http://www.atptennis.com/en/newsandscores/news/2006/laureus_nominees.asp Federer, Nadal Among Tennis Nominees at Laureus Awards Roger Federer leads an impressive group of professional tennis players nominated for this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards. Federer, who was last year named World Sportsman of the Year (for his standout 2004 season), again has been nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in world sport. Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, the Croatian Davis Cup team, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis have also been nominated for the 2005 awards. Roger Federer proved to be in a class of his own in 2005, producing a remarkable 81-4 season, capturing a joint circuit-leading 11 titles and an unprecedented four ATP Masters Series shields. He became just the fifth player in the Open Era to hold down the INDESIT ATP No. 1 Ranking for the entire year and established an Open Era record of winning 24 finals won in a row – a run dating back to October 2003. The 24-year-old once again rose to the occasion at Wimbledon and the US Open, successfully defending his titles to become the first man in almost 80 years to win both in back-to-back years. Rafael Nadal, who has been nominated for the Laureus Newcomer of the Year Award, put together one of the most prolific seasons in ATP history, capturing a teenage record 11 titles, including four ATP Masters Series shields and the Roland Garros crown. The 19-year-old clay court king won 79 matches — a remarkable 39 more than his 2004 total — and became the first teenager to finish World No. 2 in nearly two decades Andy Murray also has been nominated for the Laureus Newcomer of the Year Award. The Scottish teenager made the biggest jump of any player in the Top 100 from the previous year, climbing 449 ranking spots. He was the second-youngest player in year-end Top 100 and the first teen from Great Britain to finish in year-end Top 100 since Buster Mottram in 1974. He reached at least the second round at nine of 10 ATP events. The Croatian Davis Cup team has been nominated for the Laureus World Team of the Year. The Croatian team led their nation to its first Davis Cup title, defeating the Slovak Republic on foreign soil in the final. In the first round the Croatian team defeated a full-strength USA team featuring Roddick, Agassi and the Bryan brothers. It marked the first time in history that the USA had been bundled out in the first round when playing at home. Ivan Ljubicic enjoyed a near-perfect season, winning 11 of the 12 rubbers he played. Kim Clijsters has been nominated for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award and the Laureus Comeback of the Year Awards - an award for which Martina Hingis has also been nominated. After returning from a wrist injury that sidelined her for most of 2004 and required surgery, Clijsters led the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in titles by winning nine events, the US Open Series and her first major singles title, the US Open. During her impressive summer season, she won 36 of 37 matches, the winningest hard court season ever. Clijsters finished at No. 2 in the world. Full List of Nominees: LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR Fernando Alonso Motor Racing Spain Lance Armstrong Cycling United States Roger Federer Tennis Switzerland Ronaldinho Football Brazil Valentino Rossi Motor Cycling Italy Tiger Woods Golf United States LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR Kim Clijsters Tennis Belgium Tirunesh Dibaba Athletics Ethiopia Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics Russia Carolina Kluft Athletics Sweden Janica Kostelic Skiing Croatia Paula Radcliffe Athletics United Kingdom Annika Sorenstam Golf Sweden LAUREUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR Barcelona Football Spain Croatia Davis Cup Team Tennis Croatia Liverpool Football United Kingdom New Zealand Rugby Team Rugby Union New Zealand Renault Formula 1 France San Antonio Spurs Basketball United States LAUREUS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Paula Creamer Golf United States Lionel Messi Football Argentina Andrew Murray Tennis United Kingdom Rafael Nadal Tennis Spain Danica Patrick Motor Racing United States Ben Roethlisberger American Football United States LAUREUS COMEBACK OF THE YEAR Kajsa Bergqvist Athletics Sweden Kim Clijsters Tennis Belgium Antoine Deneriaz Skiing France Martina Hingis Tennis Switzerland Jonah Lomu Rugby Union New Zealand Colin Montgomerie Golf United Kingdom LAUREUS WORLD ALTERNATIVE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR Angelo d'Arrigo Hang-gliding Italy Chelsea Georgeson Surfing Australia Tanner Hall Freeskiing United States Kelly Slater Surfing United States Jeremy Stenberg Moto-Cross United States Danny Way Skateboarding United States Shaun White Snowboarding United States LAUREUS WORLD SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY Kirsten Bruhn Swimming Germany Zsuzsanna Krajnyak Fencing Hungary Leo-Pekka Tahti Wheelchair Racing Finland Ernst van Dyk Wheelchair Racing South Africa Esther Vergeer Wheelchair Tennis Netherlands Henry Wanyoike Paralympic Athletics Kenya --

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