Who is Aryna Sabalenka?
She is a Belarusian professional tennis player who has been a top-five player in both singles and doubles, having been ranked as high as World No. 2 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She has won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the 2019 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open, alongside Belgian Elise Mertens. She has a very aggressive style of play, often accumulating high numbers of winners and unforced errors.
Quick Facts
Titles | Description |
Real Name | Aryna Siarhiejeuna Sabalenka |
Nickname | Sabalenka |
Birth Place | Minsk, Belarus |
Date of Birth | 5th May 1998. |
Nationality | Belarusian |
Religion | Christianity |
Source of Income | Professional tennis player & Brand Endorsement. |
Age | 23 years. (As of 2021). |
Father’s name | Sergey Sabalenka |
Mother’s name | Not Known |
Star sign | Taurus |
Residence | Minsk, Belarus |
University | Belarusian State University |
Height | 6 feet 0 inches /182 Cm |
Weight | 80 Kg / 176.37 Lbs. |
Hair Color | Light Brown |
Eye Color | Hazel |
Body Measurement | 34-26-38 (Inches) |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Profession | Professional tennis player |
Become Professional | 2015 |
Playing Style | Right-handed (two-handed backhand). |
Career Records (Singles) | 262–132 (66.5% |
Career Titles (Singles) | 10 |
Career Highest ranking (singles) | No. 2 (23rd August 2021) |
Current ranking (Singles) | No. 2 (23rd August 2021) |
Grand Slam Results (Singles) | |
Australian Open | 4R (2021) |
French Open | 3R (2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | SF (2021) |
US Open | 4R (2018) |
Grand Slam Results (Doubles) | |
Career Records | 84–62 (57.5%) |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (22nd February 2021). |
Current ranking | No. 4 (9 August 2021) |
Australian Open | W (2021) |
French Open | SF (2019) |
Wimbledon | QF (2019) |
US Open | W (2019) |
Prize Money | $ 8,684,783 (Rs 64.35 Cr). |
Favourite Tennis player | Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. |
Coach | Anton Dubrov |
Endorsements | She has signed a deal with Nike for apparel and shoes since the start of her professional career. She is also endorsed by Wilson. |
Twitter/Aryna Sabalenka | |
Instagram/Aryna Sabalenka | |
FaceBook/Aryna Sabalenka | |
Net Worth | $ 2 million (Rs 14.82 Cr). |
Last Updated | October 2021. |
Early Life
She was born on 5th May 1998 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Her father Sergey who has been died in (2019) was a hockey player. In 2015, the Belarusian Tennis Federation persuaded her and her team to focus on playing low-level professional events instead of junior tournaments.
Career
She started playing on the ITF Women’s Circuit in 2012, even before she competed on the ITF Junior Circuit. Her first five tournaments were in her hometown of Minsk and spread out over two years, but she did not win a main draw match in any of them. The next season in October, she won her first two titles in back-to-back weeks in Antalya, both at the $10K (Rs 7.41 Lacs) level.
She also won a $25K (Rs 18.52 Lacs) title the last week of the year. This title ranked her in the top 300 of the WTA rankings for the first time at the start of 2016. That year, she made her Fed Cup debut in April, losing her only match. She also won her two biggest titles to date at the $50K (Rs 37.05 Lacs) level.
After playing relatively few WTA events in 2017, She utilized her higher ranking to play exclusively on the WTA Tour in 2018. She reached two quarterfinals to begin the year but lost her opening round match at the Australian Open to top-ranked Australian and world No. 18 Australian professional tennis player Ashleigh Barty.
She began the 2018 season by winning her third career WTA title at the Shenzhen Open, defeating American professional tennis player Alison Riske in the final in a tight three-set match. Due to rain delays in the earlier rounds, she needed to play both the semifinal and the final on the last day of the tournament. She lost to 17-year-old American professional tennis player Amanda Anisimova in straight sets at both the Australian Open and the French Open in the third and second rounds respectively.
Nonetheless, she made her top 10 debuts following the event. She fared worse at Wimbledon, losing her opening match to No. 139 retired Slovak professional tennis player Magdalena Rybarikova In between the Grand Slam tournaments, her best result was a semifinal loss to No. 8 Dutch former professional tennis player. Kiki Berten She entered 2021 on a nine-match winning streak and participated in her first tournament of the year at Abu Dhabi as the fourth seed.
She defeated Slovenian tennis player Polona Hercog in straight sets, coming back from a 5–2 deficit in the first set, and then defeated Croatian-born Australian professional tennis player. Ajla Tomljanovic and Ons Jabeur to reach the quarterfinals, similarly in straight sets. She defeated Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals, where she dropped her first set of the week, before defeating Greek professional tennis player Maria Sakkari in straight sets. In the final, She defeated first-time finalist Russian professional tennis player Veronika Kudermetova, in straight sets, losing just four games in total.
The run to the title at Abu Dhabi extended her winning streak to 15 matches and catapulted her to a new ranking of No. 7. Spanish professional tennis player Garbine Muguruza then came from a set and a break down to repeat her 2021 Doha victory over her to reach her third Dubai semifinal. Romanian professional tennis player Simona Halep started the 2020 WTA Tour at the new tournament in Adelaide, where she defeated Croatian-Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, but lost to her.
Career Stats
Grand Slam Doubles Career Stats
Social Media Portfolio
She has 26.1k followers on Twitter, 260k followers on Instagram & 16k followers on her Facebook page around the Globe as of October 2021.
How old is Sabalenka?
23 years. (As of 2021).
How tall is Sabalenka?
6 feet 0 inches /182 Cm.
What nationality is Sabalenka?
Belarusian.
Where is a Sabalenka from?
Minsk, Belarus.
What country is the female tennis player Sabalenka from?
Belarusian.
Aryna Sabalenka weight.
80 Kg / 176.37 Lbs.
Aryna Sabalenka ranking.
2
Aryna Sabalenka religion.
Christianity.