Juniors Sabalenka had a late start on the
ITF Junior Circuit, instead competing on the U14 and U16 Tennis Europe tours at a younger age. She did not compete in the main draw of any ITF events until 2013 at the low-level Grade-4 Tallink Cup in Estonia at the age of 15. She never played in the junior Grand Slam tournaments or any other high-level Grade-A and Grade-1 events. Without the higher point levels from these bigger tournaments, she had a career-high ranking of just No. 225. That year, she made her Fed Cup debut in April, losing her only match. put her into the top 200 in May and the second in
Toyota in November helped her finish the year ranked at No. 137 in the world. however, she did not win her first WTA Tour match until
Wimbledon in July. In her Grand Slam debut, she again reached the main draw through qualifying and defeated
Irina Khromacheva in the opening round. Sabalenka followed up this achievement with another win at the
Washington Open over No. 34
Lauren Davis, the 2016 runner-up and the highest-ranked player she had defeated at the time. After losing in qualifying at the
US Open, Sabalenka reached her first ever WTA semifinal at the
Tashkent Open, defeating third seed and world No. 53,
Tatjana Maria, along the way. A few weeks later, she entered the
Tianjin Open as the 119th-ranked player in the world, but managed to reach her first WTA tournament final. There, she faced her childhood idol
Maria Sharapova, but ultimately lost in two tight sets. With this performance, she rose to No. 76 in the rankings, entering the top 100 for the first time. The title cemented her at No. 78 at the end of the year.
2018: Newcomer of the Year, Premier 5 title After playing relatively few WTA events in 2017, Sabalenka used her higher ranking to play exclusively on the WTA Tour 2018. She reached two quarterfinals to begin the year, but lost her opening-round match at the
Australian Open to top-ranked Australian and world No. 18
Ashleigh Barty. She then won her first matches at a
Premier tournament with a third-round appearance at the
Indian Wells Open before the early-year hardcourt season came to a close, including a victory over No. 19,
Svetlana Kuznetsova. This success put her in the top 50 for the first time. Sabalenka had stronger results on grass, playing in tune-ups during each of the three weeks before Wimbledon. She made it to the quarterfinals at the
Rosmalen Grass Court Championships and the final at the Premier level
Eastbourne International. At the latter event, she won five consecutive three-set matches, including three over top 20 opponents and her first top-ten victory against defending champion and world No. 7
Karolína Plíšková. Sabalenka lost the final to world No. 2
Caroline Wozniacki. For the third consecutive Grand Slam event, she went out in the first round at
Wimbledon. During the North American hardcourt summer season, Sabalenka rose through the rankings. In the latter, she recorded two more top-ten wins over No. 8 Plíšková and No. 5
Caroline Garcia before losing to world No. 1,
Simona Halep. Just a week later, Sabalenka won her first WTA Tour title at the Premier-level
Connecticut Open with wins over world No. 9,
Julia Görges, in the semifinal, and
Carla Suárez Navarro in the final. Playing a fourth consecutive week, she closed out this part of the season with her best result at a Grand Slam tournament to date, making it to the fourth round at the
US Open. In particular, she upset world No. 5,
Petra Kvitová, in the third round before losing to the eventual champion,
Naomi Osaka. She was the only player to win a set against Osaka in the tournament. After the US Open, Sabalenka earned her first No. 1 seed at the
Tournoi de Québec but lost her opening match. The following week, Sabalenka reached the quarterfinals of the
China Open, a run that included a win over defending champion and No. 4, Caroline Garcia, for her eighth top-ten victory of the season. This success in China helped her climb to No. 11 in the world. Barty, having defeated Garcia with fewer games lost, advanced out of the group through the tiebreak criteria to end Sabalenka's season. Nonetheless, she was named the
WTA Newcomer of the Year for her excellent performance in her first full year on the WTA Tour.
