Elite Women's Team Awardees for AUSTRALIAN OPEN

The Czech Republic wins this year's Elite Women's Team Award for the Australian Open.

This is the first time the Czech Republic has won this award.

They are led by Karolina Pliskova, Barbora Strycova and Denisa Allertova.

In every grand slam every year, my tennis blog gives an award to the country which places the most number of players in the fourth round.  Here are the countries who won this award for the Australian Open -

2018 - CZECH REPUBLIC - Pliskova, Ka., Strycova, Vandeweghe
2017 - UNITED STATES - Williams, S., Williams, V., Vandeweghe, Brady 2016 - RUSSIA - Sharapova, Makarova, Gasparyan
2015 - UNITED STATES - Williams, S., Williams, V., Keys, Brengle
2014 - UNITED STATES - Williams, S., Stephens
2013 - RUSSIA - Makarova, Sharapova, Kirilenko, Kuznetsova, Vesnina
2012 - SERBIA - Jankovic, Ivanovic
2011 - RUSSIA - Zvonareva, Makarova, Kuznetsova, Sharapova
2010 - RUSSIA - Kirilenko, Safina, Petrova, Kuznetsova

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2009 - RUSSIA - Kuznetsova, Dementieva, Kleybanova, Safina, Petrova, Zvonareva
2008 - RUSSIA - Petrova, Kirilenko, Dementieva, Sharapova
2007 - RUSSIA - Dementieva, Kuznetsova, Zvonareva, Sharapova, Chakvetadze
2006 - RUSSIA - Myskina, Petrova, Vesnina, Sharapova, Kuznetsova
2005 - RUSSIA - Linetskaya, Petrova, Sharapova, Dushevina, Kuznetsova, Dementieva, Myskina
2004 - UNITED STATES - Davenport, Raymond, Rubin
2003 - UNITED STATES - Williams, V., Davenport, Rubin, Shaughnessy, Williams, S.
2002 - UNITED STATES - Williams, V., Seles, Capriati
2001 - UNITED STATES - Davenport, Seles, Capriati, Williams, S., Williams, V.
2000 - UNITED STATES - Davenport, Capriati, Brandi, Williams, S.

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1999 - UNITED STATES - Davenport, Rubin, Williams, V., Seles
1998 - FRANCE - Pierce, Testud
1997 - UNITED STATES - Rubin, Fernandez, Davenport, Po
1996 - UNITED STATES - Davenport, Rubin, Fernandez, Seles
1995 - UNITED STATES - Davenport, Fernandez, Werdel-Witmeyer
1994 - UNITED STATES - Helgeson, Rubin, Fernandez, Davenport
1993 - UNITED STATES - Capriati, Fernandez, Fernandez
1992 - UNITED STATES - Frazier, Fendick, Fernandez, Capriati, Garrison
1991 - UNITED STATES - Fernandez, Frazier, Garrison
1990 - UNITED STATES - Fernandez, Garrison, Faber, Fernandez, Fendick

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1989 - UNITED STATES - Navratilova, Garrison, MacGregor, Faber
1988 - UNITED STATES - Navratilova, Evert, Potter, Shriver, McNeil
1987 - UNITED STATES - Shriver, Garrison, Mundel, Benjamin, Navratilova, Bowes
1985 - UNITED STATES - Navratilova, Henricksson, Garrison, Shriver, Evert
1984 - UNITED STATES - Evert, Walsh, Shriver, Potter, Rinaldi, Navratilova
1983 - UNITED STATES - Navratilova, Jordan, Garrison, Walsh, Potter, Shriver, Moulton