WTA Most Improved Player of the Year

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

Winners

Year Player Nationality 1977 Wendy Turnbull  Australia 1978 Virginia Ruzici  Romania 1979 Sylvia Hanika  West Germany 1980 Hana Mandlíková  Czechoslovakia [1] 1981 Barbara Potter  United States 1982 Sabina Simmonds  Italy 1983 Andrea Temesvári  Hungary 1984 Kathy Jordan  United States 1985 Helena Suková  Czechoslovakia 1986 Steffi Graf  West Germany 1987 Lori McNeil  United States 1988 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  Spain 1989 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)  Spain 1990 Monica Seles  Yugoslavia [2] 1991 Gabriela Sabatini  Argentina 1992 Kimiko Date  Japan 1993 Magdalena Maleeva  Bulgaria 1994 Mary Pierce  France 1995 Chanda Rubin  United States 1996 Martina Hingis   Switzerland 1997 Amanda Coetzer  South Africa 1998 Patty Schnyder   Switzerland 1999 Serena Williams  United States 2000 Elena Dementieva  Russia 2001 Justine Henin  Belgium 2002 Daniela Hantuchová  Slovakia 2003 Nadia Petrova  Russia 2004 Maria Sharapova  Russia 2005 Ana Ivanovic  Serbia and Montenegro 2006 Jelena Janković  Serbia 2007 Ana Ivanovic (2)  Serbia 2008 Dinara Safina  Russia 2009 Yanina Wickmayer  Belgium 2010 Francesca Schiavone  Italy 2011 Petra Kvitová  Czech Republic 2012 Sara Errani  Italy 2013 Simona Halep  Romania 2014 Eugenie Bouchard  Canada 2015 Timea Bacsinszky   Switzerland 2016 Johanna Konta  United Kingdom 2017 Jeļena Ostapenko  Latvia 2018 Kiki Bertens  Netherlands 2019 Sofia Kenin  United States References Hana Mandlíková became an Australian citizen in 1988 Monica Seles, originally from Yugoslavia, became a U. S. citizen in 1994.