Aryna Sabalenka had a fantastic fortnight in Flushing Meadows this year, not only winning her first Grand Slam title of the year, but also her second US Open title, and the fourth Grand Slam title of her career.
And it doesn’t end there—here are 10 more things she achieved:
She’s the first woman to win back-to-back US Opens since Serena Williams, who won three straight from 2012 to 2014. And having beaten Jessica Pegula in last year’s final, 7-5, 7-5, and Amanda Anisimova in this year’s final, 6-3, 7-6 (3), she’s the first woman to win back-to-back US Open finals in straight sets since Kim Clijsters in 2009 and 2010.
She’s now 39-2 at hard-court majors since the start of 2023, and 80-9 in sets in those matches. Her only two losses at hard-court majors in that span came to Coco Gauff in the 2023 US Open final, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, and to Madison Keys in the 2025 Australian Open final, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
She’s just the third woman ever to win her first four Grand Slam titles on hard courts. She won the Australian Open in 2023, the Australian Open and the US Open in 2024, and now the US Open in 2025. Clijsters (three US Opens and an Australian Open) and Naomi Osaka (two of each) also won their first four major titles on this surface.
She has still never had a losing record in Grand Slam finals. She’s been even before—1-1 after losing her second one, and 3-3 after losing two earlier this year at the Australian Open and Roland Garros—but with her latest victory in New York she’s now 4-3 in major title matches.
