2019 WTA Awards


The 2019 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2019 WTA Tour.

The awards

These awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account and on the WTA official website.

Player of the Year

In December 2019 WTA announced five top 10 categories of different aspects which marked 2010s in WTA tennis.

Top 10 Rivalries of the Decade

  1. Serena Williams vs Venus Williams, 18–12
  2. Maria Sharapova vs Simona Halep, 7–2
  3. Angelique Kerber vs Karolína Plíšková, 7–5
  4. Serena Williams vs Maria Sharapova, 20–2
  5. Petra Kvitová vs Agnieszka Radwańska, 8–5
  6. Victoria Azarenka vs Li Na, 6–5
  7. Belinda Bencic vs Naomi Osaka, 3–0
  8. Maria Sharapova vs Li Na, 10–5
  9. Simona Halep vs Elina Svitolina, 5–5
  10. Serena Williams vs Karolína Plíšková, 2–2

    Top 10 Streaks of the Decade

  11. Serena Williams, winning second "Serena Slam", 2014–15 non-calendar year Grand Slam
  12. 2019 season, 18 different tournaments, 18 different champions at the start of the year
  13. Victoria Azarenka, 26-match win streak, ascent to world No. 1 and first Major at Australian Open to start the 2012 season
  14. Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza, 41-match winning streak in doubles during 2015–16
  15. Bianca Andreescu, 8–0 vs top 10 in 2019
  16. Caroline Wozniacki, 2010 season 32–4 record after Wimbledon, including 4 titles and becoming world No. 1
  17. Belinda Bencic, 4–0 vs world No. 1s
  18. Serena Williams, 20-match win streak in Miami from 2013 to 2016 which included 3 titles
  19. Johanna Konta, 2015 season translate from ITF tour to having success at US Open and Wuhan
  20. Aryna Sabalenka, having a perfect record at Premier 5 tournament in Wuhan, which includes two titles in a row

    Top 10 Comebacks of the Decade

  21. Serena Williams, comeback after maternity leave, reaching four Major finals, the first coming just 10 months after giving birth
  22. Petra Kvitová, comeback in just six months from stabbing, to win Birmingham just two weeks back
  23. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, comeback from injury to win US Open in mixed doubles, a year after dislocating her knee cap
  24. Martina Hingis, comeback from retirement in 2013 to play doubles, winning eventually four Majors and having 41-match winning streak during 2015–16
  25. Ashleigh Barty, return to tennis in early 2016 after playing cricket during two-year-hiatus from tennis, going on to win her first Major and finishing 2019 as the world No. 1
  26. Venus Williams, comeback after Sjögrens Syndrome diagnosis in 2011, winning Olympic gold less than year later, and reaching two Major finals in 2017
  27. Justine Henin, comeback from retirement after 18 months in 2010, reaching immediately finals of Sydney and Australian Open
  28. Belinda Bencic, comeback from injury to reach again top 10 in 2019 after three years and winning Dubai and Moscow
  29. Elena Vesnina, comeback from injury to win Olympic gold in doubles and Indian Wells in singles
  30. Victoria Azarenka, comeback after maternity leave, climbing from No. 978 to the top 50 in 2017

    Top 10 Upsets of the Decade

  31. Roberta Vinci vs Serena Williams, semifinals of 2015 US Open, Vinci playing first Slam semifinal and being outside top 40, ended Serena's Calendar Slam hunt
  32. Monica Puig vs Angelique Kerber, final of the 2016 Olympics, Puig winning the gold unseeded and beating three Grand Slam champions and two current top 3 players
  33. Jeļena Ostapenko vs Simona Halep, final of 2017 French Open, Ostapenko winning first Slam and also title of any kind at 20 years old, being ranked No. 47
  34. Dominika Cibulková vs Angelique Kerber, final of 2016 WTA Finals, Cibulková winning the tournament after first going 0–2 in round robin and avenging loss to Kerber in that stage
  35. Bianca Andreescu vs Angelique Kerber, final of 2019 Indian Wells, Andreescu becoming first wild card champion in Indian Wells at 18 years old
  36. Li Na vs Caroline Wozniacki, semifinals of 2011 Australian Open, Li saving match point to become first Chinese Major finalist and later that year a champion
  37. Victoria Azarenka vs Maria Sharapova, final of 2012 Australian Open, Azarenka winning 12 of the last 13 games in her first Major final
  38. Flavia Pennetta vs Li Na, semifinals of 2014 Indian Wells, Pennetta going on to win the title in less than a year after comeback from injury
  39. Hsieh Su-wei vs Agnieszka Radwańska, third round of 2018 Australian Open, with Hsieh being ranked at No. 88
  40. Ashleigh Barty vs Petra Kvitová, quarterfinals of 2019 Miami Open, Barty winning first match of rivalry after previously being down 4–0

    Top 10 WTA Outfits of the Decade

  41. Maria Sharapova, 2017 US Open
  42. Maria Sharapova, 2017 US Open
  43. Naomi Osaka, 2019 US Open
  44. Serena Williams, 2015 Australian Open
  45. Caroline Wozniacki, 2010 US Open
  46. Sorana Cîrstea, 2019 French Open
  47. Andrea Petkovic, 2018 Australian Open
  48. Venus Williams, 2017 Australian Open
  49. Ana Ivanovic, 2016 US Open
  50. Kristina Mladenovic, 2017 Wimbledon