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Leading the list of 20 winners is Kim Clijsters, who was voted 2010 Player of the Year. Clijsters won five titles including the Grand Slam singles title at the U.S. Open, as well as the season-ending WTA Tour Championships in Doha.
“Voting was the closest it’s ever been with over 2,500 voters, some categories came down to the wire with one vote separating the winner and runner up. We’ve decide to give honorable mention this year in a few categories that were very close.” said Justin Pohn, editor of On the Baseline. “I would like to congratulate Kim and all of this year’s award winners.”
“reBounces would like to congratulate Kim Clijsters on being voted Player of the Year, which was no doubt due to her strong play throughout the year,” said Cannon Fletcher, co-founder of reBounces. “I would also like to congratulate the other talented ladies who won awards. Thank you all for such a great year of tennis and we look forward to the 2011 season.”
reBounces is also happy to announce the winners of this year’s prizes – Becca Skelly, Jeff Sikes and Randy Pang. All three will be receiving a batch of 100 tennis balls that have been rejuvenated through reBounces revolutionary technology that allows tennis balls to regain their original bounce.
Complete List of 2010 Baseline Award Winners
Player of the Year – Kim Clijsters
Doubles Team of the Year – Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta
Most Improved Player of the Year – Vera Zvonareva
Comeback Player of the Year – Ana Ivanovic
Newcomer of the Year – Petra Kvitova
Honorable Mention: Julia Goerges
Fan Favorite of the Year – Ana Ivanovic
Humanitarian of the Year – Ana Ivanovic
Honorable Mention: Maria Sharapova
Twitterer of the Year – Andrea Petkovic
Honorable Mention: Serena Williams
Facebook Fan Page of the Year – Ana Ivanovic
Best Grand Slam Final of 2010 – Serena Williams d. Justine Henin (Australian Open)
Honorable Mention: Francesca Schiavone d. Samantha Stosur (Roland Garros)
Best Non-Grand Slam Final of 2010 – Kim Clijsters d. Justine Henin (Brisbane)
Best Coach of 2010 – Sergey Demekhine (Vera Zvonareva)
Biggest Upset of 2010 – Nadia Petrova d. Kim Clijsters (Australian Open)
Honorable Mention: Vera Zvonareva d. Kim Clijsters (Wimbledon)
Honorable Mention: Francesca Schiavone d. Samantha Stosur (Roland Garros)
Most Emotional Moment of 2010 – Francesca Schiavone winning the French Open
Best USA Television Coverage – Tennis Channel
Best USA Television Commentator – John McEnroe
Honorable Mention: Martina Navratilova
Honorable Mention: Lindsay Davenport
Best Tennis Writer – Peter Bodo
Honorable Mention: Matthew Cronin
Best Tennis Website – WTATour.com
Best Tennis Blog – Forty Deuce
Honorable Mention: Women’s Tennis Blog
Best Official Player Website – Ana Ivanovic
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WTF?!?! Obviously an Ivanovic Fan voted like 100 times. She had an awful year and to see her name so many times proves that the WTA tour is going down the drain. What about Dementieva being the best moment? Wickmayer’s form? Sharapova’s humanitarian work? (and I don’t even like her) and Serena has got to be the best Twitterer! (I don’t think anyone cares what Petkovic has to say tbh)
WHAT A FLIPPING JOKE!
If I am not mistaken, she won the COMEBACK player of the year award, which meant bouncing back from a disappointing first part of the year. She did turn it around against Victoria in Cincinnati, won Linz and Bali, and made the second week at Flushing Meadows. And don’t forget quarterfinal finishes in Luxembourg and Beijing (d. Dementieva, Bartoli en route). The others – Twitter, Facebook Page and Best Website ARE based on who the fans vote for, because they are the ones who go on and visits their favorite player’s website.
If I am not mistaken, she won the COMEBACK player of the year award, which meant bouncing back from a disappointing first part of the year. She did turn it around against Victoria in Cincinnati, won Linz and Bali, and made the second week at Flushing Meadows. And don’t forget quarterfinal finishes in Luxembourg and Beijing (d. Dementieva, Bartoli en route). The others – Twitter, Facebook Page and Best Website ARE based on who the fans vote for, because they are the ones who go on and visit their favorite player’s website.