The humble superstar pays a heartfelt tribute to her mother Josie, father Robert and first coach Jim Joyce after winning the Newcombe Medal for the third straight year as Australia's most outstanding performer of 2019.
During an unforgettable season, Barty became Australia's first French Open champion since Margaret Court in 1973 and the country's first women's world number one since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976.
Barty crowned her spectacular season in ultimate fashion by beating four top-eight rivals in eight days to win the prestigious WTA Finals in Shenzhen and, with it, $6.4 million — the biggest cheque in tennis history.But the 23-year-old said she would never have achieved all this without her tight-knit group and singled out her mental coach Ben Crowe and trusted mentor Craig Tyzzer for special praise.
"You changed not only my life — my mum and dad, my sisters Ali and Sarah — you've been a massive influence for us and I'm very lucky to have found you and to have stumbled across you.Tyzzer was also recognised at the awards as elite coach of the year. "You're an incredible person, an amazing friend, and even though sometimes on the court I'm venting and giving you a little bit of a spray, we have an incredible relationship. We have great banter."
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