2019: Singles top 10, doubles No. 2 Singles: Elite Trophy, three titles Although Sabalenka once again struggled at the Grand Slam tournaments, she ultimately finished the year with the same year-end ranking as in 2018 on the strength of three titles, all in China. She began the season by winning her third career WTA title at the
Shenzhen Open, defeating
Alison Riske in the final in a tight three-set match. Due to rain delays in the earlier rounds, she needed to play both the semifinal and the final on the last day of the tournament. However, she could not build on this success in the rest of the first half of the year. Sabalenka lost to 17-year-old
Amanda Anisimova in straight sets at both the
Australian Open and the
French Open in the third and second rounds, respectively. She had been considered the third-leading favourite for the title at the Australian Open. Nonetheless, she made her top-10 debut following the event. In-between the Grand Slam tournaments, Sabalenka's best result was a semifinal loss to No. 8, Kiki Bertens, at the Premier-level
St. Petersburg Trophy in February. She also made the fourth round at the
Indian Wells Open. Her best result on clay was a semifinal at the
Internationaux de Strasbourg in May. Sabalenka had a better second half of the season. In her first tournament following Wimbledon, she finished runner-up to
Zheng Saisai at the
Silicon Valley Classic, a Premier-level event. She did not perform well at either Premier 5 tournament in August or the US Open, losing in the second round at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. Sabalenka returned to China following the US Open, and produced three strong results in four events. After a quarterfinal at the
Zhengzhou Open, she defended her title at the Premier 5
Wuhan Open. During the event, she defeated No. 8 Kiki Bertens in the third round and No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in the semifinals, her first victory over a current world No. 1 player. She won the final over
Alison Riske. At the end of the season, Sabalenka qualified for the
WTA Elite Trophy for the second consecutive year. She swept her round-robin group of
Maria Sakkari and her doubles partner Elise Mertens. In the knockout rounds, Sabalenka defeated
Karolína Muchová and Bertens for her fifth career title, and her third title of the year in China.
Doubles: US Open title, Sunshine Double Sabalenka started the year ranked No. 73 in doubles. The pair matched this success at their next event by winning the
Miami Open to complete the Sunshine Double. They defeated three of the top six seeds, including third seeds
Hsieh Su-wei and
Barbora Strýcová in the second round. They won the final against sixth seeds
Samantha Stosur and
Zhang Shuai. With these two titles, Sabalenka rose to No. 21 in the world. They then reached the quarterfinals at
Wimbledon, losing to third seeds Hsieh and Strýcová. These were Sabalenka's first two appearances in at least the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam event. Sabalenka and Mertens had their best result of the year at the
US Open. As the fourth seed at the event, they made it to the final without playing another top-ten-seeded team. In the final, they faced eighth seeds
Victoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty, the latter of whom had won the title a year earlier with
CoCo Vandeweghe. Sabalenka and Mertens defeated Azarenka and Barty in straight sets for their first Grand Slam title in any discipline. With this title, Sabalenka made her top 10 debut in doubles at No. 6 in the world. Their three big titles helped them win the Race to Shenzhen and qualify for the
WTA Finals as the top seeds. Before the event, Sabalenka and Mertens moved up to No. 2 and No. 3 in the rankings, respectively, behind only world No. 1, Barbora Strýcová. After defeating the Chan sisters, Sabalenka and Mertens lost to Babos and Mladenovic in another match tiebreak. They did not advance out of their group.
2020: Three tour titles, top 10 Sabalenka continued her late-season surge by reaching the semifinals in Adelaide. She came back from a final set deficit against Hsieh Su-wei before sliding past Bernarda Pera and shocking second seed Simona Halep, whom she had never won a set against before, in straight sets. She then lost in straight sets to eventual runner-up
Dayana Yastremska. Despite her excellent start to the season, she was upset by Carla Suárez Navarro in two tie-breakers in the first round of the Australian Open. She enjoyed moderate success in doubles, with Mertens reaching the quarterfinals before losing to the Chan sisters. Her next tournament was the
Dubai Tennis Championships, where she made the quarterfinals with wins over Maria Sakkari and doubles partner Mertens. There she faced Simona Halep. Despite taking the first set, she could not repeat her earlier upset, falling to the eventual champion in three sets. She rebounded at the
Qatar Open, reaching the final with wins over
Anett Kontaveit, Maria Sakkari, Zheng Saisai and Svetlana Kuznetsova. In the final, she defeated Petra Kvitová in straight sets to claim her third Premier-5 title. After tennis resumed in August due to
COVID-19, she was the second seed in
Lexington, where she survived
Madison Brengle in three sets but then fell in a three set thriller to 16-year-old
Coco Gauff. Her results continued to disappoint as she seeded fifth and crashed out in the second round of Cincinnati and New York to
Jessica Pegula and a resurgent Victoria Azarenka. She had moderate success in doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of both events. Her results in singles began to improve on clay as she reached the semifinals in Strasbourg and the third round of the
French Open losing to Elina Svitolina and
Ons Jabeur, respectively. That was Sabalenka's last loss of the season. In Ostrava, she came from behind in the decider down to avenge her Lexington loss to Gauff and lost the first ten games of her quarterfinal match against
Sara Sorribes Tormo before winning the next twelve to win. In the final, she avenged her US Open loss to Azarenka, defeating her compatriot in straight sets. She then also took the Linz title by beating Elise Mertens in the final. This gave Sabalenka the first year-end top-10 finish in her career.
