Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka predict the same WTA player is going to break into the top 10 this year

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Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur will both be planning big 2025 seasons, having endured varying degrees of success in 2024.

Sabalenka finished 2024 as world number one after winning four titles, including the Australian Open and US Open.

Conversely, Jabeur ended her 2024 season early, with the Tunisian having been hampered by a shoulder injury.

But both WTA stars returned for the 2025 season at the same tournament, having played at the Brisbane International in Australia.

Again, they had different outcomes, with Jabeur falling in the quarter-finals as Sabalenka lifted the trophy.

Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur make Mirra Andreeva prediction

The Belarusian will deservedly dominate the headlines falling her win ahead of the Australian Open, but another player also really caught the eye.

Mirra Andreeva fell to Sabalenka in the semi-finals, but the 17-year-old did manage to win the doubles alongside Diana Shnaider.

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And having been asked by the WTA which player will break into the WTA top 10 in 2025, both Sabalenka and Jabeur opted to pick Andreeva, who is 16th in the rankings.

Both Emma Navarro and Paula Badosa meanwhile went for her doubles partner Shnaider, who currently occupies 13th place.

Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider win Brisbane International ahead of Australian Open

Andreeva and Shnaider have clinched their first tour-level doubles title with the Brisbane International success, having secured the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics last summer.

They overcame Anna Kalinskaya and Priscilla Hon 7-6(6), 7-5 in Australia as Sabalenka beat Polina Kudermetova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the singles event.

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Andreeva should head into the Australian Open full of confidence, with the Russian teenager having really impressed a couple of her fellow professionals.

She reached her career-high ranking of 16th in 2024, and is the only teenager currently in the WTA top 100.

Shnaider meanwhile, who is 20, won a hugely impressive four titles last time out, with both players now set to take on the Adelaide International.

The WTA 500 event gets underway this week, quickly followed by the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season.