The women's Tennis season has ended since the end of the WTA Finals, an opportunity to take stock but above all to look forward to 2025, where the Top 10 will have high objectives and where the battle promises to be splendid.
His 2024 season: Finally ! After two failures, the Belarusian managed to finish the year on the throne of world No. 1. And yet, after a package at Wimbledon, things seemed to be off to a bad start. But she overturned everything in her path with two WTA 1000 titles, and above all, the US Open, her second Grand Slam of the season after the Australian Open. 56 wins, 14 losses, the best hardcourt player in the world. And the official queen of the circuit.
His 2025 season: the first objective is obvious: to retain her title at the Australian Open and thus become the first to win three titles in Melbourne since Martina Hingis (1997 – 1999). But the big goal of his season will undoubtedly be Wimbledon. On the one hand, because winning it would allow him to approach the defense of all the points in the second part of the season (nearly 5,000) with serenity, but above all because with his service and his ultra powerful game, it remains an anomaly that it has not yet triumphed on the London turf.
His 2024 season: we don't know what to think about it. Until Roland-Garros, and even if she had “messed up” her Australian Open, the Pole was untouchable: three WTA 1000s and therefore a fourth Parisian coronation, to become the second after Serena Williams to achieve the Madrid – Rome – Roland-Garros treble. And then the machine completely derailed, including an unexpected Olympic failure, which led to a truncated end to the season and a change of coach.
His 2025 season: we have to go back to 1923 to find traces of a quadruplet at Roland-Garros, signed by a certain Suzanne Lenglen. Keeping his title would therefore allow him to write a huge page of history. More generally, she will have to be ready from the start given the mountain of points to defend. Succeeding in her Australian Open, where she exited in the third round last year, will be crucial for the direction of her season, because she will obviously want to regain first place in the world.
His 2024 season: with many faces. A title from his first tournament, then a constant presence in the final stages of major events, but few benchmark victories, a completely failed title defense campaign at the US Open, before a totally unexpected rebound with a title in WTA 1000 in Beijing and above all a masterful triumph at the WTA Finals. Enough to end the year with a smile and on the podium. Because let's not forget that she is only 20 years old…
His 2025 season: we need more headlines. If she will be closely scrutinized in Australia, we would like to see her win on the Sunshine Swing in March. Adding to her track record on earth, where she is often at ease, would be appreciable, but given her end of season where she seemed transformed in terms of volume of play, all the Grand Slams and the WTA 1000 on hard courts will have to be a goal.
His 2024 season: amazing. There are no other words to describe the exercise of a player who had never previously made it past the second round of a Grand Slam! Two major finals in Paris then London, in addition to a WTA 1000 title, that was frankly unexpected. All with an exciting game and a contaminating freshness. However, we can regret that these two finals did not lead to a first Grand Slam title…
His 2025 season: …and this will inevitably be its objective. Coming so close twice to a Grand Slam title which has eluded Italy since 2015 was infuriating, and undoubtedly explains a less convincing second part of the season. Having proven that she can deliver at major events, she will first have to test her level during the defense of her biggest title in February in Dubai. We will then know if it is still up to par.
His 2024 season: the second revelation of the year, but this one was more possible. She set the tone with a first major final at the Australian Open, but it was especially her Olympic title that changed her career. She came close to two major titles at the end of the season, in Wuhan but especially at the WTA Finals, since she had match points in the final, but the progress is real, and undoubtedly not over.
His 2025 season: the scope of an Olympic title is enormous in the media, but in a country which has only known one major champion – Li Na – the challenge remains enormous. Especially since we always wonder which is his best surface between the hard court of his Australian final and the clay of his Olympic gold. We should have the answer before June, but we will especially know if she can handle the pressure of defending points in a Grand Slam final.
His 2024 season: the biggest mess of the season. Still incredibly fragile physically, the Kazakhstani quickly won three WTA 500s, plus a final in Miami, to reach 40 victories in July. But her failure in the semi-finals at Wimbledon – where she was de facto the big favorite – weighed down the rest, between her withdrawal from the US Open and her change of coach. Nevertheless, she reminded the WTA Finals that she must always be counted on, and that her goals remain high.
His 2025 season: now under the leadership of Goran Ivanišević, she will attack her season with enormous ambitions. Without pressure at the Australian Open in view of her surprise exit in the second round in 2024 – a rare miss in her first part of the season – she will be able to strike a big blow from the start and put pressure on the aforementioned players, because she can recover third place is entirely possible. For the rest, as long as the body holds…
His 2024 season: until August, it was not recognized. The reason: a physical discomfort which forced her to skip the entire tour on land. But when the American cement returned, she won a title in Toronto, and a final in Cincinnati and at the US Open, only stopped by Sabalenka in both cases. Enough to go to the WTA Finals, but not to play a role there…
His 2025 season: she will be 31 in February, and for her, no more time to fool around: she needs a Grand Slam. Ultra-regular at this level (7 quarter-finals or better since 2021), she crossed the rubicond during the last US Open, and the two majors on hard court are all opportunities to win the Grail. Physically inconsistent last season, she will not have a plethora of opportunities afterwards.
His 2024 season: the third huge reveal of the season. 38th in the world at the start of the year, the American started 2024 with a first career title in Hobart, and then multiplied the high-class performances, the highlight obviously being her journey to the semi-finals of the US Open, taking out Coco Gauff along the way. More behind at the end of the season, she nevertheless has a lot of room for improvement at 23 years old.
His 2025 season: this title in Hobart remained the only one, and to climb into the Top 10 in these conditions is prodigious. However, she still needs to gain consistency and avoid some embarrassing defeats. But above all, she must work on her selection of tournaments and offer herself more opportunities to fill her trophy cabinet, which remains the surest way to consolidate her place in the Top 10.
His 2024 season: the queen of the 500. Two titles for the Russian, and six finals in total… all reached at the WTA 500 level. Thus, this consistency at a difficult level of competition makes her one of the big winners of the season, since she left the Top 10 last season. The fact remains that her Grand Slam season, where she did not make it past the third round, should be thrown in the trash, and even in the WTA 1000, there is not a shadow of a quarter-final to sink your teeth into.
His 2025 season: and quite logically, this will be the main objective of his season. Shine on the big stages, which she is capable of as a former semi-finalist at Roland-Garros. However, she only has two major quarter-finals in her career, and her greatest strength is her consistency. This will remain its major asset to remain in the Top 10.
His 2024 season: we don't know what qualifier to use. On the flip side, a quarter-final at the Australian Open, but above all, a totally unexpected triumph at Wimbledon, where she had never made it past the round of 16 before, with the bonus of a semi-final at the WTA Finals. On the face side, no less than 8 defeats in the first round, and she did not reach any other semi-final of the year.
His 2025 season: should she fight this irregularity, or embrace it, since it brought her her second Grand Slam title? A difficult question, especially since the Czech has always carried around the image of a solid, stable player. Performing at Roland Garros where, incredibly, she has not made it past the first round since her triumph in 2021 would be a great way to prepare for the defense of her title at Wimbledon, which will remain the priority objective of her season .
