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Tennis writers pick Mauresmo over Henin-Hardenne
Federer, Amelie get ITWA POY & ambassador awards

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Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo’s achievements on- and off-court during 2006 was recognized by the International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) by giving them both of its annual awards.

Mauresmo received the award despite Justine Henin-Hardenne's year-end No. 1 ranking.

The tennis writers voted both Federer and Mauresmo their Player-of-the-Year award and also honored them with ITWA's Ambassador for Tennis award, which recognizes players who go out of their way to advance the sport on a global level. It’s the third year in succession that Federer has received both of the organization’s annual accolades.

Among his tour-high 12 titles, the top-ranked Swiss won three '06 Grand Slams – the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He also won the season ending Tennis Masters Cup-Shanghai and ended the season as No. 1 for the third year running.

ITWA’s 106 members (from 17 countries) voted for him as their Player-of-the Year ahead of two-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal. “Roger’s dominance of the tour off clay was simply astounding,” said ITWA co-president and TennisReporters.net's Matthew Cronin. “He’s set to break Jimmy Connors' all- time record of consecutive weeks at No. 1 in February and with his remarkable all-round game, he has a fine chance to win the calendar year Grand Slam in 2007.”

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