Sunday, November 09, 2025

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*WEEK 46 CHAMPIONS*
WTA FINALS (Riyadh, KSA; Hard Court Indoor)
S: Elena Rybakina/KAZ def. Aryna Sabalenka/BLR 6-3/7-6(0)
D: Veronika Kudermetova/Elise Mertens (RUS/BEL) def. Timea Babos/Luisa Stefani (HUN/BRA) 7-6(4)/6-1
Austin (TX), USA (WTA 125; Hard Court Outdoor)
S: Renata Zarazua/MEX def. Marina Stakusic/CAN 6-4/3-6/6-3
D: Maria Kozyreva/Iryna Shymanovich (RUS/BLR) def. Carmen Corley/Ivana Corley (USA/USA) 6-3/7-6(4)
San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina (WTA 125; Red Clay Outdoor)
S: Oleksandra Oliynykova/UKR def. Mayar Sherif/EGY 3-6/6-2/6-2
D: Lian Tran/Anastasia Zolotareva (NED/RUS) def. Alicia Herrero Linana/Valeriya Strakhova (ESP/UKR) 2-6/6-1 [10-6]




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At the start of her final event leading into the WTA Finals, Elena Rybakina still hadn't yet managed to qualify for the eight-player field. Ah, but once she arrived in Riyadh...



PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Elena Rybakina/KAZ
...clearly, as Rybakina proved over the final weeks of the '25 season, there is much to be said for having something to play for down the stretch. A few weeks ago, the Kazakh was on the outside looking in at the WTAF field, and needed her QF-W-SF finish (8-1 after losing in the Beijing 3rd Rd., when her chances for Riyadh participation looked slim) to rise from her #9 position heading into her final pre-WTAF tournament.

After a season of near-misses and crushing late-stage losses, her final, fine-tuning surge allowed Rybakina to fully and clearly answer (in "essay form," if writing a winning story with her racket counts as the equivalent) any of the questions about her mettle that may have cropped up over the course of the year. After never having advanced out of round robin play in her two previous WTAF appearances, Rybakina went undefeated over her five matches this time around to claim her biggest title since her '22 Wimbledon romp.

Along the way, Rybakina out-hit, out-tussled and out-thought everyone put in her path, proving all over again that -- maybe more than any player on tour -- when she's in top form her game can strangle the life out of that of anyone she faces. After dominating Amanda Anisimova (the lone poor performance of her WTAF debut run) in her round robin opener, Rybakina destroyed Iga Swiatek after dropping the opening set vs. the player against whom she'd been 0-4 in '25 -- sweeping through the 2nd/3rd sets at 6-1/6-0 -- and handled alternate Ekaterina Alexandrova in straights.

After losing the 1st vs. Jessie Pegula in the SF, Rybakina again course-corrected and came back stronger to handily win the final two sets (w/ the help of 15 aces), then outpunched Aryna Sabalenka in a tight 2nd set battle in the final, finally putting down the world #1 win in a love TB (yes, Rybakina defeated *Sabalenka* 7-0 in a TB) to notch her eighth career #1 victory (behind only Venus amongst active women) with a straight sets win to claim the title.

The Kazakh won her last eleven matches of the season (though, again, that run is *not* an official 11-match winning streak... not that Tennis Channel, others and their ilk don't try to claim it as such).

Rybakina will finish the WTA year at #5, her third straight Top 6 season.


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RISER: Amanda Anisimova/USA
...Anisimova didn't win her maiden major crown in '25, but she arguably had the overall best season amongst the four Top 10-ranking Bannerettes, two (Gauff and Keys) of which claimed half of the season's slam titles while another won titles on all three surfaces (Pegula).

Anisimova, already with slam finals in London and New York and two 1000 wins, after a slow start, eventually added a SF run in her WTAF debut appearance to the mix. She posted wins on the week over two '25 slam winners in Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek, the latter her second straight win over the Pole since losing to her love & love in the Wimbledon final. Ten of her eighteen career Top 10 wins came this season alone.

