The 2024 season is completed.
Aryna Sabalenka retains on profitable.
World No. 1 Sabalenka has been voted the WTA Participant of the Yr for 2024, the the WTA introduced as we speak.
In a spectacular season, the 26-year-old Belarusian bookended Slam season profitable the Australian Open and US Open championships.
Sabalenka efficiently defended her Australian Open championship in January.
After lacking Wimbledon, Sabalenka got here on sturdy throughout North American hard-court season.
Unleashing all-court expertise, Sabalenka charged by 4 video games in a row defeating American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 to seize her first US Open crown a yr after she misplaced a one-set lead and a fell in tears to Coco Gauff within the 2023 last.
Corridor of Famer Billie Jean King offered Sabalenka with the shiny, silver US Open trophy she raised together with the champion’s test of $3.6 million.
The second-seeded Sabalenka joined an elite checklist of champions—Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Angelique Kerber—because the fifth girl in Open Period historical past to grasp Melbourne and New York in the identical season.
Sabalenka captured 4 Tour-level titles and certified for the year-end WTA Finals for the fourth consecutive yr.
The checklist of 5 WTA Participant of the Yr Award Winners is right here:
Participant of the Yr: Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles Group of the Yr: Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
Most Improved Participant of the Yr: Emma Navarro
Newcomer of the Yr: Lulu Solar
Comeback Participant of the Yr: Paula Badosa
