Elena Rybakina served up the second Grand Slam title of her career in Melbourne on Saturday night, adding the Australian Open trophy to the Wimbledon trophy she captured in 2022.
And she had to beat the Top 2 players on the WTA rankings to get there, outdoing No. 2-ranked Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals, 7-5, 6-1, and No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
With that 1-2 sweep, the Kazakh becomes just the fourth woman ever to defeat both of the Top 2 players en route to an Australian Open title, since official WTA rankings began in 1975.
Jennifer Capriati was the first woman to achieve the feat in 2001, defeating world No. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-4, and world No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final, 6-4, 6-3.
Capriati, incidentally, was on hand in Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night to present Rybakina with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.
Serena Williams was the second woman to do it in 2005, beating No. 2 Amelie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-2, before rallying past No. 1 Lindsay Davenport in the final, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.
And Madison Keys became the third woman on the list in 2025, saving match point to beat No. 2 Swiatek in the semifinals, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8), before edging No. 1 Sabalenka for the title, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.