_06.jpg) Sabalenka at the2024 Washington Open | |
| Full name | Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka |
|---|---|
| Native name | Арына Сяргееўна Сабаленка |
| Country (sports) |  Belarus |
| Residence | Miami, Florida, US |
| Born | (1998-05-05)5 May 1998 (age 27) Minsk, Belarus |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Anton Dubrov |
| Prize money | US $45,175,621[2][1] |
| Official website | arynasabalenka.komi.io |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 479–200 |
| Career titles | 21 |
| Highest ranking | No.1 (11 September 2023) |
| Current ranking | No.1 (20 October 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2023,2024) |
| French Open | F (2025) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2021,2023,2025) |
| US Open | W (2024,2025) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | F (2022,2025) |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 90–67 |
| Career titles | 6 |
| Highest ranking | No.1 (22 February 2021) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2021) |
| French Open | SF (2019) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2019) |
| US Open | W (2019) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2019) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2019) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | F (2017) |
| Last updated on: 6 September 2025. | |
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka[a] (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professionaltennis player. She is currently the world No. 1 in women'ssingles by theWTA, and is a former world No. 1 indoubles. Sabalenka has won 21WTA Tour-level singles titles, including fourmajors – two each at theAustralian Open and theUS Open – as well as nineWTA 1000 events. She has also won six doubles titles, including the2019 US Open and2021 Australian Open, both partneringElise Mertens.
Sabalenka came to prominence in 2017 when, together withAliaksandra Sasnovich, she led theBelarus Fed Cup team to a runner-up finish even though both were ranked outside the top 75 at the time. She finished 2018 and 2019 ranked No. 11 in the world in singles. Following two major singles semifinal appearances in 2021, Sabalenka rose to the world No. 2 ranking but struggled to maintain that success in 2022 consistently. In 2023, she won her first major singles title at the Australian Open and obtained the world No. 1 ranking, being named the ITF World Champion for the season.
Sabalenka successfully defended her Australian Open title and won the US Open the following year, clinching the year-end No. 1 ranking. In 2025, she defended her title at the US Open, and finished as the runner-up at the Australian and French Opens, becoming the year-end No. 1 for the second consecutive year and one of only seven women to hold the No. 1 ranking for an entire calendar year.
Sabalenka began playing doubles regularly in 2019. With Mertens as her partner, she found instant success by winning theSunshine Double (Indian Wells andMiami) that same year. After the US Open doubles title later in the season, she qualified for theWTA Finals for the first time. With the 2021 Australian Open doubles title, Sabalenka became the world No. 1 in the discipline, after which she shifted to playing exclusively singles.
Sabalenka has an aggressive style of play, often accumulating high numbers of winners and unforced errors. With her height, she also displays powerful serves.
Sabalenka was born inMinsk, the capital ofBelarus. Her father, Sergey (d. 2019), was anice hockey player. Sabalenka started playing tennis by chance. She said, "One day, my dad was just driving me somewhere in the car, and he saw tennis courts on the way. So he took me to the courts. I liked it and enjoyed it, and that's how it was. That's how it started." She began training at the National Tennis Academy in Minsk when it opened in 2014.[3][4][5] In 2015, the Belarusian Tennis Federation persuaded Sabalenka and her team to focus on playing low-level professional events instead of junior tournaments, even though she was still eligible to compete at the junior level.[6]
Sabalenka had a late start on theITF Junior Circuit, instead competing on the U14 and U16 Tennis Europe tours at a younger age.[7][8][9] She did not compete in the main draw of any ITF events until 2013 at the low-level Grade-4 Tallink Cup in Estonia at the age of 15. She never played in the junior Grand Slam tournaments or any other high-level Grade-A and Grade-1 events. Without the higher point levels from these bigger tournaments, she had a career-high ranking of just No. 225.[10][note 1] Sabalenka won her first ITF title in doubles at the lowest-level Grade-5 Alatan Tour Cup in Belarus in late 2013 with compatriotVera Lapko as her partner.[11][note 1] In 2014, she excelled at Grade 4 events. She reached her first singles final at the Estonian Junior Open in June and won her first singles title at the MTV Total Junior Cup in Finland in October.[12][note 1] At the end of the season, Sabalenka defended her Alatan Tour Cup doubles title, this time with compatriot Nika Shytkouskaya,[11][note 1] and also won the singles title.[12][note 1] She only played in one tournament in 2015, the European Junior Championships. As a Grade B1 event, this was the highest-level junior tournament she played in. She lost in the second round to top seedMarkéta Vondroušová.[7][10][note 1]
Sabalenka began playing on theITF Women's Circuit in 2012, even before she competed on theITF Junior Circuit. Her first five tournaments were in her hometown of Minsk and spread out over two years, but she did not win a main draw match in any of them. She won her first professional match at the very end of 2014 in Istanbul.[13][note 1] The following season in October, she won her first two titles in back-to-back weeks inAntalya, both at the $10k level. Sabalenka also won a $25k title the last week of the year.[13][note 1] This title put her into the top 300 WTA rankings for the first time at the start of 2016.[14] That year, she made her Fed Cup debut in April, losing her only match.[15] She also won her two biggest titles to date at the $50k level. The first inTianjin[16] put her into the top 200 in May and the second inToyota[17] in November helped her finish the year ranked at No. 137 in the world.[13][note 1][14]
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Despite some early season success in the Fed Cup, Sabalenka had a quiet start to the year. She played in her first WTA Tour main draw in February as a qualifier at theDubai Open;[18] however, she did not win her first WTA Tour match untilWimbledon in July. In her Grand Slam debut, she again reached the main draw through qualifying and defeatedIrina Khromacheva in the opening round.[19] Sabalenka followed up this achievement with another win at theWashington Open over No. 34Lauren Davis, the 2016 runner-up and the highest-ranked player she had defeated at the time.[20]
After losing in qualifying at theUS Open, Sabalenka reached her first ever WTA semifinal at theTashkent Open, defeating third seed and world No. 53,Tatjana Maria, along the way.[21][22] A few weeks later, she entered theTianjin Open as the 119th-ranked player in the world, but managed to reach her first WTA tournament final.[23] There, she faced her childhood idolMaria Sharapova, but ultimately lost in two tight sets. With this performance, she rose to No. 76 in the rankings, entering the top 100 for the first time.[24][14] After losing a tight Fed Cup final to theUnited States,[25] Sabalenka finished the season by winning the biggest title of her career at the time at theMumbai Open, aWTA 125 event.[26] The title cemented her at No. 78 at the end of the year.[27]
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After playing relatively few WTA events in 2017, Sabalenka used her higher ranking to play exclusively on the WTA Tour 2018.[28] She reached two quarterfinals to begin the year,[29][30] but lost her opening-round match at theAustralian Open to top-ranked Australian and world No. 18Ashleigh Barty.[31] She then won her first matches at aPremier tournament with a third-round appearance at theIndian Wells Open before the early-year hardcourt season came to a close, including a victory over No. 19,Svetlana Kuznetsova.[32][28]
