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www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4276824/title/vote-now-newcomer-of-the-year
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VOTE NOW: NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
The WTA Newcomer Of The Year finalists for 2014 are WTA Rising Stars Belinda
Bencic, Zarina Diyas, Kurumi Nara and Shelby Rogers. Who gets your vote?
Published November 10, 2014 12:14
The finalists for 2014 WTA Newcomer Of The Year have been released, and for
the first time ever, you the fans can vote. The fan vote will count as one of
the coveted media votes.
Have a look at the finalists and cast your vote before Sunday at 11:59pm ET!
The winner will be announced Monday, November 17.
2014 WTA Newcomer Of The Year Finalists
Belinda Bencic: While Bencic has been earmarked for stardom for quite some
time, few could have predicted the impact she would make in 2014. Having
started the year outside the Top 200, the Swiss bounded up the rankings,
propelled by a number of reputation-enhancing showings, including a semifinal
in Charleston and a runner-up finish in Tianjin. However, it was her
performance in New York that really captured the tennis public's imagination,
defeating a succession of higher-ranked players on her way to the
quarterfinals.
Zarina Diyas: A mightily impressive summer, bookmarked by credible showings
at Wimbledon and the US Open, has seen Diyas quietly make her way up the
rankings. The Kazakh is now on the verge of the Top 30 and judging by the run
to the final at her last event of the year, in Osaka, success and silverware
is surely on the cards for 2015.
Kurumi Nara: In March, Nara marked her graduation into tennis' top tier with
a maiden WTA title, in Rio de Janeiro. It was all a far cry from 12 months
earlier, when Nara was preparing to do the rounds on the minor league
circuit, stopping off in such tennis meccas as Innisbrook, Osprey and Pelham.
Now the Japanese No.1, who also finished runner up in Washington DC, is
firmly ensconced in the Top 50 and threatening to go higher.
Shelby Rogers: After passing up the opportunity to go to college, Rogers
spent her late teens and early 20s plying her trade at some of tennis'
less-salubrious locations. However, a summer surge, highlighted by a surprise
runner-up finish in Bad Gastein, sent the young American shooting up the
rankings. She continued her impressive run of results through the remainder
of the season, shining particularly brightly during deep runs in Montréal
and Québec City.
WTA Newcomer Of The Year Winners
2013: Eugenie Bouchard
2012: Laura Robson
2011: Irina-Camelia Begu
2010: Petra Kvitova
2009: Melanie Oudin
2008: Caroline Wozniacki
2007: Agnes Szavay
2006: Agnieszka Radwanska
2005: Sania Mirza
Click here to see all the WTA Newcomer of the Years Winners
How it works:
Finalists are selected by wtatennis.com
Newcomer of the Year criteria includes a player who made Top 100 debut or
notable accomplishments during the 2014 season and prior to the current year,
had not played in more than six main draw events at tour-level in a singles
season
Winner is then determined by a media vote with a fan vote counting as one
media vote
www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4289379/title/vote-now-most-improved-player
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VOTE NOW: MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
Caroline Garcia, CoCo Vandeweghe, Eugenie Bouchard, Casey Dellacqua or
Karolina Pliskova - who gets your vote for WTA Most Improved Player Of The
Year? Tell us!
Published November 11, 2014 12:14
Finalists for the 2014 WTA Most Improved Player Of The Year have been
released, and for the first time ever, you the fans can vote. The fan vote
will count as one of the coveted media votes.
Have a look at the finalists and cast your vote before Monday at 11:59pm ET!
The winner will be announced Tuesday, November 18.
2014 WTA Most Improved Player Finalists
Eugenie Bouchard: While Bouchard had made great strides in 2013, few were
expecting her to make such a spectacular start to the new campaign. At the
Australian Open, the Canadian's attacking style on court and girl-next-door
charm off it earned her an army of loyal followers who packed the courtside
seats during her run to the semifinals. And she proved this was no flash in
the pan, reaching the same stage at the French Open and then finishing
runner-up to Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon.
CoCo Vandeweghe: After an inauspicious start to the campaign, Vandeweghe
arrived in Miami in early spring eager to make up for lost time. She did just
that with a run to the fourth round that included grueling back-to-back wins
over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Samantha Stosur. The summer brought further
success, the young American winning a maiden WTA title in 's-Hertogenbosch
and then victories over Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic en route to the
quarterfinals in Montréal.
Karolina Pliskova: While she may not have created the same number of
headlines as her fellow WTA Rising Stars Bouchard and Simona Halep, Pliskova
is well placed to follow in their footsteps. With heavy groundstrokes and a
huge serve, the Czech has all the ingredients to make it to the very top and
was a regular at the business end of tournaments in 2014. After finishing as
runner-up at Pattaya City, Nürnberg and Hong Kong, Pliskova finally rid
herself of the bridesmaid tag with titles in Seoul and Linz to finish the
year safely inside the Top 30.
Casey Dellacqua: In 2013, Dellacqua caught the eye with her exploits
alongside fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty on the doubles court. However,
this time around she has proved just as successful flying solo. Having
started the year with a bang, reaching the fourth round of the Australian
Open, Dellacqua was just as impressive away from home, beating a succession
of higher-ranked players en route to the Indian Wells quarterfinals. In
Birmingham, her attacking instincts came to the fore as she reached the
second WTA semifinal of her career, before closing the Grand Slam season by
reaching the last 16 at the US Open.
Caroline Garcia: Since being earmarked as a future No.1 by Andy Murray after
running Maria Sharapova close at the French Open in 2011, Caroline Garcia's
ascension up the tennis ranks has been far from plain sailing. Despite her
undoubted gifts, the Frenchwoman struggled to deal with the weight of
expectation over the following years, which were spent, for the most part,
hovering outside the Top 100. In 2014, though, she has delivered on that
early promise. In April, she picked up a first WTA title (in Bogotá),
following this up with Premier quarterfinals in Madrid and Wuhan, and in
October reached a career-high No.34 in the rankings.
WTA Most Improved Player Winners
2013: Simona Halep
2012: Sara Errani
2011: Petra Kvitova
2010: Francesca Schiavone
2009: Yanina Wickmayer
2008: Dinara Safina
2007: Ana Ivanovic
2006: Jelena Jankovic
2005: Ana Ivanovic
2004: Maria Sharapova
Click here to see all the WTA Most Improved Player Winners
How it works:
Finalists are selected on wtatennis.com
Winner is then determined by a media vote with a fan vote counting as one
media vote