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Ho ricevuto dalla Wta l'incarico di partecipare alle votazioni per eleggere le Wta Player dell'anno 2011, relativamente a: la giocatrice dell'anno, la coppia di doppio femminile dell'anno, la tennista di "ritorno" dell'anno, la giocatrice che ha fatto più progressi nel 2011 la rivelazione del 2011. La Wta ha indicato le sue nomination ma si può votare anche per nomi non compresi fra quelli indicati. La redazione di Ubitennis ha svolto votazioni interne. Io dovrò comunicare il mio voto che deriverà dalla somma dei voti della redazione con quelli di voi lettori che vorranno da oggi in poi qui votare. Grazie a tutti coloro che vorranno dire la loro, Ubaldo

Queste le nomination

Player of the Year:

Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Won (1): Australian Open
F (2): Sydney, Paris [Indoors]
QF (1): Miami

Petra Kvitova (CZE)
Won (5): Brisbane, Paris [Indoors], Madrid, Wimbledon, Linz
F (1): Eastbourne
SF (1): Tokyo
QF (1): Australian Open

Li Na (CHN)
Won (2): Sydney, Roland Garros
F (1): Australian Open
SF (3): Madrid, Rome, New Haven

Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Won (2): Rome, Cincinnati
F (2): Miami, Wimbledon
SF (2): Indian Wells, Roland Garros
QF (3): Auckland, Stanford, Tokyo

Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Won (1): US Open (d. Serena Williams in title match)
F (3): Rome, Toronto, Osaka
SF (2): Stuttgart, Eastbourne
QF (2): Dubai, Cincinnati

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Won (6): Dubai, Indian Wells, Charleston, Brussels, Copenhagen, New Haven
F (2): Doha, Stuttgart
SF (3): Australian Open, Rome, US Open
QF (1): Beijing

Doubles Team of the Year:

Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Maria Kirilenko (RUS):
Won (2): Madrid, Stanford
F (2): Australian Open, Toronto
SF (3): Dubai, Indian Wells, Tokyo
QF (2): Sydney, Roland Garros

Gisela Dulko (ARG)/Flavia Pennetta (ITA):
Won (1): Australian Open
F (2): Tokyo, Beijing
SF (1): Toronto
QF (6): Miami, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros, Carlsbad, Cincinnati

Liezel Huber (USA)/Lisa Raymond (USA):
Won (3): Toronto, US Open, Tokyo
F (2): Eastbourne, Stanford
SF (3): Roland Garros, Birmingham, Beijing
QF (3): Brussels, Wimbledon, Cincinnati

Vania King (USA)/Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ):
Won (1): Cincinnati
F (3): Rome, US Open, Osaka
SF (4): Madrid, Roland Garros, Tokyo, Beijing
QF (1): Indian Wells

Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Katarina Srebotnik (SLO):
Won (6): Auckland, Doha, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Carlsbad, Beijing
F (3): Sydney, Dubai, Madrid
SF (4): Australian Open, Charleston, Rome, Cincinnati
QF (3): Roland Garros, New Haven, US Open

Comeback Player:

Sabine Lisicki (GER): 2010 year-end ranking: No.179 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.17 (also career high)
Won (2): Birmingham, Dallas
SF (2): Wimbledon, Stanford
QF (2): Stuttgart, Carlsbad
4r (1): US Open

Peng Shuai (CHN): 2010 year-end ranking: No.72 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.16 (career high 14 (August 22, 2011-September 11, 2011)
F (1): Brussels
SF (4): Auckland, Hobart, Charleston, Birmingham
QF (5): Pattaya City, Doha, Indian Wells, Carlsbad, Cincinnati
4r (3): Australian, Wimbledon, US Open

Serena Williams (USA): 2010 year-end ranking: No. 4 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.14; After Wimbledon ranking dipped as low as No.175
Won (2): Stanford, Toronto
F(1): US Open
4r (1): Wimbledon

Most Improved:

