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Aryna Sabalenka
Grand Slam singles champion and former world No. 1.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Aryna Sabalenka is a Belarusian tennis player whose WTA record lists four Grand Slam singles titles: the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024 and the US Open in 2024 and 2025.
She reached the top of the WTA rankings and finished 2024 and 2025 as year-end world No. 1. Her WTA biography identifies Anton Dubrov as her coach and notes earlier work with Dmitry Tursunov and Didi Kindlmann.
On 4 October 2026, while ranked world No. 2, she lost 6–4, 6–3 to Nikola Bartunkova in the China Open third round. This dated result is linked to iintroo’s tournament coverage below.
Achievements and distinctions
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Four Grand Slam singles titles through the 2025 season
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WTA year-end No. 1 in 2024 and 2025
Career record
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2023 and 2024 — Australian Open singles champion
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2024 and 2025 — US Open singles champion
Career and education
Teams and organisations
WTA Tour · Australian Open · US Open
iintroo coverage · 35 reports
News and developments
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Bartunkova beats Sabalenka to reach the Beijing last 16
The Czech player won 6–4, 6–3, saving every break point she faced against the world No. 2.
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Zverev and Rybakina win the US Open singles titles
Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton for his second major, while Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.
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Aryna Sabalenka returns to the US Open quarter-finals
The defending champion beat Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3 to continue her title defence.
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Sabalenka takes lead in WTA Finals qualification race
The updated leaderboard placed Rybakina second and Muchova fifth.
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Aryna Sabalenka completes the Sunshine Double in Miami
Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to add Miami to her Indian Wells title.
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Sabalenka beats Rybakina to reach second successive Miami final
The world number one delivered a straight-sets semifinal victory.
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Madrid announces entry field featuring all twenty top-ranked women
Sabalenka heads a 96-player draw for the first clay WTA 1000.
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Sabalenka’s late breaks end Baptiste’s Miami quarterfinal run
The defending champion won both sets 6–4 to set a Rybakina semifinal.
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Rybakina recovers against Pegula for fifth consecutive rivalry win
The Kazakh player secured a third Miami semifinal after two hours fifteen minutes.
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Sabalenka and Baptiste advance to a first Miami quarterfinal meeting
Baptiste’s win over Ostapenko secured her first WTA 1000 last-eight place.
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Sabalenka survives Ann Li challenge in Miami title-defence opener
The top seed won a tight tiebreak before closing the second set.
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Stuttgart confirms top four women and defending champion Ostapenko
Seven top-ten players entered the April indoor clay tournament.
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Raducanu, Kartal and Joint withdraw from Miami Open
Illness and back injuries prompted changes to the seeded field.
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Miami draw places Gauff and Anisimova in a home-interest quarter
Sabalenka begins her title defence after a first-round bye.
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Sabalenka saves championship point to win first Indian Wells title
The world number one defeated Rybakina in a deciding-set tiebreak.
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Rybakina defeats Svitolina for twelfth consecutive top-ten victory
The Kazakh player reached a second Indian Wells final.
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Sabalenka beats Noskova to reach third Indian Wells final
Eleven aces and thirty-seven winners powered the world number one’s semifinal.
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Noskova ends Gibson’s Indian Wells breakthrough in quarterfinals
The Czech recovered after losing the second set to the Australian qualifier.
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Sabalenka saves every break point to beat Mboko at Indian Wells
A flawless tiebreak helped secure the top seed’s quarterfinal victory.
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Mboko beats Anisimova for fifth career top-ten victory
The Canadian reached her first Indian Wells quarterfinal without losing serve.
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Sabalenka beats Osaka with eight aces and no double faults
The top seed reached a fourteenth consecutive tour quarterfinal.
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Sabalenka and Osaka advance to an Indian Wells fourth-round meeting
Both four-time major champions won their third-round matches.
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Sabalenka wins one-hundredth match played as world number one
The top seed defeated Japanese qualifier Sakatsume in Indian Wells.
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Indian Wells draw places Sabalenka and Anisimova in same quarter
All ten leading women entered the season’s third WTA 1000 tournament.
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Sabalenka and Anisimova receive Laureus award nominations
The tennis players were shortlisted in Sportswoman and Comeback categories.
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Sabalenka leads full top-ten Miami entry list
Alexandra Eala will return to the tournament where she reached a breakthrough semifinal in 2025.
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Indian Wells confirms full top-ten women’s field
The March tournament’s entry announcement included defending champion Andreeva and several former winners.
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Rybakina wins first WTA Star of the Swing vote
The Australian champion received sixty-one percent as the tour introduced a recurring fan award.
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Sabalenka withdraws from Doha after schedule change
Swiatek became the top seed as two replacement players entered the main draw.
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WTA launches 2026 Finals race leaderboard
Rybakina led the first singles update while Danilina and Krunic headed the doubles standings.
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Rybakina completes a three-set Australian Open comeback
Elena Rybakina defeated world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to win her first Australian Open crown and second major title.
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Sabalenka overpowers Jovic to reach semifinals
The top seed advanced without losing a set for a fourth consecutive Melbourne semifinal.
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Svitolina sweeps past Gauff into first Melbourne semifinal
The Ukrainian’s 59-minute victory also secured a return to the top ten.
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Sabalenka withstands Mboko fightback to reach quarterfinals
The world number one extended a remarkable sequence of Grand Slam tiebreak wins.
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Mboko reaches first major fourth round
The Canadian teenager defeated Clara Tauson during her Australian Open debut.
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