The 2023 Elena Rybakina tennis season officially began on 1 January 2023, with the start of the Adelaide International 1 in Adelaide.

During this season, Rybakina:

Reached the finals of Australian Open, becoming the first Kazakhstani to do so. Became the first Kazakhstani player, male or female, to enter top 10 in Rankings . Claimed a career best winning streak of 13 matches. Won her first WTA 1000 title at the Indian Wells Open, becoming the first Kazakhstani player to do so. She also reached the finals of Miami Open. Won the Italian Open. She was the first player since 2017 to win Italian Open and Indian Wells Open in the same year. She was the only player in 2023 to win multiple WTA 1000 titles. Reached her highest career ranking of World No.3 on 12 June. Finished the year with winning percentage of over 75%.

Yearly Summary Rybakina started the season at the Adelaide International 1, defeating Danielle Collins in three sets, before losing to Marta Kostyuk in the second round. She followed it with a first round loss at the Adelaide International 2 to Petra Kvitová in straight sets. However, she reached the doubles final with partner Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At the Australian Open, Rybakina defeated 2022 finalist Danielle Collins again in the third round, followed by world No. 1 Iga Świątek in the fourth round becoming the first Kazakhstani woman to reach the quarterfinals at this Major. Next she defeated former French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko to reach her first Australian Open semifinal. In the semifinals, she defeated former world No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion, Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets, reaching the second Grand Slam final of her career. However, despite winning the first set, Rybakina ultimately lost in the championship match to Aryna Sabalenka in a high quality encounter. She reached the top 10 on 30 January 2023 making her the first player representing Kazakhstan, male or female, ever to reach the Top 10 on either the ATP or WTA rankings.

In Abu Dhabi she reached the quarterfinals defeating Karolina Plíšková, where she lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia. In Dubai, she reached the third round by beating Bianca Andreescu and Marie Bouzková in straight sets. She withdrew from her third round match against fifth seed Coco Gauff due to a lower-back injury. At Indian Wells, as the tenth seed, she made her second consecutive Indian Wells quarterfinal after defeating Sofia Kenin, 21st seed Paula Badosa and Varvara Gracheva. Then she defeated Karolína Muchová to reach her first WTA 1000 semifinal. In the semifinals, she moved past the defending champion Świątek, in straight sets, for the second time in 2023 to reach her first WTA 1000 final. In the final, she edged second seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, reversing the result of their matchup in the Australian Open final for her first WTA 1000 title. This result pushed her ranking to a new career-high of world No. 7 in the WTA singles rankings.

Rybakina reached the final of the Miami Open, where she lost to 15th seed Petra Kvitová, preventing her from completing the Sunshine Double. She then recorded early second round exits at the Stuttgart Open and the Madrid Open to Beatriz Haddad Maia and Anna Kalinskaya, respectively, and reached a new career-high of world No. 6 on 8 May 2023. She then reached the quarterfinals at the Italian Open and moved to a new career high ranking of world No. 5 with a win over Jasmine Paolini, Anna Kalinskaya by retirement and Markéta Vondroušová. Next she defeated world No. 1, Iga Świątek (who retired during the deciding set due to injury) for the third time to reach her first Rome semifinal. Rybakina reached her third WTA 1000 final of the season defeating Jeļena Ostapenko. She became the third player in the Open Era to reach the final in the same season at the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami Open plus Rome, after Monica Seles in 1991 and Maria Sharapova in 2012. She won her first WTA 1000 clay title, after Anhelina Kalinina retired in the second set, and moved to a career-high ranking of world No. 4, on 22 May 2023. At the 2023 French Open, despite her walkover due to respiratory illness in the third round, she reached No. 3 in the world rankings on 12 June 2023. On 26 June 2023, Rybakina announced her withdrawal from the Eastbourne International tournament with a viral illness.

At Wimbledon as defending champion, Rybakina reached the quarterfinals where she lost to Ons Jabeur in three sets.

Following her quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon, she reached the semifinals at the Canadian Open for the first time in her career. She overcame Jennifer Brady and Sloane Stephens before defeating Daria Kasatkina in a match that lasted 3 hours and 27 minutes, the longest match of Rybakina's career. The match finished at 2:55am local time. In the semifinals Rybakina lost to Liudmila Samsonova in three sets reporting that she felt 'destroyed' physically in the post match press conference because of the scheduling issues she faced during the tournament.

She reached the third round of the US Open as the fourth seed, losing to Sorana Cîrstea in three sets.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Elena Rybakina in 2023.

Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score 1 1R Danielle Collins (5) 14 Win 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 2 2R Marta Kostyuk (Q) 69 Loss 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6 3 1R Petra Kvitová 16 Loss 3–6, 5–7 41R Elisabetta Cocciaretto48 Win 7–5, 6–3 52R Kaja Juvan104 Win 6–2, 6–1 63R Danielle Collins (13)11 Win 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 74R Iga Świątek (1)1 Win 6–4, 6–4 8QF Jeļena Ostapenko (17)17 Win 6–2, 6–4 9SF Victoria Azarenka (24)24 Win 7–6(7–4), 6–3 10F Aryna Sabalenka (5)5 Loss 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 – 1R Bye 11 2R Karolína Plíšková 20 Win 6–4, 6–2 12 QF Beatriz Haddad Maia (6) 14 Loss 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 13 1R Bianca Andreescu 36 Win 6–3, 6–4 14 2R Marie Bouzková 26 Win 7–5, 6–2 – 3R Coco Gauff (5)6 Withdrew – 1R Bye 15 2R Sofia Kenin 170 Win 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) 16 3R Paula Badosa 22 Win 6–3, 7–5 17 4R Varvara Gracheva (Q) 66 Win 6–3, 6–0 18 QF Karolína Muchová 76 Win 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4 19 SF Iga Świątek 1 Win 6–2, 6–2 20 W Aryna Sabalenka 2 Win 7–6(13–11), 2–6, 6–4 – 1R Bye 21 2R Anna Kalinskaya 64 Win 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 22 3R Paula Badosa 29 Win 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 23 4R Elise Mertens 39 Win 6–4, 6–3 24 QF Martina Trevisan (25) 24 Win 6–3, 6–0 25 SF Jessica Pegula (3) 3 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–4 26 F Petra Kvitová 12 Loss 6–7(14–16), 2–6 27 Q Weronika Falkowska 253 Win 6–3, 6–4 28 Q Magda Linette 19 Win 6–4, 6–2 29 1R Jule Niemeier (WC) 65 Win 7–5, 6–3 30 2R Beatriz Haddad Maia 14 Loss 1–6, 1–3 – 1R Bye 31 2R Anna Kalinskaya 62 Loss 5–7, 6–4, 2–6 – 1R Bye 32 2R Jasmine Paolini 65 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–1 33 3R Anna Kalinskaya 57 Win 4–3 34 4R Markéta Vondroušová 70 Win 6–3, 6–3 35 QF Iga Świątek (1)1 Win 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–2 36 SF Jeļena Ostapenko 20 Win 6–2, 6–4 37 W Anhelina Kalinina 47 Win 6–4, 1–0 38 1R Brenda Fruhvirtová (Q) 146 Win 6–4, 6–2 39 2R Linda Nosková 50 Win 6–3, 6–3 – 3R Sara Sorribes Tormo (PR) 132 Withdrew 40 1R Polina Kudermetova 139 Win 6–4, 6–2 41 2R Donna Vekić 23 Loss 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 4–6 42 1R Shelby Rogers 49 Win 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 43 2R Alizé Cornet 84 Win 6–2, 7–6(7–2) 44 3R Katie Boulter (WC) 89 Win 6–1, 6–1 45 4R Beatriz Haddad Maia 13 Win 4–1 46 QF Ons Jabeur 6 Loss 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 1–6 – 1R Bye 47 2R Jennifer Brady (PR) 584 Win 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3 48 3R Sloane Stephens 38 Win 6–3, 6–3 49 QF Daria Kasatkina 14 Win 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(8–6) 50 SF Liudmila Samsonova 18 Loss 6–1, 1–6, 2–6 – 1R Bye 51 2R Jeļena Ostapenko20 Win 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–4 52 3R Jasmine Paolini (Q) 43 Loss 6–4, 2–5 53 1R Marta Kostyuk 39 Win 6–2, 6–1 – 2R Ajla Tomljanović 127 Walkover 54 3R Sorana Cîrstea 30 Loss 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6 55 1R Zheng Qinwen 23 Win 6–1, 6–2 56 2R Tatjana Maria 53 Win 7–5, 6–0 57 3R Mirra Andreeva 60 Win 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 58 QF Aryna Sabalenka 1 Win 7–5, 6–2 59 SF Liudmila Samsonova 22 Loss 6–7(7–9), 3–6 60 RR Jessica Pegula 5 Loss 5–7, 2–6 61 RR Maria Sakkari 9 Win 6–0, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2) 62 RR Aryna Sabalenka 1 Loss 2–6, 6–3, 3–6Sources:

