2025 WTA season: Where will Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu start the new campaign?
The first official events of the 2025 WTA Tour season start in late December and the top 10 players on the rankings will all feature in either Australia or New Zealand.
December 27 marks the start of the new campaign with the United Cup with the Brisbane International and ASB Classic kicking off a few days later.
Aryna Sabalenka
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it will be world No 1 Sabalenka’s motto as she has started her season with a WTA 500 event the past two years and went on to win the Australian Open.
In 2023 she won the Adelaide International before lifting the trophy at Melbourne Park a few weeks later and in 2024 she finished runner-up at the Brisbane International.
The three-time major winner will return to Brisbane in 2025.
Iga Swiatek
Five-time Grand Slam winner Swiatek has started her season with the United Cup the past two years and she will continue that tradition in 2025.
In 2023 she helped Poland to the semi-final while in 2024 they finished runners-up to Germany.
Coco Gauff
World No 3 Coco Gauff is the one player who has changed her schedule for the first week of the year as she won’t defend her title in Auckland.
The American has won the ASB Classic the past two years, but she has decided to take part in the United Cup in Australia in 2025.
Jasmine Paolini
Italian Paolini finished at a career-high No 4 in the rankings and she will again represent Italy at the United Cup at the start of the year before taking part in the Adelaide International the week after.
WTA Schedules
Coco Gauff’s 2025 tennis schedule
Emma Raducanu’s 2025 tennis schedule
Zheng Qinwen
Olympic gold medallist Zheng will team up with Zhang Zhizhen for China in Group E at the United Cup and they will face Germany and Brazil in the round-robin phase.
Like the top four in the rankings, Zheng will then make her way to Melbourne for the Australian Open.
Elena Rybakina
2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina won the Brisbane International in January 2024, but she won’t defend her title as she will take part in the United Cup for Kazakstan.
That will be her only Australian Open warm-up event.
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula will skip the 2025 United Cup and will instead kick off her season at the Brisbane International alongside Sabalenka before she heads to Adelaide for her second warm-up tournament of the year.
Emma Navarro
World No 8 Emma Navarro won her maiden – and to date only – title at the Hobart International, but she won’t defend her title.
She will start her season in Brisbane before taking part in the Adelaide International.
Other stars:
United Cup
Danielle Collins, Maria Sakkari, Karolina Muchova, Katie Boulter and Leylah Fernandez will be in action in Australia at the team event.
Brisbane International
Sabalenka will also be joined Daria Kasatkina, Paula Badosa, Diana Shnaider, Mirra Andreeva and Victoria Azarenka.
ASB Classic
Four Grand Slam winners feature on the entry list as Emma Raducanu, Naomi Osaka, Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin will kick off their season in New Zealand.
Former US Open runner-up Madison Keys (21) will be the highest-ranked player in the draw.
Second week of January
Adelaide International
Daria Kasatkina, Barbora Krejcikova, Danielle Collins, Paula Badosa, Diana Shnaider, Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova have entered the main draw along with Paolina, Pegula and Navarro.
Hobart International
Elise Mertens (33) is the highest-ranked player in the line-up with Sloane Stephens, Dayana Yastremska and Amanda Anisimova also on the list.
