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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker: Wk.41- The Anisimova Ascendency

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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker: Wk.41- The Anisimova Ascendency


*WEEK 41 CHAMPIONS*

BEIJING, CHINA (WTA 1000; Hard Court Outdoor)

S: Amanda Anisimova/USA def. Linda Noskova/CZE 6-0/2-6/6-2

D: Sara Errani/Jasmine Paolini (ITA/ITA) def. Fanny Stollar/Miyu Kato (HUN/JPN) 6-7(1)/6-3 [10-2]

Rende Italy (WTA 125; Red Clay Outdoor)

S: Sara Bejlek/CZE def. Lola Radivojevic/SRB 6-2/6-7(1)/6-3

D: Nicole Fossa Huergo/Ekaterine Gorgodze (ITA/GEO) def. Federica Urgesi/Aurora Zantedeschi (ITA/ITA) 3-6/6-1 [10-4]

Samsun, Turkey (WTA 125; Hard Court Outdoor)

S: Kaja Juvan/SLO def. Nikola Bartunkova/CZE 7-6(8)/6-3

D: Naima Karamoko/Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (SUI/FRA) def. Harriet Dart/Maia Lumsden (GBR/GBR) 7-5/1-6 [10-6]

Suzhou, China (WTA 125; Hard Court Outdoor)

S: Viktorija Golubic/SUI def. Katie Volynets/USA 4-6/6-4/6-4

D: Aldila Sutjiadi/Janice Tjen (INA/INA) def. Katarzyna Kawa/Makoto Ninomiya (POL/JPN) 6-4/6-3

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[Beijing 3rd Rd. Monday-to-Final]

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Amanda Anisimova/USA

…Anisimova was owed a big week after her title-free — but very big — summer. In Beijing, she got it.

Coming into the event, in a year when Bannerettes have been posting some remarkable stats, Anisimova was already arguably the U.S. “Player of the Year,” even with her top competition for the honor either being a reigning major champ (Gauff and Keys) or the only player on tour with titles on three surfaces this season (Pegula). For her part, Anisimova’s two slam final appearances, combined with more dominant stretches/moments of anyone in the group, was enough to get close to the top of the heap. But she’d won only one title, the Doha 1000 event back in February, and had lost in three finals since. Anisimova seemingly needed *something* more to truly validate her candidacy.

Her last two weeks in China, as of now, effectively accomplish that task. After wins over Katie Boulter and Zhang Shuai, Anisimova rallied from a set down vs. Karolina Muchova and Jasmine Paolini, then improved to 5-1 in ’25 semifinals with an authoritative 6-1/6-2, 58-minute victory over Coco Gauff, picking up her eighth Top 10 win of the year (second only to #1 Sabalenka) and advancing to her fifth final this year (she’d reached four in her career before this season). With the victory over her countrywoman, Anisimova became the only player this season to post wins over the entire current Top 3: Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff.

Linda Noskova managed to push the title match to a 3rd set, but Anisimova (who opened w/ a love 1st) allowed just two total games in the opening and closing stanzas.

It’s the fourth career title for Anisimova, who further solidifies her #4 ranking. She’s now offficially closer to #3 Gauff on the computer than she is #5 Mirra Andreeva, with her maiden appearance in the WTA Finals on the horizon.

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RISERS: Linda Noskova/CZE and Marta Kostyuk/UKR

…though Noskova remains without a tour title in 2025, this season has likely been her “career year” to date. The 20-year old’s run to her biggest career final in Beijing is added to a season resume that includes a Wimbledon Round of 16, a home title run in Prague, two other SF, a 1000 QF in Dubai, a career-high five Top 10 wins (w/ two in this latest event) and, as of Monday, a maiden Top 20 ranking (at #17) that makes her the new Czech #1.

Noskova’s time at the China Open included wins over Wang Xiyu, Zheng Qinwen (who ret. in the 3rd set), Anastasia Potapova, Sonay Kartal and Jessie Pegula, with the latter match featuring a comeback that overcome the veteran Bannerette holding three MP and later serving two up 5-4 in a deciding 3rd set TB.

Noskova pushed Amanda Anisimova to three sets in the final, but added her name to the list of foes who ultimately could not slow down the surging would-be Beijing champ.

