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As the 2023 season came to an end, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on Monday announced the standout players of the year.
Women's tennis world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland was named WTA Player of the Year for a second successive season, while China's Zheng Qinwen won the Most Improved Player of the Year award.
Iga Swiatek of Poland poses with the champions trophy and a cake commemorating her WTA No. 1 ranking after the WTA Tour in Cancun, Mexico, November 6, 2023. /CFP
Player of the Year: Iga Swiatek
"World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has been voted as the WTA Player of the Year for the second year in a row, becoming the first player to earn the accolade in back-to-back seasons since Serena Williams from 2012 to 2016," WTA said.
"Swiatek 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," WTA continued.
"Her first WTA Finals crown also secured her the year-end No. 1 singles ranking for the second consecutive season," WTA added.
China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates her victory in the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai group match in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, October 27, 2023. /CFP
Most Improved Player of the Year: Zheng Qinwen
According to WTA, China's 21-year-old tennis player Zheng Qinwen is "no stranger to the WTA Awards, having been voted as 2022's Newcomer of the Year and has followed this up with more success this season by winning the Most Improved Player of the Year accolade."
"Zheng collected her first title at the WTA 250 Palermo Ladies Open in June, before reaching another career milestone with a quarterfinal run at the U.S. Open," WTA said.
"Her rise continued with a second title, this time on home soil at the WTA 500 Bank of Communications Zhengzhou Open. She closed out the season by winning 12 of her last 15 matches culminating with the final at the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, achieving a new career-high ranking of No. 15," WTA noted.
Other 2023 WTA awards winners:
Doubles Team of the Year: Australian-Belgian pair Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens
Newcomer of the Year: Mirra Andreeva of Russia
Comeback Player of the Year: Elina Svitolina of Ukraine
Coach of the Year: Tomasz Wiktorowski of Poland, coach of Swiatek