Anisimova ultimately lost a momentum-shifting three-set semi vs. Aryna Sabalenka, but will maintain her Top 4 ranking to end a star-making campaign.


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VETERAN: Jessie Pegula/USA
...Pegula didn't win her first major title in '25, nor reach her second slam final (she followed up her '24 U.S. final w/ a SF, still her best result in a major this season), but she reached six finals (a career high), and won three titles (ditto) on three surfaces (the only player on tour to do it) in her second 50-win season in three years.

In Riyadh, her round robin opener victory over Coco Gauff set back the WTAF defending champ enough that she never really recovered, then her SF berth-climbing RR closer over Jasmine Paolini (after having taken Aryna Sabalenka to three sets in match #2) allowed her to advance out of RR play for the second time in three years ('23 RU). In the semis, Pegula proved to be the last player to take a set from eventual champion Elena Rybakina in a three-set loss.

Her season win total (53) proved to be the most by a 30+ year old U.S. woman since Serena Williams a decade ago.


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DOWN: Sara Errani/Jasmine Paolini, ITA/ITA
...the Italian pair had a memorable season, but it didn't end with a victory lap in the KSA.

Errani & Paolini came into Riyadh as the leading duo in the 2025 points race, having won a major (RG), led the tour in 1000 titles (3) and tied for the most titles (4, w/ Babos/Stefani) by a team. But the top seeds couldn't escape the round robin, dropping their final two matches to Hsieh/Ostapenko and, in a head-to-head battle for a SF berth, V.Kudermetova/Mertens.

Paolini, already eliminated in singles, still had to play out the string a day later. A loss to Jessie Pegula dropped her to 0-3 in singles on the week, and 1-5 overall.
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JUNIOR STARS: USA Junior BJK Cup team
...the collective U.S. women's contingent have posted some remarkable numbers over the course of the '25 season, including winning half the singles majors and filling half the eight slots in slam finals. The Bannerettes continue to collect junior team honors, as well.

The Junior BJK Cup (16s) competition was held this past week in Santiago, Chile, and the final result proved to be a familiar one as the U.S. girls claimed their fourth straight title, and seventh in the last eight (#10 overall).

Both Kristina Penickova and Julieta Pareja went 6-0 each in singles in round robin and knock-out play, while Kristina teamed with sister Annika to also go 3-0 in doubles in RR action, as well.

After a 2-0 SF win over the Czechs, the junior Bannerettes repeated the shutout scoreline in the final vs. France, which has been led to its first final since 2005 by Ksenia Efremova (5-0 until a loss to Pareja, who was also a member of the '24 title-winning squad).



More like back-to-back-to-back-to-back, actually.
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DOUBLES: Veronika Kudermetova/Elise Mertens, RUS/BEL
...Kudermetova & Mertens weren't top of mind when the round robin began in Riyadh, but they turned out to be the last team standing when all was said and done, recovering from a first match loss (via MTB) to Hsieh/Ostapenko to go on to win four straight matches en route to the title.

The run included wins over the top two seeded teams, vs. #1 Errani/Paolini to win a head-to-head battle for a SF slot, then #2 Siniakova/Townsend in the following match, saving a MP in a 2nd set TB and then winning a MTB, to reach the final. Babos/Stefani proved to be the final hurdle to clear, and the pair's 7-6(4)/6-1 victory gave Kudermetova/Mertens their second WTAF title in four years (yee-haw! -- along with the 2022 win in the oddly-placed season-ending championships in Fort Worth).

This win on indoor hard court is just the second tour title run this season by the pair. They claimed their first major title together on grass at Wimbledon, but were RU in the back-to-back clay court 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome.


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=ROUND ROBIN=




1. WTAF RR Day 3 - Elena Rybakina def. Iga Swiatek
...3-6/6-1/6-0. Rybakina did the most late-season heavy-lifting just to make it to Riyadh, while Swiatek questioned the length and requirements of the WTA's eleven-month season schedule. Both handily won their opening round robin matches, then faced off in a contest that would essentially determine the path of both in the event.

