During the gala evening in Singapore announced the winners of the WTA awards for 2018.

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina won the Jerry Diamond Aces Award, which is awarded for promoting the women's tour.

The title of tennis player of the year was received by Simone Halep, who due to injury will not play at the WTA Finals..

The award "Return of the Year" went to an American, Serena Williams.

She returned after the birth of her daughter and reached the final at the US Open and Wimbledon.

The discovery of the year was Arina Sobolenko from Belarus, who won two tournaments (in New Haven and Wuhan) and made her way into the top 15.

And the title "Breakthrough of the Year" received the Dutch tennis player Kiki Bertens. She made it to the top 10 rankings and won four tournaments.. It was Kiki who replaced Halep at the Final Tournament..

Recall, became known rival Svitolina at the WTA Final Tournament.