World number one Iga Świątek was named WTA Player of the Year for a second successive season, the governing body of women's tennis said. Świątek's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski has been named WTA Coach of the Year.
Świątek won the French Open for a third time to take her Grand Slam tally to four, and finished the year by claiming her first WTA Finals crown and regaining top spot in the rankings after briefly losing it to Aryna Sabalenka.
The 22-year-old Pole, who won a tour-leading six titles, became the first player to be named WTA Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons since Serena Williams from 2012 to 2016.
"Świątek won a tour-leading six titles, defending her Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, winning the WTA 1000 China Open (Beijing), WTA 500 events at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open (Doha) and Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart), on home soil at the WTA 250 BNP Paribas Warsaw Open before closing out the season going unbeaten at the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun," the WTA said at its website.
"Her first WTA Finals crown also secured her the year-end No.1 singles ranking for the second consecutive season," WTA
Iga Świątek's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski has been named WTA coach of the year.
"As voted on by WTA registered coaches, Tomasz Wiktorowski has been recognized for his prominent role in helping make World No.1 Iga Świątek a dominant force in their two years together!" - the WTA said on X.
Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens picked up the Doubles Team of the Year award, China's Zheng Qinwen was named Most Improved Player while Russian Mirra Andreeva won Newcomer of the Year.
Elina Svitolina, who returned to tennis in April following a maternity break, was named Comeback Player of the Year after reaching the Roland Garros quarter-finals and matching her best Grand Slam result by getting to the Wimbledon semis.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters, wtatennis.com
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