World No.1 Barty named WTA Player of the Year for a second time
World No.1 Ash Barty has been named WTA Player of the Year for the second time, the governing body of the women’s game said on Tuesday.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu was named Newcomer of the Year.
WTA Player of the Year, Ash Barty.Credit:Getty
Barty, who took the main title in 2019, won a tour-leading five titles during 2021, including her second grand slam with a win at Wimbledon, where she beat Czech Karolina Pliskova in the final.
She also defended her title at Miami and triumphed in Melbourne, Stuttgart and Cincinnati to secure her third year-end No.1 ranking in a row.
Raducanu entered the US Open as a qualifier ranked 150th in the world and ended it as Britain’s first female grand slam champion for 44 years.
Czech Barbora Krejcikova took the WTA prize for the Most Improved Player of the Year following a stellar season in which she won the French Open singles crown.
She also excelled in doubles with playing partner Katerina Siniakova, with the pair earning the Doubles Team of the Year award, which they also won in 2018.
Carla Suarez Navarro was named Comeback Player of the Year.
The 33-year-old announced in September 2020 that she was being treated for early stage Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy before returning at the French Open in June.
Reuters
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