CAREER SNAPSHOT OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION ARYNA SABALENKA
Age: 24
Born: Minsk, Belarus
Lives: Miami, Florida
Height: 182cm
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Ranking: 5 (to be No.2 on Monday)
Career prize money: $20.19 million
Career titles: 12
Career win-loss record: 316-167
Grand slam titles: 1 (Australian Open 2023)
Grand slam win-loss record: 43-19
Australian Open win-loss record: 15-5
Best Australian Open result: champion 2023
Coach: Anton Dubrov
Road to title:
1st rd: bt Tereza Martinova (CZE) 6-1 6-4
2nd rd: bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-3 6-1
3rd rd: bt 26-Elise Mertens (BEL) 6-2 6-3
4th rd: bt 12-Belinda Bencic (SUI) 7-5 6-2
QF: bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-3 6-2
SF: bt Magda Linette (POL) 7-6 (7-1) 6-2
F: bt-22-Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 4-6 6-3 6-4.