Meanwhile, Kostyuk had another good, but not great — and one without a “big” moment — run in a significant event. 2025 has been a very strange, difficult to read, year between the lines for the Ukrainian.

Kostyuk has so far maintained a Top 30 ranking, but one would be hard-pressed to identify a “signature moment” in her season, aside from maybe that unnecessary underarm serve on MP and/or her wonderful Wilson tennis attire (she’s probably the most consisently best-dressed player on tour on gameday). She’s gone 29-18 on the year (3-1 of that in Cup play), but has not reached a single semifinal, going 0-3 in QF appearances in ’25. But, still, with her Beijing result this time out (after wins over Ella Seidel and Aliaksandra Sasnovich before a three-set loss to Jessie Pegula), Kostyuk has posted eight 4r+ results in 1000/slam events (by comparison, #1 Aryna Sabalenka has 9, but 7 of *hers” were SF+) with her ten 1000 MD wins a career season high, as well as some of the best performances in *losses* by any player this year (including a pair of straight sets defeats vs. #1 Sabalenka which might qualify of the two most entertaining two-set encounters of the entire season).

But Kostyuk’s lone Top 10 win of ’25 (Gauff in Doha) came almost eight months ago, and she slogged through a six-match losing streak during the summer. She *has* gone 11-3 since that slide, though, and helped lead Ukraine to its first BJK Cup semifinal in September. If the team had reached the final she *might* (2-0 in singles in the QF/SF, Kostyuk played in the deciding doubles loss vs. ITA) have been the star and MVP of the whole event in Shenzhen but, again, the ending to her story was left wanting.

There’s still time for a season-ending “moment” to send Kostyuk soaring into 2026 on a high note, but it’s dwindling quite fast.

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SURPRISE: Sonay Kartal/GBR

…Kartal carried over her momentum from Cup play, during which she won her QF match as Great Britain reached yet another BJK semifinal (she took Emma Navarro to three sets in the SF tie vs. the U.S.).

In Beijing, she posted a series of impressive wins over Alycia Parks, Dasha Kasatkina, Maya Joint and, for her first career Top 10 victory, Mirra Andreeva in a 7-5 3rd set, breaking the Hordette to end a set in which the two had both faced just a lone BP each (each got holds of serve).

Kartal lost in the QF vs. Linda Noskova, but her Beijing run tops her previous career-best 1000/big event results (4r this year at Indian Wells and Wimbledon) and she’ll climb 21 spots on Monday to return to the Top 60. The Brit reached a career high of #44 in July, and has now reclaimed her position as the GBR #2 ahead of Katie Boulter and Francesca Jones, and behind only Emma Raducanu.

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VETERANS: Jessie Pegula/USA and Viktorija Golubic/SUI

…Pegula’s two weeks in Beijing were highlighted by a win after facing down three MP vs. Emma Raducanu in the 3rd Round, and then it ended with *her* being unable to put away any of her own three MP vs. Linda Noskova in the semis.

Along with an opening win over Ajla Tomljanovic, Pegula added additional three-set victories over Marta Kostyuk and Emma Navarro. Having previously been 5-1 in semifinals in ’25, Pegula was in position to improve upon that winning percentage vs. Noskova, serving at 6-5 in the third and holding those three MP, then serving two at 5-4 in the deciding TB, as well. She ultimately lost 8-6.

While Pegula fell short of what would have been her sixth final of the season (behind only Sabalenka’s eight), her Beijing result continued her rebound from a summer slump following her grass title at Bad Homburg. She’d gone 2-4 before her U.S. Open semifinal result, to which she’s since added the U.S.’s BJK Cup final and another SF here, a stretch during which she’s gone 10-4 (9-2 in tour/slam events).

In Suzhou, Golubic had quite the impressive week en route to her fifth career 125 crown.

In a run that might rival (or surpass) more than a few 250 title jaunts, the 32-year old Swiss (33 this month) posted wins over Rebeka Masarova and Linda Fruhvirtova early on, then proceeded to take out #4 seed Alex Eala (saving two MP at 6-5 in the 3rd, then reeling off eleven straight points to end the match in a 7-0 TB win), #2 Tatjana Maria in straights in the semis, then Katie Volynets from a set down in the final.