2021: Doubles No. 1, singles No. 2 Sabalenka entered 2021 on a nine-match winning streak and participated in her first tournament at the
Abu Dhabi Open as the fourth seed. She defeated
Polona Hercog in straight sets, coming back from a 5–2 deficit in the first set, and then defeated
Ajla Tomljanović and Ons Jabeur to reach the quarterfinals, similarly in straight sets. She beat Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals, where she dropped her first set of the week before defeating Maria Sakkari in straight sets. In the final, Sabalenka defeated first-time finalist
Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets, losing just four games in total. The run to the title at Abu Dhabi extended her winning streak to 15 matches and catapulted her to a new ranking of No. 7. Sabalenka went into the Australian Open looking to make a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal for the first time in her career. In three sets, she was defeated in the fourth round by 23-time Grand Slam champion
Serena Williams. Sabalenka won the
doubles competition with Elise Mertens. By winning the title, Sabalenka ascended to world No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time in her career on 22 February 2021. As defending champion at the
Qatar Open in Doha, and after receiving a first-round bye, Sabalenka was defeated in her first match by eventual finalist
Garbiñe Muguruza in three sets. At the
Dubai Tennis Championships, in her first tournament since becoming No. 1 in doubles, Sabalenka and Mertens received a bye in the first round. They lost their opening match to Jessica Pegula and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Sabalenka cruised through to the quarterfinals in the singles event, defeating 15th seed Anett Kontaveit along the way, before losing to Muguruza for the second time in as many weeks, again in three sets. Sabalenka won the title at the
Madrid Open, facing Ashleigh Barty in the championship match. It was a rematch of the
2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final, two week earlier, as Sabalenka faced her vanquisher, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty. As a result of her fourth WTA 1000 title, she entered the top 5 rankings in singles at world No. 4. Sabalenka and compatriot Victoria Azarenka won the doubles event at the
German Open, defeating the top-seeded pair of Demi Schuurs and
Nicole Melichar. Seeded second at
Wimbledon, Sabalenka reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal and semifinal, defeating 18th seed Elena Rybakina and 21st seed Ons Jabeur in straight sets, respectively. She then lost her semifinal match against Karolína Plíšková in three sets. As a result of her performance at Wimbledon, she reached a career-high ranking in the world No. 3 in the WTA singles rankings. Sabalenka became the third Belarusian woman to reach the last four of Wimbledon following
Natasha Zvereva in 1998 and Victoria Azarenka in 2011 and 2012. Sabalenka continued her season at the
Canadian Open in Montreal. She reached the semifinals but lost to Karolína Plíšková, in straight sets. She then lost her opening-round match against Paula Badosa at the
Cincinnati Open. Despite the loss, Sabalenka reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2. At the
US Open, Sabalenka reached her second consecutive (and second overall) major semifinal following wins over
Danielle Collins, Elise Mertens, and Barbora Krejčíková. In the semifinal, she lost to
Leylah Fernandez in three sets. Due to a positive COVID-19 test, Sabalenka was not able to play at
Indian Wells.
