Vote: August's Player Of The Month

Posted: Jan 01, 1970

It’s time to vote for August’s WTA Player of the Month!

Have a look at the nominees and cast your vote before Thursday at 11:59pm ET! The winner will be announced Friday, September 16.

August 2016 WTA Player Of The Month Finalists

Angelique Kerber: Angelique Kerber had a summer to remember, starting at the height of the Emirates Airline US Open Series. From the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, Kerber went to Rio for the Olympic tennis event, where she came away with a silver medal. Playing for World No.1 at the Western & Southern Open, she made it all the way to the final and went one better at the US Open to claim her second Grand Slam. The victory made her the first German woman to top the WTA rankings since Steffi Graf and the first lefty since Monica Seles. Oh, and she qualified for what will be her fourth appearance at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.

Monica Puig: Puig became the first Puerto Rican athlete to win a gold medal when she shocked Kerber in the final of the Olympic tennis event. Her impressive run in Rio saw her upset the likes of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Garbiñe Muguruza, Laura Siegemund, and Petra Kvitova before winning an epic final over the soon-to-be World No.1.

Karolina Pliskova: Pliskova broke through in a big way this summer, halting Kerber’s quest to become No.1 in the final of the Western & Southern Open to win the biggest title of her young career. At the US Open, she became the fourth woman ever – and the first since 2009 – to beat both Venus Williams and Serena Williams in the same major tournament to reach her first Grand Slam final.