Yearly summary
Early hard court season
Sabalenka started 2025 by winning the Brisbane International, defeating Renata Zarazúa, [2] Yulia Putintseva, [3] Marie Bouzková, [4] and Mirra Andreeva [5] to reach the final, where she came back from a set down against Polina Kudermetova to claim the 18th singles title of her career. [6] [7]
Sabalenka kick started her quest for a three-peat at the Australian Open by defeating former world No. 3, Sloane Stephens, in straight sets in the first round. [8] In the second and third rounds, she defeated Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson, respectively, both matches ending in straight sets. [9] [10] 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. [11] In the final, Sabalenka lost in three sets to Madison Keys, who won her first major title. [12] [13]
At the Qatar Ladies Open she lost in the first round to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. [14] At the Dubai Championships, Sabalenka defeated Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets. [15] In the round of 16, she faced Clara Tauson, whom she played at the Australian Open earlier in the year [15] but this time Sabalenka lost in straight sets. [16] After her loss in Dubai, Sabalenka played at Indian Wells where she defeated McCartney Kessler in straight sets. [17] [18] She then defeated Bronzetti [19] and in the fourth round, Sabalenka took on lucky loser Sonay Kartal and recorded again a straight set win. [20] She advanced to the semifinals after defeating Liudmila Samsonova. [21] Her next opponent was Madison Keys, who defeated her at the Australian Open earlier in the year, [22] but this time Sabalenka took her revenge to reach the final, where she lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets. [23]
Sabalenka then played at the Miami Open. In the second round, Sabalenka defeated Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets to advance to the third round. [24] Next Sabalenka faced Elena-Gabriela Ruse and won the match as Ruse retired injured. [25] In the fourth round, Sabalenka defeated defending champion Danielle Collins. [26] She continued with straight-set victories over Qinwen Zheng [27] [28] and Jasmine Paolini to reach the final. [29] There, Sabalenka defeated Pegula in straight sets to claim her first Miami Open title. [30] [31]
Clay court season
At the Stuttgart Open Sabalenka was supposed to face Anastasia Potapova but Potapova withdrew after winning her first match. [32] Sabalenka defeated Elise Mertens in the quarterfinals [32] and fifth seed Jasmine 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 unseeded Jeļena Ostapenko. [33] [34]
In the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open, Sabalenka defeated Anna Blinkova in straight sets. [35] She came back from one set down against Elise Mertens to advance to the fourth round. [36] Following straight sets victories over Peyton Stearns [37] and Marta Kostyuk she advanced to the semifinals, [38] where she defeated Elina Svitolina to reach her fourth Madrid final. [39] With her win over Coco Gauff in the final, Sabalenka claimed her third Madrid Open title [40] [41] and became the third woman to surpass 11,000 points in the WTA ranking. [42] [43]
In Rome, Sabalenka won her second-round match against Anastasia Potapova in straight sets. [44] In the third round against Sofia Kenin she came back from a set down to win. [45] In the fourth round she faced Marta Kostyuk, whom she had played earlier in Madrid; Sabalenka defeated Kostyuk in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinal, [46] where she lost to Zheng Qinwen. [47] [48]
At the French Open, Sabalenka defeated in straight sets Kamilla Rakhimova, [49] Jil Teichmann, [50] Olga Danilović [51] and Amanda Anisimova [52] to reach the quarterfinals where she faced Zheng Qinwen and avenged her Italian Open loss to this player. [53] Sabalenka defeated the defending champion Iga Świątek in the semifinals [54] [55] and lost to Coco Gauff in the final. [56] [57]
North American hard court season
Sabalenka withdrew from the National Bank Open due to fatigue. [67]
Sabalenka then played at the Cincinnati Open. Sabalenka played Markéta Vondroušová in the second round, where she won in straight sets. [68] In the third round, Sabalenka played Emma Raducanu, and Sabalenka won in three sets. [69] In the fourth round, Sabalenka defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in straight set to advance to the quarterfinal where she faced Elena Rybakina. [70] Sabalenka lost to Rybakina in straight set in the quarterfinal. [71]
After Cincinnati, Sabalenka played at the US Open. She defeated Rebeka Masarova, Polina Kudermetova, Leylah Fernandez, and Cristina Bucșa to reach her twelfth consecutive major quarterfinal. [72] Her quarterfinal opponent Markéta Vondroušová withdrew with an injury, and Sabalenka received a walkover into the semifinal. [73] In the semifinal, Sabalenka faced Jessica Pegula in a rematch of the 2024 final, winning in three sets and reaching her third consecutive US Open final. [74] [75] Sabalenka faced Amanda 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 since Serena Williams won the 2014 US Open. [76] [77]
Asian swing
Sabalenka withdrew from Beijing due to injury. [78]
Sabalenka then played at the Wuhan Open, where she is a three-time defending champion. In the second round, Sabalenka beat Rebecca Sramkova from a set down to advance into the third round, [79] and defeated Liudmila Samsonova in straght set. [80] Then, in the quarterfinal, Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in straight set to advance to the semifinal. [81] Sabalenka lost to Jessica Pegula in the semifinal, and ended her 20 matches winning streak in Wuhan. [82]
After Wuhan, Sabalenka played at the WTA Finals. Sabalenka won three matches in her group stage by beating Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula, and Coco Gauff, and advance to the semifinal, where she faced Amanda Anisimova. [83] In the semifinal, Sabalenka defeated Anisimova in three sets and advanced to the final where she took on Elena Rybakina. [84] In the final, Sabalenka lost to Rybakina in straight sets. [85]
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