Monday, 5 December 2022

2022 Tennis ELO Awards - Winners

The voting is over, and it's time to announce the winners! Find out who won this year's Tennis ELO awards after the jump. 


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Player of the Year - Men's

Nominees:
  • Carlos Alcaraz - For his performance at Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona and Madrid.
  • Francisco Cerundolo - For his performance at Miami and Bastad.
  • Holger Rune - For his performance at Munich, the French Open, Stockholm and Paris.
  • Taylor Fritz - For his performance at Indian Wells and Tokyo.
With 93% of the vote, this year's Player of the Year is clearly Carlos Alcaraz. He started the year ranked #31, but thanks to a massive gain of 264 ELO rating points, he ended the year at #4 in my rankings. We'll see what happened to last year's winner, Aslan Karatsev later. Can Carlos make it to the very top of the ELO ratings?


Player of the Year - Women's

Nominees:
  • Beatriz Haddad Maia - For her performance at Nottingham, Birmingham and Toronto.
  • Caroline Garcia - For her performance at Bad Homburg, Warsaw, Cincinnati and the WTA Finals.
  • Iga Swiatek - For her performance at Doha and Rome.
  • Liudmila Samsonova - For her performance at Washington DC, Cleveland and Tokyo.
It's the 3rd year in a row that Iga Swiatek has been nominated, and it's the 2nd time she has won this award, this time with 76% of the vote. She earned a huge 196 ELO rating points over the course of the year, moving her up from #15 to the very top of my rankings. Last year's winner, Barbora Krejcikova, had an average year, losing a few ELO. Can Iga keep up with the high expectations next season


Disappointment of the Year - Men's

Nominees:
  • Aslan Karatsev
  • Diego Schwartzman
  • Dominic Thiem
  • Rafael Nadal
This year's Disappointment of the Year award goes to Aslan Karatsev, with 42% of the vote. He lost 141 ELO rating points and 64 places in my rankings over the year. Last year's "winner" of this award, Gael Monfils, had a decent 2021 and gained 19 ELO this year. Can Aslan make a comeback next year?


Disappointment of the Year - Women's

Nominees:
  • Anett Kontaveit
  • Elina Svitolina
  • Garbine Muguruza
  • Karolina Pliskova
Garbine Muguruza is the winner of this year's Disappointment of the Year award, with 63% of the vote. She lost 158 ELO rating points overall, and fell 28 places in my rankings. Last year's "winner", Madison Keys, had a good 2022, ending the year with 74 more points and 13 places higher than she entered it. Can Garbine do better next year?
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