2015 WTA Awards

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2015 WTA Awards
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Achievements (singles)
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Player of the year Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Most improved
player of the year
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Timea Bacsinszky
Newcomer of the year Flag of Russia.svg Daria Gavrilova
Comeback
player of the year
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
2014
2016

The 2015 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2015 WTA Tour.

Contents

The awards

These awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account. [1]

Note: award winners in bold

Player of the Year

Doubles Team of the Year

Most Improved Player of the Year

Newcomer of the Year

Comeback Player of the Year

Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award

Peachy Kellmeyer Player Service Award

Diamond Aces

Fan Favourite Player

Womance of the Year

Post of the Year

Selfie of the Year

#TBT (Throwback Thursday) of the Year

LOL of the Year

AWW of the Year

Fan Favourite WTA Video of the Year

Fan Favorite WTA Shot of the Year

Fan Favorite WTA Match of the Year

Fan Favorite Grand Slam Match of the Year

Best Dressed on-court

Best Dressed off-court

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References

  1. " @WTA " on Twitter
  2. "WTA Player of the Year: Serena Williams".
  3. "WTA Team of the Year: Hingis & Mirza".
  4. "WTA Most Improved Player of the Year: Timea Bacsinszky". 10 April 2024.
  5. "WTA Newcomer of the Year: Daria Gavrilova".
  6. "WTA Comeback Player of the Year: Venus Williams". 10 April 2024.
  7. "Petra Kvitova claims Krantzcke award". 10 April 2024.
  8. "Lucie Safarova's stellar service award". 10 April 2024.
  9. "Wozniacki wins Diamond Aces award".
  10. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "BFFs @SerenaWilliams & @CaroWozniacki voted 2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite Womance of the Year! 👯" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  11. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "The 2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite Post of the Year is... 👍@SerenaWilliams' #SerenaSlam-->" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. @AnaIvanovic (June 26, 2015). "Happy vibes from the @WTA Pre Wimbledon Party! ✌️" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  13. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite Selfie of the Year? 📱Goes to @AnaIvanovic with a little help from her friend 😉" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  14. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite #TBT of the Year? 📅The one & only @VenusesWilliams-->" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  15. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite LOL of the Year? 😂@MariaSharapova & the Polizei--> 🚓👮" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  16. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite Aww of the Year? ❤️@SerenaWilliams-->" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  17. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite Best Dressed On-Court? 🎾👗@ARadwanska at @RogersCup-->" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  18. @WTA (December 22, 2015). "2015 #WTA Social Fan Favorite Best Dressed Off-Court? 💃@Simona_Halep at @RolandGarros Players Party!" (Tweet) via Twitter.