2022: WTA Finals runner-up, US Open semifinal Sabalenka began her season at the
2022 Adelaide International 1 as the second seed. After a first-round bye, Sabalenka lost in the second round in straight sets to
Kaja Juvan. Sabalenka served 18 double faults to five aces. Next, Sabalenka received a wildcard to enter the Adelaide International 2 and was seeded top, but lost her first round to a qualifier, world No. 93
Rebecca Peterson, in three sets. Once again, Sabalenka struggled with her serve, recording 21 double faults for the match. She entered the
Australian Open as the second seed. Sabalenka's serving struggles continued, but she managed to dig out three-set wins against world No. 128
Storm Sanders, No. 100
Wang Xinyu, and No. 41
Markéta Vondroušová to advance to the fourth round for the second time in her career. She faced off against giant-killer
Kaia Kanepi, who had defeated the 16th seed
Angelique Kerber in the first round. Kanepi prevailed in a tight three-set match, which ended in a third-set super-tiebreak. Sabalenka managed to save four match points during the match, but also served 15 double faults to Kanepi's four. She found her form, reaching the quarterfinals at the
Qatar Ladies Open, beating
Alizé Cornet and
Jil Teichmann, before losing to the eventual champion
Iga Świątek in the semifinals. Following early exits in
Indian Wells,
Miami and
Charleston, she reached her first final of 2022 at the
Stuttgart Open, defeating
Bianca Andreescu, world No. 6
Anett Kontaveit and
Paula Badosa, the new world No. 2, eventually losing to world No. 1, Świątek, again. Entering as the defending champion at the
Madrid Open, Sabalenka was knocked out by Amanda Anisimova in the first round. At the
Italian Open, after defeating
Zhang Shuai, Amanda Anisimova, and Jessica Pegula, she lost to Świątek in the semifinals for the third time in 2022. At the
French Open, Sabalenka lost in the third round to
Camila Giorgi in three sets. Sabalenka began the grass-court season at the
Libéma Open as the top seed, where she made the final, losing to
Ekaterina Alexandrova. She then entered the
German Open as the third seed but lost in the first round to Veronika Kudermetova. Due to Wimbledon's
ruling on Russian and Belarusian players, Sabalenka was banned from participating in the event due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, cutting her grass season short. She opened the US hardcourt swing in
Silicon Valley Classic, losing to
Daria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals. She then played the
Canadian Open, losing to
Coco Gauff in the third round. Her best result since Stuttgart came at
Cincinnati Open, where as the sixth seed, she made the semifinals, defeating
Anna Kalinskaya,
Shelby Rogers, and Zhang Shuai before losing to eventual champion Caroline Garcia in three sets. She then made her best run of the season at the
US Open. Seeded sixth, she defeated
Catherine Harrison, Kaia Kanepi,
Clara Burel, 19th seed Danielle Collins, and 22nd seed & former world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková to reach the semifinals, matching her previous best result from 2021. In her second-round match against Kanepi, Sabalenka came back from a set and behind in the second to win in three sets, saving two match points in the process. In the semifinals, she was defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, for the fourth time this season. At the
San Diego Open, Sabalenka defeated
Sloane Stephens in three sets before losing to
Donna Vekić in the quarterfinals. In receipt of a first-round bye in
Guadalajara, she lost to
Liudmila Samsonova in the second round. However, she managed to qualify for the
WTA Finals for a second straight year. There, she reached the final, defeating world No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 2 Ons Jabeur in the round-robin stage, and No. 1 Iga Świątek in the semifinals, but lost to Caroline Garcia in straight sets. She became the fourth woman to defeat the top 3 players at the same tournament, joining
Steffi Graf (1999 French Open), Serena Williams (2002 Miami Open), and
Venus Williams (2008 WTA Finals).
