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Aryna Sabalenka becomes first tennis player to win three titles this year after victory in Madrid

That's across both the women's AND men's tours.

ByJohn Berkok

Published May 03, 2025

HOW in the world?! Aryna Sabalenka drops racquet mid point after moving towards Coco Gauff's shot in Madrid final

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Aryna Sabalenka capped a dream run in the Spanish capital on Saturday night, holding off a late surge from Coco Gauff, 6-3, 7-6 (3), to win the Mutua Madrid Open for the third time in her career.

She previously conquered the WTA 1000 event in 2021 and 2023.

And that Madrid triple isn't the only good thing to come in a three.

Sabalenka is now the first player, woman or man, to win three tour-level titles this year. She also won the WTA 500 event in Brisbane in January, and another WTA 1000 event in Miami in March.

MOST TITLES IN 2025 (tour-level, men OR women):

  • 3: Aryna Sabalenka (Brisbane, Miami, Madrid)
  • 2: Madison Keys (Adelaide, Australian Open)
  • 2: Felix Auger-Aliassime (Adelaide, Montpellier)
  • 2: Mirra Andreeva (Dubai, Indian Wells)
  • 2: Jessica Pegula (Austin, Charleston)
  • 2: Carlos Alcaraz (Rotterdam, Monte Carlo)

And Sabalenka's title haul could easily have been higher, as she's also reached another three finals, at the Australian Open (losing in three sets to Keys), Indian Wells (losing in three sets to Andreeva) and Stuttgart (falling to Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets).

Sabalenka's triumph in Madrid was also the milestone 20th tour-level title of her career.

Sabalenka's triumph in Madrid was also the milestone 20th tour-level title of her career.

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It should come as no surprise that Sabalenka dominates this year's match win leaders, too, her victory over Gauff in the Madrid final being her 31st of the season (she's 31-5 in 2025 now).

Pegula has the next most wins among all players this year with 27.

And it was also the milestone 20th tour-level title of Sabalenka's career, with almost half of them—nine—coming at the WTA 1000 level.

SABALENKA'S 20 CAREER TITLES BY LEVEL:

  • 3 Grand Slams [2023 Australian Open, 2024 Australian Open, 2024 US Open]
  • 9 WTA 1000s [2018 Wuhan, 2019 Wuhan, 2020 Doha, 2021 Madrid, 2023 Madrid, 2024 Cincinnati, 2024 Wuhan, 2025 Miami, 2025 Madrid]
  • 5 WTA 500s [2018 New Haven, 2020 Ostrava, 2021 Abu Dhabi, 2023 Adelaide-1, 2025 Brisbane]
  • 2 WTA 250s [2019 Shenzhen, 2020 Linz]
  • 1 WTA Elite Trophy [2019]

Of those 20 career titles, only three have come on clay—her three Madrid titles. The 17 others have all come on hard courts.