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WTA Player Of The Year: List Of Winners In History

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The WTA Player of the Year is the most prestigious annual award given by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). It is voted on by members of the international tennis media to recognize the best-performing player of the season.

The record for the most WTA Player of the Year titles is held by Steffi Graf, who received the honor 8 times, closely followed by Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams, who each won it 7 times.

WTA Player of the Year All-Time Winners 

Here are the list of players who won the WTA Player of the Year in the history of women’s tennis. The number withing the brackets denotes the number of times they won the titles.

Year Player Nationality
2025 Aryna Sabalenka (2) Belarus
2024 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus
2023 Iga Świątek (2) Poland
2022 Iga Świątek Poland
2021 Ashleigh Barty (2) Australia
2020 Sofia Kenin United States
2019 Ashleigh Barty Australia
2018 Simona Halep Romania
2017 Garbiñe Muguruza Spain
2016 Angelique Kerber Germany
2015 Serena Williams (7) United States
2014 Serena Williams (6) United States
2013 Serena Williams (5) United States
2012 Serena Williams (4) United States
2011 Petra Kvitová Czech Republic
2010 Kim Clijsters (2) Belgium
2009 Serena Williams (3) United States
2008 Serena Williams (2) United States
2007 Justine Henin (2) Belgium
2006 Amélie Mauresmo France
2005 Kim Clijsters Belgium
2004 Maria Sharapova Russia
2003 Justine Henin Belgium
2002 Serena Williams United States
2001 Jennifer Capriati United States
2000 Venus Williams United States
1999 Lindsay Davenport (2) United States
1998 Lindsay Davenport United States
1997 Martina Hingis Switzerland
1996 Steffi Graf (8) Germany
1995 Steffi Graf (7) Germany
1994 Steffi Graf (6) Germany
1993 Steffi Graf (5) Germany
1992 Monica Seles (2) Yugoslavia
1991 Monica Seles Yugoslavia
1990 Steffi Graf (4) Germany
1989 Steffi Graf (3) West Germany
1988 Steffi Graf (2) West Germany
1987 Steffi Graf West Germany
1986 Martina Navratilova (7) United States
1985 Martina Navratilova (6) United States
1984 Martina Navratilova (5) United States
1983 Martina Navratilova (4) United States
1982 Martina Navratilova (3) United States
1981 Chris Evert United States
1980 Tracy Austin United States
1979 Martina Navratilova (2) Czechoslovakia
1978 Martina Navratilova Czechoslovakia
1977 Virginia Wade United Kingdom

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