Djokovic and Serena Williams named ITF players of the year

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams had been named men’s and girls’s world champions for 2015 by the international Tennis Federation on Tuesday.

The Serb ended the 12 months as guys’s global number one for the fourth time after taking 3 majors – the Australian, Wimbledon and US Open, in addition to completing runner-as much as Stan Wawrinka inside the French.

Williams also narrowly missed a calendar-yr grand slam, winning the Australian, French and Wimbledon and attaining the her home US Open semi-final.

Martina Hingis, of Switzerland, and India’s Sania Mirza have been named ladies’s doubles global champions, with Jean-Julien Rojer, of the Netherlands, and Romania’s Horia Tecau taking the men’s award.

Hingis hence have become an ITF global champion again 15 years after being crowned singles champion.

Dalma Galfi, of Hungary, and u.S.A.’s Taylor Fritz have been named ITF junior champions.