By Chris Oddo | Friday October 20, 2017

Garbiñe Muguruza has been awarded the 2017 WTA Player of the Year award. The Spaniard, who claimed her second title at Wimbledon and rose to become the 24th No.1 in WTA history, was recognized at The Gala Evening at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.

Congratulations Mugu 🎉🎊@GarbiMuguruza is the WTA Player of the Year 🏆1⃣@wta pic.twitter.com/BvzWqOg4N1

— Muguruza 🎾 Iheb 🎾 (@IAkouby) October 20, 2017

WTA Player of the Year, @GarbiMuguruza

[getty] pic.twitter.com/9W8Pn2u7RF

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 20, 2017

Muguruza has a 46-19 record heading into this year’s WTA Finals, and still has a chance (along with six other players) to finish the year as No.1.

The other awards were handed out as follows:

Best Doubles Team: Martina Hingis and Chang Yung-Jan
Most Improved Player: Jelena Ostapenko
Comeback Player of the Year: Sloane Stephens
Best Newcomer: CiCi Bellis
Aces Award: Angelique Kerber

Congratulations to Most Improved Player of the Year Jelena Ostapenko --> https://t.co/s2mf82zobJ pic.twitter.com/BzuqjTxICv

— WTA (@WTA) October 20, 2017

Congratulations to @SloaneStephens on winning Comeback Player of the Year --> https://t.co/baUzWgsTmv pic.twitter.com/zenR51akA2

— WTA (@WTA) October 20, 2017

Congratulations to @cicibellis99 on winning Newcomer of the Year ---> https://t.co/xhgDWpkQDn pic.twitter.com/tnyJa8jki8

— WTA (@WTA) October 20, 2017

Congratulations to @mhingis and @YungJan_Chan on being named Doubles Team of the Year ---> https://t.co/wtUvYNVuWy pic.twitter.com/dHutNOGExu

— WTA (@WTA) October 20, 2017