LONDON — Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have received the Worldwide Tennis Federation’s 2024 world champion awards.
Swiatek edged out Aryna Sabalenka for the ladies’s singles award within the checklist introduced by the ITF on Monday.
Swiatek received the French Open plus 4 WTA 1000 titles, an Olympic bronze medal on the Paris Video games and in addition helped Poland to the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals. Sabalenka received the Australian and US Open crowns and completed the 12 months ranked No. 1.
Sinner is the primary Italian to win the award. He completed 2024 at No. 1 with a 73-6 win-loss file after profitable the Australian and U.S. Open titles, the ATP Finals and main Italy’s profitable protection of the Davis Cup crown.
Sinner and Swiatek had been each topic to doping instances final 12 months, which has overshadowed their participation on the Australian Open this month.
The ITF mentioned the world champion awards had been chosen primarily based on “goal standards” contemplating all outcomes however with a particular emphasis on Grand Slams, the World Cup of Tennis competitions and the Olympic and Paralympic occasions.
“Final 12 months was a memorable 12 months for our sport with the staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Video games alongside our conventional staff occasions,” ITF President David Haggerty mentioned. “And we see with a number of of our award winners that representing their nation impressed them to even higher achievements in 2024.”