After finishing outside the Top 100 last season, Golubic has quietly scaled her way back up the rankings and will come in at #65 on Monday heading into the final five weeks of the WTA season.

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COMEBACKS: Emma Navarro/USA and Kaja Juvan/SLO

…compared to her breakout ’24 campaign, Navarro’s 2025 season has certainly been a step-back year. But she’s had isolated pockets of success, amongst them managing to win her biggest career title in the Merida 500 in March, rising to the occasion in the majors with an AO QF and Wimbledon Round of 16, and with her lone Top 10 win since last year’s U.S. Open coming nine months ago in Melbourne vs. then #10 Dasha Kasatkina.

And to that list Beijing, where a fairly routine beginning — a win over Gabriela Ruse, a retirement from Lois Boisson — was suddenly bolstered by the latest of this season’s out-of-nowhere crash-out exits by Iga Swiatek, as Navarro ousted the world #2 and ’23 tournament champ (who’d never lost in the event) via a love 3rd set. Navarro had won just five *total* games in her two previous match-ups vs. Swiatek, the most recent at this year’s AO.

Against Jessie Pegula in the QF, Navarro saved six SP in the 1st set after trailing 5-3, then took the match lead with a TB win. But she won just three combined games vs. her countrywoman in the 2nd/3rd sets. The loss drops Navarro to 1-7 in QF matches this season, with her lone win coming in her title run in Merida. Her three wins in Beijing level her 1000 won/lost at 8-8 in ’25.

Meanwhile, Juvan’s return from her second hiatus from the sport has truly started to sprout wings as the season has moved along.

With the Slovenian’s title run at the Samsun 125 in Turkey, Juvan is close to a Top 100 return (#107 on Monday) after having been outside the Top 500 in early May. Over the past five months, she’s reached four singles finals (3 in 125 events, 1 ITF) after having not played in a title match since 2022 (WTA Strasbourg), collecting three titles (her first on any level since 2019) and running her season match win total to a career best 46.

In Samsun, Juvan rallied from a set down vs. Linda Klimovicova to win a semifinal clash, then defeated Nikola Bartunkova 7-6(8)/6-3 to take the crown.

Since the start of her Saint-Malo 125 final run (the one final she’s lost in ’25, vs. Naomi Osaka) this spring, Juvan has gone 32-10, and she’s now 10-1 in her last 11.

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FRESH FACES: Eva Lys/GER and Sara Bejlek/CZE

…Lys’ first week run in Beijing carried into the second, as the German added to her wins over Iva Jovic (from 5-2 down in the 3rd) and Elena Rybakina (in 3 sets for her maiden career Top 10 win) with another over McCartney Kessler to reach her first 1000 QF (and just second in a tour-level event, along with the smallish Cleveland tournament before this year’s U.S. Open).

While Lys generally stood her ground quite well, showing her vast improvement over the course of ’25, against Coco Gauff in the QF, she nonetheless fell in two sets. A win would have taken her into the Top 40, but the world #66 will settle for cracking the Top 50 for the first time in the new rankings.

In Rende (ITA), 19-year old Bejlek claimed her third career 125 crown (second in ’25), improving to 10-3 in pro singles finals. The Czech is nipping at the heels of her Top 100 debut, and will rise to a new career high of #106.

Bejlek outlasted Serbia’s Lola Radivojevic, the recent BJK Cup understudy who was playing in her biggest career final, in a 6-2/6-7(1)/6-3 final.

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ITF PLAYER: Alina Korneeva/RUS

…the former junior #1 (and ’23 AO & RG girls’ champ), Korneeva claimed her third ITF title since the start of September, adding the $75K Bratislava crown to the pair of $50K challengers she picked up last month.

The Hordette’s 7-6(7)/7-5 victory in the final over Lucie Havlickova improves her record to 15-1 since her loss in U.S. Open qualifying.

The 18-year old also added the doubles title alongside Lily Miyazaki.

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JUNIOR STAR: Eva Bennemann/GER

…the new young German contingent has seen Eva Lys and Ella Seidel make moves in ’25 at tour level. Meanwhile, on the junior — and now challenger — level we can add the likes of Bennemann.