Sabalenka began the clay-court season by reaching a second career final at theLadies Open Lugano, where she finished runner-up to No. 20Elise Mertens.[33] This success put her in the top 50 for the first time.[14] However, she did not win another match for the rest of the clay-court season; this included a first-round loss to No. 22Kiki Bertens at theFrench Open.[34] Sabalenka had stronger results on grass, playing in tune-ups during each of the three weeks before Wimbledon. She made it to the quarterfinals at theRosmalen Grass Court Championships and the final at the Premier levelEastbourne International. At the latter event, she won five consecutive three-set matches, including three over top 20 opponents and her first top-ten victory against defending champion and world No. 7Karolína Plíšková.[35] Sabalenka lost the final to world No. 2Caroline Wozniacki.[36] For the third consecutive Grand Slam event, she went out in the first round atWimbledon.[37]
During the North American hardcourt summer season, Sabalenka rose through the rankings.[14] At the two Premier 5 tournaments, she reached the third round at theCanadian Open and the semifinals at theCincinnati Open. In the former, she avenged her previous loss to world No. 2, Wozniacki, for the biggest win of her career, hitting 64 winners during the match.[38] In the latter, she recorded two more top-ten wins over No. 8 Plíšková and No. 5Caroline Garcia before losing to world No. 1,Simona Halep.[39] Just a week later, Sabalenka won her first WTA Tour title at the Premier-levelConnecticut Open with wins over world No. 9,Julia Görges, in the semifinal, andCarla Suárez Navarro in the final.[40] Playing a fourth consecutive week, she closed out this part of the season with her best result at a Grand Slam tournament to date, making it to the fourth round at theUS Open. In particular, she upset world No. 5,Petra Kvitová, in the third round before losing to the eventual champion,Naomi Osaka. She was the only player to win a set against Osaka in the tournament.[41][42]
After the US Open, Sabalenka earned her first No. 1 seed at theTournoi de Québec but lost her opening match.[34] Nonetheless, she followed this up by winning the Premier 5 levelWuhan Open, her biggest title so far. During the event, she upset No. 6Elina Svitolina in the second round and did not drop a set in her last four matches.[43][44] The following week, Sabalenka reached the quarterfinals of theChina Open, a run that included a win over defending champion and No. 4, Caroline Garcia, for her eighth top-ten victory of the season.[45] This success in China helped her climb to No. 11 in the world.[14] At the end of the season, Sabalenka qualified for theWTA Elite Trophy, where she was grouped with Garcia and Ashleigh Barty. She defeated Barty to open the group but lost to Garcia in the group's final match.[46] Barty, having defeated Garcia with fewer games lost, advanced out of the group through the tiebreak criteria to end Sabalenka's season.[47] Nonetheless, she was named theWTA Newcomer of the Year for her excellent performance in her first full year on the WTA Tour.[48]
Although Sabalenka once again struggled at the Grand Slam tournaments, she ultimately finished the year with the same year-end ranking as in 2018 on the strength of three titles, all in China. She began the season by winning her third career WTA title at theShenzhen Open, defeatingAlison Riske in the final in a tight three-set match. Due to rain delays in the earlier rounds, she needed to play both the semifinal and the final on the last day of the tournament.[49] However, she could not build on this success in the rest of the first half of the year. Sabalenka lost to 17-year-oldAmanda Anisimova in straight sets at both theAustralian Open and theFrench Open in the third and second rounds, respectively.[50][51] She had been considered the third-leading favourite for the title at the Australian Open.[52] Nonetheless, she made her top-10 debut following the event.[14] Sabalenka fared worse atWimbledon, losing her opening match to No. 139Magdaléna Rybáriková.[53] In-between the Grand Slam tournaments, Sabalenka's best result was a semifinal loss to No. 8, Kiki Bertens, at the Premier-levelSt. Petersburg Trophy in February.[54] She also made the fourth round at theIndian Wells Open.[55] Her best result on clay was a semifinal at theInternationaux de Strasbourg in May.[56]
Sabalenka had a better second half of the season. In her first tournament following Wimbledon, she finished runner-up toZheng Saisai at theSilicon Valley Classic, a Premier-level event.[57] She did not perform well at either Premier 5 tournament in August or the US Open, losing in the second round at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year.[58] Sabalenka returned to China following the US Open, and produced three strong results in four events. After a quarterfinal at theZhengzhou Open, she defended her title at the Premier 5Wuhan Open. During the event, she defeated No. 8 Kiki Bertens in the third round and No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in the semifinals, her first victory over a current world No. 1 player.[59] She won the final overAlison Riske.[60] At the end of the season, Sabalenka qualified for theWTA Elite Trophy for the second consecutive year. She swept her round-robin group ofMaria Sakkari and her doubles partner Elise Mertens.[61] In the knockout rounds, Sabalenka defeatedKarolína Muchová and Bertens for her fifth career title, and her third title of the year in China.[62]
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Sabalenka started the year ranked No. 73 in doubles.[14] She began partnering with Elise Mertens in January, when the pair lost to top seedsBarbora Krejčíková andKateřina Siniaková in the third round of theAustralian Open. They had their breakthrough in March at the two Premier Mandatory tournaments. In only their second tournament together, Sabalenka and Mertens won theIndian Wells Open. They defeated three of the top five seeds in the event, including second seedsTímea Babos andKristina Mladenovic in the first round and top seeds Krejčíková and Siniaková in the final.[63] The pair matched this success at their next event by winning theMiami Open to complete the Sunshine Double. They defeated three of the top six seeds, including third seedsHsieh Su-wei andBarbora Strýcová in the second round. They won the final against sixth seedsSamantha Stosur andZhang Shuai.[64] With these two titles, Sabalenka rose to No. 21 in the world.[14]
Sabalenka and Mertens continued to partner together throughout the year, entering eleven events before the year-end championships. Sabalenka did not have much success in the Grand Slam singles events, but she produced much better results in doubles. Sabalenka and Mertens reached the semifinals at theFrench Open, losing to second seeds Babos and Mladenovic.[65] They then reached the quarterfinals atWimbledon, losing to third seeds Hsieh and Strýcová.[66] These were Sabalenka's first two appearances in at least the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam event. Sabalenka and Mertens had their best result of the year at theUS Open. As the fourth seed at the event, they made it to the final without playing another top-ten-seeded team. In the final, they faced eighth seedsVictoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty, the latter of whom had won the title a year earlier withCoCo Vandeweghe. Sabalenka and Mertens defeated Azarenka and Barty in straight sets for their first Grand Slam title in any discipline.[67] With this title, Sabalenka made her top 10 debut in doubles at No. 6 in the world.[14]
Sabalenka and Mertens made one more final during the year, finishing runner-up at theWuhan Open, where Sabalenka won the singles title.[68] Their three big titles helped them win the Race to Shenzhen and qualify for theWTA Finals as the top seeds. Before the event, Sabalenka and Mertens moved up to No. 2 and No. 3 in the rankings, respectively, behind only world No. 1, Barbora Strýcová.[14] At the WTA Finals, the pair were placed in a round robin group with third seeds Babos and Mladenovic, fifth seedsChan Hao-ching andLatisha Chan, as well as eighth seedsAnna-Lena Grönefeld andDemi Schuurs. In their opening match, they were upset by Grönefeld and Schuurs in a match tiebreak.[69] After defeating the Chan sisters, Sabalenka and Mertens lost to Babos and Mladenovic in another match tiebreak. They did not advance out of their group.[70]
