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Aryna Tiebreakalenka! Sabalenka breaks two tiebreak records in win over Raducanu in Cincy

The world No. 1 has now won her last 16 breakers in a row after a grueling 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5) victory over the Brit.

ByJohn Berkok

Published Aug 11, 2025

HIGHLIGHTS: Aryna Sabalenka survives Emma Raducanu in third-set tiebreaker | 2025 Cincinnati 3R

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Aryna Sabalenka broke not one, but TWO tie-break records during her third-round win over Emma Raducanu in Cincinnati on Monday.

She battled to a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5) victory after three hours and nine minutes on court, highlighted by a grueling 23-minute, 13-deuce eighth game of the third set, which the Brit ended up winning.

But with her two tie-break wins, Sabalenka rewrote history twice.

First of all, those were the 17th and 18th tie-breaks she’s won this year, breaking the record for most tie-breaks won by a woman in a single season in the Open Era. The world No. 1 had been tied with three other women for that record, at 16, going into the match on Monday.

MOST TIE-BREAKS WON BY A WOMAN IN A SINGLE SEASON IN THE OPEN ERA (tour-level):

  • 18: Aryna Sabalenka (2025)
  • 16: Billie Jean King (1971)
  • 16: Wendy Turnbull (1978)
  • 16: Elena Rybakina (2023)
Sabalenka hasn't lost a tie-break since February.

Sabalenka hasn't lost a tie-break since February.

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Second of all, Sabalenka has now won her last 16 tie-breaks in a row, breaking the record for most tie-breaks won in a row by a woman in the Open Era (at tour-level). She had been tied with Sloane Stephens for the previous record of 14—the American won that many in a row between Roland Garros in 2015 and Wimbledon in 2016.

Sabalenka is now 18-1 overall in tie-breaks this year.

ARYNA SABALENKA'S TIE-BREAK RECORD IN 2025: 18-1

  • d. Putintseva in Brisbane 3rd Rd, 7-6 (2), 6-4
  • d. Tauson in Australian Open 3rd Rd, 7-6 (5), 6-4
  • l. to Alexandrova in Doha 2nd Rd, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5)
  • d. Kessler in Indian Wells 2nd Rd, 7-6 (4), 6-3
  • d. Kostyuk in Madrid QFs, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7)
  • d. Gauff in Madrid F, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
  • d. Kostyuk in Rome 4th Rd, 6-1, 7-6 (8)
  • d. Zheng in Roland Garros QFs, 7-6 (3), 6-3
  • d. Swiatek in Roland Garros SFs, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0
  • l. to Gauff in Roland Garros F, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 4-6
  • d. Masarova in Berlin 2nd Rd, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
  • d. Rybakina in Berlin QFs, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (6)
  • d. Bouzkova in Wimbledon 2nd Rd, 7-6 (4), 6-4
  • d. Raducanu in Wimbledon 3rd Rd, 7-6 (6), 6-4
  • d. Mertens in Wimbledon 4th Rd, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
  • d. Raducanu in Cincinnati 3rd Rd, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5)