Serena Williams Player of the year 2013
There was not really any doubt about who would become player of the year 2013.
Serena Williams did not just put together the best season of anyone in 2013, she put together one of the very best seasons in the history of women's tennis. It's the 5th time in her career that she receives the award.
Her statistics on the year were incredible: 11 WTA titles (with the French Open and the US Open among them), the most since Martina Hingis won 12 in 1997; 78 match wins, the most since Kim Clijsters won 90 in 2003; $12,385,572 in prize money, smashing the previous record of $7,923,920, set by Victoria Azarenka in 2012; and, most amazingly, her reclaiming of World No.1 on February 18 made her the oldest World No.1 in WTA history. She also reached 50 million dollar of career earnings which no other female player has ever achieved before.
Steffi Graf's all time record of 22 Grand Slam titels has come closer and in striking distance.
But for Williams it's always one at a time, and her sights are currently set on the Australian Open
"It's never too far away," Williams said about the Happy Slam.
We are excited to watch her play in 2014 and who knows what's going to happen!
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