Sabalenka continued her late-season surge by reaching the semifinals in Adelaide. She came back from a final set deficit against Hsieh Su-wei before sliding past Bernarda Pera and shocking second seed Simona Halep, whom she had never won a set against before, in straight sets.[71] She then lost in straight sets to eventual runner-upDayana Yastremska. Despite her excellent start to the season, she was upset by Carla Suárez Navarro in two tie-breakers in the first round of the Australian Open. She enjoyed moderate success in doubles, with Mertens reaching the quarterfinals before losing to the Chan sisters. Her next tournament was theDubai Tennis Championships, where she made the quarterfinals with wins over Maria Sakkari and doubles partner Mertens. There she faced Simona Halep. Despite taking the first set, she could not repeat her earlier upset, falling to the eventual champion in three sets. She rebounded at theQatar Open, reaching the final with wins overAnett Kontaveit, Maria Sakkari, Zheng Saisai and Svetlana Kuznetsova. In the final, she defeated Petra Kvitová in straight sets to claim her third Premier-5 title. After tennis resumed in August due toCOVID-19, she was the second seed inLexington, where she survivedMadison Brengle in three sets but then fell in a three set thriller to 16-year-oldCoco Gauff. Her results continued to disappoint as she seeded fifth and crashed out in the second round of Cincinnati and New York toJessica Pegula and a resurgent Victoria Azarenka. She had moderate success in doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of both events. Her results in singles began to improve on clay as she reached the semifinals in Strasbourg and the third round of theFrench Open losing to Elina Svitolina[72] andOns Jabeur,[73] respectively. That was Sabalenka's last loss of the season. In Ostrava, she came from behind in the decider down to avenge her Lexington loss to Gauff and lost the first ten games of her quarterfinal match againstSara Sorribes Tormo before winning the next twelve to win. In the final, she avenged her US Open loss to Azarenka, defeating her compatriot in straight sets. She then also took the Linz title by beating Elise Mertens in the final. This gave Sabalenka the first year-end top-10 finish in her career.
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Sabalenka entered 2021 on a nine-match winning streak and participated in her first tournament at theAbu Dhabi Open as the fourth seed. She defeatedPolona Hercog in straight sets, coming back from a 5–2 deficit in the first set, and then defeatedAjla Tomljanović and Ons Jabeur to reach the quarterfinals, similarly in straight sets. She beat Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals, where she dropped her first set of the week before defeating Maria Sakkari in straight sets. In the final, Sabalenka defeated first-time finalistVeronika Kudermetova in straight sets, losing just four games in total. The run to the title at Abu Dhabi extended her winning streak to 15 matches and catapulted her to a new ranking of No. 7.[74]
Sabalenka went into the Australian Open looking to make a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal for the first time in her career. In three sets, she was defeated in the fourth round by 23-time Grand Slam championSerena Williams. Sabalenka won thedoubles competition with Elise Mertens. By winning the title, Sabalenka ascended to world No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time in her career on 22 February 2021.[75]
As defending champion at theQatar Open in Doha, and after receiving a first-round bye, Sabalenka was defeated in her first match by eventual finalistGarbiñe Muguruza in three sets.[76] At theDubai Tennis Championships, in her first tournament since becoming No. 1 in doubles, Sabalenka and Mertens received a bye in the first round. They lost their opening match to Jessica Pegula andBethanie Mattek-Sands. Sabalenka cruised through to the quarterfinals in the singles event, defeating 15th seed Anett Kontaveit along the way, before losing to Muguruza for the second time in as many weeks, again in three sets.[77]
Sabalenka won the title at theMadrid Open, facing Ashleigh Barty in the championship match.[78] It was a rematch of the2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final, two week earlier, as Sabalenka faced her vanquisher, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty. As a result of her fourth WTA 1000 title, she entered the top 5 rankings in singles at world No. 4.[79]
Sabalenka and compatriot Victoria Azarenka won the doubles event at theGerman Open, defeating the top-seeded pair of Demi Schuurs andNicole Melichar.[80]
Seeded second atWimbledon, Sabalenka reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal and semifinal, defeating 18th seed Elena Rybakina and 21st seed Ons Jabeur in straight sets, respectively. She then lost her semifinal match against Karolína Plíšková in three sets. As a result of her performance at Wimbledon, she reached a career-high ranking in the world No. 3 in the WTA singles rankings.[81] Sabalenka became the third Belarusian woman to reach the last four of Wimbledon followingNatasha Zvereva in 1998 and Victoria Azarenka in 2011 and 2012.[82]
Sabalenka continued her season at theCanadian Open in Montreal. She reached the semifinals but lost to Karolína Plíšková, in straight sets.[83] She then lost her opening-round match against Paula Badosa at theCincinnati Open.[84] Despite the loss, Sabalenka reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2.[85]
At theUS Open, Sabalenka reached her second consecutive (and second overall) major semifinal following wins overDanielle Collins, Elise Mertens, and Barbora Krejčíková. In the semifinal, she lost toLeylah Fernandez in three sets.[86]
Due to a positive COVID-19 test, Sabalenka was not able to play atIndian Wells.[87]
Sabalenka began her season at the2022 Adelaide International 1 as the second seed. After a first-round bye, Sabalenka lost in the second round in straight sets toKaja Juvan. Sabalenka served 18 double faults to five aces.[88] Next, Sabalenka received a wildcard to enter the Adelaide International 2 and was seeded top, but lost her first round to a qualifier, world No. 93Rebecca Peterson, in three sets. Once again, Sabalenka struggled with her serve, recording 21 double faults for the match.[89]
She entered theAustralian Open as the second seed.Sabalenka's serving struggles continued, but she managed to dig out three-set wins against world No. 128Storm Sanders, No. 100Wang Xinyu, and No. 41Markéta Vondroušová to advance to the fourth round for the second time in her career. She faced off against giant-killerKaia Kanepi, who had defeated the 16th seedAngelique Kerber in the first round. Kanepi prevailed in a tight three-set match, which ended in a third-set super-tiebreak.[90][91] Sabalenka managed to save four match points during the match, but also served 15 double faults to Kanepi's four.[92]
She found her form, reaching the quarterfinals at theQatar Ladies Open, beatingAlizé Cornet andJil Teichmann, before losing to the eventual championIga Świątek in the semifinals.[93] Following early exits inIndian Wells,Miami andCharleston, she reached her first final of 2022 at theStuttgart Open, defeatingBianca Andreescu, world No. 6Anett Kontaveit andPaula Badosa, the new world No. 2, eventually losing to world No. 1, Świątek, again.[94] Entering as the defending champion at theMadrid Open, Sabalenka was knocked out by Amanda Anisimova in the first round.[95] At theItalian Open, after defeatingZhang Shuai, Amanda Anisimova, and Jessica Pegula, she lost to Świątek in the semifinals for the third time in 2022.[96] At theFrench Open, Sabalenka lost in the third round toCamila Giorgi in three sets.[97]