2023: Australian Open champion, No. 1 Sabalenka entered
Adelaide 1 as the second seed. She reached her first final of the season by defeating
Liudmila Samsonova, Markéta Vondroušová,
Irina-Camelia Begu en route. Then she defeated Czech teenage qualifier
Linda Nosková to win her first title since Madrid 2021 and 11th career title without dropping a single set. Sabalenka entered the
Australian Open as the fifth seed and one of the title contenders. She defeated
Tereza Martincová, Shelby Rogers, former doubles partner and 26th seed Elise Mertens, and the previous week's Adelaide 2 champion and world no. 10
Belinda Bencic to reach her first-ever Australian Open quarterfinal. She then beat Donna Vekić to reach her fourth Grand Slam semifinal, and won her tenth consecutive match by beating
Magda Linette in the semifinal to make her first ever major final. In the final, she defeated reigning Wimbledon champion
Elena Rybakina in three sets to win her first major title. She became the second Belarusian to ever win a major singles title, and the first since Victoria Azarenka a decade earlier. After winning the title in Melbourne, Sabalenka rose back to No. 2 in the WTA rankings. In
Dubai, Sabalenka defeated
Lauren Davis and
Jeļena Ostapenko to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to the eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková in three sets. She then participated in
Indian Wells, where she defeated
Evgeniya Rodina and took revenge on Krejčíková for her last defeat in three sets. Then she beat Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari to reach her first Indian Wells final, where she lost to Elena Rybakina in a rematch of the 2023 Australian Open final. In
Miami, Sabalenka defeated
Shelby Rogers,
Marie Bouzková, and Krejčíková each in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by
Sorana Cîrstea. Sabalenka started her clay court season in
Stuttgart, where she defeated Krejčíková,
Paula Badosa, and
Anastasia Potapova to reach her fourth final of the year. In the final, a rematch of
last year's final, she was defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in straight sets for the second consecutive year. Sabalenka began her grass court season in
Berlin, defeating
Vera Zvonareva before losing to Veronika Kudermetova. Sabalenka next competed at
Wimbledon, where she reached her fourth straight major semifinal. Sabalenka defeated
Panna Udvardy,
Varvara Gracheva,
Anna Blinkova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, and
Madison Keys, before losing to Ons Jabeur, despite leading by a set and a break. Sabalenka became the 29th player to be ranked No. 1 in the world on the WTA Tour, and the second Belarusian, after Victoria Azarenka. She was also just the eighth female player to have been ranked No. 1 in the Open Era in both singles and doubles at some point in their careers. After the US Open, Sabalenka reached the quarterfinals of the
China Open, losing to Rybakina. At the
WTA Finals, she defeated Rybakina and Sakkari and lost to Pegula in the group stage. Sabalenka then lost in the semifinals to Świątek, who would go on to win the event. As a result, Świątek reclaimed the world No. 1 ranking and Sabalenka finished as year-end No. 2. In December, Sabalenka was named the ITF World Champion.
2024: Two major titles, year-end No. 1 In January, Sabalenka reached the final of the
Brisbane International, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals, before losing the championship match to
Elena Rybakina. Sabalenka won the
Australian Open without losing a set and became the first woman to successfully defend her title there since Victoria Azarenka in 2013. She defeated 12th seed Zheng Qinwen in the final, having overcome
Ella Seidel,
Brenda Fruhvirtová, 28th seed
Lesia Tsurenko, Amanda Anisimova, ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková and fourth seed
Coco Gauff in the earlier rounds. She reached the quarterfinals at
Stuttgart, where she was eliminated by Markéta Vondroušová. As the defending champion in
Madrid, she defeated Magda Linette,
Robin Montgomery,
Danielle Collins and Mirra Andreeva, before edging an epic three-set semifinal victory over world No. 4, Elena Rybakina. In total, she played four three-set matches to reach the final, dropping 60 games in the process, the most to reach the women's singles final in Madrid. In
Rome, she saved three match points in her fourth-round match against Elina Svitolina and endured a lower-back injury before defeating her opponent in three sets. In the quarterfinal, she earned her third WTA top-10 win of the year by defeating Jeļena Ostapenko. It was followed by a semifinal victory over
Danielle Collins, She entered the
French Open as the second seed, and defeated Erika Andreeva,
Moyuka Uchijima, Paula Badosa and 22nd seed Emma Navarro in straight sets. In the quarterfinal, she was hampered by stomach issues and lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets. With this loss, she fell in the WTA ranking to No. 3. Sabalenka suffered a right shoulder injury that forced her to retire during her quarterfinal match against
Anna Kalinskaya at the
Berlin Ladies Open in June and she withdrew from the
2024 Wimbledon Championships, having failed to recover in time to play. She won the
Cincinnati Open in August, with victories over Iga Świątek in the semifinals and
Jessica Pegula in the final. In September, Sabalenka won the
US Open, overcoming qualifier
Priscilla Hon,
Lucia Bronzetti, 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, former doubles partner Elise Mertens, Olympic champion and seventh seed Zheng Qinwen and 13th seed Emma Navarro, before defeating sixth seed Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final to claim her third major title. Sabalenka continued her great form at the
China Open in Beijing, where she defeated
Mananchaya Sawangkaew,
Ashlyn Krueger and Madison Keys all in straight sets to increase her winning streak to 15 matches. Sabalenka lost in the quarterfinals to Karolína Muchová in three sets. At the
Wuhan Open, where she won back-to-back in 2018 and 2019, before the tournament was suspended due to COVID-19 from 2020 until 2023, Sabalenka defeated Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets in her opening match. In the next round, she came back from a set down against
Yulia Putintseva to advance to the quarterfinals, where she defeated
Magdalena Fręch. Sabalenka faced fourth seed Coco Gauff in the semifinals, mounting a comeback from a set and a break down to the reach final for the third time. In the final, she defeated fifth seed Zheng Qinwen in three sets to lift her third Wuhan Open title and her second WTA 1000 for the 2024 season. After 11 months off the top in October, she regained the WTA world No.1 ranking. Following wins against Zheng Qinwen and Jasmine Paolini in her first two group matches at the
WTA Finals, combined with Świątek's loss to Coco Gauff, Sabalenka for the first time would finish the year as No. 1. Sabalenka lost her last group match to Elena Rybakina and was defeated by Gauff in the semifinals. In December, Sabalenka was named
WTA Player of the Year.
