Tennis
The Russian tennis player was officially recognized as the best in the world. Alina left no choice!
Alina Korneeva / Photo: © Clive Mason / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The International Tennis Federation made an absolutely logical and correct decision.
The Russian school of tennis has once again proven its strength. At the junior level, its representatives have no equal in the world. And this is once again recognized at the highest international level!
Better than the American by a thousand points
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has published a list of world champions, according to its own version. Since there is no tournament called the “World Championship,” performances in the calendar year are taken into account, and preference is given to the leaders of the ITF rankings.
Russian Alina Korneeva was recognized as the world champion among juniors. Over the year, she has seriously grown in skill and experience, resulting in a confident first place in the junior rankings. The 16-year-old girl has 3659.25 points, and according to this indicator she is ahead of Clervie Nguna from the USA by almost a thousand points!
Among juniors, Brazilian Joao Fonseca was named the best. The 17-year-old tennis player scored 2902.25 points in the ITF rankings. This year, the guy made a lot of noise at the junior Grand Slam tournaments, winning the US Open and reaching the quarterfinals at all other majors.
Phenomenal results at Grand Slam tournaments
The Brazilian tennis player is certainly talented. But even his achievements pale in comparison to Korneeva. The Moscow native had a phenomenal season!
It all started with a bright January victory at the junior Australian Open – then Alina beat compatriot Mirra Andreeva in the final. In June, Korneeva made a golden double, becoming the Roland Garros champion among her peers. The winning hat-trick did not work out, as the Russian lost in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, and American bureaucrats did not allow her to attend the US Open. But even two Grand Slam titles in one season is an achievement that few achieve.
But there were also two victories at adult ITF tournaments in South Africa and Portugal and a worthy debut at the WTA level. The pinnacle of Alina’s triumphant season was her success at the Final Junior Tournament in October. In total, Korneeva won six titles in the past year.
Korneeva will challenge Andreeva
The tennis player herself, of course, was pleased with the awarding of the champion title. But she already has plans for the new season.
“I’m happy to become number one at the end of the year.” I don’t want to stop there. I can’t wait for the next season and I hope that it will bring something new,” the ITF official website quotes Alina.
In theory, Mirra Andreeva could also have competed for the title of world champion among juniors, but she chose an adult career and made the right decision, deservedly becoming the WTA Rookie of the Year. The 16-year-old native of Krasnoyarsk practically did not take part in junior tournaments and took only 21st place in the ITF rankings.
But her friend Alina Korneeva concentrated on tournaments among her peers. But there is no doubt that next season the young Muscovite will impose serious competition on her older rivals. She has all the data for this.
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Four representatives from Ukraine were included in the qualification list Australian Open 2026.
Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 127), Daria Snigur (WTA 153) and Vitaly Sachko (ATP 153) will compete for the Australian Open main draws.
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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 14) became the “Opening Week” participant of the Australian Open 2026.
On January 14, 2026, the Ukrainian will play an exhibition match against Amanda Anisimova (USA, WTA 4) at the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena.
The meeting will be held in the format of two standard sets as the deciding game and a super tiebreak up to 10 points.
There will also be four more exhibition matches: Elena Rybakina – Zheng Qingwen, Alexander Zverev – Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz – Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner – Felix Auger-Aliassime.
After the match between Svitolina and Anisimova, Rod Laver Arena will host the AO 1 Point Slam tournament, where tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Zheng Qingwen, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jasmine Paolini will compete against amateurs.
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Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced the list of all award winners for the 2025 season.
World number one Arina Sabalenka was chosen as the best tennis player of the year. Hendrik Vleshouwers, coach of American Amanda Anisimova, received the best coach award.
Anisimova received the Progress of the Year award, while Victoria Mboko received the Newcomer of the Year award. Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend couple was chosen as the best duet of the season.
WTA Awards 2025. All award winners
- The best tennis player of the season – Aryna Sabalenka
- Best Duo of the Year – Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend
- Progress of the Year – Amanda Anisimova
- Rookie of the Year – Victoria Mboko
- Comeback of the Year – Belinda Bencic
- Diamond Aces (promoting tennis both on and off the court) – Coco Gauff
- Peachy Kellmeier Award (for contributions to WTA players) – Gabriela Dabrowski
- Karen Kranzke Sportsmanship Award – Jessica Pegula
- Georgina Clarke Mother of the Year Award (awarded to retired female tennis players) – Nicole Pratt (Australian coach)
- Coach of the Year – Hendrik Vleshouwers (Amanda Anisimova’s coach)
- Pet of the Year (singles) – Zheng Qingwen
- Favorites of the year in pairs – Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
- Shot of the year – Carolina Muchova (vs. Clara Towson in WTA 1000 semi-final in Dubai)
- Match of the year – Coco Gauff vs. Zheng Qingwen (WTA 1000 semi-final in Rome – 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 7:6 (7:4))
VIDEO. Shot of the year from Carolina Muchova
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VIDEO. Match of the year from Coco Gauff and Zheng Qingwen in Rome
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