Aryna Sabalenka
Country (sports) | Belarus |
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Residence | Minsk, Belarus |
Born | Minsk, Belarus | 5 May 1998
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$223,905 |
Official website | arynasabalenka.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 108–63 |
Career titles | 1 WTA 125k Series,5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 73 (27 November 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 73 (27 November 2017) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q1 (2017) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2017) |
US Open | Q1 (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 16–27 |
Career titles | 1 WTA 125k Series,1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 253 (20 November 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 253 (20 November 2017) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 3-5 |
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)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | October 15, 2017 | Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China | Hard | Maria Sharapova | 5–7, 6–7(8–10) |
WTA 125K Series finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 26 November 2017 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Dalila Jakupovic | 6–2,6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 19 November 2017 | OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | Veronika Kudermetova | Monique Adamczak Naomi Broady |
2–6, 7–6 (7–5) , [10–6] |
ITF finals
Singles (5 titles, 3 runner-up)
Legend |
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$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 |
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Winner | 28 September 2015 | 10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Daiana Negreanu | 6–3 7–5 |
Winner | 5 October 2015 | 10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Nicoleta Dascălu | 6–4 6–7(4–7) 7–5 |
Runner-up | 14 December 2015 | 25,000 | Navi Mumbai, India | Hard | Barbara Haas | 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8) |
Winner | 21 December 2015 | 25,000 | Pune, India | Hard | Viktoria Kamenskaya | 6–3 6–4 |
Runner-up | 21 February 2016 | 25,000 | Perth, Australia | Hard | Arina Rodionova | 1–6 1–6 |
Winner | 29 May 2016 | 50,000 | Tianjin, China | Hard | Nina Stojanović | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 20 November 2016 | 50,000 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Lizette Cabrera | 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 19 March 2017 | 60,000 | Shenzhen, China | Hard | 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 |
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Runner-up | 13 April 2015 | 10,000 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | Tamara Čurović | Sharrmadaa Baluu Lee Pei-chi |
6–4, 3–6, [2-10] |
Winner | 3 October 2015 | 10,000 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Vivien Juhászová | Ayla Aksu Anita Husarić |
6–1, 6–3 |
Fed Cup participation
Doubles
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2016 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs |
2016 Fed Cup | 17 April 2016 | Moscow, Russia | Russia | Clay (i) | Olga Govortsova | Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina |
L | 4-6, 2-6 |
External links
- Official website Template:En icon
- Aryna Sabalenka at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Aryna Sabalenka at the Billie Jean King Cup