In Verna (BUL), the 17-year old grabbed her first career pro singles title, defeating Anastasija Cvetkovic in a 7-5/6-2 final to take home her maiden win. Earlier this year, Bennemann won the girls’ doubles at Roland Garros.

NOTE: BTW, one of the players that Bennemann defeated en route to the title was Alexa Karatantcheva. And, yes, the 18-year old most definitely *is* a member of *that* Karatantcheva tennis family.

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DOUBLES: Sara Errani/Jasmine Paolini, ITA/ITA

…the Italians are beginning to leave little doubt about whether they are once again the Doubles Duo of the Year, claiming the Beijing crown as the event’s first repeat champions and adding a third ’25 1000 crown to this spring’s Roland Garros win and last month’s latest BJK Cup title run (where they won a deciding doubles match in the semis).

At the China Open, Errani & Paolini closed out their title run with a 4 & love SF victory over Hsieh Su-wei/Alona Ostapenko, then won a 10-2 MTB in the final over Miyu Kato/Fanny Stollar to claim the crown.

The Italians’ ninth career title as a pair is their fourth this year, more than any other doubles team in ’25, while Errani’s 36th career tour win puts her alone atop the active title leader list (breaking a tie w/ Hsieh). The veteran has also won a pair of MX slams (counting the U.S.), as well as the Indian Wells MX invitational, this season.

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WHEELCHAIR: Diede de Groot/NED

…flashforward one year, and one wonders whether the women’s wheelchair tour will have experienced a 2026 season with a theme of “Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss.”

While de Groot has readied for and recovered from hip surgery, and then undergone a (mostly) season-long comeback campaign that has seen more rough patches than her Hall of Fame career has (anywhere close to) experienced over the years, the rest of the WC field has surely taken advantage of an unexpected break in what had been a nearly decade-long period of dominance from de Groot. For the first time *ever* in her career, she won *no* slam titles in singles or doubles.

But, with every passing week, the Dutch great is looking more and more like her old self. Her latest title run this week on the French Riviera was a significant one.

In Biot, France, not only did de Groot roll her way to a Super Series title, her fourth singles title in her last five events and biggest since taking last year’s Wimbledon crown, she also cleared a big hurdle in her comeback. While she posted wins over the likes of Manami Tanaka, Ksenia Chasteau (the young Pastry took the 2nd set, but lost a 6-1 3rd) and Aniek Van Koot (in a 6-2/6-0 final), she also ended her recent losing streak to current #1 Yui Kamiji.

After having defeated Kamiji 28 straight times, de Groot had lost four straight to her longtime rival over the past year-plus, both just before and after her surgery. In Biot, she got her first win in the series since the last edition of this French Riviera event was held (in June ’24) with a 6-2/4-6/6-0 SF victory that surely was accompanied by a feeling of long-awaited relief.

De Groot has gone 15-1 since her QF loss at Wimbledon.

Kamiji didn’t leave Biot empty handed, though, as she teamed with Zhu Zhenzhen to win the doubles, defeating de Groot & Jiske Griffioen in a 10-8 MTB in the final to claim the crown.


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[Beijing 3rd Rd. Monday-to-Final]

1. Beijing SF – Linda Noskova def. Jessie Pegula

…6-1/1-6/7-6(6). For Noskova, the road to CZE #1 went through Pegula.

Of course, Pegula had the match on her own racket. After two quick sets which were split between the two, the 3rd opened with four straight breaks of serve. Serving up 6-5, 40/15, Pegula couldn’t put away three MP. After Noskova broke to force a TB, Pegula led 3-1 and served two with a 5-4 edge before eventually falling 8-6 as the Czech notched her fifth Top 10 win of the season (two of them over Pegula) to reach her biggest career final.

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2. Beijing 4th Rd. – Coco Gauff def. Belinda Bencic

…4-6/7-6(4)/6-2. Gauff’s serve remains a work in progress, but her guts and resilience remain an asset.

Here, after losing the 1st set after having led 4-1, Gauff staged a comeback from a set and a break down (at 4-3), as well as 3-1 back in the 2nd set TB (sweeping the final four points from 4-3 down), to improve to 3-1 vs. Bencic this season.

