Aryna Sabalenka: Australian Open [2024 Update]

Aryna Sabalenka, originally Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka, is a Belarusian professional tennis player with 16 career titles in total; 10 in singles and 6 in doubles.

The 25 years old Belarusian beauty has won two Grand Slam doubles titles; the 2021 Australian Open and the 2019 U.S. Open.

As of September 2022, Aryna ranked No. 6 in singles and No. 328 in doubles.

On 23 August 2021, she achieved the career-high ranking of No. 2.

She won her first Grand Slam title by coming back to beat Elena Rybakina in the Australian Open women’s final on 28th January 2023, Saturday.

Relatively unknown Aryna rose to prominence after leading the Belarus Fed Cup team to a runner-up finish in 2017.

After that, she began gaining more success in WTA tours reaching four finals just in 2018.

The 1.82 meters tall Sabalenka has a big height advantage and has one of the best serves in the current tennis scene.

She began to play doubles regularly in 2019.

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Early Life, Education & More

Aryna Sabalenka was born Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka in Minsk, Belarus on 5 May 1998.

Her father, Sergey Sabalenka, was a hockey player. However, her mother’s information is unknown.

Aryna developed an interest in tennis as a kid when her father took her to the tennis court. She soon began training at the National Tennis Academy in Minsk.

A year after starting to train at the National Tennis Academy, the Belarusian Tennis Federation persuaded her to focus on competing in low-level professional events.

Sabalenka’s role models growing up were Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams.

Talking about her education, she attended the Belarusian State University and pursued a sports-related program.