With Swiatek holding a 4-0 edge in '25 over the Kazakh, she claimed the 1st set behind an early break of Rybakina's serve and a 90% first serve win percentage on her own. And then *everything* suddenly changed.

From there forward, the match pretty much turned into a curb stomp to victory for Rybakina, who never lost her serve again after dropping that early opening set game and forcefully drove Swiatek out of contention in the match over the last two sets. She dropped just one total game in the 2nd and 3rd combined, playing to Swiatek's forehand (ballooning her UE total) and serving her way to the win. Rybakina's ace on MP was the fitting finale, and marked the beginning of the end of Swiatek's Riyadh journey.


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2. WTAF RR Day 3 - Amanda Anisimova def. Madison Keys
...4-6/6-3/6-2. Though she managed to win her maiden major title at the Australian Open at the start of the year, or maybe *because* she did, Keys still found a way to have the "most Madison Keys type of season" as she possibly could (i.e. putting up a couple very big results amidst a bevy of disappointing ones, ending her year with a better standing than it *feels* like she should have, largely because her best results came so long ago).

Keys began the season with an 18-1 burst, which included a title run in Melbourne as "new Maddi" ruled the courts. She went 19-14 the rest of the year, and ended the season on a four-match losing streak. This turned out to be Keys' final match of 2025, as she withdrew due to illness (she was feeling it vs. Anisimova, not wanting to shake hands after the match for fear she might pass the germs along) before her final round robin match. She was replaced by Race #10 Ekaterina Alexandrova, who replaced #9 Mirra Andreeva when the Russian, too, wasn't feeling well/fit enough and took her name off the singles alternate list.

In an unintentionally hilarious moment, Andreeva bumped elbows with Luisa Stefani following her doubles match to avoid passing along any illness, but then hugged Timea Babos just seconds later.


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3. WTAF RR Day 5 - Amanda Anisimova def. Iga Swiatek
...6-7(3)/6-4/6-2. Anisimova gets a final dose of revenge against Swiatek, defeating her for the second time in two meetings since losing love & love to the Pole in this summer's Wimbledon final, sending herself into the SF in her debut WTAF appearance.



Meanwhile, Swiatek's '25 campaign ended up being a fine one after what had been a sometimes-troubling clay court season, but after a few weeks ago still being involved in the season-ending #1 conversation, her WTA Finals performance recalled many of the things that troubled her during the season's opening half.

After a dominating first RR win, Swiatek went 0-2 vs. Elena Rybakina and Anisimova, against whom she'd been a combined 5-1 this season, as she failed to advance to the semifinals. Iga won the opening set in both defeats (the first time she's ever lost consecutive matches from a set up), but won just seven total games in the four sets that followed over the two contests, being hit off the court with no real answer to Rybakina's power, then gradually ceding control of the match to Anisimova, whose play got better and better as the match wore on (seizing the momentum at 4-4 in the 2nd) in what was a "playoff" for the group's last remaining SF berth.

Swiatek ends up dropping three of her final four tour-level matches of the year, including her *third* love 3rd set (vs.Rybakina) loss in '25. She lost 12 of the last 13 games vs. Rybakina, and 8 of the last 10 vs. Anisimova.

Swiatek's season is not yet *complete*, though, as she's still set to lead the Polish BJK Cup team in the upcoming week's Playoff round in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland (in a round robin format vs. Romania and New Zealand, with the winner reaching the '26 Qualifiers).
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4. WTAF RR Day 6 - Aryna Sabalenka def. Coco Gauff
...7-6(5)/6-2. With her advancement to the SF a long shot, but still *possible*, WTAF defending champ Gauff opened well vs. Sabalenka. She led 5-3, but was forced to a 1st set TB, which she led 4-2. But Sabalenka's near perfection in breakers in '25 led the world #1 to yet another win, which seemed to take the remaining wind out of Gauff's sails.

