 within the rankings in April after Barty, who’d already gained the Australian Open firstly of the 12 months, all of the sudden retired at age 25.
Swiatek then remained on the summit for the remainder of 2022 thanks partly to 2 grand slam title triumphs on the French Open and US Open.
Swiatek, the WTA Newcomer of the Year solely two years in the past, led the tour with 67 match wins and eight titles.
That included a run of six trophies in a row throughout a 37-match successful streak that lasted from February to July – the longest undefeated stretch in ladies’s tennis in 1 / 4 of a century.
“I felt like everything clicked this season,” Swiatek stated. “And I wasn’t expecting to be that consistent.”
Swiatek gained her second slam on the French Open in June, then claimed the US Open in September, making her the primary lady with two Slam trophies in a single season since Angelique Kerber in 2016.
The WTA Coach of the Year award went to David Witt. He works with Jessica Pegula, a 28-year-old American who rose to a career-best No.3 within the rankings throughout 2022 and was a quarter-finalist at three grand slams – dropping to Barty or Swiatek every time.
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, have been the WTA doubles workforce of the 12 months for the second consecutive season and third time total after successful the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
Beatriz Haddad Maia, of Brazil, was ‘most improved’ participant of the 12 months after rising from No.80 to No.15 within the rankings and successful her first two tour-level titles.
China’s Zheng Qinwen, who turned 20 in October, was newcomer of the 12 months after rising greater than 100 locations within the rankings and reaching the fourth spherical in her French Open debut earlier than bowing out in opposition to Swiatek.
Germany’s Tatjana Maria was honoured with the comeback participant award after attending to her first profession grand slam semi-final at Wimbledon at age 34, making her the oldest lady to make her debut at a serious match. She twice took time away from the tour to have kids.
Ons Jabeur acquired the sportsmanship award, Gabriela Dabrowski collected the participant service award and Maria Sakkari gained the award for serving to promote the game through off-court actions.
