50 Most Popular Players Of 2015: 50-41
The stars of the WTA battle it out day after day and week after week for wins, titles and ranking points – but who’s getting the most clicks on wtatennis.com, the official website of the WTA? That’s what we’ll be finding out all week this week as we count down the Top 50 Most Popular Players Of 2015.
From marquee names to WTA Rising Stars and doubles specialists, the WTA has an all-star cast battling it out all season long, and they’re all on the countdown. Where’s your favorite player on the list?
Let’s kick off the Top 50 Most Popular Players Of 2015 countdown today with No.50 to No.41!
50] Monica Niculescu (ROU)
Niculescu, whose 2015 season was highlighted by reaching her fifth WTA final at Nottingham – which included a semifinal stunner over Agnieszka Radwanska – kicks off our Top 50 countdown at No.50.
49] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)
Schmiedlova was one of the fastest-rising WTA Rising Stars in 2015, winning her first two WTA titles at Katowice and Bucharest and scoring her first four Top 20 wins, and she comes in at No.49 here.
48] Julia Goerges (GER)
Runs to the second week of both the Australian Open and French Open highlighted Goerges’ year, and the big-hitting former Top 15 player from Germany comes in at No.48 on this week’s countdown.
47] Andreea Mitu (ROU)
Mitu was one of the breakthrough stars of the French Open, making it all the way to the second week of a major for the first time. This year she was twice as popular as her year-end ranking of No.94.
46] Zarina Diyas (KAZ)
Diyas, not just a talented WTA Rising Star but also Kazakhstan’s No.1 player, made it all the way up to No.31 in the world earlier in the year and comes in at No.46 on this week’s Top 50 countdown.
45] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK #81)
Hantuchova’s season was highlighted by a seventh WTA title in Pattaya City, and though she finished at No.81 on the year-end rankings, the former World No.5’s popularity almost halves that on this list.
44] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
The former World No.13 from Russia had a fantastic finish to the 2015 season – quarterfinals of Beijing, title in Linz, finals in Moscow – and she comes in at No.44 on this week’s Top 50 countdown.
43] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Ukraine’s No.2 had an absolute breakthrough season, winning her first WTA title in Istanbul, reaching the semis of New Haven and Moscow and quarters of Indian Wells and Toronto. She’s No.43 here.
42] Madison Brengle (USA)
Speaking of breakthrough seasons, there’s Brengle too – first WTA final at Hobart, the fourth round of the Australian Open and semis of Stuttgart helped her shoot up the rankings, and she’s No.42 here.
41] Alizé Cornet (FRA #43)
Cornet has been one of the most popular players on the tour for years, and this year you kept clicking on the former World No.11 again. The Frenchwoman comes in at No.41 on this week’s countdown.
Come to wtatennis.com tomorrow for No.40 to No.31 on the Top 50 Most Popular Players Of 2015!