Player of the Year went to Sofia Kenin, who becomes the latest American to win the awards which were first lunched in 1977.She joins a roll call that includes Serena and Venue Williams, Marina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
Kenin began the year by winning her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne, beating local favourite and world number one Ashleigh Barty in the semi-final, and then defeating the Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in the final.
The 22-year-old went on to reach her Second Grand Slam final in Paris, losing to the unseeded Iga witek. Kenin finished the year four in the world her highest ever ranking.
Polish teenager witeks achievement was recognised by being named the Most Improved Player of the Year. Barely known before the tournament began at Roland Garros, she went through the entire event without dropping a set and beating along the way the 2019 finalist Marketa Vondrousova and the world number tw0 and 2018 winner Simona Halep.
That saw her break into the worlds top 20 for the first time.
23-year-old Nadia Podoroska of Argentina was named Newcomer of the Year. She became the first qualifier to reach the semi-finals of the French Open, before her run was brought to an end by witek
The Comeback Player of the Year award went to Victoria Azarenka. The former world number one from Belarus had endured a difficult few years due to a combination of injury, loss of form and well-documented off the court problems.
But she bounced back by winning the Cincinnati Open, her first title in four years, and went on to reach the final of the US Open, where she lost to Naomi Osaka, despite taking an early set lead
Timea Babos of Hungary and Katerina Mladenovic of France were named Doubles Team of the Year. They won both the Australian and French Open titles in 2020.