2025: US Open title, year-end No. 1 Sabalenka started 2025 by winning the
Brisbane International, defeating
Renata Zarazúa, Yulia Putintseva,
Marie Bouzková, and Mirra Andreeva to reach the final, where she came back from a set down against
Polina Kudermetova to claim the 18th singles title of her career. Sabalenka 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. In the second and third rounds, she defeated
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson, respectively, both matches ending in straight sets. 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. In the final, Sabalenka lost in three sets to Madison Keys, who won her first major title. At the
Qatar Ladies Open she lost in the first round to
Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. At the
Dubai Championships, Sabalenka defeated Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets. In the round of 16, she faced Clara Tauson, whom she played at the Australian Open earlier in the year After her loss in Dubai, Sabalenka played at
Indian Wells where she defeated
McCartney Kessler in straight sets. She then defeated Bronzetti and in the fourth round, Sabalenka took on lucky loser
Sonay Kartal and recorded again a straight set win. She advanced to the semifinals after defeating Liudmila Samsonova. Her next opponent was Madison Keys, who defeated her at the Australian Open earlier in the year, but this time Sabalenka took her revenge to reach the final, where she lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets. Sabalenka then played at the
Miami Open. In the second round, Sabalenka defeated
Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets to advance to the third round. Next Sabalenka faced
Elena-Gabriela Ruse and won the match as Ruse retired injured. In the fourth round, Sabalenka defeated defending champion Danielle Collins. She continued with straight-set victories over Qinwen Zheng and
Jasmine Paolini to reach the final. There, Sabalenka defeated Pegula in straight sets to claim her first Miami Open title. At the
Stuttgart Open Sabalenka was supposed to face
Anastasia Potapova but Potapova withdrew after winning her first match. Sabalenka defeated
Elise Mertens in the quarterfinals In the second round of the
Mutua Madrid Open, Sabalenka defeated
Anna Blinkova in straight sets. She came back from one set down against Elise Mertens to advance to the fourth round. Following straight sets victories over
Peyton Stearns and
Marta Kostyuk she advanced to the semifinals, where she defeated
Elina Svitolina to reach her fourth Madrid final. With her win over
Coco Gauff in the final, Sabalenka claimed her third Madrid Open title and became the third woman to surpass 11,000 points in the WTA ranking. In
Rome, Sabalenka won her second-round match against
Anastasia Potapova in straight sets. In the third round against
Sofia Kenin she came back from a set down to win. 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, where she lost to Zheng Qinwen. At the
French Open, Sabalenka defeated in straight sets
Kamilla Rakhimova,
Jil Teichmann,
Olga Danilović and
Amanda Anisimova to reach the quarterfinals where she faced Zheng Qinwen and avenged her Italian Open loss to this player. Sabalenka defeated the defending champion Iga Świątek in the semifinals and lost to Coco Gauff in the final. Sabalenka then played at the
Berlin Open. She won in straight sets in her second-round match against
Rebeka Masarova. In the quarterfinal, she faced
Elena Rybakina; Sabalenka came back from 2-6 down in the final-set tiebreak and saved 4 match points to defeat Rybakina and advance to the semifinal, where she lost to
Markéta Vondroušová in straight sets. After Berlin, Sabalenka played at the
Wimbledon Championship. Sabalenka beat
Carson Branstine,
Marie Bouzkova,
Emma Raducanu,
Elise Mertens, and
Laura Siegemund to advance to the semifinal. In the semifinal, Sabalenka lost to
Amanda Anisimova. Sabalenka withdrew from the
National Bank Open due to fatigue. Sabalenka then played at the
Cincinnati Open. Sabalenka played
Markéta Vondroušová in the second round, where she won in straight sets. In the third round, Sabalenka played
