WTA Player of the Year

The WTA Player of the Year is an annual Women's Tennis Association (WTA) award given since the 1977 WTA Tour.

Winners

Year Player Nationality 1977 Virginia Wade  United Kingdom 1978 Martina Navratilova  United States 1979 Martina Navratilova (2)  United States 1980 Tracy Austin  United States 1981 Chris Evert-Lloyd  United States 1982 Martina Navratilova (3)  United States [1] 1983 Martina Navratilova (4)  United States 1984 Martina Navratilova (5)  United States 1985 Martina Navratilova (6)  United States 1986 Martina Navratilova (7)  United States 1987 Steffi Graf  West Germany 1988 Steffi Graf (2)  West Germany 1989 Steffi Graf (3)  West Germany 1990 Steffi Graf (4)  Germany 1991 Monica Seles  SFR Yugoslavia 1992 Monica Seles (2)  FR Yugoslavia 1993 Steffi Graf (5)  Germany 1994 Steffi Graf (6)  Germany 1995 Steffi Graf (7)  Germany 1996 Steffi Graf (8)  Germany 1997 Martina Hingis   Switzerland 1998 Lindsay Davenport  United States 1999 Lindsay Davenport (2)  United States 2000 Venus Williams  United States 2001 Jennifer Capriati  United States 2002 Serena Williams  United States 2003 Justine Henin  Belgium 2004 Maria Sharapova  Russia 2005 Kim Clijsters  Belgium 2006 Amelie Mauresmo  France 2007 Justine Henin (2)  Belgium 2008 Serena Williams (2)  United States 2009 Serena Williams (3)  United States 2010 Kim Clijsters (2)  Belgium 2011 Petra Kvitová  Czech Republic 2012 Serena Williams (4)  United States 2013 Serena Williams (5)  United States 2014 Serena Williams (6)  United States 2015 Serena Williams (7)  United States 2016 Angelique Kerber  Germany 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza  Spain 2018 Simona Halep  Romania 2019 Ashleigh Barty  Australia 2020 Sofia Kenin  United States References Martina Navratilova, originally from Czechoslovakia, became a U. S. citizen in 1981.