She has won more WTA 1000 titles than any other participant in 2026 despite not successful a Grand Slam this 12 months

The last WTA 1000 match of 2026 has formally concluded after the last of the Wuhan Open.

Maja Chwalinska beat Sonay Kartal in a shock last to win her first WTA Tour title in Wuhan, persevering with her breakout season after reaching the Roland Garros last earlier this 12 months.

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The Wuhan Open is the last WTA 1000 match of the 2026 season, with Chwalinska one of 4 new champions at this stage alongside Qinwen Zheng, Marta Kostyuk and Karolina Muchova.

Eight of the 10 WTA 1000 champions have been completely different this 12 months, and it is only Aryna Sabalenka who has won more than one title at this stage in 2026.

Aryna Sabalenka is the only participant who has won a number of WTA 1000 titles in 2026

Muchova won the first WTA 1000 match of the 12 months at the Qatar Open, before Jessica Pegula claimed the other title at this stage during the Middle Eastern swing at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

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Sabalenka was not current at either of these tournaments, but she kicked off her first WTA 1000 occasion in model after successful Indian Wells for the first time. The Belarusian then continued her type, as Sabalenka defended her Miami Open title to become just the fifth lady in historical past to have accomplished the sunshine double.

Sabalenka’s on-court struggles have been very public since then, with it being the first 12 months since 2022 where she has failed to win a Grand Slam title. Sabalenka’s woes have also been current at the WTA 1000 tournaments, as she has failed to surpass the quarter-finals of any of the next six of these occasions she has performed.

This consists of the Wuhan Open, where Sabalenka lost to Ann Li in her opening match at the match she has beforehand won thrice.

Despite Sabalenka’s lack of runs to the latter levels of WTA 1000 tournaments, no other participant has been in a position to win a number of titles at occasions of this stage, with the likes of Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff both getting their fingers on one title each. Like Sabalenka, Swiatek and Gauff have also not won a main title in 2026.

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Interestingly, none of the three Grand Slam champions from this season, Elena Rybakina (Australian Open and US Open), Mirra Andreeva (Roland Garros), and Linda Noskova (Wimbledon) have won a WTA 1000 title this 12 months. Both Rybakina and Andreeva have reached two WTA 1000 finals this 12 months, but have completed as runners-up.

Where is Aryna Sabalenka ranked in historical past of most WTA 1000 title wins?

By including two WTA 1000 titles to her catalogue, Sabalenka has further cemented her legacy in the historical past books.

The WTA 1000 class of tournaments started in 1990, and Sabalenka is now equal sixth alongside Lindsay Davenport, forward of the likes of Monica Seles, Justine Henin and Venus Williams.

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This checklist is led by Serena Williams, who like her Grand Slam tally has also won 23 WTA 1000 titles. Williams is adopted by Martina Hingis with 17 titles, Steffi Graf, who has 15, and Maria Sharapova with 14 to her identify. Sabalenka was stage with Swiatek, but after the latter won the Canadian Open she has moved forward again.

Sabalenka’s 11 WTA 1000 titles have come across six tournaments, with her most profitable being the Madrid Open and the Wuhan Open, both of which she has won three titles. The WTA 1000 tournaments where Sabalenka is yet to seize the title are the Qatar Open, the Dubai Tennis Championships, the Italian Open and the China Open.

The world quantity two will now have to wait until next 12 months if she is to ever get her fingers on these titles, but Sabalenka does now have a probability to win an elusive match. Sabalenka will hope to finish her season in model at WTA Finals, where she is a two-time runner-up, which is happening in Indian Wells this 12 months.