Meanwhile, in the latest bit of “The Real Players of the WTA,” Bencic and Gauff clashed a bit mid-match when the Swiss openly complained to the chair umpire about Gauff’s team cheering for Coco as she was about to serve. When Gauff attempted to intercede to see what the problem was, she was told by Bencic, “No one’s talking to you.”

“I’m too old for these mind games,” the 28-year old Swiss bemoaned.

Ultimately, Gauff responded mostly with her racket, and sent Bencic packing (while also officially qualifying herself for the WTAF field for a fourth straight year).

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3. Beijing 3rd Rd. – Linda Noskova def. Zheng Qinwen 6-4/3-6/3-0 ret.

Beijing 3rd Rd. – Iga Swiatek def. Camila Osorio 6-0 ret.

Beijing 3rd Rd. – Emma Navarro def. Lois Boisson 6-2/1-0 ret.

Beijing 3rd Rd. – Jessie Pegula def. Emma Raducanu 6-3/6-7(3)/6-0

…one day, 8 matches, which included 3 walkovers and a love 3rd set. Yeah, the tennis season isn’t too long at all.

In the match of the day, Raducanu was unable to put away Pegula after holding three MP — at 6-5, 8-7 and 9-8 — in a 2nd set TB ultimately won by the Bannerette 11-9.

The 3rd set then turned into a whitewash.

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5. Beijing 4th Rd. – Emma Navarro def. Iga Swiatek

…6-4/4-6/6-0. Well, when Iga crashes out, she does it with the best of them. In this case, with 70 UE and her second love 3rd set defeat (w/ Sabalenka at RG) of the season. Before this exit, she’d dropped a pair of bagel sets on her first two opponents in Beijing, was 8-0 for her career in the event, and had never lost more than two games in a set in any of her previous two matches (one in ’18, the other at this year’s AO) vs. Navarro.

The result helps the idle Sabalenka’s cause greatly when it comes to repeating as the season-ending #1, while three of Navarro’s six career Top 10 wins have now come vs. three different (Aryna, Coco and now Iga) world #2-ranked players.

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6. Beijing QF – Amanda Anisimova def. Jasmine Paolini

…6-7(4)/6-3/6-4. The Beijing journey (in singles, at least) of “Baozong” ends at the QF pole, but Paolini made significant progress over the past two weeks when it comes to qualifying in singles for the WTAF for a second straight season. With current Race #8 Elena Rybakina’s early exit, the #9-standing Italian stands just 65 points out of the field heading into the final month of the regular season.
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7. $35K San Rafael USA Final – Madison Brengle def. Lucciana Perez Alarcon

…7-6(9)/6-0. 35-year old Brengle, ranked #738, wins her first singles title (ITF career #20) since 2022 with a win over 20-year old Peruvian LPA.

It’s a nice moment for Brengle, who has dealt with a number of health issues in recent years, from an arm injury from a blood test (which ultimately required fusion surgery, as well as resulting in a lawsuit) to a battle with skin cancer last year. She returned to the court this spring after having been out since September 2023.

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8. $35K Monastir TUN Final – Vendula Valdmannova def. Mika Stojsavljevic

…6-1/6-1. Another week, another Crusher champion.

17-year old Valdmannova, a ’25 Wimbledon girls’ doubles champ and 2024-25 singles semifinalist at SW19, picks up her second and biggest career ITF crown in Monastir, defeating ’24 U.S. Open junior champ Stojsavljevic in straight sets.

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9. $15K Sibenik CRO Final – Ana Konjuh def. Pia Lovric

…6-2/6-2. Traditionally injury-plagued, but still only 27, Konjuh wins her first singles title on any level in almost three years.

Her return in Croatia this past week was her first action since June and ended what had been a six-match losing streak. Her most recent match win had been in May.

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10. Suzhou 125 Final – Aldila Sutjiadi/Janice Tjen def. Katarzyna Kawa/Makoto Ninomiya

…6-4/6-3. Sutjiadi & Tjen, The Indonesian Connection, win the Suzhou 125 without dropping a set, claiming their first title as a duo (they reached a $35K final in February), and perhaps ushering in a(nother) new era for the nation’s tennis fortunes?

