The Women’s Tennis Association noted the Ukrainian woman’s progress during the year after returning to the court.
Elina Svitolina received a prestigious award during the WTA Awards. The Ukrainian tennis player received a prize in the “Comeback of the Year” category.
“Elina Svitolina spent 12 months away from the WTA Tour to welcome her daughter Sky, born in October 2022, to her family. Svitolina returned to the court in April 2023. Before her pregnancy, Svitolina spent more than 200 consecutive weeks in the top ten and just one month after In a long-awaited return to the court, she won her 17th career title at the WTA 250 in Strasbourg.
Her comeback continued to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros before she equaled her best Grand Slam performance by reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon, defeating WTA world number one Iga Swiatek in the process. Within five months, Svitolina rose again in the WTA rankings and ended the year as if she had never left tennis,” the WTA website said.
Note that in the fight for the main prize, Elina was opposed by Marketa Vondrousova, Karolina Muchova, Xie Shuwei and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The World No. 1 that Iga Šwiętek became the Tennis Player of the Year.
Tennis Player of the Year – Iga Swiatek
Best time of the year – Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens
Development of the Year – Zheng Qingwen
Rookie of the Year – Mirra Andreeva
Award for sportsmanship and work for the benefit of tennis players – Ons Jabeur
Off-Court Tennis Promotion Award – Jessica Pegula
Coach of the Year – Tomasz Wiktorowski (coach Iga Šwiętek)
We remind you that earlier Svitolina established an incredible success in Ukrainian tennis.
Source: korrespondent
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