Tennis star Iga Swiatek has been named the Women's Tennis Player of the Year (WTA) for the first time as she capped off an incredible run in 2022 that also saw her reach the top of the women's singles.

Swiatek, who was named 2020 Newcomer of the Year, has had a great season in 2022, leading the way in terms of final appearances, awards won and games won. She was crowned the winner of eight games, including six in a row and 37 games won.

Among the eight tournaments are two Grand Slam tournaments, at Roland Garros and the US Open, as well as the WTA 1000 title at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open (Doha), BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells), Miami Open of Ita , Internazionali presented. BNL d'Italia (Rome) and Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart). Swiatek has won 67 matches this season in total according to the WTA Tour website.

David Witt is the WTA Coach of the Year. Jessica Pegula's current coach is known for the progress of her players on the pitch this season, as well as being a great ambassador for the game and putting training ahead of the game. Pegula, who started the year at No. 18, had the best season under his control in 2022, finishing in the top three. Pegula reached the final of the Mutua Madrid Open for the first time in his career and won the Guadalajara Open Akron, in addition to reaching the quarterfinals of four Grand Slam tournaments.

Barbora Krejcikova and world number 1 in doubles Katerina Siniakova have been named doubles team of the year for the second time in a row and third overall. The Czech duo has won three major titles in 2022, including the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. They qualified for the WTA Finals title tournament. Their win in New York gave them a career Grand Slam, which only six other doubles teams have accomplished.

Zheng Qinwen was invited to climb nearly 100 places in the WTA rankings this season, due to many consistent results, and is expected to enter the Top 25 at the end of 2022 . She reached her first WTA final at the WTA 500 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, the semifinals at the WTA 250 Melbourne Summer Set 1 in Melbourne, the last eight at the WTA 1000 National Bank Open presented by Rogers in Toronto, and the round of 16 at Roland-Garros . Zheng Qinwen is the second Chinese woman to win the WTA Player of the Year award, following Zheng Jie, who won the 2008 Women's Player of the Year award.