Ashleigh Barty is the only undefeated ATP & WTA player in 2022 but she will still face a fierce competing for the Australian Tennis Player of the Year in 2022.
Now-retired 26-years-old Australian lifted her third singles Grand Slam title at this year's US Open and soon hung her racket. Following her success, Nick Kyrgios reached the Wimbledon final and current Australian WTA singles no. 1, Ajla Tomljanovic played three Grand Slam semifinals and so they also deserved a spot among seven nominees.
Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell lifted the Wimbledon trophy in doubles, and Alex de Minaur and Storm Sanders led their countries to Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup Finals and so they all deserved nominations as well.
Barty has won the Newcombe Medal already three times. She triumphed every year from 2017 until 2019 and in 2021, she shared this honour with wheelchair legend Dylan Alcott.
Despite a very strong year by Kyrgios, who won his first doubles Grand Slam title alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis in Australia and proceeded to play the Wimbledon singles final later, it is expected that the award will be won by former world no. 1 in the WTA Rankings after she became first Australian to win a singles Grand Slam title on the home soil in more than 40 years.
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