Mika Stojsavljevic shortlisted for Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year award
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Rising British star Mika Stojsavljevic has been shortlisted as one of six female athletes up for the Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year award.
The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards have been celebrating the best of women’s sport for 37 years and shines a spotlight on athletes at a grassroots level all the way up to elite sporting stars.
Stojsavljevic has been nominated off the back of a breakthrough year in her career that saw her become the first Briton in 15 years to win the US Open Girls’ singles title. The 15-year-old, who has spent the last few years training with the Loughborough University Tennis Academy, dropped just one set on her journey to a maiden junior Grand Slam title.
Additionally, she also finished runner-up in the girls’ doubles final at The Championships, Wimbledon alongside Mimi Xu, picked up the J200 title in Nonthaburi, the doubles crown at the J300 Traralgon and made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in October 2024 where she came close to defeating world No.57 Moyuka Uchijima.
Past winners of the award include snowboarder Mia Brookes (2023), gymnast Jessica Gadirova (2022), cyclist Bethany Shriever (2021), swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (2016) and athletics star Dina Asher-Smith (2015).
In 2012 British tennis players Laura Robson and Heather Watson were crowned joint winners of the award.
Nominees for Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year 2024:
- Mika Stojsavljevic, Tennis
- Cat Ferguson, Cycling
- Sky Brown, Skateboarding
- Phoebe Gill, Athletics
- Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Diving
- Bly Twomey, Table Tennis
Voting is now open, so have your say and vote for your Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the year below:
