The 2024 Aryna Sabalenka tennis season officially began on 31 December 2023, with the start of the Brisbane International in Brisbane.
Yearly summary In January, Sabalenka reached the final of the Brisbane International, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals, before losing the championship match to Elena Rybakina.
Sabalenka won the Australian Open without losing a set and became the first woman to defend her title there since Victoria Azarenka in 2013. She defeated 12th seed Zheng Qinwen in the final, having overcome Ella Seidel, Brenda Fruhvirtová, 28th seed Lesia Tsurenko, Amanda Anisimova, ninth seed Barbora Krejčíková and fourth seed Coco Gauff in the earlier rounds.
She reached the quarterfinals at Stuttgart, where she was eliminated by Markéta Vondroušová. As the defending champion in Madrid, she defeated Magda Linette, Robin Montgomery, Danielle Collins and Mirra Andreeva, before edging an epic three-set semifinal victory over world No. 4, Elena Rybakina. In total, she played four three-set matches to reach the final, dropping 60 games in the process, the most to reach the women's singles final in Madrid. In a rematch of the previous year's final, she faced Iga Świątek. Sabalenka had three championship points during the match, but eventually lost. In Rome, she saved three match points in her fourth-round match against Elina Svitolina and endured a lower-back injury before defeating her opponent in three sets. In the quarterfinal, she earned her third WTA top-10 win of the year by defeating Jeļena Ostapenko. It was followed by a semifinal victory over Danielle Collins, before Sabalenka fell again to Iga Świątek in the final, this time in straight sets.
She entered the French Open as the second seed, and defeated Erika Andreeva, Moyuka Uchijima, Paula Badosa and 22nd seed Emma Navarro in straight sets. In the quarterfinal, she was hampered by stomach issues and lost to Mirra Andreeva in three sets. With this loss, she fell in the WTA ranking to No. 3.
Sabalenka suffered a right shoulder injury that forced her to retire during her quarterfinal match against Anna Kalinskaya at the Berlin Ladies Open in June and she withdrew from the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, having failed to recover in time to play. She won the Cincinnati Open in August, with victories over Iga Świątek in the semifinals and Jessica Pegula in the final.
In September, Sabalenka won the US Open, overcoming qualifier Priscilla Hon, Lucia Bronzetti, 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, former doubles partner Elise Mertens, Olympic champion and seventh seed Zheng Qinwen and 13th seed Emma Navarro, before defeating sixth seed Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final to claim her third major title.
Sabalenka continued her great form at the China Open in Beijing, where she defeated Mananchaya Sawangkaew, Ashlyn Krueger and Madison Keys all in straight sets to increase her winning streak to 15 matches. Sabalenka lost in the quarterfinals to Karolína Muchová in three sets.
At the Wuhan Open, where she won back-to-back in 2018 and 2019, before the tournament was suspended due to COVID-19 from 2020 until 2023, Sabalenka defeated Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets in her opening match. In the next round, she came back from a set down against Yulia Putintseva to advance to the quarterfinals, where she defeated Magdalena Fręch. Sabalenka faced fourth seed Coco Gauff in the semifinals, mounting a comeback from a set and a break down to the reach final for the third time. In the final, she defeated fifth seed Zheng Qinwen in three sets to lift her third Wuhan Open title and her second WTA 1000 for the 2024 season.
After 11 months off the top in October, she regained the WTA world No.1 ranking. Following wins against Zheng Qinwen and Jasmine Paolini in her first two group matches at the WTA Finals, combined with Iga Świątek's loss to Coco Gauff, Sabalenka for the first time would finish the year as No. 1. Sabalenka lost her last group match to Elena Rybakina and was defeated by Gauff in the semifinals.
In December, Sabalenka was named WTA Player of the Year.
All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Aryna Sabalenka in 2024.
Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score – 1R Bye 1 2R Lucia Bronzetti 52 Win 6–3, 6–0 2 3R Zhu Lin (15) 33 Win 6–1, 6–0 3 QF Daria Kasatkina (5) 18 Win 6–1, 6–4 4 SF Victoria Azarenka (8) 23 Win 6–2, 6–4 5 F Elena Rybakina (2) 4 Loss 0–6, 3–6 6 1R Ella Seidel (Q) 173 Win 6–0, 6–1 7 2R Brenda Fruhvirtová (Q) 107 Win 6–3, 6–2 8 3R Lesia Tsurenko (28) 33 Win 6–0, 6–0 9 4R Amanda Anisimova (PR) 442 Win 6–3, 6–2 10 QF Barbora Krejčíková (9) 11 Win 6–2, 6–3 11 SF Coco Gauff (4) 4 Win 7–6(7–2), 6–4 12 W Zheng Qinwen (12) 15 Win (1) 6–3, 6–2 – 1R Bye 13 2R Donna Vekić 31 Loss 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–6 – 1R Bye 14 2R Peyton Stearns 64 Win 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 15 3R Emma Raducanu (WC) 250 Win 6–3, 7–5 16 4R Emma Navarro (23) 23 Loss 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 – 1R Bye 17 2R Paula Badosa (PR) 80 Win 6–4, 6–3 18 3R Anhelina Kalinina (32) 36 Loss 4–6, 6–1, 1–6 – 1R Bye 19 2R Paula Badosa (PR) 93 Win 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–3 ret. 20 QF Markéta Vondroušová (6) 8 Loss 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 – 1R Bye 21 2R Magda Linette 48 Win 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 22 3R Robin Montgomery (WC) 183 Win 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 23 4R Danielle Collins (13) 15 Win 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 24 QF Mirra Andreeva 43 Win 6–1, 6–4 25 SF Elena Rybakina (4) 4 Win 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5) 26 F Iga Świątek (1) 1 Loss 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(7–9) – 1R Bye 27 2R Katie Volynets (Q) 109 Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 28 3R Dayana Yastremska (32) 33 Win 6–4, 6–2 29 4R Elina Svitolina (16) 19 Win 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7) 30 QF Jeļena Ostapenko (10) 10 Win 6–2, 6–4 31 SF Danielle Collins (13) 15 Win 7–5, 6–2 32 F Iga Świątek (1) 1 Loss 2–6, 3–6 33 1R Erika Andreeva 101 Win 6–2, 6–1 34 2R Moyuka Uchijima (Q) 83 Win 6–2, 6–2 35 3R Paula Badosa 139 Win 7–5, 6–1 36 4R Emma Navarro (22) 24 Win 6–2, 6–3 37 QF Mirra Andreeva 38 Loss 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6 – 1R Bye 38 2R Daria Kasatkina 14 Win 6–1, 6–4 39 QF Anna Kalinskaya 24 Loss 1–5 ret. Withdrew – 1R Bye 40 2R Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) 105 Win 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 41 QF Victoria Azarenka (6) 20 Win 6–4, 6–4 42 SF Marie Bouzková 43 Loss 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 – 1R Bye 43 2R Yuan Yue 42 Win 6–2, 6–2 44 3R Katie Boulter 33 Win 6–3, 6–3 45 QF Amanda Anisimova (PR) 132 Loss 4–6, 2–6 – 1R Bye 46 2R Elisabetta Cocciaretto 66 Win 6–3, 6–4 47 3R Elina Svitolina 30 Win 7–5, 6–2 48 QF Liudmila Samsonova (10) 17 Win 6–3, 6–2 49 SF Iga Świątek (1) 1 Win 6–3, 6–3 50 W Jessica Pegula (6) 6 Win (2) 6–3, 7–5 51 1R Priscilla Hon (Q) 205 Win 6–3, 6–3 52 2R Lucia Bronzetti 76 Win 6–3, 6–1 53 3R Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) 31 Win 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 54 4R Elise Mertens (33) 35 Win 6–2, 6–4 55 QF Zheng Qinwen (7) 7 Win 6–1, 6–2 56 SF Emma Navarro (13) 12 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–2) 57 W Jessica Pegula (6) 6 Win (3) 7–5, 7–5 – 1R Bye 58 2R Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Q) 187 Win 6–4, 6–1 59 3R Ashlyn Krueger 68 Win 6–2, 6–2 60 4R Madison Keys (18) 24 Win 6–4, 6–3 61 QF Karolína Muchová 49 Loss 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 4–6 – 1R Bye 62 2R Kateřina Siniaková 37 Win 6–4, 6–4 63 3R Yulia Putintseva 35 Win 1–6, 6–4, 6–0 64 QF Magdalena Fręch 27 Win 6–2, 6–2 65 SF Coco Gauff (4) 4 Win 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 66 W Zheng Qinwen (5) 7 Win (4) 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 67 RR Zheng Qinwen (7) 7 Win 6–3, 6–4 68 RR Jasmine Paolini (4) 4 Win 6–3, 7–5 69 RR Elena Rybakina (5) 5 Loss 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 70 SF Coco Gauff (3) 3 Loss 6–7(4–7), 3–6Source:
Schedule Per Aryna Sabalenka, this is her current 2024 schedule (subject to change).
