Top Fashion of 2017: No. 3, Sharapova's Grand Slam return

The year 2017 in on-court tennis style may not have been one for the history books, per se, but it harbored more than a few times when brand plus player got it right, so right.

With all the further ado they deserve, and in no precise order, here are the Top 10 on-court fashion moments of 2017.

Check out No. 4 here.

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Maria Sharapova, (Nike), US Open

It was the all-black, faux-leather–and-lace look that adorned Maria Sharapova's return to major tennis after more than a year and a half away, and it did not disappoint.

This collaboration with ex-Givenchy design chief Riccardo Tisci nodded to Sharapova's US Open–winning past with Swarovski crystals dotting that Hepburn-esque LBD. It was just the kind of grand re-entrance required of one with such star wattage.

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Friday, December 29: Novak Djokovic begins his comeback at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi against either Roberto Bautista Agut or Andrey Rublev.

Not before 10:00 a.m. ET LIVE on Tennis Channel Plus. GET PLUS NOW at tnns.ch/TCPlus

Saturday, December 30: Roger Federer looks to continue his remarkable resurgence at the Hopman Cup in Perth in singles and mixed doubles competition.

4:30 a.m ET LIVE on Tennis Channel Plus. GET PLUS NOW at tnns.ch/TCPlus

Saturday, December 30: Serena Williams returns at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, in her first match since the birth of her first child, against the 2017 French Open champion, Jelena Ostapenko.

8:00 a.m ET LIVE on Tennis Channel. Additional airings at 2:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ET.