ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Aryna Sabalenka obtained the WTA Participant of the Yr award for the primary time on Monday after successful two Grand Slam titles and ending 2024 at No. 1 within the rankings.
In different tennis media voting outcomes, Emma Navarro was named Most Improved Participant, Paula Badosa was named Comeback Participant, Lulu Solar was Newcomer of the Yr, and Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini had been named Doubles Staff of the Yr.
Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, received the Australian Open in January and the US Open in September, together with two different titles this season, going 56-14 with practically $10 million in earnings. He overtook Iga Swiatek for the highest job in October.
Navarro made her first look within the WTA prime 10 in September after her largest Grand Slam run on the US Open, the place she knocked out defending champion Coco Gauff within the fourth spherical earlier than shedding to Sabalenka within the semi-finals.
The 23-year-old Navarro, who grew up in South Carolina and received the 2021 NCAA championship on the College of Virginia, received his first tour title in Hobart, Australia, in January, and dropped to No. 32 within the rankings to start 2024 to No. 8 on the finish.
Badosa is sitting out the latter a part of 2023 with a again damage however the 27-year-old Spaniard has returned to the highest of the game this 12 months, rising to No. 12 within the rankings, successful the title in Washington and equaling his private finest. within the Grand Slam match by reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open.
Solar dropped out of the highest 200 within the rankings to a profession No. 39, highlighted by a quarterfinal upset at Wimbledon in July and a runner-up end on the Monterrey Open in August. Solar, 23, was born in New Zealand, raised in Switzerland and helped the College of Texas win the NCAA workforce championship.
Errani and Paolini received Italy a doubles gold medal on the Paris Olympics and helped their nation win the Billie Jean King Cup. Additionally they reached the ultimate of the French Open twice collectively. In singles, Paolini completed second on the French Open and Wimbledon.
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