Singles schedule
DateTournamentLocationTierSurfaceresultpointsNewpointsResult 31 December 2023 – 7 January 2024 Brisbane International Australia WTA 500 Hard 325Final lost to Elena Rybakina 0–6, 3–6 14 January 2024–28 January 2024 Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard W 20002000 Winner defeated Zheng Qinwen 6–3, 6–2 12 February 2024–18 February 2024 Qatar Open Qatar WTA 1000 Hard 0 Withdrew 19 February 2024–25 February 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships UAE WTA 1000 Hard QF19010Second round lost to Donna Vekić 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–6 6 March 2024 – 17 March 2024 Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 Hard F650120Fourth round lost to Emma Navarro 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 20 March 2024 –31 March 2024 Miami Open United States WTA 1000 Hard QF18065Third round lost to Anhelina Kalinina 4–6, 6–1, 1–6 15 April 2024 –21 April 2024 Stuttgart Open Germany WTA 500 Clay (i) F 305 108Quarterfinal lost to Markéta Vondroušová 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 23 April 2024 –5 May 2024 Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 ClayW1000650Final lost to Iga Świątek 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(7–9) 8 May 2024 –19 May 2024 Italian Open Italy WTA 1000 Clay2R10650Final lost to Iga Świątek 2–6, 3–6 20 May 2024 –9 June 2024 French Open France Grand Slam ClaySF780430Quarterfinal lost to Mirra Andreeva 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6 17 June 2024 –23 June 2024 German Open Germany WTA 500 Grass2R 55 108Quarterfinal lost to Anna Kalinskaya 1–5 ret. 1 July 2024 –14 July 2024 Wimbledon Championships United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass SF7800 Withdrew 29 July 2024 –4 August 2024 Washington Open United States WTA 500 Hard 195Semifinal lost to Marie Bouzková 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 6 August 2024 –12 August 2024 Canadian Open Canada WTA 1000 Hard3R 105 215Quarterfinal lost to Amanda Anisimova 4–6, 2–6 13 August 2024 –19 August 2024 Cincinnati Open United States WTA 1000 Hard SF 350 1000 Winner defeated Jessica Pegula 6–3, 7–5 26 August 2024 –8 September 2024 US Open United States Grand Slam Hard F 1300 2000Winner defeated Jessica Pegula 7–5, 7–5 25 September 2024 –6 October 2024 China Open China WTA 1000 Hard QF 215 215Quarterfinal lost to Karolína Muchová 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 4–6 7 October 2024 –13 October 2024 Wuhan Open China WTA 1000 Hard —1000Winner defeated Zheng Qinwen 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 2 Novewmber 2024 –9 November 2024 WTA Finals Saudi Arabia WTA Finals Hard SF 625 400Semifinal lost to Coco Gauff 6–7(4–7), 3–6 Total year-end points 8545 9416 871 (difference)
Yearly records
Head-to-head match-ups Sabalenka has a () WTA match win–loss record in the 2024 season. Her record against players who were part of the WTA rankings top ten at the time of their meetings is (). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:
Zheng Qinwen 4–0 Paula Badosa 3–0 Jessica Pegula 2–0 Danielle Collins 2–0 Daria Kasatkina 2–0 Victoria Azarenka 2–0 Elina Svitolina 2–0 Lucia Bronzetti 2–0 Coco Gauff 2–1 Emma Navarro 2–1 Zhu Lin 1–0 Ella Seidel 1–0 Brenda Fruhvirtová 1–0 Lesia Tsurenko 1–0 Barbora Krejčíková 1–0 Peyton Stearns 1–0 Emma Raducanu 1–0 Magda Linette 1–0 Robin Montgomery 1–0 Katie Volynets 1–0 Dayana Yastremska 1–0 Jeļena Ostapenko 1–0 Erika Andreeva 1–0 Moyuka Uchijima 1–0 Kamilla Rakhimova 1–0 Yuan Yue 1–0 Katie Boulter 1–0 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1–0 Liudmila Samsonova 1–0 Priscilla Hon 1–0 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1–0 Elise Mertens 1–0 Mananchaya Sawangkaew 1–0 Ashlyn Krueger 1–0 Madison Keys 1–0 Kateřina Siniaková 1–0 Yulia Putintseva 1–0 Magdalena Fręch 1–0 Mirra Andreeva 1–1 Amanda Anisimova 1–1 Iga Świątek 1–2 Elena Rybakina 1–2 Donna Vekić 0–1 Anhelina Kalinina 0–1 Markéta Vondroušová 0–1 Anna Kalinskaya 0–1 Marie Bouzková 0–1 Karolína Muchová 0–1
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