Who Are Aryna Sabalenka’s Coaches?

When you have experts like Andy Roddick willing to take back their words and say, "Aryna Sabalenka is the most consistent player in the world right now," you cannot deny the facts. A Belarusian professional tennis player with three Grand Slam titles, Sabalenka successfully defended her Australian Open crown in 2024, defeating debutant Qinwen Zheng. She also capped off a great 2024 Grand Slam season by winning the US Open - beating Jessica Pegula in the final. Additionally, she is a two-time doubles major winner, which includes winning the 2021 Australian Open and the 2019 US Open with Elise Mertens.

As of November 2024, Sabalenka has 17 singles titles and six doubles titles. One of her biggest accomplishments of the current season includes finishing year-end World No. 1 in the WTA ranking following her win against Zheng and Jasmine Paolini and Iga Swiatek's loss to Coco Gauff in the 2024 WTA Finals. She had a rematch with her Australian Open finalist, Zheng, at the 2024 Wuhan Open, where she again emerged as the winner. Her impressive performance continues as she won the 2024 Cincinnati Open, a WTA 1000 event, defeating Pegula in straight sets.

Sabalenka finished finalist at the 2024 Italian Open and the 2024 Madrid Open, where she fell to Swiatek. Born on May 5, 1998, in Minsk, Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka turned pro in 2015. She has a powerful style of play, dominated by her aggressive ground strokes and intent to finish points on her own accord. Due to her ruthless attitude on the court, Sabalenka has been nicknamed 'The Tiger'. She also has a tattoo of the same.

Aryna Sabalenka Coaching Staff

Anton Dubrov is the head coach of Aryna Sabalenka. Dubrov has been working as a tennis coach for a few years now, before which he also served as Sabalenka’s hitting partner for sometime. He is a former tennis player who began playing the sport at age five, and is also the grandson of popular coach Eduard Dubrov.

Sabalenka chose Dubrov as her head coach in 2020. As a result, they have been working together for over four years now. “He [Dubrov] knows me quite well, he knows what I need, what we have to work on,” the now 26-year-old said in 2021.

In addition to Dubrov, Jason Stacy is the fitness coach and physiotherapist of Aryna Sabalenka. Although there is no confirmed data regarding when he joined team Sabalenka, Stacy is believed to have been a part of the team for over a year at least. “She’s an emotional person, and my job is to manage it,” Stacy said about the world No. 2 on Netflix’s ‘Break Point’. During the 2024 Australian Open, Jason Stacy was in the thick of things, with Sabalenka signing his head as a good luck charm before her matches.

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Aryna Sabalenka Coaching History

Aryna Sabalenka has had quite a few coaches in the past. After turning pro in 2015, up until 2018, the Belarusian worked under Khalil Ibrahimov. Following this, she worked with former coach of Stanislas Wawrinka Magnus Norman for a very short period of time, without him officially traveling with her on the circuit.

Next, Sabalenka hired former Russian tennis player Dmitry Tursunov as her head coach in July 2018. He is an ex-Davis Cup winner, and also coached the likes of Belinda Bencic and Emma Raducanu. Under Tursunov’s guidance, Sabalenka won five WTA titles, including three WTA-1000 events. Last but not the least, Sabalenka hired German Dieter Kindlmann as her coach for close to a month in 2020, before deciding that she wasn’t willing to bring someone new into the team at that point of time.

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Aryna Sabalenka Grand Slam Performances

Singles

Australian Open - W (2023, 2024)

French Open - SF (2023)

Wimbledon - SF (2021, 2023)

US Open - W (2024)

Doubles

Australian Open - W (2021)

French Open - SF (2019)

Wimbledon - QF (2019)

US Open - W (2019)

Mixed Doubles

Wimbledon - R2 (2019)