Sabalenka began the grass-court season at theLibéma Open as the top seed, where she made the final, losing toEkaterina Alexandrova. She then entered theGerman Open as the third seed but lost in the first round to Veronika Kudermetova. Due to Wimbledon'sruling on Russian and Belarusian players, Sabalenka was banned from participating in the event due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, cutting her grass season short.[98]
She opened the US hardcourt swing inSilicon Valley Classic, losing toDaria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals. She then played theCanadian Open, losing toCoco Gauff in the third round. Her best result since Stuttgart came atCincinnati Open, where as the sixth seed, she made the semifinals, defeatingAnna Kalinskaya,Shelby Rogers, and Zhang Shuai before losing to eventual champion Caroline Garcia in three sets.[99] She then made her best run of the season at theUS Open. Seeded sixth, she defeatedCatherine Harrison, Kaia Kanepi,Clara Burel, 19th seed Danielle Collins, and 22nd seed & former world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková to reach the semifinals, matching her previous best result from 2021. In her second-round match against Kanepi, Sabalenka came back from a set and behind in the second to win in three sets, saving two match points in the process. In the semifinals, she was defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, for the fourth time this season.[100]
At theSan Diego Open, Sabalenka defeatedSloane Stephens in three sets before losing toDonna Vekić in the quarterfinals.[101] In receipt of a first-round bye inGuadalajara, she lost toLiudmila Samsonova in the second round. However, she managed to qualify for theWTA Finals for a second straight year.[102][103] There, she reached the final, defeating world No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 2 Ons Jabeur in the round-robin stage, and No. 1 Iga Świątek in the semifinals, but lost to Caroline Garcia in straight sets. She became the fourth woman to defeat the top 3 players at the same tournament, joiningSteffi Graf (1999 French Open), Serena Williams (2002 Miami Open), andVenus Williams (2008 WTA Finals).[104][105]
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Sabalenka enteredAdelaide 1 as the second seed. She reached her first final of the season by defeatingLiudmila Samsonova,[106] Markéta Vondroušová,Irina-Camelia Begu en route.[107] Then she defeated Czech teenage qualifierLinda Nosková to win her first title since Madrid 2021 and 11th career title without dropping a single set.[108]
Sabalenka entered theAustralian Open as the fifth seed and one of the title contenders. She defeatedTereza Martincová, Shelby Rogers, former doubles partner and 26th seed Elise Mertens,[109] and the previous week's Adelaide 2 champion and world no. 10Belinda Bencic[110] to reach her first-ever Australian Open quarterfinal. She then beat Donna Vekić to reach her fourth Grand Slam semifinal,[111] and won her tenth consecutive match by beatingMagda Linette in the semifinal to make her first ever major final.[112][113] In the final, she defeated reigning Wimbledon championElena Rybakina in three sets to win her first major title.[114][115] She became the second Belarusian to ever win a major singles title, and the first since Victoria Azarenka a decade earlier.[116][117][118][119] After winning the title in Melbourne, Sabalenka rose back to No. 2 in the WTA rankings.
InDubai, Sabalenka defeatedLauren Davis[120] andJeļena Ostapenko to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to the eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková in three sets.[121] She then participated inIndian Wells, where she defeatedEvgeniya Rodina[122] and took revenge on Krejčíková for her last defeat in three sets.[123] Then she beat Coco Gauff[124] and Maria Sakkari to reach her first Indian Wells final,[125] where she lost to Elena Rybakina in a rematch of the 2023 Australian Open final.[126] InMiami, Sabalenka defeatedShelby Rogers,Marie Bouzková, and Krejčíková each in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she was defeated bySorana Cîrstea.
Sabalenka started her clay court season inStuttgart, where she defeated Krejčíková,Paula Badosa, andAnastasia Potapova to reach her fourth final of the year. In the final, a rematch oflast year's final, she was defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in straight sets for the second consecutive year.[127][note 1] InMadrid, Sabalenka reached her second final at this tournament, defeating Sorana Cîrstea,Camila Osorio,Mirra Andreeva,Mayar Sherif, and Maria Sakkari, dropping just one set en route to the final. In the final, she once again faced Świątek, and won her third title of the year in three sets.[127][note 1] InRome, Sabalenka suffered her first early defeat of the year, losing in straight sets to former Grand Slam championSofia Kenin. At theFrench Open, she reached the semifinals without dropping a set, defeatingMarta Kostyuk,Iryna Shymanovich,Kamilla Rakhimova, Sloane Stephens, and Elina Svitolina. In the semifinals, she lost to Karolína Muchová in three sets, despite leading 5–2 and holding match point.[128]
Sabalenka began her grass court season inBerlin, defeatingVera Zvonareva before losing to Veronika Kudermetova. Sabalenka next competed atWimbledon, where she reached her fourth straight major semifinal. Sabalenka defeatedPanna Udvardy,Varvara Gracheva,Anna Blinkova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, andMadison Keys, before losing to Ons Jabeur, despite leading by a set and a break.[127][note 1]
Her next tournament wasMontréal, where she defeatedPetra Martić, before losing in three sets to eventual runner-up Liudmila Samsonova.[127][note 1] She next reached the semifinals inCincinnati, defeatingAnn Li,Daria Kasatkina, and Ons Jabeur, before falling once again in three sets to Karolína Muchová.[127][note 1] At theUS Open, Sabalenka reached the semifinals by defeatingMaryna Zanevska,Jodie Burrage,Clara Burel, Daria Kasatkina, andZheng Qinwen in straight sets, dropping just 21 games in all five matches.[127][note 1] Following these wins, Sabalenka became the first player sinceSerena Williams in2016 to reach the semifinals of all four major events in one year. She faced Madison Keys in the semifinals, recovering from a set and break deficit and serving to stay in the match four times in the final two sets. In her second major final of the year, Sabalenka faced Coco Gauff, and lost in three sets. Due to the loss of No. 1 Iga Świątek in the fourth round, Sabalenka became, for the first time, the world No. 1 tennis player at the conclusion of the tournament.[129] Sabalenka became the 29th player to be ranked No. 1 in the world on the WTA Tour, and the second Belarusian, after Victoria Azarenka. She was also just the eighth female player to have been ranked No. 1 in the Open Era in both singles and doubles at some point in their careers.[130][b] With Sabalenka reaching the final, she became the first woman since Serena Williams to reach the semifinals or better at all four majors in a season since 2016.[131]
After the US Open, Sabalenka reached the quarterfinals of theChina Open, losing to Rybakina. At theWTA Finals, she defeated Rybakina and Sakkari and lost to Pegula in the group stage. Sabalenka then lost in the semifinals to Świątek, who would go on to win the event.[132] As a result, Świątek reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking and Sabalenka finished as year-end No. 2.[133] In December, Sabalenka was named the ITF World Champion.[134]
In January, Sabalenka reached the final of theBrisbane International, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals,[135] before losing the championship match toElena Rybakina.[136]
Sabalenka won theAustralian Open without losing a set and became the first woman to successfully defend her title there since Victoria Azarenka in 2013.[137][138] She defeated 12th seed Zheng Qinwen in the final,[139][140] having overcomeElla Seidel,[141]Brenda Fruhvirtová,[142] 28th seedLesia Tsurenko,[143] Amanda Anisimova,[144] ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková[145] and fourth seedCoco Gauff[146] in the earlier rounds.
