Vote Now: Player Of The Year
The finalists for the 2015 WTA Comeback Player Of The Year have been released, and we want to hear from you, the fans. The fan vote will count as one of the coveted media votes.
Have a look at the finalists and cast your vote before Sunday, December 6 at 11:59pm ET! The winner will be announced Tuesday, December 8.
2015 WTA Player Of The Year Finalists
Serena Williams: The wall-to-wall No.1 had another season to remember in 2015, winning the first three majors of the season to cap a second Serena Slam at Wimbledon. After winning the Australian Open and French Open titles, her win at the All England Club brought her major singles total to 21 – just one shy of matching Steffi Graf’s all-time record of 22. In between major glories, she won an eighth title at the Miami Open and a second consecutive Western & Southern Open crown – beating year-end World No.2 Simona Halep at both events. Williams finished the season with just three losses, five titles, and a 6-1 record over Top 10 players. The earliest ever to qualify for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, the American finished at World No.1 for the third straight year, and is in the hunt for a fourth straight WTA Player Of The Year award.
Garbiñe Muguruza: Muguruza began the year as one to watch among the cohort of WTA Rising Stars, but heads into 2016 as a Grand Slam contender. The Spaniard made good on her potential with an emphatic run to the finals of Wimbledon – upsetting WTA Finals champion Agnieszka Radwanska en route. She truly hit her stride, however, at the height of the Asian Swing, reaching back-to-back finals at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open and China Open – winning the latter to capture the biggest title of her career. Her Singapore debut had a sensational start, going undefeated in round robin play and dropping just one set in three matches. Though she lost in the semifinals to rival Radwanska, Muguruza finishes the year ranked No.3 with few more barriers to break in seasons to come.
Flavia Pennetta: There’s going out with a bang, and then there’s Flavia Pennetta. Pennetta made her final season on the WTA tour unforgettable at this year’s US Open. A perennial quarterfinalist in Flushing, the Italian enjoyed a fairytale run to the final with wins over 2011 champion Samantha Stosur, two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, and No.2 seed Halep to book an improbable championship marquee alongside childhood friend, Roberta Vinci. Swatting away one last forehand winner, the veteran had cemented her spot in history as the first Italian to take home the US Open title. Pennetta parlayed that momentum into a career-high ranking and WTA Finals debut, where she beat eventual champion Radwanska in straight sets during round robin play.
Agnieszka Radwanska: The former World No.2 similarly saved some of her best tennis for last in Singapore. Radwanska reached the semifinals of Wimbledon, but reached even higher heights in Asia, winning the Toray Pan Pacific Open and Tianjin Open titles to qualify for the WTA Finals. A slow starter in Singapore, she overcame dropping her opening two round robin matches to upset top-seeded Halep to qualify for the semifinals, where she took out Muguruza and Kvitova to capture her biggest-ever title and finish the year ranked inside the Top 5 for the third time in her career.
WTA Player Of The Year Winners
2014: Serena Williams
2013: Serena Williams
2012: Serena Williams
2011: Petra Kvitova
2010: Kim Clijsters
2009: Serena Williams
2008: Serena Williams
2007: Justine Henin
2006: Amélie Mauresmo
2005: Kim Clijsters
Click here to see all the WTA Player of the Years Winners
Don’t forget to vote for the other 2015 WTA Awards
Rising Star of the Year
Most Improved Player of the Year
Comeback Player of the Year
Doubles Team of the Year
How it works:
Finalists are selected by wtatennis.com
Winner is then determined by a media vote with a fan vote counting as one media vote