Emma Raducanu, and Sabalenka won in three sets. In the fourth round, Sabalenka defeated
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in straight set to advance to the quarterfinal where she faced
Elena Rybakina. Sabalenka lost to Rybakina in straight set in the quarterfinal. 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. Her quarterfinal opponent
Markéta Vondroušová withdrew with an injury, and Sabalenka received a walkover into the semifinal. 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. 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. Sabalenka withdrew from
Beijing due to injury. 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, and defeated
Liudmila Samsonova in straght set. Then, in the quarterfinal, Sabalenka defeated
Elena Rybakina in straight set to advance to the semifinal. Sabalenka lost to
Jessica Pegula in the semifinal, and ended her 20 matches winning streak in Wuhan. 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. In the semifinal, Sabalenka defeated Anisimova in three sets and advanced to the final where she took on
Elena Rybakina. In the final, Sabalenka lost to Rybakina in straight sets. At the conclusion of the 2025 season, Sabalenka finished as
year-end world no. 1 for the second consecutive time, and was also named
WTA Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. On 28 December 2025, Sabalenka (women's singles world No. 1) and
Nick Kyrgios (men's singles world No. 671) contested an exhibition match promoted as the
Battle of the Sexes at the
Coca-Cola Arena in
Dubai. The event was organized by their shared management agency, Evolve. The match was played as a three-set contest under modified rules: the dimensions of Sabalenka's side of the court were reduced by 9%, and both players were restricted to a single serve per point. In the event of a tie, a 10-point match tiebreak would have been played. According to Evolve, the court-size adjustment was intended to "reflect average movement-speed differences between men and women". Kyrgios defeated Sabalenka in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3.
Sorana Cîrstea,
Madison Keys, and
Karolína Muchová to reach the final, where she defeated
Marta Kostyuk. During her run in Brisbane, Sabalenka did not drop a set. At the
Australian Open, Sabalenka defeated
Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah,
Bai Zhuoxuan,
Anastasia Potapova, and
Victoria Mboko to reach her 13th consecutive major quarterfinal. She defeated
Iva Jovic in the quarterfinal and
Elina Svitolina in the semifinal, reaching her fourth consecutive Australian Open final and seventh consecutive hardcourt major final. Sabalenka was defeated by
Elena Rybakina in three sets in the final, in a rematch of their
2023 Australian Open and
2025 WTA Finals finals. Following the Australian Open, Sabalenka skipped the Middle East swing, missing the
Qatar Open and
Dubai Open for fatigue-related reasons. She returned to play at the
Indian Wells Open, where Sabalenka received a bye into the second round and eventually reached the final by defeating
Himeno Sakatsume,
Jaqueline Cristian,
Naomi Osaka,
Victoria Mboko, and
Linda Nosková. In the final, Sabalenka faced
Elena Rybakina in a rematch of their Australian Open final and the
2023 Indian Wells Open final. She defeated Rybakina in a third set tiebreak, saving one match point in the process. Sabalenka entered the
Miami Open as defending champion and received a bye into the second round. She then defeated
Ann Li,
Caty McNally,
Zheng Qinwen,
Hailey Baptiste, and
Elena Rybakina to reach the final. In the final, she defeated
Coco Gauff, winning her second consecutive Miami Open title and completing the
Sunshine Double. She became the first player since 2022 to achieve the Sunshine Double and the fifth woman overall to complete the Sunshine Double in singles. She also became the first player, male or female, to complete the achievement in both singles and doubles, having previously completed the Sunshine Double in doubles at the
2019 Miami Open. ==National representation==