She reached the quarterfinals atStuttgart, where she was eliminated by Markéta Vondroušová.[147] As the defending champion inMadrid, she defeated Magda Linette,[148]Robin Montgomery,[149]Danielle Collins[150] and Mirra Andreeva,[151] before edging an epic three-set semifinal victory over world No. 4, Elena Rybakina.[152] In total, she played four three-set matches to reach the final, dropping 60 games in the process, the most to reach the women's singles final in Madrid.[152] In a rematch of the previous year's final, she faced Iga Świątek. Sabalenka had three championship points during the match, but eventually lost.[153] InRome, she saved three match points in her fourth-round match against Elina Svitolina and endured a lower-back injury before defeating her opponent in three sets.[154] In the quarterfinal, she earned her third WTA top-10 win of the year by defeating Jeļena Ostapenko.[155] It was followed by a semifinal victory overDanielle Collins,[155] before Sabalenka fell again to Iga Świątek in the final, this time in straight sets.[156]
She entered theFrench Open as the second seed, and defeated Erika Andreeva,[157]Moyuka Uchijima,[158] Paula Badosa[159] and 22nd seed Emma Navarro in straight sets.[160] In the quarterfinal, she was hampered by stomach issues[161] and lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets.[162] With this loss, she fell in the WTA ranking to No. 3.[citation needed]
Sabalenka suffered a right shoulder injury that forced her to retire during her quarterfinal match againstAnna Kalinskaya at theBerlin Ladies Open in June[163] and she withdrew from the2024 Wimbledon Championships, having failed to recover in time to play.[164] She won theCincinnati Open in August, with victories over Iga Świątek in the semifinals[165] andJessica Pegula in the final.[166]
In September, Sabalenka won theUS Open, overcoming qualifierPriscilla Hon,[167]Lucia Bronzetti,[168] 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova,[169] former doubles partner Elise Mertens,[170] Olympic champion and seventh seed Zheng Qinwen[171] and 13th seed Emma Navarro,[172] before defeating sixth seed Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final to claim her third major title.[173][174]
Sabalenka continued her great form at theChina Open in Beijing, where she defeatedMananchaya Sawangkaew,[175]Ashlyn Krueger[176] and Madison Keys all in straight sets to increase her winning streak to 15 matches.[177] Sabalenka lost in the quarterfinals to Karolína Muchová in three sets.[178]
At theWuhan Open, where she won back-to-back in 2018 and 2019, before the tournament was suspended due to COVID-19 from 2020 until 2023, Sabalenka defeated Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets in her opening match.[179] In the next round, she came back from a set down againstYulia Putintseva to advance to the quarterfinals,[180] where she defeatedMagdalena Fręch.[181] Sabalenka faced fourth seed Coco Gauff in the semifinals, mounting a comeback from a set and a break down to the reach final for the third time.[182] In the final, she defeated fifth seed Zheng Qinwen in three sets to lift her third Wuhan Open title and her second WTA 1000 for the 2024 season.[183]
After 11 months off the top in October, she regained the WTA world No.1 ranking.[184] Following wins against Zheng Qinwen[185] and Jasmine Paolini in her first two group matches at theWTA Finals,[186] combined with Świątek's loss to Coco Gauff, Sabalenka for the first time would finish the year as No. 1.[187] Sabalenka lost her last group match to Elena Rybakina[188] and was defeated by Gauff in the semifinals.[189]
In December, Sabalenka was namedWTA Player of the Year.[190][191]
Sabalenka started 2025 by winning theBrisbane International, defeatingRenata Zarazúa,[192] Yulia Putintseva,[193]Marie Bouzková,[194] and Mirra Andreeva[195] to reach the final, where she came back from a set down againstPolina Kudermetova to claim the 18th singles title of her career.[196][197]
Sabalenka kick started her quest for a three-peat at theAustralian Open by defeating former world No. 3, Sloane Stephens, in straight sets in the first round.[198] In the second and third rounds, she defeatedJéssica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson, respectively, both matches ending in straight sets.[199][200] Sabalenka then continued her journey at the Australian Open by defeating Mirra Andreeva,Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Paula Badosa to advance to the final for the third time in a row.[201] In the final, Sabalenka lost in three sets to Madison Keys, who won her first major title.[202][203]
At theQatar Ladies Open she lost in the first round toEkaterina Alexandrova in three sets.[204]At theDubai Championships, Sabalenka defeated Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets.[205] In the round of 16, she faced Clara Tauson, whom she played at the Australian Open earlier in the year[205] but this time Sabalenka lost in straight sets.[206]After her loss in Dubai, Sabalenka played atIndian Wells where she defeatedMcCartney Kessler in straight sets.[207][208] She then defeated Bronzetti[209] and in the fourth round, Sabalenka took on lucky loserSonay Kartal and recorded again a straight set win.[210] She advanced to the semifinals after defeating Liudmila Samsonova.[211] Her next opponent was Madison Keys, who defeated her at the Australian Open earlier in the year,[212] but this time Sabalenka took her revenge to reach the final, where she lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets.[213]
Sabalenka then played at theMiami Open. In the second round, Sabalenka defeatedViktoriya Tomova in straight sets to advance to the third round.[214] Next Sabalenka facedElena-Gabriela Ruse and won the match as Ruse retired injured.[215] In the fourth round, Sabalenka defeated defending champion Danielle Collins.[216] She continued with straight-set victories over Qinwen Zheng[217][218] andJasmine Paolini to reach the final.[219] There, Sabalenka defeated Pegula in straight sets to claim her first Miami Open title.[220][221]
