WTA Most Improved Player of the Year

Women's Tennis Association Awards

The WTA Most Improved Player of the Year is an annual Women's Tennis Association (WTA) award given since the 1977 WTA Tour.

Winners

Year Player Nationality
1977 Wendy Turnbull  Australia
1978 Virginia Ruzici  Romania
1979 Sylvia Hanika  West Germany
1980 Hana Mandlíková  Czechoslovakia [1]
1981 Barbara Potter  United States
1982 Sabina Simmonds  Italy
1983 Andrea Temesvári  Hungary
1984 Kathy Jordan  United States
1985 Helena Suková  Czechoslovakia
1986 Steffi Graf  West Germany
1987 Lori McNeil  United States
1988 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  Spain
1989 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)  Spain
1990 Monica Seles  Yugoslavia [2]
1991 Gabriela Sabatini  Argentina
1992 Kimiko Date  Japan
1993 Magdalena Maleeva  Bulgaria
1994 Mary Pierce  France
1995 Chanda Rubin  United States
1996 Martina Hingis   Switzerland
1997 Amanda Coetzer  South Africa
1998 Patty Schnyder   Switzerland
1999 Serena Williams  United States
2000 Elena Dementieva  Russia
2001 Justine Henin  Belgium
2002 Daniela Hantuchová  Slovakia
2003 Nadia Petrova  Russia
2004 Maria Sharapova  Russia
2005 Ana Ivanovic  Serbia and Montenegro
2006 Jelena Janković  Serbia
2007 Ana Ivanovic (2)  Serbia
2008 Dinara Safina  Russia
2009 Yanina Wickmayer  Belgium
2010 Francesca Schiavone  Italy
2011 Petra Kvitová  Czech Republic
2012 Sara Errani  Italy
2013 Simona Halep  Romania
2014 Eugenie Bouchard  Canada
2015 Timea Bacsinszky   Switzerland

References

  1. ↑ Hana Mandlíková became an Australian citizen in 1988
  2. ↑ Monica Seles, originally from Yugoslavia, became a U. S. citizen in 1994.
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