The WTA will again recognize the top performers of the 2024 season with the annual WTA Player Awards.
These are broken down into five categories: Player of the Year, Doubles Team of the Year, Most Improved Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year. Members of the international tennis media will vote for the winners.
The nominees are as follows:
Player of the Year
Aryna Sabalenka
- Reached seven finals this season, winning four titles — defended her Australian Open title, won her debut US Open crown and captured WTA 1000 titles at Cincinnati and Wuhan
- Finished runner-up at WTA 1000 tournaments Madrid and Rome back-to-back and also WTA 500 Brisbane
- Recaptured the WTA World No.1 ranking in October and ended the season in the year-end No.1 position for the first time in her career
Iga Swiatek
- Won five titles this season, the most of any player on tour, finding success at Roland Garros for the third year in a row in addition to four WTA 1000 titles — Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome
- Spent 32 weeks as the WTA World No.1, moving her overall tally to 125 weeks, now seventh on the all-time list
- Also won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the first player from Poland to win an Olympic medal in tennis
Coco Gauff
- Won three titles in 2024, including her debut WTA Finals crown and with it a record $4.8m in prize money, the largest payout in tour history
- In Riyadh also became the youngest player in 18 years to defeat the World No.1 (Sabalenka) and No.2 (Swiatek) at the same event
- Also won WTA 1000 Beijing and WTA 250 Auckland, with Auckland marking her first time defending a title
Jasmine Paolini
- Breakout season on the Hologic WTA Tour saw her reach her first WTA 1000 final at Dubai and first Slam finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon
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