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At theStuttgart Open Sabalenka was supposed to faceAnastasia Potapova but Potapova withdrew after winning her first match.[222] Sabalenka defeatedElise Mertens in the quarterfinals[222] and fifth seedJasmine Paolini in the semifinals to reach her fifth final of the season. She lost the championship match for the fourth time at the tournament to unseededJeļena Ostapenko.[223][224]
In the second round of theMutua Madrid Open, Sabalenka defeatedAnna Blinkova in straight sets.[225] She came back from one set down against Elise Mertens to advance to the fourth round.[226] Following straight sets victories overPeyton Stearns[227] andMarta Kostyuk she advanced to the semifinals,[228] where she defeatedElina Svitolina to reach her fourth Madrid final.[229] With her win overCoco Gauff in the final, Sabalenka claimed her third Madrid Open title[230][231] and became the third woman to surpass 11,000 points in the WTA ranking.[232][233]
InRome, Sabalenka won her second-round match againstAnastasia Potapova in straight sets.[234] In the third round againstSofia Kenin she came back from a set down to win.[235] In the fourth round she facedMarta Kostyuk, whom she had played earlier in Madrid; Sabalenka defeated Kostyuk in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinal,[236] where she lost to Zheng Qinwen.[237][238]
At theFrench Open, Sabalenka defeated in straight setsKamilla Rakhimova,[239]Jil Teichmann,[240]Olga Danilović[241] andAmanda Anisimova[242] to reach the quarterfinals where she faced Zheng Qinwen and avenged her Italian Open loss to this player.[243] Sabalenka defeated the defending champion Iga Świątek in the semifinals[244][245] and lost to Coco Gauff in the final.[246][247]
Sabalenka then played at theBerlin Open. She won in straight sets in her second-round match againstRebeka Masarova.[248] In the quarterfinal, she facedElena Rybakina; Sabalenka came back from 2-6 down in the final-set tiebreak and saved 4 match points to defeat Rybakina and advance to the semifinal,[249] where she lost toMarkéta Vondroušová in straight sets.[250]
After Berlin, Sabalenka played at theWimbledon Championship. Sabalenka beatCarson Branstine,Marie Bouzkova,Emma Raducanu,Elise Mertens, andLaura Siegemund to advance to the semifinal.[251][252][253][254][255] In the semifinal, Sabalenka lost toAmanda Anisimova.[256]
Sabalenka withdrew from theNational Bank Open due to fatigue.[257]
Sabalenka then played at theCincinnati Open. Sabalenka playedMarkéta Vondroušová in the second round, where she won in straight sets.[258] In the third round, Sabalenka playedEmma Raducanu, and Sabalenka won in three sets.[259] In the fourth round, Sabalenka defeatedJessica Bouzas Maneiro in straight set to advance to the quarterfinal where she facedElena Rybakina.[260] Sabalenka lost to Rybakina in straight set in the quarterfinal.[261]
After Cincinnati, Sabalenka played at theUS Open. She defeatedRebeka Masarova,Polina Kudermetova,Leylah Fernandez, andCristina Bucșa to reach her twelfth consecutive major quarterfinal.[262] Her quarterfinal opponentMarkéta Vondroušová withdrew with an injury, and Sabalenka received a walkover into the semifinal.[263] In the semifinal, Sabalenka facedJessica Pegula in a rematch of the2024 final, winning in three sets and reaching her third consecutive US Open final.[264][265] Sabalenka facedAmanda Anisimova in the final, in a rematch of their Wimbledon semifinal. Sabalenka went on to win the final in straight sets, winning her fourth major title and second consecutive US Open title. With her win, she became the first singles player to defend a US Open title sinceSerena Williams won the2014 US Open.[266][267]
Sabalenka withdrew fromBeijing due to injury.[268]
Sabalenka then played at theWuhan Open, where she is a three-time defending champion. In the second round, Sabalenka beatRebecca Sramkova from a set down to advance into the third round,[269] and defeatedLiudmila Samsonova in straght set.[270] Then, in the quarterfinal, Sabalenka defeatedElena Rybakina in straight set to advance to the semifinal.[271] Sabalenka lost toJessica Pegula in the semifinal, and ended her 20 matches winning streak in Wuhan.[272]
After Wuhan, Sabalenka played at theWTA Finals. Sabalenka won three matches in her group stage by beatingJasmine Paolini,Jessica Pegula, andCoco Gauff, and advance to the semifinal, where she facedAmanda Anisimova.[273] In the semifinal, Sabalenka defeated Anisimova in three sets and advanced to the final where she took onElena Rybakina.[274] In the final, Sabalenka lost to Rybakina in straight sets.[275]
Sabalenka represented Belarus at the Junior Fed Cup in 2014, with the team finishing in sixth place.[276] She then made her seniorFed Cup debut forBelarus in April 2016, losing adead rubber doubles match againstRussia. Nonetheless, the Belarusian team led byVictoria Azarenka andAliaksandra Sasnovich won the tie to qualify for the top-tier World Group the following season for the first time in their history.[15]
The Belarus Fed Cup team made their debut in the World Group and ultimately reached the final, despite being the underdogs in all three ties.[277][278] Little was expected from the team because they were without their veteran leader Azarenka, who missed the first two ties on maternity leave and the last because of a custody battle.[279] Without her, Belarus was led by Sabalenka and Sasnovich, neither of whom had ever been ranked above No. 76 by the time of the final.[14][280] However, they did have the advantage of playing all of their ties at home in Minsk.[277][278]
The ties in the quarterfinals against theNetherlands in February and the semi-finals againstSwitzerland in April both played out in the same way. While Sabalenka lost her opening matches to their opponents' respective top-ranked players ofKiki Bertens andTimea Bacsinszky, Sasnovich was able to give Belarus a 2–1 lead in each instance.[281] Sabalenka then clinched both ties, with wins overMichaëlla Krajicek and No. 54Viktorija Golubic, respectively.[282][283] She was only ranked No. 125 at the time of the semifinal, with no career tour match wins outside of Fed Cup.[284]
"I've never felt so much emotion in a match. When you play at home and you are down 0–1 and you have to win and you fight with yourself... I just started crying because it was such an important match."
