Aryna Sabalenka is a professional tennis player from Belarus who has been ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles by the Women’s Tennis Association. Aryna has won two major singles titles at the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024, and two major doubles titles at the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open. She has claimed 21 titles in her career, 15 in singles and six in doubles.
Sabalenka finished 2018 and 2019 ranked No. 11 in the world in singles. In 2021, after reaching two major semifinals, she rose to No. 2 in the rankings. Aryna bounced back in 2023, won the Australian Open, reached the semifinals at all four major tournaments, finished as the runner-up at the US Open, and became the world No. 1. She was also named the ITF World Champion that year.
Aryna started playing regularly in doubles in 2019 and won the Indian Wells and Miami Opens in March, completing the Sunshine Double. Then she won the US Open doubles title and qualified for the WTA Finals. After winning the Australian Open doubles title in 2021, she became the world No. 1 in doubles. 1imdb
Aryna Sabalenka Bio
Arina Sergeevna Sobolenko was born on May 5, 1998, in Minsk, Belarus and she is 26 years old as of 2024. She is a Belarusian player who believes in the Christian religion. Her height is 6 feet. 2imdb
Aryna Sabalenka Education
Aryna Sabalenka has studied at the Belarusian State University in a sports-related program. In 2014, she started training at the National Tennis Academy in Minsk. In 2015, the Belarusian Tennis Federation encouraged her to focus on professional tournaments instead of junior events, even though she was still young enough to play in junior competitions.
Aryna Sabalenka Parents
Aryna’s father Sergey, who passed away in 2019, was an ice hockey player. She started playing tennis by chance when her dad noticed some tennis courts while driving and took her there. She enjoyed it, and that’s how her tennis journey began.
“One day, my dad was just driving me somewhere in the car, and on the way he saw tennis courts. So he took me to the courts. I liked it and enjoyed it and that’s how it was. That’s how it started.” 3essetiallysports
Aryna Sabalenka Husband & Boyfriend
Sabalenka’s tattoo on her left arm has earned her the nickname “The Tiger”, which she has used to refer to herself. Aryna was in a relationship with Konstantin Koltsov from 2019, who died of apparent suicide in March 2024. Sabalenka later confirmed that the couple were separated at the time of his death. Aryna is unmarried as she has no husband.
Aryna Sabalenka’s Career Journey
Aryna started her professional tennis career on the ITF Women’s Circuit in 2012, before even competing in junior tournaments. She achieved her first professional win in 2014 in Istanbul and went on to win her first title in 2015 in Antalya. These early successes helped her break into the top 300 of the WTA rankings by early 2016. That same year, she made her Fed Cup debut and won two $50k titles reached the top 200, and ended the year ranked No. 137.
In 2017, Sabalenka had a significant year, starting with a strong performance in the Fed Cup. She made her WTA Tour main draw debut in Dubai and won her first WTA Tour match at Wimbledon. She reached her first WTA semifinal in Tashkent and then her first WTA final in Tianjin, where she lost to Maria Sharapova. Despite a Fed Cup final loss to the United States, she finished the year ranked No. 73 after winning the Mumbai Open.
In 2018, Sabalenka exclusively played WTA events, reaching the quarterfinals in her first two tournaments and winning her first Premier-level title at the Connecticut Open. Her breakthrough season included a fourth-round appearance at the US Open, where she was the only player to win a set against the eventual champion, Naomi Osaka. Sabalenka finished the year by winning the Premier 5 title in Wuhan, ending the season ranked just outside the top 10.
The following years saw Sabalenka solidify her place among the top players. In 2019, she reached the top 10 in singles and the top 2 in doubles. She won her first Grand Slam title in doubles at the US Open with Elise Mertens. In 2021, she reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and the US Open and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles.
In 2022, Sabalenka continued to face challenges but maintained her position as a top player, reaching finals in several tournaments and continuing to compete at the highest level in both singles and doubles.
Sabalenka injured her right shoulder during her quarterfinal match at the 2024 Berlin Ladies Open in June. Due to the injury, she had to withdraw from the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, as she couldn’t recover in time. 4wikipedia
Aryna Sabalenka Net Worth
Aryna has been sponsored by Nike and she also has an exclusive sponsorship deal with Wilson. Her net worth is estimated at 10 million US dollars. She has earned $10,478,895 in prize money from professional tennis, including about $1 million from this year’s matches. 5tennisworldusa
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