Sabalenka, from Minsk (the capital of Belarus) was the daughter of Sergey. Her father Sergey (d. 2019) was an professional ice hockey player. Aryna Sabalenka was born May 5, 1998, was born in Minsk Belarus. She has won 12 WTA titles in her career, which includes the Grand Slam of 2023 Australian Open. Doubles is another area where she excels. The US Open 2019, and Australian Open 2021 were both achieved by Elise. Mertens. She won each of her first WTA 1000 and Miami Open in Indian Wells with her Belgian teammate, and completed the Sunshine Double. This feat was only achieved by four couples playing in the women's doubles. On 23 August 2021 she was ranked second in the world singles ranking the highest position she had ever reached in January 2023. Following her victory at the Melbourne doubles event in February 2021, she was able climb the ranks to be the number one player on the list of that particular specialty. Dmitry Tursunov, a former Russian tennis star, coached her during