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Anna Blinkova Strikes Down Teenage Tagger at the Money End to Claim 2025 Jiangxi Open Crown
Anna Blinkova, the Russian known to many as the woman who survived and won the longest tiebreak ever played against Elena Rybakina, reminded the tennis world in Jiangxi that she’s more than just a trivia legend. Less known is her knack for thriving in finals — she captured her first WTA title at the Transylvania…
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Iga Swiatek Rocks the Boat in Riyadh — Still the One to Beat at the WTA Finals?
Riyadh — If there was any doubt about Iga Świątek’s intent at the WTA Finals, she dispelled it within an hour. The world No. 2 delivered a clinical 6-1, 6-2 dismantling of Madison Keys (match stats here) to open her campaign, playing with the focus and precision that have become her trademark. From the first…
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Victoria Mboko Leads the Next Generation as She Returns to a WTA Final in Hong Kong
At the WTA 250 Hong Kong Open — one of the final stops of the season — teenage sensation Victoria Mboko finds herself back in a championship match. The 19-year-old Canadian, who stunned the tennis world with her historic WTA 1000 triumph at the Canadian Open, will face Cristina Bucsa, a 27-year-old Spaniard appearing in…
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Rybakina Crushes Anisimova to Open WTA Finals Campaign With Commanding Win
Elena Rybakina began her WTA Finals journey in emphatic fashion, sweeping aside Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 6–1 in under an hour. The 2022 Wimbledon champion looked razor-sharp from the first ball, controlling rallies with precision and barely allowing her opponent a foothold in the match. The victory lifts Rybakina to second place in her group, just…
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2025 Chennai Open Results WTA250 (Updated) Including Qualifiers
The 2025 Chennai Open marked the tournament’s second edition and India’s return to hosting a WTA event for the first time since 2022, when the inaugural edition ended a three-year break in professional women’s tennis in the country. The event had to compete with the Hong Kong Open and Jiangxi Open, which were being played…
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2025 Jiangxi Open Results WTA250 (Updated) Including Qualifiers
The 2025 Jiangxi Open in China has recently moved from Nanchang to Jiujiang. This WTA 250 tournament is scheduled this year at the same time as the new Chennai Open and the Hong Kong Open between October 27 and November 2. Top seeds in the field include fresh Guangzhou champion Ann Li, Viktorija Golubic, and…
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Portrait Lilli Tagger: The Austrian Teenager Born Just Miles from Jannik Sinner Who’s Now Making Noise on Tour
Drive south from Lienz, across the Austrian-Italian border into Innichen (San Candido), and you’ll find a region that has quietly become one of the most fertile strips of tennis territory in Europe.Here, at roughly 1,100 metres above sea level, kids still ski before they serve. The lungs grow strong. The winters are long. And now,…
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2025 Hong Kong Open Results (Updated) Including Qualifiers
The 2025 Hong Kong Open took place from October 27 to November 2. Although it shared the same WTA 250 category as the Chennai Open and the Jiangxi Open, it attracted the strongest field of the three, despite all having been scheduled in the same week. Top seeds in the field included Tokyo Champion Belinda…
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Madison Keys: “Enjoying the Climb” After Her Breakthrough Grand Slam Season
As Madison Keys prepares for the WTA Finals, she reflects on her transformative 2025 season — a year that brought her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open and a renewed appreciation for the journey. The 30-year-old, who last played the season finale in 2016, has evolved personally and professionally since her early 20s.…
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Elena Rybakina Enters WTA Finals With Quiet Determination
As Elena Rybakina prepares for the start of the WTA Finals on November 1, she arrives in Riyadh with quiet confidence and a renewed sense of purpose after a strong finish to her 2025 season. The Kazakh player, who claimed her first title in over a year before adding another in Ningbo, believes her return…
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Wozniacki Fires Back: “Peter, You’re a Clown” — Clash with Danish Commentator Escalates
Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki has hit back sharply at Danish commentator Peter Bastiansen after he criticized her for not making a clear decision about her tennis future. Wozniacki, who gave birth to her third child, Max, in July 2025, is currently on another break from competition. She had returned to the tour in…
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Cyclone Halts Chennai Open as Organizers Battle to Save the Tournament
The WTA 250 Chennai Open has endured a stormy start to its 2025 edition, with play suspended for a second consecutive day as Cyclone Montha lashed India’s east coast. Not a single match has been completed since the event began on Monday, leaving both players and organizers grappling with severe disruption. This year marks only…
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Simona Halep Returns to Tennis in an Official Role at the 2025 WTA Finals in Riyadh
After announcing her retirement in early 2025, former world No. 1 Simona Halep is stepping back into the spotlight — this time not as a player, but in an official capacity at the upcoming WTA Finals 2025, set for 1–8 November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her involvement has been widely reported by Romanian media, though…
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Naomi Osaka Ends Partnership with Strength Coach Guillaume Brunoir as 2026 Season Nears
Naomi Osaka will begin 2026 with yet another change to her backroom team. French strength and conditioning coach Guillaume Brunoir has announced the end of his collaboration with the four-time Grand Slam champion, bringing to a close a partnership that began in late 2024. The move marks another shift for Osaka, who has already navigated…
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Live WTA Rankings After 2025 Tokyo and Guangzhou Finals
As of October 26, 2025, the live WTA rankings reflect the full impact of the Tokyo (WTA 500) and Guangzhou (WTA 250) tournaments, both of which wrapped up with statement victories and major shifts across the top tiers of the standings. In Tokyo, Belinda Bencic produced one of her most convincing performances of the season,…
