In January, Sabalenka reached the final of the Brisbane International, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals,[4] before losing the championship match to Elena Rybakina.[5]
She reached the quarterfinals at Stuttgart, where she was eliminated by Markéta Vondroušová.[16] As the defending champion in Madrid, she defeated Magda Linette,[17]Robin Montgomery,[18]Danielle Collins[19] and Mirra Andreeva,[20] before edging an epic three-set semifinal victory over world No. 4, Elena Rybakina.[21] 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.[21] In a rematch of the previous year's final, she faced Iga Świątek. Sabalenka had three championship points during the match, but eventually lost.[22] In Rome, 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.[23] In the quarterfinal, she earned her third WTA top-10 win of the year by defeating Jeļena Ostapenko.[24] It was followed by a semifinal victory over Danielle Collins,[24] before Sabalenka fell again to Iga Świątek in the final, this time in straight sets.[25]
She entered the French Open as the second seed, and defeated Erika Andreeva,[26]Moyuka Uchijima,[27] Paula Badosa[28] and 22nd seed Emma Navarro in straight sets.[29] In the quarterfinal, she was hampered by stomach issues[30] and lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets.[31] 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 against Anna Kalinskaya at the Berlin Ladies Open in June[32] and she withdrew from the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, having failed to recover in time to play.[33] She won the Cincinnati Open in August, with victories over Iga Świątek in the semifinals[34] and Jessica Pegula in the final.[35]
In September, Sabalenka won the US Open, overcoming qualifier Priscilla Hon,[36]Lucia Bronzetti,[37] 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova,[38] former doubles partner Elise Mertens,[39] Olympic champion and seventh seed Zheng Qinwen[40] and 13th seed Emma Navarro,[41] before defeating sixth seed Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final to claim her third major title.[42][43]
Sabalenka continued her great form at the China Open in Beijing, where she defeated Mananchaya Sawangkaew,[44]Ashlyn Krueger[45] and Madison Keys all in straight sets to increase her winning streak to 15 matches.[46] Sabalenka lost in the quarterfinals to Karolína Muchová in three sets.[47]
At the Wuhan 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.[48] In the next round, she came back from a set down against Yulia Putintseva to advance to the quarterfinals,[49] where she defeated Magdalena Fręch.[50] 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.[51] 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.[52]
After 11 months off the top in October, she regained the WTA world No.1 ranking.[53] Following wins against Zheng Qinwen[54]and Jasmine Paolini in her first two group matches at the WTA Finals,[55] combined with Iga Świątek's loss to Coco Gauff, Sabalenka for the first time would finish the year as No. 1.[56] Sabalenka lost her last group match to Elena Rybakina[57] and was defeated by Gauff in the semifinals.[58]
This table chronicles all the matches of Aryna Sabalenka in 2024.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Sabalenka has a 56–14 (80%) WTA match win–loss record in the 2024 season. Her record against players who were part of the WTA rankings top ten at the time of their meetings is 11–6 (65%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:
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