The 2025 Elena Rybakina tennis season officially began on 27 December 2024, with the start of the United Cup in Perth & Sydney, and concluded on 8 November 2025 with a victory in the championship match of the WTA Finals.
During this season, Rybakina: won WTA Finals, becoming the first Asian singles player, male or female to do so. landed $5.235 million after winning WTA finals undefeated, the biggest prize money payout in women's sporting history. also won two WTA 500 titles at Internationaux de Strasbourg and Ningbo Open. became the second player in WTA history to hit 500 aces in a single season after Karolina Pliskova, she was the ace leader of the year for second time in her career. finished the year in top 5 for second time in her career. reached six singles semifinals in the season, including three at WTA 1000 level. finished the 3rd seccessive year with a 75%+ winning record.
Yearly summary Rybakina began her season at the 2025 United Cup, reaching the semi-finals with team Kazakhstan. She then played in the Australian Open, before losing to eventual champion Madison Keys in the fourth round. Rybakina then played at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Open, where she was defeated in the Semi Finals by Belinda Bencic. At the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships, Rybakina saved 6 match points en-route to defeating world No. 10, Paula Badosa. Next, she defeated Sofia Kenin to reach her second semifinal in the Middle East swing and ninth overall at the WTA 1000-level where she lost in three sets to 12th seed and eventual champion Mirra Andreeva. At Indian Wells, she defeated Suzan Lamens in the second round and Katie Boulter in the third round before losing again to Andreeva in the fourth round, this time in straight sets. Having reached the finals the year prior, Rybakina entered the 2025 Miami Open seeded seventh, and lost to Ashlyn Krueger in three sets in the second round. Defending 500 points from her win in Stuttgart the previous year, she instead opted to play in the qualifiers for the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup and dropped to No. 11 in the rankings on 21 April 2025.
At the Madrid Open, Rybakina defeated Bianca Andreescu in the second round before losing to No. 17 seed Elina Svitolina in the third round. However, at the 2025 Italian Open, she defeated Eva Lys in the second round before losing to Andreescu in the third round. As a last minute entry into the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Rybakina defeated Wang Xinyu, Magda Linette, and No. 9 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach her first final since April 2024. In the final, she defeated eighth seed Liudmila Samsonova in three sets to capture her first title in over a year. Seeded 12th, Rybakina then reached the fourth round of the 2025 French Open, before losing to Iga Świątek in three sets.
Rybakina began her grass season at the WTA 500-level Queen's Club Championships, where she lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion, Tatjana Maria. She then reached the quarterfinals of the 2025 Berlin Open, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in three sets, despite having four match points. Having reached the semifinals in 2024, Rybakina lost to Clara Tauson in the third round of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
In July, Rybakina played in the WTA 500-level 2025 DC Open, reaching the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Leylah Fernandez in a grueling match that lasted over three hours and featured three tiebreaks. She then played in the 2025 National Bank Open in Montreal, Canada, where she again reached the semifinals before losing to wildcard and eventual champion, Victoria Mboko. At the 2025 Cincinnati Open, she defeated world No. 6 Madison Keys in the fourth round, recording her first win against a top-10 player since February. She then defeated world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals, marking her 7th win over a world No. 1 player, before again losing in the semifinals to No. 2 seed and eventual champion, Iga Świątek. Seeded 9th at the 2025 US Open, Rybakina defeated sixteen-year-old wildcard Julieta Pareja, qualifier Tereza Valentová, and doubles partner and former champion Emma Raducanu to reach the fourth round for the first time in her career, where she lost to 2023 Wimbledon Champion Markéta Vondroušová.
At the WTA 1000-level China Open in September, Rybakina had a first round bye, then defeated Caty McNally in the second round before losing to German player Eva Lys in round three. A few weeks later, at the 1000-level Wuhan Open, Rybakina again had a first round bye, and defeated Jaqueline Cristian and Linda Nosková, before losing in straight sets to Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals.
Aiming to qualify for her third straight, WTA finals, Rybakina defeated Dayana Yastremska, qualifier Ajla Tomljanović, No. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini, and No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova at the 500-level Ningbo Open to earn her second title of the year and tenth overall. She then entered the 500-level Pan Pacific Open, defeating Leylah Fernandez and Victoria Mboko to secure the last remaining spot at the 2025 WTA Finals, before withdrawing from the Tokyo tournament.
In November, at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, despite being the last player to qualify, Rybakina topped 4th-seeded Amanda Anisimova, No. 2 Iga Świątek, and second alternate Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach the semi-finals, going on to defeat 5th seed Jessica Pegula. In the final, she upset world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to capture the WTA Finals crown, and extend her 11-match win streak. As a result of her undefeated victory, Rybakina earned a record-breaking $5.235 million in prize money, and finished the season as the world No. 5.
All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Elena Rybakina in 2025.
Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score 1 RR Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (14) 54 Win 6–2, 6–3 2 RR Maria Sakkari (3) 32 Win 6–4, 6–3 3 QF Laura Siegemund (11) 80 Win 6–3, 6–1 4 SF Iga Świątek (2) 2 Loss 6–7(5–7), 4–6 5 1R Emerson Jones (WC) 293 Win 6–1, 6–1 6 2R Iva Jovic (WC) 191 Win 6–0, 6–3 7 3R Dayana Yastremska (32) 33 Win 6–3, 6–4 8 4R Madison Keys (19) 14 Loss 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 – 1R Bye 9 2R Katie Volynets (Q) 68 Win 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 10 QF Ons Jabeur 33 Win 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4) 11 SF Belinda Bencic (WC) 157 Loss 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 – 1R Bye 12 2R Peyton Stearns 47 Win 6–2, 6–4 13 3R Rebecca Šramková 46 Win 7–6(7–1), 6–2 14 QF Iga Świątek (2) 2 Loss 2–6, 5–7 – 1R Bye 15 2R Moyuka Uchijima (Q) 62 Win 6–3, 6–2 16 3R Paula Badosa (9) 10 Win 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–2) 17 QF Sofia Kenin (WC) 56 Win 6–2, 7–6(7–2) 18 SF Mirra Andreeva (12) 14 Loss 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 – 1R Bye 19 2R Suzan Lamens 64 Win 6–3, 6–3 20 3R Katie Boulter (25) 38 Win 6–0, 7–5 21 4R Mirra Andreeva (9) 11 Loss 1–6, 2–6 – 1R Bye 22 2R Ashlyn Krueger 40 Loss 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 23 RR Yuliana Lizarazo 684 Win 6–1, 6–2 24 RR Kimberly Birrell 61 Win 6–3, 7–6 – 1R Bye 25 2R Bianca Andreescu 132 Win 6–3, 6–2 26 3R Elina Svitolina 17 Loss 3–6, 4–6 – 1RBye 27 2R Eva Lys 63 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–2 28 3R Bianca Andreescu 121 Loss 2–6, 4–6 – 1R Bye 29 2R Xinyu Wang 42 Win 6–1, 6–3 30 QF Magda Linette 33 Win 7–5, 6–3 31 SF Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) 23 Win 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–2 32 W Liudmila Samsonova (8) 19 Win (1) 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 6–1 33 1R Julia Riera (Q) 202 Win 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 34 2R Iva Jovic (WC) 129 Win 6–3, 6–3 35 3R Jeļena Ostapenko (21) 21 Win 6–2, 6–2 36 4R Iga Świątek (5) 5 Loss 6–1, 3–6, 5–7 – 1R Bye 37 2R Heather Watson (Q) 164 Win 6–4, 6–2 38 QF Tatjana Maria (Q) 86 Loss 4–6, 6–7(4–7) 39 1R Ashlyn Krueger (LL) 33 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 40 2R Kateřina Siniaková (Q) 74 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 41 QF Aryna Sabalenka (1) 1 Loss 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–7(6–8) 42 1R Elina Avanesyan 49 Win 6–2, 6–1 43 2R Maria Sakkari 77 Win 6–3, 6–1 44 3R Clara Tauson (23) 22 Loss 6–7(6–8), 3–6 – 1R Bye 45 2R Victoria Mboko (WC) 88 Win 6–3, 7–5 46 QF Magdalena Fręch (5) 24 Win 6–3, 6–3 47 SF Leylah Fernandez 36 Loss 7–6(7–2), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7) – 1R Bye 48 2R Hailey Baptiste 50 Win 6–4, 6–3 49 3R Jaqueline Cristian 52 Win 6–0, 7–6(7–5) 50 4R Dayana Yastremska (30) 35 Win 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 51 QF Marta Kostyuk (24) 28 Win 6–1, 2–1 ret. 52 SF Victoria Mboko 85 Loss 6–1, 5–7, 6–7(4–7) – 1R Bye 53 2R Renata Zarazúa 70 Win 4–6, 6–0, 7–5 54 3R Elise Mertens 22 Win 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 55 4R Madison Keys 6 Win 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2 56 QF Aryna Sabalenka 1 Win 6–1, 6–4 57 SF Iga Świątek 3 Loss 5–7, 3–6 58 1R Julieta Pareja (WC) 335 Win 6–3, 6–0 59 2R Tereza Valentová (Q) 96 Win 6–3, 7–6(9–7) 60 3R Emma Raducanu 36 Win 6–1, 6–2 61 4R Markéta Vondroušová 60 Loss 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 – 1R Bye 62 2R Caty McNally 90 Win 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 63 3R Eva Lys 66 Loss 3–6, 6–1, 4–6 – 1R Bye 64 2R Jaqueline Cristian 48 Win 6–4, 6–3 65 3R Linda Nosková 17 Win 6–3 6–4 66 QF Aryna Sabalenka (1) 1 Loss 3–6, 3–6 – 1R Bye 67 2R Dayana Yastremska 30 Win 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 68 QF Alja Tomljanovic (Q) 104 Win 6–2, 6–0 69 SF Jasmine Paolini (2) 8 Win 6–3, 6–2 70 W Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) 10 Win (2) 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 – 1R Bye 71 2R Leylah Fernandez 22 Win 6–4, 6–3 72 QF Victoria Mboko (9) 23 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–4) – SF Linda Nosková (6) 17 Walkover 73 RR Amanda Anisimova (4) 4 Win 6–3, 6–1 74 RR Iga Świątek (2) 2 Win 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 75 RR Ekaterina Alexandrova (10) 10 Win 6–4, 6–4 76 SF Jessica Pegula (5) 5 Win 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 77 W Aryna Sabalenka (1) 1 Win (3) 6–3, 7–6(7–0)Source: Doubles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent CombinedRank Result Score 1 1R Cristina Bucșa / Beatriz Haddad Maia 78 Win 6–3, 5–7, [10–6] 2 2R Asia Muhammad / Demi Schuurs 32 Loss 1–6, 5–7 3 1R Tereza Mihalíková / Olivia Nicholls 32 Win 2-6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9] 4 QF Giuliana Olmos / Aldila Sutjiadi 95 Win 7–6(7–4), 6–4 5 SF Taylor Townsend / Shuai Zhang 17 Loss 1–4 ret.Source:
Tournament schedule
Singles schedule