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Ann Li Tops Lulu Sun to Win 2025 Guangzhou Open, Clinching Her Second WTA Crown
Ann Li finally has her moment again. The American captured her first WTA title since 2021, defeating New Zealand’s Lulu Sun in straight sets to win the Guangzhou Open — ending a four-year wait and sealing a long-awaited return to the winner’s circle. It had been a journey defined by near-misses. Li fell short in…
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Belinda Bencic Seals Emotional Comeback with Pan Pacific Open 2025 Title in Tokyo
Belinda Bencic captured the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo on Sunday, sealing her 10th career crown — and her second of the season — with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Linda Noskova in just one hour and 22 minutes. The win carried extra weight: exactly ten years ago, a then-18-year-old Bencic had fallen short…
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Martina Navratilova Predictions: Picks Clear Favourite for the WTA Finals
The lineup for the 2025 WTA Finals is set, and few voices command as much authority as Martina Navratilova when analysing it. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion has offered her sharp take on some of the elite eight heading to Riyadh, where Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek again lead the charge. She also talks…
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Iga Swiatek’s coach Fissette: “The Ability to Switch Off Is a Superpower”
Few coaches in modern tennis can boast a résumé like Wim Fissette. The Belgian tactician has guided a remarkable list of world number ones and Grand Slam champions — from Victoria Azarenka and Simona Halep to Naomi Osaka and now Iga Świątek.In a candid discussion on The Inside-In Podcast, Fissette reflected on his journey, his…
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Sofia Kenin and Belinda Bencic Set for Battle of Comebacks in Tokyo
With Elena Rybakina’s last-minute withdrawal from the Pan Pacific Open, it’s this semifinal — Sofia Kenin vs Belinda Bencic — that now takes center stage in Tokyo. The matchup between two former major champions suddenly carries extra weight: one of them will not only book a place in the final but also seize the spotlight…
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Rybakina Withdraws, Opens Door for Noskova at the Pan Pacific Open
A sudden twist in Tokyo: Elena Rybakina, fresh off her Ningbo victory and secured berth for the WTA Finals, has withdrawn from the Pan Pacific Open semifinal less than an hour ago. This unexpected exit hands the spotlight to Linda Noskova, who now advances by default and faces a vastly different path to the title.…
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WTA Finals 2025 Predictions: Can an Underdog Steal the Title? We Think So
The 2025 WTA Finals promise a blockbuster close to the season, gathering eight of the year’s most accomplished players for one final showdown. The competition runs 1–8 November in Riyadh, and with every champion of 2025’s Grand Slams in the field, the quality couldn’t be higher. Prize Money The official prize pool is yet to…
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What Pressure? Elena Rybakina Books Her Place at the WTA Finals 2025 With a Flawless Tokyo Performance
She only had to beat Victoria Mboko. One more win in Tokyo and Elena Rybakina would secure her long-awaited place at the WTA Finals in Riyadh. The equation was simple, but the pressure was anything but. Under the lights, Rybakina responded with poise and precision, producing a composed first set that showcased her trademark first-strike…
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2025 Guangzhou Open WTA250 Results (Updated) Including Qualifiers
The 2025 Guangzhou Open returns this third week of October to the buzzing Nansha International Tennis Center, bringing the WTA Tour’s late-season hardcourt swing to southern China. Now in its 19th edition, the event has grown into a fixture of October tennis. Top seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro headlines a diverse field that blends youthful ambition…
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2025 Tokyo Open WTA500 Results (Updated) Including Qualifiers
The WTA tour shifts to Tokyo The WTA 500 season now moves from Ningbo to Tokyo, where the Toray Pan Pacific Open stands as Japan’s biggest WTA tennis tournament of the year. From October 20–26, 2025, the spotlight turns to the Ariake Coliseum, the nation’s premier tennis venue and home of this iconic event. With…
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WTA Career Earnings 2025: Full List of All-Time Prize Money Leaders
This is the latest Career Prize Money Leaders list (as of October 20, 2025), compiled from the WTA’s own data but presented here on tennis-wta.com, your unofficial home for fans, by fans. It’s the ultimate leaderboard of women’s all-time tennis fortunes. Scroll, explore, and search to your heart’s content: type your favourite player’s name, your…
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To Podcast or Not to Podcast: Karolina Pliskova Fires a Brutal Shot at Marketa Vondrousova After Latest Retirement
Karolina Pliskova has reignited Czech tennis tensions after accusing compatriot Marketa Vondrousova of “giving up” during her retirement loss to Karolina Muchova at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The 2023 Wimbledon champion lasted just nine games, trailing 6-2, 1-0 before pulling the plug with a familiar left-shoulder problem. It was her second straight loss…
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Visa Issues Keep Mirra Andreeva From Competing in Japan
At just 18, Mirra Andreeva has already shown the poise and precision of a future Grand Slam champion. She moves across the court like she’s years ahead of her age — calm, clinical, and devastatingly composed. But this time, her challenge was probably a desk, inside a Japanese consulate… The young Russian’s planned participation in…
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Thank You, WTA Fans — You Made This Possible
When we started tennis-wta.com, we never aimed to chase algorithms or ad revenue. We wanted to serve the sport — and the fans — with clarity, accuracy, and passion. Six months later, that vision is alive and thriving. Our Match Reports now hold a 75%+ engagement rate, and our Tournament Results have a bounce rate…
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Russian Teen Alina Korneeva Almost Finds the Key as Yulia Putintseva Throws It Away Late On
Putintseva came to Guangzhou short on confidence, having won just two main-draw matches in her last ten tournaments and often forced to battle through qualifying rounds. But on this humid evening, the Kazakh rediscovered her edge in a tense opening-round test that demanded every ounce of her experience. After seeing a double-break lead vanish in…