Breakout Moments: Top 20's first WTA Tour titles
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World No.1 Ashleigh Barty's first career title came in 2017 when she won the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur by beating Nao Hibino in the final
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Simona Halep's first WTA title came in June 2013 when she won the Nürnberger Versicherungscup by beating Andrea Petkovic 6-3, 6-3
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Karolina Pliskova's first title also came in Kuala Lumpur - she became the 2013 champion when she defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
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2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin won her first title almost exactly a year before, when she lifted the trophy at the Hobart International by beating Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-3, 6-0
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Elina Svitolina enjoyed two consecutive years of success in Baku, with her first title coming in 2013 when she beat Shahar Pe'er 6-4, 6-4 in the final
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Bianca Andreescu won her maiden title at the BNP Paribas Open in 2019, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
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Kiki Bertens came through qualifying in Fes to win her first WTA title in 2012, beating Laura Pous-Tio 7-5, 6-0
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Belinda Bencic was 18 years old when she won her first WTA title, on the Eastbourne grass against Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
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Serena Williams was unseeded at the 1999 Open Gaz de France, but beat Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 in the final to win her maiden title
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Naomi Osaka won her first WTA title at the BNP Paribas Open in 2018 by beating Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-3, 6-2, and picked up her first Grand Slam title at the US Open six months later
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The first of Aryna Sabalenka’s six WTA Tour titles arrived at the Connecticut Open, where she defeated Carla Suárez Navarro, 6-1, 6-4. She has won six of her last seven finals.
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Petra Kvitova has 27 titles to her credit on the WTA Tour. She won her debut appearance in a showpiece by overcoming Iveta Benesova, 7-5, 6-1 in Hobart back in January 2009.
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The Eastbourne International of 2014 was the stage for Madison Keys’ first title. She overcame future Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the final of the grass court event.
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Johanna Konta’s first WTA Tour title arrived in July 2016, when she overcame Venus Williams, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in the final of the Silicon Valley Classic.
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Petra Martic has one Tour title to her name, having claimed the Istanbul Cup in April 2019 by overcoming Marketa Vondrousova, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
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Seven titles reside in Garbiñe Muguruza’s trophy cabinet. The first of these was won in January 2014 at the Hobart International, where she beat Klara Zakopalova in the final.
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Elena Rybakina picked up her first silverware on the WTA Tour at the July 2019 Bucharest Open and followed that up with six appearances in finals in the following seven months.
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The only title that Marketa Vondrousova has to her credit thus far is the Ladies Open Biel Bienne, which she won in its inaugural year in 2017. She beat Anett Kontaveit, 6-4, 7-6(6) in the final.
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Alison Riske’s maiden success on the WTA Tour arrived in Tianjin in October 2014. She overcame Belinda Bencic, 6-3, 6-4 in the final of that event.
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The 2019 Morocco Open was the stage upon which Maria Sakkari won her first WTA Tour title as she came from behind to beat Johanna Konta in three sets. It is her only crown to date.
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