Doubles matches Tournament Match Round Opponents Rank Result Score 1 1R Ana Bogdan / Angelina Gabueva 333 / 99 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–2 2QF Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Samantha Stosur 19 / 133 Win 6–3, 6–3 3SF Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (3) 9 / 14 Win 6–4, 7–5 4F Luisa Stefani / Taylor Townsend 47 / 24 Loss 5–7, 6–7(3–7) 51R Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (5) 9 / 11 Win 6–4, 6–4 62R Latisha Chan / Alexa Guarachi 92 / 42 Win 6–1, 6–2 73R Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (10) 25 / 23 Loss 2–6, 6–7(7–9) 8 1R Kirsten Flipkens / Laura Siegemund (8) 33 / 24 Win 6–1, 6–2 – 2R Monica Niculescu / Kimberley Zimmermann 41 / 39 Withdrew 9 1R Storm Hunter / Elise Mertens (6) 14 / 13 Loss 6–7(2–7), 2–6 10 1R Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (7) 19 / 21 Win 6–0, 6–1 – 2R Marta Kostyuk / Elena-Gabriela Ruse 32 / 39 Withdrew

Tournament schedule Singles schedule Date Tournament Location Category Surface Prev.result Prev.points Newpoints Outcome 1 January 2023 –8 January 2023 Adelaide International 1 Australia WTA 500 HardF 305 55 Second round lost to Marta Kostyuk 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6 9 January 2023 –14 January 2023 Adelaide International 2 Australia WTA 500 Hard 1 First round lost to Petra Kvitova 3–6, 5–7 16 January 2023 –29 January 2023 Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard2R 70 1300Final lost to Aryna Sabalenka 6–4, 3–6, 4–66 February 2023–12 February 2023 Abu Dhabi Open Abu Dhabi, UAE WTA 500 Hard 100 Quarterfinal lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 20 February 2023 –26 February 2023 Dubai Tennis Championships United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 Hard 105 Withdrew prior to the third round 6 March 2023 –19 March 2023 Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 HardQF 215 1000 Winner, defeated Aryna Sabalenka 7–6(13–11), 6–4 21 March 2023 –2 April 2023 Miami Open United States WTA 1000 Hard3R 65 650Final lost to Petra Kvitova 6–7(14–16), 2–6 17 April 2023 –23 April 2023 Stuttgart Open Germany WTA 500 Clay (i)2R 55 55 Second round lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia 1–6, 1–3 ret. 24 April 2023 –7 May 2023 Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 Clay3R 120 10 Second round lost to Anna Kalinskaya 5–7, 6–4, 2–6 9 May 2023 –21 May 2023 Italian Open Italy WTA 1000 Clay3R 105 1000 Winner, defeated Anhelina Kalinina 6–4, 1–0 ret. 28 May 2023 –11 June 2023 French Open France Grand Slam Clay3R 130 130Withdrew prior to the third round 19 June 2023 –25 June 2023 German Open Germany WTA 500 Grass 55Second round lost to Donna Vekić 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 4–6 3 July 2022 –16 July 2022 Wimbledon United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass W 430 Quarterfinal lost to Ons Jabeur 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 1–6 7 August 2023 –13 August 2023 Canadian Open Canada WTA 1000 Hard2R 60 350Semifinal lost to Liudmila Samsonova 6–1, 1–6, 2–6 13 August 2023 –20 August 2023 Cincinnati Open United States WTA 1000 HardQF 190 105Third round lost to Jasmine Paolini 6–4, 2–5 ret. 28 August 2023 –4 September 2023 US Open United States Grand Slam Hard1R 10 130Third round lost to Sorana Cirstea 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6 30 September 2023 –8 October 2023 China Open China WTA 1000 Hard Not held 0 390Semifinal lost to Liudmila Samsonova 6–7(7–9), 3–6 29 October 2023 –5 November 2023 WTA Finals Mexico WTA Finals Hard DNQ 0 500Eliminated in Group Stage Total year-end points 1860 6365 4,505

Yearly records

Head-to-head match-ups Rybakina has a WTA match win–loss record in the 2023 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:

Iga Świątek 3–0 Jeļena Ostapenko 3–0 Danielle Collins 2–0 Paula Badosa 2–0 Anna Kalinskaya 2–1 Aryna Sabalenka 2–2 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1–0 Kaja Juvan 1–0 Victoria Azarenka 1–0 Karolína Plíšková 1–0 Bianca Andreescu 1–0 Marie Bouzková 1–0 Sofia Kenin 1–0 Varvara Gracheva 1–0 Karolína Muchová 1–0 Elise Mertens 1–0