Tennis fans worldwide can vote for their favorite tennis players, coaches, and personalities in twenty different categories by casting a ballot at www.awards.onthebaseline.com.
Online voting is open from December 19 2011-January 2, 2012. The winners will be unveiled on January 5, 2012. This year’s categories include Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Fan Favorite of the Year, Best Tennis Writer, Doubles Team of the Year, Best Facebook Fan Page, Comeback Player of the Year and many more.
Complete List of 2011 Baseline Awards Nominees
Player of the Year
Petra Kvitova / Caroline Wozniacki / Victoria Azarenka / Li Na
Doubles Team of the Year
Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik / Vania King & Yaroslava Shvedova / Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond
Most Improved Player of the Year
Petra Kvitova / Sabine Lisicki / Andrea Petkovic / Agnieszka Radwanska
Comeback Player of the Year
Sabine Lisicki / Maria Sharapova / Ana Ivanovic / Agnieszka Radwanska / Serena Williams
Newcomer of the Year
Christina McHale / Ksenia Pervak / Irina Falconi / Heather Watson / Chanelle Scheepers
Fan Favorite of the Year
Li Na / Agnieszka Radwanska / Andrea Petkovic / Samantha Stosur / Ana Ivanovic
Humanitarian of the Year
Maria Sharapova / Ana Ivanovic / Caroline Wozniacki / Franesca Schiavone / Venus Williams / Vera Zvonareva
Twitterer of the Year
Serena Williams / Dinara Safina / Andrea Petkovic / Venus Williams / Sloane Stephens
Facebook Fan Page of the Year
Maria Sharapova / Caroline Wozniacki / Andrea Petkovic / Serena Williams / Ana Ivanovic
Best Grand Slam Final of 2011
Kim Clijsters d Li Na (Australian Open) / Li Na d Francesca Schiavone (French Open) / Petra Kvitova d Maria Sharapova (Wimbledon) / Sam Stosur d Serena Williams (US Open)
Best Non-Grand Slam Final of 2011
Radwanska d Petkovic (Beijing) / Sharapova d Jankovic (Cincinnati) / Kvitova d Azarenka (WTA Championships)
Best Coach of 2011
David Kotyza (Petra Kvitova’s coach) / Nigel Sears (Ana Ivanovic’s Coach) / Sascha Nensel (Julia Goerges Coach) / David Taylor (Samantha Stosur) / Adam Altschuler (Bethanie Mattek-Sand’s Coach)
Biggest Upset of 2011
Sam Stosur d Serena Williams (US Open Final) / Christina McHale d Caroline Wozniacki (Cincinnati) / Arantxa Rus d Kim Clijsters (French Open) / Alexandra Dulgheru d Petra Kvitova (US Open)
Best USA Television Coverage
CBS Sports / ESPN /ESPN2 / Tennis Channel
Best USA Television Commentator
Darren Cahill / Mary Carillo / Mary Joe Fernandez / Brad Gilbert / John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe / Martina Navratilova / Chris Evert
Best Tennis Writer
Peter Bodo / Christopher Clarey / Courtney Nguyen / Bob Larson / Steve Tignor / James LaRosa / Jon Wertheim / Neil Harman / Dave Seminara
Best Tennis Website
WTATennis.com / Tennis.com / TennisNews.com
Best Tennis Blog
TennisSpin.net / Women’s Tennis Blog / Beyond the Baseline / ZooTennis / Tennis Served Fresh / Forty Deuce
Best Official Player Website
Ana Ivanovic / Maria Sharapova / Caroline Wozniacki / Andrea Petkovic / Serena Williams
Click here to vote NOW.
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