You Voted: Here’s Your WTA Starting 11

You Voted: Here’s Your WTA Starting 11

  • Posted: Jan 01, 1970

Last week, in honor of the Euro 2016 and Copa America kicking off, we asked tennis fans a big question: if WTA players were a national team, who would be in your starting lineup? After one week of voting, the results have been tallied up and we’re ready to unveil the Fan Voted WTA XI.

But first, let’s remind you who we chose for our official WTA starting lineup:

WTA Starting 11

The WTA plays in a classic 4-4-2 formation, which means that along with a goalkeeper, we’re fielding four defenders, four midfielders, and two strikers.

Of course, fans had other ideas for which players would make the best team, so we put it to a vote.

After tallying up the numbers, here’s who made the cut in the Fan Voted WTA XI:

Fan Voted WTA XI


Here’s how it breaks down:

FORWARDS

We chose to play two of the most powerful attack-minded players in the game as our strikers, but it looks like fans wouldn’t take the field without starting the player with one of the best winning percentages in 2016: Victoria Azarenka.

We chose:

· Serena Williams
· Garbiñe Muguruza

The fans voted:

· Garbiñe Muguruza
· Victoria Azarenka

Though Azarenka also garnered a lot of votes as a potential defender, the overwhelming majority of fans voted her as a striker – and we can’t say we disagree.

MIDFIELDERS

Our midfield is packed with skillful and creative players, but fans were torn as to which playmakers they wanted in their Fan Voted WTA XI. In the end, here’s how the voting played out:

We chose:

· Agnieszka Radwanska
· Simona Halep
· Timea Bacsinszky
· Belinda Bencic

The fans voted:

· Simona Halep
· Agnieszka Radwanska
· Kristina Mladenovic
· Svetlana Kuznetsova

Fans voted for a mix of youth and experience by adding Mladenovic and Kuznetsova to the star duo of Radwanska and Halep. Though Halep was also voted as a potential defender, more fans thought she’d be a better fit in the midfield.

DEFENDERS

Our defenders are a rock-solid bunch of the most consistent, defense-minded returners and counter punchers in the game – here’s who made the cut in the Fan Voted WTA XI.

We chose:

· Angelique Kerber
· Victoria Azarenka
· Sara Errani
· Caroline Wozniacki

The fans voted:

· Angelique Kerber
· Dominika Cibulkova
· Sara Errani
· Elina Svitolina

Both back lines seem pretty impenetrable – which one do you think would stand up to the test?

GOALKEEPERS

In our WTA XI, we trusted our goal in the hands of Petra “Cech” Kvitova, but fans had a different player in mind for this position.

We chose:

· Petra Kvitova

The fans voted:

· Andrea Petkovic

Although she also grabbed a lot of votes as a defender, the vast majority of fans thought Petkovic would do a better job in goal. Do you agree with this substitution?


There’s your fan-voted WTA Starting 11! Do you agree with the fan vote or the WTA starting lineup? Which team do you think has a better shot at title-winning glory? Tweet us your thoughts – right here @WTA!

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