Three WTA Rising Stars brought it home with impressive performances ahead of the off-season. Which one soared the highest?

Have a look at the nominees for October’s WTA Rising Star of the Month and cast your vote before Thursday at 11:59pm ET! The winner will be announced Friday, November 13.

October 2015 WTA Rising Star Of The Month Finalists:

Garbiñe Muguruza: Muguruza finished her season with a flourish at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. Making her WTA Finals debut, the Spainiard eased to a 3-0 round robin record with wins over Petra Kvitova, Lucie Safarova, and Angelique Kerber, only falling to eventual champion Agnieszka Radwanska in three thrilling sets. Earlier in the month Muguruza captured her biggest title at the China Open. Muguruza’s marvelous results since the US Open have helped her to rise to No.3 in the world – a rise of nearly 20 spots since the end of last year.

Karolina Pliskova: Pliskova rebounded from a difficult fall to re-establish herself as one to watch at the Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai. Taking out a pair of tricky veterans in former No.1 Jelena Jankovic and 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani, Pliskova won the battle of WTA Rising Stars in the semis in beating Elina Svitolina in straight sets. In the final against another former No.1 in Venus Williams, Pliskova narrowly missed out on the opportunity to finish an otherwise stellar season inside the Top 10, but still put on a valiant fight against her more experienced opponent over two tough sets.

Naomi Osaka: Osaka made her own Singapore debut before the start of the WTA Finals, winning the WTA Rising Stars Invitational, overcoming a round robin defeat to Caroline Garcia by beating her in the final. The Japanese teenager first made waves in the summer of 2014 when she upset Samantha Stosur in Stanford, but is starting to become more consistent on the WTA level, qualifying for the Japan Women’s Open Tennis in the weeks before traveling to Singapore. Ranked just outside the Top 200, Osaka looks to have carried her momentum into the WTA 125K Series event in Hua Hin, notching a win over No.6 seed Evgeniya Rodina, 6-0 in the third set. By all indications, her star seems poised to rise even farther come 2016. 

2015 WTA Rising Star of the Month Winners

September: Garbiñe Muguruza
August: Belinda Bencic
July: Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 
June: Garbiñe Muguruza
May: Daria Gavrilova
April: Elina Svitolina
March: Sloane Stephens
February: Karolina Pliskova
January: Madison Keys

How it works:

Three finalists are selected by wtatennis.com
Winner is then determined by a fan vote on wtatennis.com