Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award

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The Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional female tennis player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year.

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Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. [1] The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners

YearPlayerNation representedOther announced finalists [2]
1993 Monica Seles Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia
1994 Steffi Graf Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1995 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1996 Steffi Graf Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1997 Steffi Graf Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1998 Martina Hingis Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1999 Lindsay Davenport Flag of the United States.svg United States Martina Hingis (Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland)
Venus Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2000 Lindsay Davenport Flag of the United States.svg United States
2001 Venus Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Lindsay Davenport (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
Martina Hingis (Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland)
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2002 Venus Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Jennifer Capriati (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2003 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Jennifer Capriati (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Venus Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2004 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
2005 Maria Sharapova Flag of Russia.svg Russia Lindsay Davenport (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2006 Venus Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Amélie Mauresmo (Flag of France.svg France)
2007 Maria Sharapova Flag of Russia.svg Russia Justine Henin (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Jelena Janković (Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia)
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2008 Maria Sharapova Flag of Russia.svg Russia Justine Henin (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Ana Ivanovic (Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia)
2009 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Dinara Safina (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)
2010 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Venus Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
2011 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Kim Clijsters (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)
Li Na (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China)
Caroline Wozniacki (Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark)
2012 Maria Sharapova Flag of Russia.svg Russia Victoria Azarenka (Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus)
Petra Kvitová (Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic)
Samantha Stosur (Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia)
2013 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Victoria Azarenka (Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus)
Maria Sharapova (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)
2014 Maria Sharapova Flag of Russia.svg Russia Li Na (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China)
Agnieszka Radwańska (Flag of Poland.svg Poland)
Serena Williams (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2015 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Simona Halep (Flag of Romania.svg  Romania)
Petra Kvitová (Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic)
Maria Sharapova (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)
2016 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Flavia Pennetta (Flag of Italy.svg Italy)
Garbiñe Muguruza (Flag of Spain.svg Spain)
Angelique Kerber (Flag of Germany.svg Germany)
2017 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Angelique Kerber (Flag of Germany.svg Germany)
Jeļena Ostapenko (Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia)
Monica Puig (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2018 Sloane Stephens Flag of the United States.svg United States Simona Halep (Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Garbiñe Muguruza (Flag of Spain.svg Spain)
Caroline Wozniacki (Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark)
2019 Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States Naomi Osaka (Flag of Japan.svg Japan)
Simona Halep (Flag of Romania.svg  Romania)
Petra Kvitová (Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic)
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Naomi Osaka Flag of Japan.svg Japan Victoria Azarenka (Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus)
Ashleigh Barty (Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia)
Sofia Kenin (Flag of the United States.svg United States)
2022 Emma Raducanu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Ashleigh Barty (Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia)
Iga Świątek (Flag of Poland.svg Poland)
Leylah Fernandez (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada)

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References

  1. ↑ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.
  2. ↑ For those iterations of the award for which online fan balloting was undertaken, the ESPN Select Nominating Committee presented between three and five candidates.
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