Aryna Sabalenka has had quite a few coaches since turning pro.
Aryna Sabalenka, the current world No. 1, is creating an unreal domination in the women’s singles. Over the past 12 months, the Belarusian ace won six titles, including the US Open and four WTA 1000s. She is a three-time Grand Slam champion and this season, she made six appearances in the finals and won three.
During the 2025 Roland Garros, she reached her tenth consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals and she is looking to win the French Open title for the first time. This year, she won the title in Brisbane, Miami, and Rome. She finished as a runner-up in the Australian Open, Indian Wells, and Stuttgart. She is also a two-time Grand Slam doubles’ champion. Aryna Sabalenka has won 26 career titles — 20 in singles, and six in doubles as of June 2025.
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In 2023, she won the Australian Open and reached No. 1 in the WTA rankings after Iga Swiatek’s loss to Coco Gauff in the 2024 WTA Finals. In 2024, she bagged two more major titles, including Australian Open and US Open. She became the first woman to defend her title there since Victoria Azarenka in 2013. This year, she played her third consecutive Australian Open final but lost to Madison Keys.
Let’s find out the team behind Aryna Sabalenka’s glorious run in the women’s grand slams and WTA events.
Aryna Sabalenka has had quite a few coaches since turning pro. For three years (2015-18), she worked under Khalil Ibrahimov. The Belarusian ace joined the hands with the former coach of Stanislas Wawrinka, Magnus Norman but it didn’t last for long.
Sabalenka hired former Russian tennis player Dmitry Tursunov as new head coach in July 2018. During his three-year stint, Sabalenka won five WTA titles, including three WTA-1000 events. Next coach was German Dieter Kindlmann. Aryna Sabalenka is currently being coached by Anton Dubrov.
Anton Dubrov is currently working with Aryna Sabalenka as the head coach and in a run of four years, he helped Sabalenka to become a superior tennis star in the world. Dubrov is a former tennis player who started playing this sport at age five. He is taking the legacy of his grandfather, Eduard Dubrov, who was a popular tennis coach.
As we mentioned earlier, Sabalenka has had quite a few coaches and she hired Dubrov as her head coach in 2020 after the departure of Magnus Norman. During his tenure, Sabalenka won three Grand Slam singles’ title and two doubles’ titles. She also became the No. 1 tennis player. The Belarusian ace won three tour titles in Dubrov’s first year as coach and in the same year, she made a debut in the top-10.
Jason Stacy is Sabalenka’s fitness coach and physiotherapist. He has played a big role in Sabalenka’s fitness growth and during the last 2-3years, she looked a better player in her serve and also fought well with the fatigue.
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