On the opening day of the final against theUnited States, Sabalenka upset the reigning US Open champion and world No. 13,Sloane Stephens, to level the tie after Sasnovich lost her first rubber to No. 10,CoCo Vandeweghe.[286][285] The next day began with Sabalenka losing to Vandeweghe, before Sasnovich again levelled the tie by defeating Stephens. Sabalenka and Sasnovich were then selected for the decisive doubles rubber for the Fed Cup crown, but the duo were comprehensively defeated by Vandeweghe andShelby Rogers.[25]
Despite finishing as runner-up, Belarus's Fed Cup success helped popularize women's tennis in Belarus, and vaulted Sabalenka and Sasnovich into international prominence. Sasnovich said, "When we played the quarterfinals and semi-finals in Minsk, a lot of people were coming to see our matches. They finally saw tennis in life, and it's like a popularization... I want my country to improve even more in tennis, because I think we can have even more from Belarus."[287]
Belarus was unable to repeat their 2017 Fed Cup success in 2018. Their quarterfinal tie was held in Minsk againstGermany. Although Sabalenka won both of her singles rubbers, Sasnovich andVera Lapko lost each of theirs to set up a decisive doubles rubber. Sabalenka and doubles specialistLidziya Marozava were selected for the match, with Sabalenka playing on short rest directly after her last singles match. After taking the first set againstAnna-Lena Grönefeld andTatjana Maria, they ultimately lost the rubber and the tie.[288]
Their next tie was again contested in Minsk as part of theWorld Group play-offs, withSlovakia competing to take Belarus's place in the World Group the following season. Sabalenka and Sasnovich each split their two singles rubbers, with Sabalenka being upset byViktória Kužmová.[289] Doubles specialists Lapko and Marozava were chosen for the final rubber and the pair won the match to keep Belarus in the World Group for 2019.[290]
In the2019 Fed Cup, Belarus were drawn against Germany in the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. After Sasnovich won the opening rubber against Maria, Sabalenka won both of her singles rubbers againstAndrea Petkovic andLaura Siegemund to clinch the tie.[291] They advanced to faceAustralia in the semi-finals. Only two players from each team participated: Sabalenka and Azarenka for Belarus, and Ashleigh Barty andSamantha Stosur for Australia. Both Sabalenka and Azarenka defeated Stosur, but lost to Barty. In the decisive doubles rubber, Barty and Stosur won in three sets to eliminate Belarus.[292]
Sabalenka andIga Świątek have met 13 times since 2021, with Świątek in control of the head-to-head at 8–5.[293] Their rivalry is seen as becoming one of the greatest in women's tennis.[294][295] Their most praised matches include the2024 Madrid Open final, where Świątek defeated defending champion Sabalenka in three sets in 3 hours and 11 minutes, saving three championship points in the process, and the2023 Madrid Open final, where Sabalenka won in three sets in 2 hours and 25 minutes against Świątek to claim her second Madrid title.[296][297][298] Sabalenka and Świątek played each other at the2025 French Open, which Sabalenka won in three sets.[299]
Sabalenka andElena Rybakina have met 14 times since 2019, with Sabalenka leading 8-6 in the head-to-head.[300] Sabalenka defeated Rybakina in three sets at the2023 Australian Open final to win her first Grand Slam title.[114] They met again at the2023 BNP Paribas Open, where Rybakina won a contested final 7-6(11), 6-4 to secure her firstWTA 1000 title.[126] Rybakina won their match in the2025 Cincinnati Open quarterfinals where Sabalenka was the defending champion.[261] Sabalenka then defeated Rybakina at the2025 Wuhan Open quarterfinals.[301] Rybakina and Sabalenka would face off again in the finals of the2025 WTA Finals where Rybakina defeated Sabalenka 6-3, 7-6(0).[302]
Sabalenka andCoco Gauff have met 12 times since 2020, with their head-to-head record tied at 6–6.[303] They have played each other multiple times atmajors, the first being the2023 US Open final.[304] Sabalenka lost that match despite winning the first set.[305] Sabalenka defeated Gauff at the2024 Australian Open semifinals on her way to defending the title.[306][307] Sabalenka and Gauff faced off again in the final of the2025 French Open, with Gauff overtaking Sabalenka for her first French Open Major Championship win and second Grand Slam overall.[247] Sabalenka would avenge that loss by knocking Gauff out of the2025 WTA Finals where Gauff was the defending champion.[308]
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Sabalenka is a baseliner with a powerful, aggressive style. She has a powerfulserve, and equally powerfulgroundstrokes, and her game is based around taking control of points and hitting winners. She has said "I hope all my shots can be strong, but my serve, I feel is the best."[3] Sabalenka's strong serve, which can reach 200 km/h (124 mph), allows her to serve a large number of aces; in 2023, she ranked third of all players in aces served, at 401. Her serve is inconsistent, however, leading to a high double fault count; she served 166 double faults in 2020, the most of any player.[309]
Sabalenka notably suffered from theyips from the2021 WTA Finals and into 2022, serving 152 double faults in 11 matches, an average of 14 double faults a match. Her second serve began to show improvements from August 2022, having worked with a biomechanics expert following the2022 Canadian Open. Overall, Sabalenka served 440 double faults in 2022.[310] Her groundstrokes are often hit with relentless pace and depth.[311] Tennis broadcaster and former professional playerMary Carillo praised the power in her style of play along with her fierce attitude, describing her game as "big babe tennis personified".[312]
Although Sabalenka can hit a lot of winners, they can be accompanied by a lot of unforced errors. In her first career top ten victory against Karolína Plíšková, she hit 40 winners and 39 unforced errors.[311] Her second career top ten victory againstCaroline Wozniacki was similar, featuring 64 winners and 54 unforced errors.[38] Her coachDmitry Tursunov credited her improvement in the summer of 2018 on developing better shot selection. He said, "The major thing is she stopped trying [to] hit a winner with every shot."[313]
Sabalenka prefers playing on grass and hard courts. She commented, "This year [in 2017] I played for the first time on grass courts [during Wimbledon]. And I really liked it. I enjoyed my game on the grass courts, the feeling of grass, that's nice. I think my game is suited for grass and for hard courts."[3] On clay, she made both the singles and doubles finals at the2018 Ladies Open Lugano.[314] She won her first clay court title at the2021 Madrid Open.[315]
Sabalenka frequently accompanies her shots with loudgrunting. She said, "Honestly, I don't even hear myself when I am playing." She expressed her hope that her grunting does not disturb her opponents.[316] At theAustralian Open in 2018, the crowd mocked her habit in a match against Ashleigh Barty.[31]
Sabalenka had worked with Khalil Ibrahimov for two years up until early 2018. At this point, she began working with Swedish former professional tennis playersMagnus Norman andMagnus Tideman.[317][318]Dmitry Tursunov became her primary coach in time for the grass court season in 2018.[319] Sabalenka briefly split with Tursunov after the 2019 US Open. Although they reunited later in the year, she made the split permanent at the end of the season. Sabalenka briefly worked withDieter Kindlmann before switching coaches to her longtime hitting partner and compatriotAnton Dubrov, aged 25 at the time.[320][321] In 2025, Belarusian former professional tennis player and 10-timemajor doubles championMax Mirnyi joined Sabalenka's coaching team as a consultant.[322]