Sabalanka served up 4-1, 40/love, but slipped and dropped five straight points to Gauff, who got the break and a (slight) breath of life. It didn't last long, as she lost her serve a game later en route to her '25 campaign coming to a quiet close.
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5. WTAF RR Day 6 - Timea Babos/Luis Stefani def. Gaby Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe
...2-6/7-5 [10-5]. On the final day of round robin play, Babos/Stefani eliminate the defending champions, meaning neither the singles (Gauff) nor doubles WTAF winners in 2024 managed to reach the semis in their title defense.

Andreeva's "team decision" to skip Tokyo, effectively ceding the final WTAF singles berth to Elena Rybakina if she could pull her weight in the event (she did), meant she didn't have to experience the sort of 0-3 round robin week that her recent play seemed to signal was in the cards for her in Riyadh.

Ultimately, the teenager *did* go 0-3, through, only in doubles alongside Shnaider.
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=SF/F=




1. WTAF Final - Elena Rybakina def. Aryna Sabalenka
...6-3/7-6(0). Rybakina's clutch gene decided to stick around this 4Q until the very end, concluding with one of the more remarkable single in-match performances we saw all season long.

While the Kazakh's ability to push back Sabalenka all day were impressive, from cruising to a 1st set win after saving two BP one game after she'd taken a break lead at 4-2, then after being denied two BP chances at 4-4 in the 2nd she saved a pair of SP a game later to get the set into a tie-break.

And it was there that her final push was maybe the most memorable of all, as she managed to keep out-hitting Sabalenka and win a *7-0* TB to finish off her season-closing title run.

Remember, this is the same Sabalenka who has been positively peerless when it's come to winning tie-breaks in 2025, winning an Open era record 22 this season, including 19 straight at one point. The TB shutout was the first of Sabalenka's career.



The loss ends what was an incredibly good season for Sabalenka, who finishes as the season-ending #1 for a second straight year. But, if for a few would-be W's that became L's, she *might* have had a campaign that was truly historic. She won more prize money (just over $15m) than any WTA player ever, but despite reaching three major finals, another slam SF, and the WTAF title match (going 27-4 in the biggest five events on the schedule), she won just *one* (U.S. Open) of them.
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2. WTAF SF - Veronika Kudermetova/Elise Mertens def. Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend
...4-6/7-6(6) [10-6]. With #1 Errani/Paolini ousted in the previous SF match on Friday, the door seemed to be the open for the #2 seeds to seize control of the competition in Riyadh. Hmmm, not so fast.

Siniakova & Townsend got within a single point of reaching the final, holding a MP at 6-5 in the 2nd set TB, only to see Kudermetova/Mertens steal an 8-6 breaker victory, then take the immediate deciding MTB that followed to slip into the title match.


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3. WTAF Final - Veronika Kudermetova/Elise Mertens def. Timea Babos/Luisa Stefani
...7-6(4)/6-1. Doubles can be a gloriously odd bird in the tennis world, with relationships being both longlasting, brilliant, loving and/or contentious. And maybe sometimes all that if they last long enough.

In the case of Babos and Stefani, it was a pairing this year that was almost coincidental, then ultimately super successful (as in four titles, the first in their maiden tournament, and then this WTAF final appearance) and with seemingly room to become even better. But it's a partnership that will apparently also be only temporary, as Babos announced after what could their final match that they likely won't play together next year because she's planning on playing only an abbreviated season before what looks like will be a final farewell.



