Every Swiatekworld number one and winner of two Grand Slams (Roland Garros and US Open), Our Jabeurfirst African player to reach the final of a major (Wimbledon), Coco Gaufffinalist in Paris at the age of 18, Jessica Pegulawho won her first WTA 1,000 in Guadalajara, Caroline Garciateacher at the WTA Finals, and Elena Rybakina, winner at Wimbledon, are the options for tennis player of the year on the women’s circuit, announced by the WTA on Tuesday. Swiatek, with another six titles in a splendid year (four WTA 1,000), is running as a favorite for the main distinction of awards that include many other categories.
Among them, the one for coach of the year, with a Spaniard among the finalists. Carlos Martínez, coach of the Russian Daria Kasatkina, is one of the candidates along with David Witt (Pegula), Tomasz Wiktorowski (Swiatek)Issam Jellali (Jabeur), Bertrand Perret (Caroline Garcia), Corey Gauff and Diego Moyano (Gauff), Rafael Paciaroni (Beatriz Haddad Maia) and Tom Hill (Maria Sakkari). Kasatkina, 26th in the ranking at the beginning of the year and 8th at the end of the year, led by Martínez, has returned to the top-10 for the first time since 2019has reached her best position ever, has won two titles (San José and Granby) and has debuted at the WTA Finals.
Doubles of the Year (Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova, Veronika Kudermetova/Elise Mertens, Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula, Gabriela Dabrowski/Giuliana Olmos and Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko), the player with the most progression of the season (Veronika Kudermetova, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Liudmila Samsonova and Ajla Tomljanovic), the best newcomer in the top-100 (Zheng Qinwen, Linda Fruhvirtova, Jule Niemeier, Mayar Sherif, Harriet Dart and Laura Pigossi) and the best recovery of the year (Daria Saville, Tatjana Maria, Serena Williams and Donna Vekic) complete the rest of the categories.