Julia Goerges (GER): 2010 year-end ranking: No.40 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.21, high of No.16 from June 6, 2011-July 24, 2011 (jump of 24 spots)
Won (1): Stuttgart
SF (2): Auckland, Madrid
QF (2): Charleston, Seoul

Petra Kvitova (CZE): 2010 year-end ranking: No.34 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.4 (jump of 30 spots)
Won (5): Brisbane, Paris [Indoors], Madrid, Wimbledon, Linz
F (1): Eastbourne
QF (1): Australian Open
4r (1): Roland Garros

Andrea Petkovic (GER): 2010 year-end ranking: No.32 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.10, career high of No.9 (jump of 23 spots) the week of October 10, 2011
Won (1): Strasbourg
F (2): Brisbane, Beijing
SF (3): Miami, Carlsbad, Cincinnati
QF (6): Australian Open, Paris, Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Toronto, US Open

Roberta Vinci (ITA): 2010 year-end ranking: No.38 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.22 (jump of 16 spots); Reached career high of No.18 from September 12, 2011-October 2, 2011
Won (3): Barcelona, 's-Hertogenbosch, Budapest
SF (1): Pattaya City
QF (2): Hobart, Toronto
3r (3): Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open

Newcomer of the Year

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU): 2010 year-end ranking No. 214 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.39 (rose 176 spots to a career high of No.38 from September 12, 2011-October 9, 2011)
Finalist (2): Marbella, Budapest
SF (1): Dallas
QF (1): Palermo

Irina Falconi (USA): 2010 year-end ranking No. 217 - October 17, 2011 ranking: 77, reached career high of No.73 - an improvement of 144 spots - the week of October 10, 2011)
SF (1): College Park

Bojana Jovanovski (SRB): 2010 year-end ranking No. 71 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.72 (reached a career high of No.50, an increase of 21 spots for four weeks between May and July)
SF (1): Sydney
QF (2): Kuala Lumpur, Washington
2r (5): Australian Open, Madrid, Strasbourg, Eastbourne, Toronto

Christina McHale (USA): 2010 year-end ranking No. 115 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.42 (a career high, rose 73 spots)
QF (2): Charleston, New Haven
3r (5): Indian Wells, Carlsbad, Cincinnati, New Haven, US Open (best career Grand Slam result)
2r (4): Rome, Birmingham, Wimbledon, Stanford
1r (2): Australian Open and Roland Garros (after losing in Paris, went directly to Italy and won an ITF $50k)

Ksenia Pervak (RUS): 2010 year-end ranking No.97 - October 17, 2011 ranking: No.38 (rose 60 spots to a career high of No.37 from September 19, 2011-October 9, 2011)
Won (1): Tashkent
F (1): Baku
SF (1): Bad Gastein
QF (2): Memphis, Monterrey
4r (1): Wimbledon

Questi i voti della redazione:

Player of the year

Kvitova - 19
Li Na - 3

Doubles Team of the year
Petschke/Srebotnik - 15
Dulko/Pennetta - 3
Huber/Raymond - 4

Comeback player of the year:
Lisicki - 16
S.Williams - 5
Sharapova - 1

Most improved player of the year:
Kvitova - 8
Vinci - 6
Petkovic - 5
Goerges - 2
Li Na - 1

Newcomer of the year:
Pervak - 11
Begu - 5
McHale - 3
Kerber - 2
Jovanovski - 1

Hanno votato:
Alberto Giorni, Daniele Vallotto, Daniele Malafarina, Riccardo Bisti, Francesca Sarzetto, Ubaldo Scanagatta, Simone Alchieri, Alessandro Mastroluca, Stefano Pentagallo, Andrea Appiani, Christian Turba, Laura Guidobaldi, Cesare Boccio, Fabio Ferraro, Gianluigi Ferrario, Samuele Delpozzi, Daniele Vitelli, Alessio Morra, Stefano Tarantino, Vanni Gibertini, Davide Uccella, Francesco Pagani