Their Riyadh run included a MTB loss to open the week (vs. Siniakova/Townsend), but soon included wins over Andreeva/Shnaider (in a MTB) and defending champs Dabrowski/Routliffe. A SF win over the the RR-dominant Hsieh/Ostapenko team pushed Babos into her fourth career WTAF final (she won three straigh from 2017-19, with Andrea Hlavackova and Kristina Mladenovic) and Stefani into her first. Before the loss in the final, the Hungarian had sported an Osaka-like 7-0 record in SF/F at the event in her career.
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HM- $15K Solarino ITA Final - Victoria Pohle/Julia Stusek def. Meshkatolzahra Safi/Vivien Sandberg
...7-5/6-2. A noteworthy result on the challenger circuit in Italy, as Germany's growing crop of young talent adds two more first-time pro title winners in 18-year old Pohle and 17-year old Stusek. Stusek, in particular, is an interesting subject, as both her parents are Czech, including a mother (Petra Holubova, who ranked as high as #132) who was a former WTA player. Stusek is a two-time junior slam doubles finalist ('24 AO/US), and in this same event also reached the singles semis (her fourth such result in '25).

In the 2nd Round, Stusek defeated Safi, who you may remember from a few years ago in 2022 when she became the first Iranian player (a junior at the time) to win a match in grand slam play, and the first to reach the junior Top 100. She played in the AO girls' singles (reaching the 2r) and doubles, and RG girls' singles that season. Safi, now 21, won her maiden pro title (WD) in a $15K this past June.
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When it comes to tennis, the "easy" things are always the most difficult.


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Meanwhile, umm... nope.






Fixed it...




One more time: Rybakina won (or was "undefeated") her last eleven matches of the year, but the run is not a "winning streak," per se, nor does she actually have "eleven straight wins" since she gave an opponent a walkover (aka a "forfeit") after the sixth victory, once she reached the Tokyo SF and needed to do no more to reach the WTAF ("official reason" for withdrawal: back injury).

I'm sure this will be revisited early in 2026.

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Something more that the "Numbers Guy" can appreciate...




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=WTA CHAMPIONSHIP/WTAF WS FINALS=
1972 Chris Evert d. Kerry Reid
1973 Chris Evert d.Nancy Richey
1974 Evonne Goolagong d. Chris Evert
1975 Chris Evert d. Martina Navratilova
1976 Evonne Goolagong d. Chris Evert
1977 Chris Evert d. Sue Barker
1978 Martina Navratilova d. Evonne Goolagong
1979 Martina Navratilova d. Tracy Austin
1980 Tracy Austin d. Martina Navratilova
1981 Martina Navratilova d. Andrea Jaeger
1982 Sylvia Hanika d. Martina Navratilova
1983 Martina Navratilova d. Chris Evert-Lloyd
1984 Martina Navratilova d. Chris Evert-Lloyd
1985 Martina Navratilova d. Helena Sukova
1986a Martina Navratilova d. Hana Mandlikova
1986b Martina Navratilova d. Steffi Graf
1987 Steffi Graf d. Gabriela Sabatini
1988 Gabriela Sabatini d. Pam Shriver
1989 Steffi Graf d. Martina Navratilova
1990 Monica Seles d. Gabriela Sabatini
1991 Monica Seles d. Martina Navratilova
1992 Monica Seles d. Martina Navratilova
1993 Steffi Graf d. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1994 Gabriela Sabatini d. Lindsay Davenport
1995 Steffi Graf d. Anke Huber
1996 Steffi Graf d. Martina Hingis
1997 Jana Novotna d. Mary Pierce
1998 Martina Hingis d. Lindsay Davenport
1999 Lindsay Davenport d. Martina Hingis
2000 Martina Hingis d. Monica Seles
2001 Serena Williams w/o Lindsay Davenport
2002 Kim Clijsters d. Serena Williams
2003 Kim Clijsters d. Amelie Mauresmo
2004 Maria Sharapova d. Serena Williams
2005 Amelie Mauresmo d. Mary Pierce
2006 Justine Henin-Hardenne d. Amelie Mauresmo
2007 Justine Henin d. Maria Sharapova
2008 Venus Williams d. Vera Zvonareva
2009 Serena Williams d. Venus Williams
2010 Kim Clijsters d. Caroline Wozniacki
2011 Petra Kvitova d. Victoria Azarenka
2012 Serena Williams d. Maria Sharapova
2013 Serena Williams d. Li Na
2014 Serena Williams d. Simona Halelp
2015 Aga Radwanska d. Petra Kvitova
2016 Dominika Cibulkova d. Angelique Kerber
2017 Caroline Wozniacki d. Venus Williams
2018 Elina Svitolina d. Sloane Stephens
2019 Ash Barty d. Elina Svitolina
2021 Garbine Muguruza d. Anett Kontaveit
2022 Caroline Garcia d. Aryna Sabalenka
2023 Iga Swiatek d. Jessie Pegula
2024 Coco Gauff d. Zheng Qinwen
2025 Elena Rybakina d. Aryna Sabalenka

