2005 Tennisrulz Readers Awards Nominees

Here are the (tentative) lists of nominees for the 3rd annual Tennisrulz Readers Awards. The link to the 2005 voting, open until the end of the season, will be coming soon!

==PLAYER OF THE YEAR==
Kim Clijsters
Lindsay Davenport
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Maria Sharapova
Venus Williams

==BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER==
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Ana Ivanovic
Sesil Karatantcheva
Maria Kirilenko
Shuai Peng
Sania Mirza

==RISING STAR==
Iveta Benesova
Gisela Dulko
Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Daniela Hantuchova
Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Jankovic
Na Li
Sania Mirza
Alicia Molik
Nadia Petrova
Dinara Safina
Nicole Vaidisova

==NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR==
Sanja Ancic
Viktoria Azarenka
Anna Chakvetadze
Vera Douchevina
Alexa Glatch
Ana Ivanovic
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sania Mirza
Shahar Peer
Lucie Safarova
Agnes Szavay
Nicole Vaidisova

==MOST IMPROVED PLAYER==
Maria Elena Camerin
Daniela Hantuchova
Angela Haynes
Jamea Jackson
Klara Koukalova
Anabel Medina-Garrigues
Zuzana Ondraskova
Shanay Perry
Katarina Srebotnik
Samantha Stosur
Maria Vento-Kabchi
Roberta Vinci
Jie Zheng

==BIGGEST SURPRISE==
Alyona Bondarenko
Ekaterina Bychkova
Jill Craybas
Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
Angela Haynes
Ting Li
Nuria Llagostera-Vives
Bethanie Mattek
Aiko Nakamura
Tzvetana Pironkova
Samantha Stosur
Tiantian Sun
Maria Vento-Kabchi
Zi Yan

==VETERAN OF THE YEAR==
Lindsay Davenport
Elena Likhovtseva
Conchita Martinez
Kveta Peschke
Mary Pierce
Virginia Ruano-Pascual
Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo
Patty Schnyder
Anna Smashnova

==COMEBACK PLAYER==
Yoon-Jeong Cho
Kim Clijsters
Daniela Hantuchova
Ashley Harkleroad
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Martina Hingis
Mary Pierce
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

==DOUBLES PLAYER==
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Elena Likhovtseva
Corina Morariu
Martina Navratilova
Lisa Raymond
Virgina Ruano-Pascual
Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs
Paola Suarez
Zi Yan

==MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER==
Elena Bovina
Jennifer Capriati
Jelena Dokic
Tatiana Golovin
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Amelie Mauresmo
Anastasia Myskina
Serena Williams
Vera Zvonareva

==TOP PERFORMANCE==
Kim Clijsters [Indian Wells & Miami]
Kim Clijsters [North American hardcourts]
Lindsay Davenport [def. Sharapova 6-0/6-0]
Elena Dementieva [Fed Cup Final]
Justine Henin-Hardenne [European claycourts]
Martina Hingis [World Team Tennis]
Sania Mirza [Hyderabad]
Mary Pierce [Roland Garros & U.S. Open]
Serena Williams [Australian Open]
Venus Williams [Wimbledon]