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Aryna Sabalenka
Арына Сабаленка
Country (sports) Belarus
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Born (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26)
Minsk, Belarus
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$223,905
Official websitearynasabalenka.com
Singles
Career record108–63
Career titles1 WTA 125k Series,5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 73 (27 November 2017)
Current rankingNo. 73 (27 November 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2017)
US OpenQ1 (2017)
Doubles
Career record16–27
Career titles1 WTA 125k Series,1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 253 (20 November 2017)
Current rankingNo. 253 (20 November 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3-5
Last updated on: 24 November 2017.

Aryna Siarhiejewna Sabalenka (Template:Lang-be; born 5 May 1998) is a professional tennis player from Belarus.

Sabalenka has a career high WTA singles ranking of 76 achieved on 16 October 2017. Sabalenka has won five ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles titles. The biggest final of her career thus far came at the Tianjin Open, where she fell to Maria Sharapova.

Sabalenka has represented Belarus in Fed Cup, where she has a win-loss record of 3-5.

Tennis Career

2017: Breakthrough season, Fed Cup heroics

Sabalenka first rose to fame after sending Belarus into the Fed Cup final for the first time in history, with her win over the higher-ranked Viktorija Golubic proving very crucial despite being just ranked 125th in the world then.

The Belarusian then reached her first ever WTA semifinal at the Tashkent Open, defeating third seed Tatjana Maria along the way. However, she eventually fell to the second seed Tímea Babos.

Coming into the Tianjin Open as the 119th-ranked player in the world, Sabalenka defied all odds and defeated three local players consecutively before ousting former Grand Slam finalist and world number five Sara Errani in the semifinals for her first ever WTA final. There, she faced childhood idol and former world number one Maria Sharapova but was unable to capitalize on her opportunities, eventually falling in two tight sets after more than two hours of play.

Sabalenka was nominated to be a part of the Belarus Fed Cup team in the Fed Cup final, and she certainly lived up to expectations after beating the reigning US Open champion and world number 13 Sloane Stephens in the second rubber. This victory was extremely crucial for Sabalenka as she leveled the tie at 1-1 heading into the second day of play. However, Sabalenka fell to CoCo Vandeweghe in her second match before losing in the deciding doubles rubber, with Belarus eventually falling short in front of their home crowd despite putting up a tough fight.

WTA finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by Setting
Indoor (0–0)
Outdoor (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. October 15, 2017 Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China Hard Russia Maria Sharapova 5–7, 6–7(8–10)

WTA 125K Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 26 November 2017 Mumbai Open, India Hard Slovenia Dalila Jakupovic 6–2,6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 19 November 2017 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i) Russia Veronika Kudermetova Australia Monique Adamczak
United Kingdom Naomi Broady
2–6, 7–6 (7–5) , [10–6]

ITF finals

Singles (5 titles, 3 runner-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 28 September 2015 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Romania Daiana Negreanu 6–3 7–5
Winner 5 October 2015 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Romania Nicoleta Dascălu 6–4 6–7(4–7) 7–5
Runner-up 14 December 2015 25,000 Navi Mumbai, India Hard Austria Barbara Haas 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)
Winner 21 December 2015 25,000 Pune, India Hard Russia Viktoria Kamenskaya 6–3 6–4
Runner-up 21 February 2016 25,000 Perth, Australia Hard Australia Arina Rodionova 1–6 1–6
Winner 29 May 2016 50,000 Tianjin, China Hard Serbia Nina Stojanović 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 20 November 2016 50,000 Toyota, Japan Carpet (i) Australia Lizette Cabrera 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 19 March 2017 60,000 Shenzhen, China Hard Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova 2–6, 5–7

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 13 April 2015 10,000 Heraklion, Greece Hard Serbia Tamara Čurović India Sharrmadaa Baluu
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
6–4, 3–6, [2-10]
Winner 3 October 2015 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard Slovakia Vivien Juhászová Turkey Ayla Aksu
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Husarić
6–1, 6–3

Fed Cup participation

Doubles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2016 Fed Cup
World Group Play-offs
2016 Fed Cup 17 April 2016 Moscow, Russia Russia Russia Clay (i) Belarus Olga Govortsova Russia Daria Kasatkina
Russia Elena Vesnina
L 4-6, 2-6