Aryna Sabalenka remains the player to beat on the WTA Tour after securing her third title of the season at the Miami Open.
Sabalenka proclaimed she hates losing after beating Coco Gauff in their Miami final, triumphing 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 after two hours and nine minutes.
Gauff managed to take a set from Sabalenka in a rare feat this season, where the Belarusian is now 23-1 from her four tournaments.
Sabalenka has reached the final on all four occasions, winning three and losing the other to Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open.
But she exacted revenge en route to winning the Indian Wells and the Miami Open titles, taking her career tally to 24, although remarkably none of those has arrived on grass.
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Aryna Sabalenka has 24 WTA titles, but none on grass
Sabalenka clinched titles number 23 and 24 this month, both of which arrived on hard courts, continuing her success on the surface.
And it’s typical of her career efforts, with the 27-year-old now boasting 21 WTA titles on hard courts.
Unlike Gauff’s superb hard-court final record, Sabalenka has also lost 10 finals on the surface, along with 10 on the other two surfaces combined.
Her clay-court final record stands at 3-8, with the Belarusian having been unable to achieve glory from her two grass-court finals.
She’s reached eight Grand Slam finals throughout her glittering career, winning four, with all but one having come on hard courts, and the other on clay.
Intriguingly, however, Sabalenka has tasted success on grass courts, claiming the 2021 Berlin doubles title with Victoria Azarenka.
But there has been no repeat of those efforts in her fantastic singles career, which is a record that she should be desperate to fix this season.
| Tournament | Surface |
| Connecticut Open | Hard |
| Wuhan Open | Hard |
| Shenzhen Open | Hard |
| Wuhan Open | Hard |
| WTA Elite Trophy | Hard |
| Qatar Open | Hard |
| Ostrava Open | Hard |
| Linz Open | Hard |
| Abu Dhabi Open | Hard |
| Madrid Open | Clay |
| Adelaide International | Hard |
| Australian Open | Hard |
| Madrid Open | Clay |
| Australian Open | Hard |
| Cincinnati Open | Hard |
| US Open | Hard |
| Wuhan Open | Hard |
| Brisbane International | Hard |
| Miami Open | Hard |
| Madrid Open | Clay |
| US Open | Hard |
| Brisbane International | Hard |
| Indian Wells | Hard |
| Miami Open | Hard |
What is Aryna Sabalenka’s Wimbledon record?
With Sabalenka’s latest successful run, she will unsurprisingly retain her spot at the very top of the WTA rankings.
And that is a record that doesn’t look like coming to an end anytime soon, although her rivals should be plotting the closing of that gap when the grass-court swing arrives given her record on the surface.
First up, however, 10 tournaments comprise the clay-court swing, which is then followed by seven grass-court events.
The former concludes with the French Open in Paris, with the latter finishing with Wimbledon in London.
World number one Sabalenka has reached the finals of the Australian Open, French Open and the US Open, but she has never made it beyond the Wimbledon semifinals.
- 2017: Second round
- 2018: First round
- 2019: First round
- 2021: Semifinal
- 2023: Semifinal
- 2025: Semifinal
She has attempted success at the All England Club on six occasions, but a final has thus far remained elusive, although she has reached three successive semifinals.
Given her 1-0 doubles finals record on grass, compared to 0-2 from singles, perhaps a rare venture into the former is on the cards for the Belarusian this summer.
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