This is a list of career achievements by
Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka.
Grand Slam
By winning the
2012 Australian Open, Victoria Azarenka not only became the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title; she also became the first player from her country to ascend to the
world number one ranking.[1]
Azarenka has three times dethroned reigning champions at Grand Slam tournaments: at the
2009 French Open, on the same day
Rafael Nadal suffered his lone defeat at the French Open at the hands of
Robin Söderling, Azarenka defeated
2008 champion
Ana Ivanovic in straight sets in the fourth round; she also advanced to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time by virtue of this victory.[2][3] She also defeated reigning Australian and US Open champions
Kim Clijsters and
Samantha Stosur on her way to reaching her first two Grand Slam finals at those respective events in 2012, winning her first Grand Slam title at the former.[4][5]
Overall
By reaching the semi-finals of (and eventually winning) the
2009 Sony Ericsson Open, Azarenka became just the second Belarusian, after
Natasha Zvereva, to be ranked in the top ten of the WTA rankings.[6]
By defeating
Li Na in the round robin stage of the
2012 WTA Tour Championships, Azarenka became the eleventh year-end number one since the WTA rankings were first calculated in 1974. She was also the first player from her country to achieve this.[9]
On 28 July 2014, Azarenka marked 200 consecutive weeks in the top ten, a feat managed by no other player during this period. This streak came to an end when she was defeated by
Venus Williams in the second round of the
2014 Bank of the West Classic,[10][11] but as a result of her reaching the quarter-finals of the
2014 Rogers Cup, and
Ana Ivanovic's failure to defend her points, Azarenka returned to the top ten in the week starting 11 August 2014.[12][13]
This is a list of career achievements by
Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka.
Grand Slam
By winning the
2012 Australian Open, Victoria Azarenka not only became the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title; she also became the first player from her country to ascend to the
world number one ranking.[1]
Azarenka has three times dethroned reigning champions at Grand Slam tournaments: at the
2009 French Open, on the same day
Rafael Nadal suffered his lone defeat at the French Open at the hands of
Robin Söderling, Azarenka defeated
2008 champion
Ana Ivanovic in straight sets in the fourth round; she also advanced to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time by virtue of this victory.[2][3] She also defeated reigning Australian and US Open champions
Kim Clijsters and
Samantha Stosur on her way to reaching her first two Grand Slam finals at those respective events in 2012, winning her first Grand Slam title at the former.[4][5]
Overall
By reaching the semi-finals of (and eventually winning) the
2009 Sony Ericsson Open, Azarenka became just the second Belarusian, after
Natasha Zvereva, to be ranked in the top ten of the WTA rankings.[6]
By defeating
Li Na in the round robin stage of the
2012 WTA Tour Championships, Azarenka became the eleventh year-end number one since the WTA rankings were first calculated in 1974. She was also the first player from her country to achieve this.[9]
On 28 July 2014, Azarenka marked 200 consecutive weeks in the top ten, a feat managed by no other player during this period. This streak came to an end when she was defeated by
Venus Williams in the second round of the
2014 Bank of the West Classic,[10][11] but as a result of her reaching the quarter-finals of the
2014 Rogers Cup, and
Ana Ivanovic's failure to defend her points, Azarenka returned to the top ten in the week starting 11 August 2014.[12][13]