On December 7, Beijing time, the WTA official website announced the annual awards for the 2021 season. Batty was awarded the title of Player of the Year for the second time in three years. In addition to being re-elected as the Doubles Combo of the Year with Sinjakova, Kregickova also won the title of Progressive Player of the Year. New York US Open champion Raducanu who performed the New York fairy tale won the WTA Best Newcomer Award, and the anti-cancer fighter Navarro won the Best Comeback Player Award.