NOMINEE	THE SKINNY
	Overrated	Anna Kournikova	Brassy, sassy, (and slightly déclassé) Russian teen won precisely zero titles this year.
	Underrated	Patty Schnyder	At 19, may not be part of "'tude brood" of blustery teens, but the other Swiss Miss quietly won five tournaments and became a mainstay in the top 10.
	Annoying	Marcelo Rios	Maddeningly erratic Chilean assumed the No. 1 ranking for six weeks this year but has gotten past the quarters of a Grand Slam event only once in his career.
	Breakthrough	Jana Novotna	Exorcised internal demons and her won first Grand Slam event -- Wimbledon, no less -- at the pensioner's age of 29.
	Uplifting	Lindsay Davenport	After losing 30 pounds of excess cargo won the U.S. Open and became the first U.S. female to hold the No. 1 ranking since Chris Evert. All without a trace of cockiness.
	MVP	Patrick Rafter	Tough call, particularly since there were eight different Grand Slam champions. But the vote here goes to the serve-and-volley impresario, who defended his U.S. Open title and proved to John McEnroe that he is more than a "one-Slam wonder."
	Storyline to Follow in 1999	Many questions, few answers	Will Pete Sampras's brittle body permit him to eclipse Roy Emerson's career mark of 12 Grand Slam titles? Will the Sampras-Rafter rivalry flourish? Will Andre Agassi sustain his interest in the sport? Will divas Martina Hingis or Venus Williams supplant Davenport atop the charts? Will this be the final hurrah for Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and/or Novotna? Will Kournikova become more than tennis's answer to Brian Bosworth?