*2025 WTAF FIELD - CAREER W/L*
#1 Sabalenka (12-9)
#2 Swiatek (12-6)
#3 Gauff (7-8)
#4 Anisimova (2-2)
#5 Pegula (6-8)
#6 Rybakina (7-4)
#7 Keys (1-4)
#8 Paolini (1-5)
#10 Alexandrova (0-1)
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DNP: #9 Andreeva

=WTA CHAMPIONSHIP/WTAF WD CHAMPIONS=
1973 Rosie Casals / Margaret Court
1974 Billie Jean King / Rosie Casals
1975 Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
1976 Billie Jean King / Betty Stove
1977 Martina Navratilova / Betty Stove
1978 Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1979 Francoise Durr / Betty Stove
1980 Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1981 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1982 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1983 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1984 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1985 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1986a Hana Mandlikova / Wendy Turnbull
1986b Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1987 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1988 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1989 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1990 Kathy Jordan / Liz Smylie
1991 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
1992 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario / Helena Sukova
1993 Gigi Fernandez / Natalia Zvereva
1994 Gigi Fernandez / Natalia Zvereva
1995 Jana Novotna / Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1996 Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez
1997 Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotna
1998 Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva
1999 Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
2000 Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
2001 Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
2002 Elena Dementieva / Janette Husarova
2003 Virginia Ruano-Pascual / Paola Suarez
2004 Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy
2005 Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2006 Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
2007 Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2008 Cara Black / Liezel Huber
2009 Nuria Llagostera-Vives / Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez
2010 Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta
2011 Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
2012 Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova
2013 Hsieh Su-Wei / Peng Shuai
2014 Cara Black / Sania Mirza
2015 Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
2016 Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
2017 Timea Babos / Andrea Hlavackova
2018 Timea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
2019 Timea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic
2021 Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova
2022 Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens
2023 Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
2024 Gaby Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe
2025 Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens

=MOST WTA CHAMPIONSHIP/WTAF WD TITLES=
11 - Martina Navratilova
10 - Pam Shriver
4 - Lisa Raymond
3 - Timea Babos*
3 - Cara Black
3 - Lindsay Davenport
3 - Martina Hingis
3 - Liebel Huber
3 - Natasha Zvereva
2 - Margaret Court
2 - Gigi Fernandez
2 - Anna Kournikova
2 - Veronika Kudermetova*
2 - Elise Mertens*
2 - Sania Mirza
2 - Kristina Mladenovic*
2 - Jana Novotna
2 - Nadia Petrova
2 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
2 - Samantha Stosur
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*-active

*MOST 2025 WTA SINGLES TITLES*
4 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR = 1 GS, 2 1000, 1 500
3 - Jessie Pegula, USA = 2 500, 1 250
3 - ELENA RYBAKINA, KAZ = WTAF, 2 500
3 - Iga Swiatek, POL = 1 GS, 1 1000, 1 500
[2020-25]
25 - 1/2/8/6/5/3 = Iga Swiatek
16 - 3/2/0/3/4/4 = Aryna Sabalenka
10 - 0/1/0/4/3/2 = Coco Gauff
10 - 1/0/1/2/3/3 = ELENA RYBAKINA
8 - 1/5/2 = Ash Barty (ret.)
8 - 0/3/2/2/1/0 = Barbora Krejcikova
8 - 0/0/1/2/2/3 = Jessie Pegula

*MOST WTA FINALS in 2025*
9 - ARYNA SABALENKA (4-5)
6 - Jessie Pegula (3-3)
5 - Amanda Anisimova (2-3)
4 - Iga Swiatek (3-1)
4 - Coco Gauff (2-2)
4 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (1-3)
3 - ELENA RYBAKINA (3-0)
3 - McCartney Kessler (2-1)
3 - Elise Mertens (2-1)
3 - Ann Li (1-2)
3 - Linda Noskova (0-3)
[2020-25]
31 - 3/3/3/6/7/9 = SABALENKA (16-15)
29 - 1/2/9/8/5/4 = Swiatek (25-4)
20 - 5/0/3/4/5/3 = RYBAKINA (10-10)
18 - 1/0/2/5/4/6 = Pegula (8-10)
14 - 0/4/2/2/6/0 = Kasatkina (6-8)
13 - 0/1/1/4/3/4 - Gauff (10-3)

*MOST 2020-2025 WTA MATCHUPS IN FINALS*
5...Sabalenka vs. Swiatek - 2022,23,24 = Swiatek 4-1
4...RYBAKINA vs. SABALENKA - 2023,24,25 = Rybakina 3-1
3...Gauff vs. Sabalenka - 2023,25 = Gauff 2-1
3...Pegula vs. Sabalenka - 2024,25 = Sabalenka 3-0
3...Pegula vs. Swiatek - 2023,25 = Swiatek 2-1

*MOST TOP 10 WINS IN 2025; ()-#1 wins*
15 - Sabalenka
11 - Rybakina(2)
10 - Anisimova(1), Gauff(1)
9 - Swiatek
6 - M.Andreeva(1)
5 - Alexandrova(1), Keys(1), Noskova, Paolini, Pegula
[most Top 10 wins in event]
5 - Rybakina (WTAF)
4 - Sabalenka (WTAF)
3 - M.Andreeva (IW)
3 - Keys (AO)
3 - Sabalenka (Miami)
[most '25 events w/ mult. Top 10 wins]
4 - Gauff (Madrid-Rome-RG-Wuhan)
4 - Sabalenka (Miami-RG-US-WTAF)
3 - Anisimova (London-Beijing-WTAF)
3 - Rybakina (Cincinnati-Ningbo-WTAF)

*CAREER WTA #1 WINS active*
15 - Venus Williams, USA
8 - ELENA RYBAKINA, KAZ
7 - Elina Svitolina, UKR
5 - Jessie Pegula, USA
5 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
[2020-25 overall]
8 - ELENA RYBKINA, KAZ
5 - Jessie Pegula, USA
4 - Coco Gauff, USA
4 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
2 - Ekaterina Alexandrova, RUS
2 - Madison Keys, USA
2 - Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
2 - Alona Ostapenko, LAT
2 - Zheng Qinwen, CHN

*WTA SEASON-ENDING WS #1 - won/lost, since 2000*
2000 77-10 = Martina Hingis
2001 62-9 = Lindsay Davenport
2002 56-5 = Serena Williams
2003 75-11 = Justine Henin-Hardenne
2004 63-9 = Lindsay Davenport
2005 60-10 = Lindsay Davenport
2006 60-8 = Justine Henin-Hardenne
2007 63-4 = Justine Henin
2008 65-19 = Jelena Jankovic
2009 50-12 = Serena Williams
2010 62-17 = Caroline Wozniacki
2011 63-17 = Caroline Wozniacki
2012 69-10 = Victoria Azarenka
2013 78-4 = Serena Williams
2014 52-8 = Serena Williams
2015 53-3 = Serena Williams
2016 63-18 = Angelique Kerber
2017 47-17 = Simona Halep
2018 46-11 = Simona Halep
2019 57-13 = Ash Barty
2020 11-3 = Ash Barty
2021 42-8 = Ash Barty
2022 67-9 = Iga Swiatek
2023 68-11 = Iga Swiatek
2024 56-14 = Aryna Sabalenka
2025 63-12 = Aryna Sabalenka

*TOP 10 WTA SINGLES SEASONS*
[all-time]
19 - Martina Navratilova
16 - Serena Williams
14 - Chris Evert
14 - Venus Williams
13 - Steffi Graf
13 - Monica Seles
11 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
10 - Lindsay Davenport
10 - Gabriela Sabatini
10 - Maria Sharapova
[active]
14 - Venus Williams
8 - Caroline Wozniacki
6 - Karolina Pliskova
6 - Aryna Sabalenka *
5 - Victoria Azarenka
5 - Iga Swiatek *
[2025 season-ending Top 10; most Top 10 years]
6 - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
5 - Iga Swiatek, POL
4 - Coco Gauff, USA
4 - Jessie Pegula, USA
3 - Elena Rybakina, KAZ
2 - Madison Keys, USA
2 - Jasmine Paolini, ITA
1 - Ekaterina Alexandrova, RUS
1 - Mirra Andreeva, RUS
1 - Amanda Anisimova, USA

*2025 WTA DOUBLES TITLES - DUOS*
4...Errani/Paolini
4...Babos/Stefani
3...Dabrowski/Routliffe
2...M.Andreeva/Shnaider
2...Guo/Panova
2...Jiang/Wu
2...N.Kichenok/Ninomiya
2...V.KUDERMETOVA/MERTENS
2...Muhammad/Schuurs
2...Siniakova/Townsend
[2020-25 - individuals]
25 - Katerina Siniakova (1/6/6/3/5/4)
15 - Barbora Krejcikova (1/5/3/4/1/1)
14 - ELISE MERTENS (1/4/2/2/3/2)
12 - Nicole Melichar-Martinez (2/2/2/0/3/3)
12 - Erin Routliffe (0/1/1/3/3/4)
12 - Luisa Stefani (1/1/2/3/1/4)
[2020-25 - duos]
14..Krejcikova/Siniakova (1/5/3/3/1/1)
9...Errani/Paolini (0/0/0/1/4/4)
8...Aoyama/Shibahara (1/5/0/2/0/0)
7...Dabrowski/Routliffe (0/0/0/2/2/3)
7...Siegemund/Zvonareva (1/0/2/4/0/0)
5...Gauff/Pegula (0/0/3/2/0/0)
5...Hsieh/Mertens (0/2/0/0/3/0)
5...Hsieh/Strycova (4/0/-/1 ret.)
5...L.Kichenok/Ostapenko (0/0/2/0/3/0)
5...V.KUDERMETOVA/MERTENS (0/1/2/0/0/2)

*JUNIOR FED CUP/BJK CUP CHAMPIONS [16s]*
1985 Czechoslovakia
1986 Belgium
1987 Australia
1988 Australia
1989 West Germany
1990 Netherlands
1991 Germany
1992 Belgium
1993 Australia
1994 South Africa
1995 France
1996 Slovenia
1997 Russia
1998 Italy
1999 Argentina
2000 Czech Republic
2001 Czech Republic
2002 Belarus
2003 Netherlands
2004 Argentina
2005 Poland
2006 Belarus
2007 Australia
2008 United States
2009 Russia
2010 Russia
2011 Australia
2012 United States
2013 Russia
2014 United States
2015 Czech Republic
2016 Poland
2017 United States
2018 United States
2019 United States
2020 DNP
2021 Czech Republic
2022 United States
2023 United States
2024 United States
2025 United States
[finals since 2012]
2012 USA def. RUS
2013 RUS def. AUS
2014 USA def. SVK
2015 CZE def. USA
2016 POL def. USA
2017 USA def. JPN
2018 USA def. UKR
2019 USA def. CZE
2020 DNP
2021 CZE def. JPN
2022 USA def. CZE
2023 USA def. CZE
2024 USA def. ROU
2025 USA def. FRA






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