Personal

Coached by Anton Dubrov;
Previously coached by Dmitry Tursunov and Didi Kindlmann
Started playing tennis when she was 6 by an accident when her father Sergey drove by the tennis courts and decided to give it a try
Has a sweet tooth and considers something sweet as a perfect present; loves her grandmother's cooking, and looks forward to her pancakes when she is away from home
Has a tiger tattoo on her left arm, which earned her the nickname "The Tiger"
She spends her time off with family, catching up with friends, or reading; her favorite book is "The Count of Monte Cristo"

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (16): 2024 - US Open, Cincinnati, Australian Open; 2023 - Adelaide 1, Australian Open, Madrid; 2021 - Abu Dhabi, Madrid; 2020 - Doha, Ostrava, Linz; 2019 - Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhuhai; 2018 - New Haven, Wuhan.
Finalist (14): 2024 - Brisbane, Madrid, Rome; 2023 - US Open, Indian Wells, Stuttgart; 2022 - Stuttgart, 's-Hertogenbosch, WTA Finals Fort Worth; 2021 - Stuttgart; 2019 - San Jose; 2018 - Lugano, Eastbourne; 2017 - Tianjin.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 2021 - Australian Open (w/Mertens), Berlin (w/Azarenka); 2020 - Ostrava (w/Mertens); 2019 - Indian Wells, Miami, US Open (all w/Mertens); 2017 - 125/Taipei (w/Kudermetova).
Finalist (2): 2019 - Wuhan (w/Mertens); 2018 - Lugano (w/Lapko).

WTA 125 TITLES
SINGLES (1): 2017- Mumbai.

ADDITIONAL
Belarusian Fed Cup Team, 2016-20.

Career in Review

Outstanding 2023 saw her win debut Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. Rybakina in F), reach second Major final at US Open (l. Gauff in F) and become the WTA World No.1 player for the first time in career (after US Open). In addition won titles at Adelaide and Madrid.

Highlight of 2022 season was R-Up finish at WTA Finals in Fort Worth (l. Garcia in F); upset No.1 Swiatek, No.2 Jabeur and No.3 Pegula en route to final - only the fourth woman in history to beat the No.1, No.2 and No.3 at the same tournament

Lifted two titles during 2021 campaign, at Abu Dhabi and Madrid, while was R-Up at Stuttgart. Also reached a further three SFs, including at Wimbledon and US Open

Rose to career-high No.2 in rankings on August 23, 2021

In doubles, lifted second major at 2021 Australian Open (w/Mertens, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

Won final nine matches of 2020 to end the year with back-to-back titles - at Ostrava (d. Azarenka in F) and Linz (d. Mertens in F) - and ranked at No.10

Having also taken home the silverware at Doha (d. Kvitova in F), was one of two players (also Halep) to lift three singles titles during disrupted 2020 season

Ended as World No.11 for the second straight year in 2019 after capturing three WTA singles titles at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), Wuhan (d. Riske in F) and Zhuhai (d. Bertens in F)

Made Top-10 debut on January 28, 2019 following 3r run at 2019 Australian Open

Ended 2019 at No.2 in WTA doubles rankings after capturing first Grand Slam doubles trophy at US Open (w/Mertens, d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Earlier in the season, the pair claimed the 'Sunshine Double' by winning back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) and Miami (d. Stosur/ Zhang in F)

Qualified for WTA Finals Shenzhen in doubles (w/Mertens), going 1-2 in the round-robin stage

Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings

Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open

Entered Top 50 on April 16, 2018, after Lugano run, and Top 20 on August 27 of the same year, following New Haven title

Broke into Top 100 at No.76 on October 16, 2017 after reaching first Tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova). Also in 2017 made SF at Tashkent (l. Babos) and lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l. Witthoeft)

Fell 1r on main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko)

Member of Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team that lost to USA in 2017 final - scored first Top-20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during final in Minsk

WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat

Lifted first three ITF Circuit titles in 2015, including a 13-match win streak towards the year's end, bringing back-to-back trophies in Antalya, Turkey

Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012