Newcomer of the Year is a highly competitive category this season, with Andreescu nominated in addition to Coco Gauff, who at 15 years old, won six matches at Wimbledon, two at the US Open and six in Linz, Austria, to capture her first WTA title. Also in the running are Dayana YastremskaIga SwiatekElena Rybakina and Karolina Muchova.

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Most Improved Player of the Year features three U.S. players: Amanda AnisimovaSofia Kenin and Alison Riske, as well as Belinda BencicDonna Vekic and Zheng Saisai.

Comeback Player of the Year contenders include BencicSvetlana Kuznetsova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Following a 2018 foot injury, Bencic won Premier 5 and Premier tournaments in Dubai and Moscow to return to the Top 10 for the first time since 2016.

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Finally, the champions of all four Slams are nominated for Doubles Team of the YearZhang Shuai and Samantha Stosur, Kristina Mladenovic and Timea BabosBarbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-Wei and Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka.

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Serena Williams, despite making finals at Wimbledon, the Rogers Cup and the US Open, didn't receive any nominations.

The nominations for the 2019 WTA Player Awards have been announced, and a wide range of high achievers—from the youngest stars to the repeat champions to the host of hopefuls moving up the rankings—is represented in the list of contenders.

Here are the nominees for the year-end awards, with winners announced on Dec. 11:

Up for Player of the Year are ...

Ashleigh Barty, year-end No. 1 and champion in Miami, at Roland Garros, in Birmingham and at the WTA Finals:

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Bianca Andreescu, winner in Indian Wells and at the Rogers Cup and US Open, and owner of a 48-7 season:

Simona Halep, who won Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Serena Williams in the final:

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Naomi Osaka, champion at the Australian Open, Pan Pacific Open and China Open:

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And Karolina Pliskova, who took titles in Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou, finishing the year at No. 2:

Newcomer of the Year is a highly competitive category this season, with Andreescu nominated in addition to Coco Gauff, who at 15 years old, won six matches at Wimbledon, two at the US Open and six in Linz, Austria, to capture her first WTA title. Also in the running are Dayana YastremskaIga SwiatekElena Rybakina and Karolina Muchova.

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Most Improved Player of the Year features three U.S. players: Amanda AnisimovaSofia Kenin and Alison Riske, as well as Belinda BencicDonna Vekic and Zheng Saisai.

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Comeback Player of the Year contenders include BencicSvetlana Kuznetsova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Following a 2018 foot injury, Bencic won Premier 5 and Premier tournaments in Dubai and Moscow to return to the Top 10 for the first time since 2016.

Finally, the champions of all four Slams are nominated for Doubles Team of the YearZhang Shuai and Samantha Stosur, Kristina Mladenovic and Timea BabosBarbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-Wei and Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka.

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Serena Williams, despite making finals at Wimbledon, the Rogers Cup and the US Open, didn't receive any nominations.