Has Aryna Sabalenka Won a Grand Slam?

Aryna Siarhiejena Sabalenka was born in Belarus on May 5, 1998. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her as No. 1 in the world in singles as of November 2024. Sabalenka is one of the most fierce strikers of the tennis ball on tour, often dismissing her opponents with her brute force.

In 2023, Sabalenka advanced to the semifinal at each of the four Grand Slam events. After Iga Świątek lost to Jelena Ostapenko at the 2023 US Open, Sabalenka also became the World No.1 in the WTA. Unfortunately, she failed to hold onto the ranking until the end of the year. Since then, she has won 17 WTA singles titles in her career including the 2024 Italian Open and the 2024 Cincinnati Open. She lost to Donna Vekic in the final of the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships. Sabalenka reached the final of the 2024 Madrid Open where she lost to World No. 1 Iga Swiatek by 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 in the final. She lost to her again a fortnight later, in the final of the Rome Open.

Aryna Sabalenka was not well-known until she and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who were both outside the top 75 at the time, led the Belarus Fed Cup team to a runner-up finish in 2017. She started to experience more success on the WTA Tour after the 2017 Fed Cup, making it to four finals and earning eight top-ten victories in 2018. Her three victories in China included the WTA Elite Trophy at the year's end and a successful defense of her Wuhan Open title at the Premier 5 level. She finished the singles season ranked No. 11 in the world in both 2018 and 2019.

Her prowess isn't confined to singles, as she also has six doubles titles till date, including the US Open in 2019 and the Australian Open in 2021. By winning the WTA 1000 titles in Indian Wells and Miami in 2019, she won the Sunshine Double, a distinction attained by just four women's doubles pairs. She recently advanced to the semifinals of the 2024 US Open, defeating Qinwen Zheng in the quarterfinal.

Aryna Sabalenka Grand Slams

Aryna Sabalenka has won five Grand Slams: the 2024 US Open (singles), the 2024 Australian Open (singles), the 2023 Australian Open (singles), the 2019 US Open (doubles) and the 2021 Australian Open (doubles).

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus won her first singles Grand Slam title in January 2023, and she joyfully collapsed on the tennis court at Rod Laver Arena. The 26-year-old succeeded in becoming the first neutral player to win a major title.

Sabalenka entered the Australian Open, as the fifth seed. She overpowered Tereza Martincová, Shelby Rogers, former doubles partner Elise Mertens, and No. 10 Belinda Bencic en route to her first-ever quarterfinal appearance in Melbourne. Following this, she defeated Donna Vekic to reach her fourth Grand Slam semifinal. In the semifinals, Sabalenka defeated Magda Linette to finally reach her first-ever major final and win her tenth straight match. She won her first Grand Slam title by defeating defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in three sets.

At the 2024 Australian Open, Aryna Sabalenka defended her crown and easily defeated Qinwen Zheng to win her second Grand Slam title in straight sets in just 76 minutes. The 25-year-old defeated world No. 4 Coco Gauff in the semifinal and Barbora Krejcikova in the quarterfinal en route. She won the tournament without even dropping a single set. The defending champion won a prize money of A$3,150,000 and became the ninth woman player on the WTA circuit in the Open Era to win successive titles at the Melbourne Major.

Having lost in the final of the 2023 US Open, Aryna Sabalenka avenged the loss in 2024 at Flushing Meadows. She beat Americans Emma Navarro in the semifinal and Jessica Pegula in the final, and claimed her third Grand Slam title in style.

Coming to doubles, Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens reached the final of the 2019 US Open without having to play against another duo ranked in the top ten. In the final, they faced Victoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty, the eighth-seeded duo, whom they defeated in straight sets to win their first Grand Slam title. Sabalenka and Mertens then won the Australian Open doubles in 2021 with a score of 6–2, 6–3, against Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. Sabalenka attained her first-ever world No.1 doubles ranking on February 22, 2021, owing to their victory in the Australian Open doubles.

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Who Has Coached Aryna Sabalenka to Success Over the Years?

Up until the beginning of 2018, Aryna Sabalenka worked with Khalil Ibrahimov for two years. She then started working with Magnus Norman and Magnus Tideman, two former Swedish professional tennis players. In time for the 2018 grass court season, Dmitry Tursunov took over as her primary coach. Following the 2019 US Open, Sabalenka and Tursunov briefly split. Despite the fact that they reconciled later in the year, she made the split permanent at the end of the season.

Sabalenka also worked with Dieter Kindlmann, before choosing countryman Anton Dubrov, who is her current coach.

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