Agnieszka Radwańska played professionally in tennis in the years 2005-2018. During this time she won 20 WTA tournaments, and in 2012 she competed with Serena Williams In final Grand Slam Wimbledon. Radwańska won 17 of 20 tournaments on hard court. Radwańska also won the WTA Finals in Singapore in 2015, where Shelf she won in the final 6:2, 4:6, 6:3 against the Czech Petra Kvitová. – For the last year I was not able to train. I went to tournaments without training. The worst moment for me was when my body stopped regenerating – said Radwańska, referring to the end of her career.
The elder Radwańska sister has recorded many victories in hard court tournaments. The current format of WTA 1000 tournaments (tournaments lower in hierarchy only than the Grand Slams) appeared in 2009. During that time, Radwańska won as many as 156 matches and for a long time she was the leader of this ranking. Until March of this year, when Caroline Wozniacki won 6:1, 6:4 against French Clara Burel in the first round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami. The Dane of Polish origin has 157 victories in matches played on this surface.
Azarenka equalized Agnieszka Radwańska's score. She may become the leader of the ranking
It turns out that one of the tennis players has just equaled Radwańska in terms of the number of victories on hard courts in WTA 1000 tournaments. It is the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (19th WTA), who has just won her 156th match on a hard court. This happened in the first round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto, where Azarenka defeated the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29th WTA) 6:2, 6:2. In the second round, Azarenka can equal Wozniacki's result if she defeats the Belgian Greet Minnen (74th WTA). This match will take place on Thursday.
Azarenka has been competing on professional courts since 2003. During that time, the Belarusian has won 21 WTA tournaments, including two Grand Slam Australian Opens (2012, 2013). Additionally, she has reached the US Open finals three times (2012, 2013, 2020). The Belarusian has lost twice to Serena Williams and once to Naomi Osaka. Azarenka has won 20 of 21 hard-court tournaments, the last of which was in August 2020 in Cincinnati, where Naomi Osaka forfeited the final.
Azarenka entered the “150 club” in February this year after a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (11. WTA) in the third round of the tournament in Doha. The top five in terms of the number of victories on hard courts in WTA 1000 tournaments also include Petra Kvitova (140) and Simona Halep (135).
Azarenka can become the leader of the above ranking if, after eliminating Minnen, she defeats the even better pair of Anna Blinkova (Russia, 68th WTA) / Payton Stearns (USA, 53rd WTA) – Madison Keys (USA, 14th WTA) in the third round of the competition in Toronto.