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Speaking of Kostyuk, here’s another “Could Be the Logo” candidate (on the left)…

And another (on the left, of course)…


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Oh, for a tennis player in 2025 to matter-of-factly come with the same sort of Jim Mora-esque energy after a bad performance (w/ no forthcoming apologies two days later)…

Example: “Did *she* play well in the final? I don’t know, I guess. I know I played like s***, and she played better than me. So I guess that’s a good thing.” (pause) “For her. Not for me, because I played like s—t. *You* might’ve beaten me today.”

Maybe the closest we’ve seen in the modern day? Hmmm, Medvedev?

WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker: Wk.41- The Anisimova Ascendency


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*MOST TOP 10 WINS IN 2025 (w/ #1 wins)*
10 – Sabalenka
8 – ANISIMOVA(1), Swiatek
7 – Gauff(1)
6 – M.Andreeva(1)
5 – Alexandrova(1), Keys(1), NOSKOVA
4 – Ostapenko(1), Paolini, Rybakina(1), Samsonova
4 – Svitolina, Tauson(1), Vondrousova(1)
3 – Bencic, Kalinskaya, Kessler
[most events w/ mult. Top 10 wins]
3 – Gauff (Madrid/Rome/RG)
3 – Sabalenka (Miami/RG/US)
2 – Alexandrova (Doha/Stuttgart)
2 – M.Andreeva (Dubai/IW)
2 – ANISIMOVA (London/Beijing)
2 – Keys (Adelaide/AO)
2 – Ostapenko (Doha/Stuttgart)
2 – Vondrousova (Berlin/US)

*MOST WTA FINALS in 2025*
8 – Aryna Sabalenka (4-4)
5 – Jessie Pegula (3-2)
5 – AMANDA ANISIMOVA (2-3)
4 – Iga Swiatek (3-1)
3 – McCartney Kessler (2-1)
3 – Elise Mertens (2-1)
3 – Ekaterina Alexandrova (1-2)
3 – Coco Gauff (1-2)

*2025 FINALISTS BY COUNTRY*
24 (12 wins) – USA [Anisimova]
10 (5) – RUS
8 (4) – BLR
5 (3) – POL
4 (2) – CZE [Noskova], ROU

*MOST WTA SF in 2025*
10 – Aryna Sabalenka (8-2)
9 – Iga Swiatek (4-5)
7 – JESSIE PEGULA (5-2)
7 – Ekaterina Alexandrova (3-4)
6 – AMANDA ANISIMOVA (5-1)
6 – Elena Rybakina (1-5)
5 – Jasmine Paolini (2-3)
4 – COCO GAUFF (3-1)
4 – Maya Joint (2-2)
4 – Madison Keys (2-2)
4 – LINDA NOSKOVA (2-2)
4 – Clara Tauson (2-2)
4 – Wang Xinyu (1-3)
[most by nation]
36 – USA (24-12)***
21 – RUS (10-11)
13 – CZE (4-9)*
11 – BLR (8-3)
11 – POL (5-6)

*2025 WTA DOUBLES TITLES*
4 – SARE ERRANI, ITA
4 – JASMINE PAOLINI, ITA
4 – Erin Routliffe, NZL
3 – Timea Babos, HUN
3 – Gaby Dabrowski, CAN
3 – Katerina Siniakova, CZE
3 – Luisa Stefani, BRA
3 – Taylor Townsend, USA
[duos]
4…ERRANI/PAOLINI
3…Babos/Stefani
3…Dabrowski/Routliffe
2…M.Andreeva/Shnaider
2…Guo/Panova
2…Jiang/Wu
2…N.Kichenok/Ninomiya
2…Muhammad/Schuurs
2…Siniakova/Townsend

*CAREER WTA DOUBLES TITLES – active*
36 – SARA ERRANI, ITA
35 – Hsieh Su-Wei, TPE
33 – Latisha Chan, TPE
31 – Katerina Siniakova, CZE
30 – Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA

*2025 MOST SF FROM NATION*
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Charleston: USA = Pegula (W); Kenin (RU); Anisimova (SF)
Iasi: ROU = Begu (W); Cristian (SF), Cirstea (SF)
Prague: CZE = Bouzkova (W); Noskova (RU); Valentova (SF)
Beijing: USA = Anisimova (W); Pegula (SF), Gauff (SF)

WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker: Wk.41- The Anisimova Ascendency

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