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- Alexandrova 2025: The Year Ekaterina Finally Stopped Knocking and Walked In
- Season 2025 Top Earners: Top 100 WTA Prize Money Leaders
- Dementieva and Kafelnikov on Vukov-Gate, Serve Speeds, Being an Alternate, and the WTA Finals Final : “Elena Rybakina Was Brilliant”
- Rybakina’s Riyadh Triumph Turns Political — Kuznetsova Applauds, Shriver Condemns as WTA Rift Deepens
- WTA Rankings After 2025 WTA Finals: The Pack Is Growling Louder
- The Players Want a Seat: WTA Revolt Brewing Over Grand Slam Silence
- Why WTA Chief Portia Archer Was Left Frozen Out by Rybakina After Finals Triumph
- Elena Rybakina Makes History: Wins Record-Breaking Prize Money With 2025 WTA Finals Triumph
- From Evert to Rybakina — Every WTA Finals Champion in History (1972–2025)
- Sabalenka and Rybakina Clash for Biggest Prize Money in Women’s Tennis History at 2025 WTA Finals in Riyadh
- Sabalenka Survives Anisimova’s Fury — Now Faces Rybakina for 2025 Riyadh Supremacy
- WTA Finals 2025: Results (Updated) & Schedule of Play
- Relive the Thrilling Rybakina vs Pegula Battle – Full WTA Finals 2025 Semi-Final Match Report
- WTA Finals Semifinal Preview & Prediction: Sabalenka and Anisimova — Enough Non-Fossil Power to Light Riyadh’s Grid
- WTA Finals Semifinal Preview & Prediction: Rybakina and Pegula — The Tour’s Most Reinvigorated Forces Collide in Riyadh
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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…