As the successful 2009 Tennis Season finally ends, it's time for rewards and recognition as the best players in the world vie for top honors. Here is the list of nominations released by TennisEarth.com for the 2009 Players Awards -

Player of the Year (Male) -

Juan Martin Del Potro
Nikolay Davydenko
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer

Player of the Year (Female) -

Caroline Wozniacki
Dinara Safina
Serena Williams
Svetlana Kuznetsova

Doubles Team the Year (Male) -

Nenad Zimonjic/ Daniel Nestor
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Leander Paes / Lukas Dlouhy
Frantisek Cermak / Michal Mertinak

Doubles Team the Year (Female) -

Venus Williams / Serena Williams
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
Nuria Llagosteravives / Mariajose Martinezsanchez
Hsieh Su-Wei / Peng Shuai

Breakthrough Performance of the Year (Male) -

Juan Martin Del Potro's swashbuckling maiden Grand Slam win at Flushing Meadows
Robin Soderling's superb performance, stunning Nadal en route to the final
Somdev DevVarman's astonishing final run at the Chennai Open

Breakthrough Performance of the Year (Female) -

Melanie Oudin U.S. Open run
Alexandra Dulgheru first ever win at a premier event in Warsaw
Jelena Dokic's quarterfinal run after a hiatus

ATP Match of the Year -

Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick (Wimbledon Final)
Rafael Nadal beat Fernando Verdasco (Australian Open Semifinal)
Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic (Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open Semifinal)

WTA Match of the Year -

Dinara Safina beat Venus Williams (International BNL d'Italia)
Serena Williams beat Elena Dementieva (Wimbledon Semifinal)
Serena Williams beat Venus Williams (Sony Ericsson Open Semifinal)

New-Comer of the Year (Male) -

Thomaz Bellucci
Sam Querrey 
Rajeev Ram
Jeremy Chardy

New-Comer of the Year (Female) -

Sabine Lisicki
Alexandra Dulgheru
Andrea Petkovic
Yanina Wickmayer

Best Comeback Player (Male) -

Nikolay Davydenko
Taylor Dent
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Tommy Haas

Best Comeback Player (Female) -

Kim Clijsters
Jelena Dokic
Kimiko Date Krumm
Maria Sharapova

Most Improved Player (Male) -

Radek Stepanek
Marin Cilic
Fernando Verdasco
Sam Querrey

Most Improved Player (Female) -

Victoria Azarenka
Yanina Wickmayer
Flavia Pennetta
Aravane Rezai

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