Omair is known for his statistical contributions to Women's Tennis Blog, but as of Roland Garros he started doing post-Grand Slam awards, giving WTA players awards they deserved on the account of their performance. You will see how the tables are turning all the time – within just a month Serena improved from the Biggest Disappointment to Grass Empress, while Maria Sharapova downgraded from the Clay Queen to the Biggest Disappointment.

Serena Williams – GRASS EMPRESS

Serena Williams was coming off a first-round defeat at Roland Garros, her first ever first-round exit at Grand Slam, but she rebounded beautifully, reminding us that she still is the player to beat on grass. The American defeated three of the Top 4 players on her way to the Wimbledon 2012 title - Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals (world No.4 and defending champion), Victoria Azarenka in the semis (world No.2 and reigning Australian Open champion) and Agnieszka Radwanska in the final (world No.3). To top that off, Serena went on to win the doubles title as well, with sister Venus Williams.

Agnieszka Radwanska – FINESSE QUEEN

In today's game of power and big hitters, in making the Wimbledon final Radwanska showed us with her crafty play and her court sense that there still is room for finesse players. She did what neither Petra Kvitova, nor Victoria Azarenka managed to do, i.e. take a set off Serena Williams. Before Wimbledon, Radwanska was the only member of the Top 15 never to have made a Grand Slam semifinal, but she went one step better at Wimbledon making the final and falling in three sets to one of the best grass-court players ever. Read more »

Fifth seed Samantha Stosur became the highest-seeded casualty of Wimbledon 2012 so far, continuing her poor record at the tournament, while Caroline Wozniacki suffered a surprise loss to Tamira Paszek in terms of ranking, but not as much of a surprise since Paszek won the grasscourt Eastbourne over the weekend.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam where Stosur has a negative record, as she has never been beyond the third round in nine appearances, and this year is no exception thanks to Arantxa Rus. The 21-year-old Rus made headlines at this year's Roland Garros by reaching the fourth round, beating Virginie Razzano (Serena Williams' famous conqueror) and then Julia Goerges. This time, Rus won six games in a row to win the first set against Stosur, and despite suffering a bagel in the following set, she quickly went up in the third and prevented Stosur from coming back to eventually win the second-round match 6-2 0-6 6-4.

The seventh-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost in the first round already and it is the first time in her career that she loses a Wimbledon opener, while the last three times she played the fourth round. Tamira Paszek came out on top in the rain-interrupted match and won 5-7 7-6(4) 6-4 after saving two match points in the second set. Remember that Paszek saved five match points in the Eastbourne final against Angelique Kerber?

I'd also like to mention that third seed Agnieszka Radwanska progressed to the third round without hitting even one unforced error in her 6-2 6-1 victory over Elena Vesnina. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

The last two tournaments before Wimbledon are over and we have Tamira Paszek and Nadia Petrova lifting trophies.

Paszek crowned a dream week at the AEGON International with her first Premier-level title. The Austrian came to the tournament with a 2-13 record this year, but she improved it well by defeating Marina Erakovic, Daniela Hantuchova and Tsvetana Pironkova, then world No.9 and defending champion Marion Bartoli, coming back from 6-4 4-0 down, and now in the final against world No.8 Angelique Kerber, the WTA's match win leader in 2012, Paszek saved match points to become a surprise winner of Eastbourne.

In the third set Paszek was 5-3 down and had five match points against her, but she survived to win the match 5-7 6-3 7-5.

At the Unicef Open, Nadia Petrova defeated first-time finalist Urszula Radwanska for her 11th WTA title and the first one on grass. The eighth-seeded Petrova didn't lose a set all week, beating Kiki Bertens, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Dominika Cibulkova, Kirsten Flipkens, and finally Radwanska 6-4 6-3. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Kim Clijsters returned to competitive tennis this week, after a three-month hip injury layoff, and she imposed herself as a big threat for the upcoming Wimbledon by reaching the semifinals of the Unicef Open. However, just hours before her match with Urszula Radwanska, Clijsters preventively withdrew with a stomach muscle strain. The Belgian is sure, though, that she will play Wimbledon, the last one of her career.

At the tournament in Eastbourne, Tamira Paszek reached her first Premier-level final, while world No.8 Angelique Kerber recorded her 40th win in 2012, the most of any other player, to reach the title match. Paszek came to Eastbourne with 11 first-round losses this year and in the semifinal against fourth seed and defending champion Marion Bartoli she fought back from losing the first set and trailing 0-4 in the second and 0-2 in the third. Kerber cruised past Klara Zakopalova for a 6-0 6-3 win. (source: WTA Tour, photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Qualifier Tamira Paszek defeated Bethanie Mattek Sands in the final of the Bell Challenge in Quebec City to win her second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title and her first one since Portoroz in 2006.

The 19-year-old Paszek, who reached her career-high of No.35 in July 2007 (the year she played the fourth round of both Wimbledon and US Open), advanced to the Bell Challenge final without losing a set. Against Mattek Sands she saved two set points in the first set and overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third set to win 7-6(6) 2-6 7-5. The Bell Challenge is the tournament where Mattek Sands played her first final in 2008, and lost it in another three-setter to Nadia Petrova.

The victory returned Paszek to the Top 100, from No.151 to No.92. (source: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour)