Aryna Sabalenka can have concluded the 2025 season by spending each week on the world No. 1 spot and that makes her solely the third participant within the twenty first century to attain such a outstanding feat.
Heading into this yr's WTA Finals, the Belarusian tennis star has 9,870 rating factors beneath her belt. Second-ranked Iga Swiatek follows with 8,195 factors. Since a most of factors a participant can acquire on the WTA Finals is 1,500 and the present level distinction between the 2 stands at 1,675, that signifies that the battle for the Yr-Finish No. 1 battle is over.
In October 2024, Sabalenka changed Swiatek on the high spot. Since then, there haven't been any modifications on the WTA throne.
Up to now, six gamers managed to get by way of a whole season with out dropping the world No. 1 spot – Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles achieved the feat in the course of the twentieth century. Serena Williams pulled off the feat in the course of the 2014 and 2015 seasons, whereas Ashleigh Barty did the identical in 2020 and 2021.
Now, Sabalenka is the seventh participant in WTA historical past to have spent the complete yr ranked at No. 1 on the planet.
Sabalenka: If somebody instructed me 5 years in the past I'd be this constant, I'd be shocked
“It means quite a bit. It simply tells how constant I’m as a participant, which is loopy to assume. When you return like 5 years in the past, if somebody would inform me I’ll be that constant, I might be shocked. It simply tells me that the arduous work pays off. I actually hope that I’ll simply maintain doing what I’m doing," the 27-year-old Belarusian stated when addressing securing the Yr-Finish No. 1 rating.
Sabalenka achieved the world No. 1 rating for the primary time after the 2023 US Open however simply missed out on ending because the Yr-Finish No. 1 in 2023 after being overtaken by Swiatek on the final second. Final yr, the Belarusian made amends by ending because the Yr-Finish No. 1 for the primary time in her profession.
