Ashleigh Barty is retired but the Australian was still able to bag one more tennis award with the 2021 WTA Player of the Year Award belonging to her.
It's no wonder that Barty got that trophy because the Australian was by far the best player in 2021. She started off the season with a quarterfinal appearance at the Australian Open which was a disappointing result for her but she bounced back well later on in the day. She won her 2nd Miami Open that year after Andreescu retired from the match.
She reached the final at the Madrid Open but lost to Sabalenka after beating her a week earlier in Stuttgart in the final. After that clay season, Barty completed her childhood dream by winning Wimbledon defeating Karolina Pliskova in the final. She also went to Tokyo where she won a bronze medal for Australia together with Peers.
Jil Teichmann was her opponent in the Cincinnati Open final which Barty won 6-3 6-1. Overall she played in six WTA finals last year winning five of them. She added two finals in 2022 winning both including the 2022 Australian Open after which she retired from tennis.
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