No. 5. Elena Rybakina
She is just so fast, and she can move forehand and smash the ball. Her forehand and her backhand can go infinite on the lines. However, she can mess it up for month after month. Clearly, she can be upset. Before the fall, she played a lot, and she lost to some key matches. In the fall, she started to be much more consistent. The 23-year-old won ‘22 Wimbledon with some awesome matches. At the end this year of the WTA Finals, she snapped it, beating all five including Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka, So when she charges, and thinks regularly, she can have another major.
No. 4. Amanda Anisimova
The American really came alive in 2025, when she learned much more, point after point. She can be exceptionally aggressive, and she can flatten it out. However, when she gets on court, she can be brilliant. In the final of Wimbledon, she was so nervous that she couldn’t do anything, losing 6-0, 6-0 to Swiatek. The wild thing was that in the semis, she stunned Sabalenka, and two more days later, she collapsed. That does happen at the Slams, and the 24-year-old reset at the US Open, when once again, she reached the final on the hardcourt. Believe it or not, she beat Swiatek in the quarters. In the final, her forehand and her backhand were monstrous, yet Sabalenka tacked her 6-3, 7-6. Decent, though. Will she continue to her improve her serve and succeed at the net? When she is locked in, she can win a major Slam.
No. 3. Coco Gauff
Many people think that the American can win many Grand Slams, and she might, but she has taken it twice, winning the ‘23 US Open, and ‘25 Roland Garros. What that means is she can be really feisty, or sit back and rally. She likes the hardcourts, and her backhand can be huge. However, her forehand has been up and down, and while at the net, she can bend down and put it away. At the US Open, she thought that she could win it again, yet Naomi Osaka outhit her. She is only 21-years-old, so she will be mature, and she does think about what she should do. She tried hard during the fall, and she won Wuhan, when she looked very good. Yet again, she backed off at the WTA Finals, and that was it. She does fight, a lot, so in 2026, she really has to much more with her forehand, and her returns. If she improves in those areas, she will win another Slam.
No. 2. Iga Swiatek
Over the past four years, she rose up so high, sprinting, and crushed her backhand and her forehand. She would go crosscourt, in the middle, deep, and then she would flatten it out down the line for a winner. Yes, she is very emotional when she on, but there are times when she gets ticked off and loses focus. She has been No. 1 a long time. This year, she was very good, but not spectacular. Of course she has won six Slams, winning Roland Garros four times (clay), the US Open (hardcourts), and in June, she won Wimbledon, crushing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0. She was on top of the ball, each point. However, Sabalenka was more consistent, because over the past couple years, her serve improved a lot. The Polish Swiatek can hit a fine first serve, but her second serve was OK, but not wonderful. If she is healthy, she will another Slam, but how many more? She is only 24-years-old. So in a few years, she could be 10 Slams, or higher. That would be jolting.
No. 1. Aryna Sabalenka
She once said that the three years ago, she was pretty good, but not at the top. However, even though her serve was poor at times, her forehand and her backhand were wildly aggressive, and her return, too. She was very loud when she was hitting the ball at the WTA, as she was learning to play, and the teenager eventually could slap the ball. She did, and as she said, “I like to think of each Grand Slam as a brand new opportunity instead of thinking about it as something that I have to defend.” She has won four Slams, including the ’25 US Open, pushing past Anisimova in two tough sets. She could a little bit better, at the net, and her serve, but she always try to improve her game. She will win many more Slams.