As of 2025[update], her coaching team includes Dubrov; Mirnyi; fitness trainer Jason Stacy, a martial arts expert; and hitting partnerAndrei Vasilevski.[321]
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Sabalenka has been endorsed byNike for apparel and shoes since the beginning of her professional career. Nike began to design custom garments for Sabalenka starting from the2023 US Open. She is also endorsed byWilson, specifically using the Wilson Blade range of racquets.[323]
In June 2025, Sabalenka became a global ambassador and minority shareholder of IM8, a health‑supplement brand co‑founded by former footballerDavid Beckham.[324][325]
Sabalenka has a tiger tattoo on her left arm that has earned her the nickname "The Tiger", which she has used to refer to herself.[326][327][328] She studied at theBelarusian State University in a sports-related program.[4] Her tennis idols growing up wereSerena Williams andMaria Sharapova.[316] Her father Sergey, a former ice hockey player, died suddenly in 2019 at age 43. He hadmeningitis.[329][330]
Sabalenka's boyfriend since 2021,Konstantin Koltsov, died of an apparent suicide in March 2024 at age 42.[331][332][333] Sabalenka later confirmed the couple were separated at the time of his death.[334] She has been in a relationship with Georgios Frangulis since 2024.[335]
In August 2020, during the2020–2021 Belarusian protests, Sabalenka criticised the government ofAlexander Lukashenko for its dispersal of peaceful protests and called for no violence, but was criticised by members of theBelarusian opposition for not using her platform to advocate the protest movement's goals.[336][337] She separately praised the Belarusian government for "everything that is done for the country in general and for sports in particular".[336] In 2020, during widespread protests after the disputed election, Sabalenka signed an open letter that said that sport should remain outside of politics.[338][339] Belarusian media considered the letter supportive of Lukashenko, as it followed an open letter by Belarusian sporting figures demanding the election be invalidated.[340]
Following the start of theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Sabalenka expressed support for the Ukrainian people and the use of Ukraine-coloured ribbons: "I feel like people need our support. I just hope they understand that we're all really concerned. I think even 'sad' isn't even the right word."[341][342] In January 2023, with regard to the war and the banning of Russian and Belarusian players from the2022 Wimbledon Championships, Sabalenka said, "I just understand that it's not my fault."[343] Her comments on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the situation of Ukrainian tennis players were criticised byLesia Tsurenko's coach Nikita Vlasov and former Ukrainian playerSergiy Stakhovsky for lacking substance and compassion.[344][345] Sabalenka later indicated support for ending the war in Ukraine, saying: "If I could stop the war I would do it but unfortunately that doesn't lie in my hands. I just hope for peace."[346]
During a press conference at the2023 French Open, when asked about the war by Ukrainian journalistDaria Meshcheriakova, she said: "Nobody in this world, Russian athletes or Belarusian athletes, support the war. Nobody. How can we support the war? Nobody, normal people will never support it."[347] She later said: "I don't want my country to be in any conflict, I don't support war, meaning I don't support Lukashenko right now."[347][348][349]
Sabalenka appears in the tennis docuseriesBreak Point, which premiered on Netflix on 13 January 2023.[350]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | Q2 | 1R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 4R | W | W | F | 2 / 8 | 28–6 | 82% |
| French Open | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | SF | QF | F | 0 / 8 | 22–8 | 73% |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 1R | NH | SF | A[c] | SF | A | SF | 0 / 6 | 16–6 | 73% |
| US Open | Q1 | 4R | 2R | 2R | SF | SF | F | W | W* | 2 / 8 | 34–6 | 85% |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 15–4 | 10–3 | 23–3 | 18–1 | 23–3 | 4 / 30 | 100–26 | 79% |
* Received a walkover in the quarterfinals match, which does not count as a win or loss.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 1R | 3R | QF | W | 1 / 4 | 10–3 | 77% |
| French Open | A | SF | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% |
| Wimbledon | 2R | QF | NH | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| US Open | 3R | W | QF | A | 1 / 3 | 10–2 | 83% |
| Win–loss | 3–3 | 15–3 | 6–3 | 5–0 | 2 / 11 | 29–9 | 76% |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2023 | Australian Open | Hard |  Elena Rybakina | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2023 | US Open | Hard |  Coco Gauff | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2024 | Australian Open(2) | Hard |  Zheng Qinwen | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2024 | US Open | Hard | Jessica Pegula | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2025 | Australian Open | Hard | Madison Keys | 3–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2025 | French Open | Clay | Coco Gauff | 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2025 | US Open(2) | Hard | Amanda Anisimova | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard |  Elise Mertens | Victoria Azarenka Ashleigh Barty | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 2021 | Australian Open | Hard | Elise Mertens |  Barbora KrejčíkováKateřina Siniaková | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2022 | WTA Finals | Hard (i) |  Caroline Garcia | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 2025 | WTA Finals | Hard (i) | Elena Rybakina | 3–6, 6–7(0–7) |
| Tournament | Year accomplished | Since | Record accomplished | Players matched | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTA Tour | 2024 | 2010 | Players to completeCincinnati Open–US Open double | Kim Clijsters,Serena Williams,Coco Gauff | [351][352] |
| Grand Slam events | 2024 | 1988 | Won both theAustralian Open andUS Open in the same calendar year | Steffi Graf,Monica Seles,Martina Hingis,Angelique Kerber | [353] |
| Australian Open | 2024 | 1997 | Won theAustralian Open without dropping a set | Ashleigh Barty,Serena Williams,Maria Sharapova,Lindsay Davenport,Martina Hingis | [354][355] |
| Wuhan Open | 2024 | 2024 | Won three consecutiveWuhan Open titles (2018, 2019, and 2024)[356][357] | Stands Alone | [358][359][360][361] |
| Cincinnati Open | 2024 | 2006 | Player to winCincinnati Open without losing a set | Vera Zvonareva,Ashleigh Barty,Iga Swiatek | [362] |
У жніўні Арына Сабаленка асудзіла разгон мірных пратэстаў. «Я не магу паверыць, што ўсё гэта адбываецца ў маёй мірнай роднай Беларусі, пісала 13 жніўня ў сваім інстаграме найлепшая беларуская тэнісістка, 11-я ракетка свету. — Я не магу спаць ужо чацвёртую ноч. Я не магу глядзець на жорсткасць у адносінах да безабаронных людзей. Навошта? Калі ласка, спыніце гвалт!!! Беражыце сябе і сваіх блізкіх, мае дарагія беларусы».[In August, Aryna Sabalenka condemned the dispersal of peaceful protests. "I can't believe that all this is happening in my peaceful native Belarus," the best Belarusian tennis player, the 11th ranked player in the world, wrote on her Instagram on August 13. – I can't sleep for the fourth night already. I can't stand the cruelty towards defenceless people. Why? Please stop the violence!!! Take care of yourself and your loved ones, my dear Belarusians."]
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