Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka
Арына Сабаленка

Sabalenka at 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 Minsk, Belarus
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$223,905
Official website	arynasabalenka.com
Singles
Career record	108–63 (63.2%)
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 (37.2%)
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 (Belarusian: Арына Сяргееўна Сабаленка; 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)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Olympic Games (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Setting Indoor (0–0) Outdoor (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
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
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
$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
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
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
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
• Aryna Sabalenka at the Billie Jean King Cup