In 2003, Azarenka became a professional. In November 2003, she made her ITF Junior Circuit debut in Israel, where she and her countrywoman Olga Govortsova won one doubles championship. Also, In 2004, she continued to compete in ITF events, and at the end of the year, she was ranked 508 on the WTA Tour for singles. She had a tremendous year in 2005, winning the Australian and US championships, two junior Grand Slams (she would later triumph in the seniors’ competition in 2012 and 2013). Also, She was crowned the 2005 World Champion by the ITF, making history as the first Belarusian to do so, and finished the season as the junior world No. 1. She defeated Nicole Vaidiová, a top-20 player, in Memphis in February 2006, and Jelena Jankovi, a top-30 player, in Miami the following month.
She defeated Myskina in the first round of the 2006 US Open for her first victory, but in the third round, she was defeated by Anna Chakvetadze. At the Australian Open in 2007, she made it to the third round of a Grand Slam singles competition for the second time in a row. There, she was defeated in straight sets by world No. 11 Jelena Jankovi. Azarenka and her countryman Max Mirnyi won the mixed doubles competition at the US Open by defeating Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes. She finished the year by defeating Maria Sharapova, the world’s No. 4 player, in the second round of the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Later, in the quarterfinal, she was defeated by world No. 14 Elena Dementieva.
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She started her 2008 season at the Gold Coast’s Australian Women’s Hardcourts competition. She fell to Li Na in the third WTA Tour final of her career. Also, She had advanced to the semifinals in Berlin and the quarterfinals in Rome before the French Open, making her the best player of the clay court season. She overcame Sorana Cîrstea of Romania in the second round before taking out future French Open champion and 18th-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy in the third. She and Bob Bryan, an American, defeated Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonji, the top-seeded combination, to win the mixed doubles title at the French Open. In the third round of the Beijing Olympic tennis competition, she was defeated by Venus Williams.
She was the second seed when she started the Brisbane International in 2009. To go to her fifth career final, she defeated Kateryna Bondarenko, Jarmila Groth, Lucie afáová, and Sara Errani all in straight sets. Azarenka won the championship by upsetting third-seeded Marion Bartoli in the final. Azarenka was seeded second for the Cellular South Cup in Memphis. She defeated top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the final to win her second WTA championship. She finished the year with a 7th-place overall ranking, a 45-15 win-loss record, three titles, and a first-ever career qualification for the year-end championships. Also, She made her debut at the Hong Kong Tennis Classic exhibition for the 2010 season. She won her opening match against Gisela Dulko. Due to illness, she withdrew from the rest of her matches.
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She had a seventh-place seed at the Australian Open. She was defeated by Williams in this competition. Also, She was the top seed at the Andalucia Tennis Experience – Wikipedia
but had to retire against Mara José Martnez Sánchez in the quarterfinal due to a left thigh injury. The 14th seed at Wimbledon was her. In the third round, she was defeated by eventual semifinalist Petra Kvitová. She won her maiden championship in April 2009 while competing in the Bank of the West Classic as a wild card and eighth seed. Azarenka rose to No. 12 in the rankings after the victory. She was the ninth-seeded player in the Western & Southern Open when she and Maria Kirilenko won the doubles championship by defeating Rennae Stubbs and Lisa Raymond.
Her second consecutive year-end top-10 result came as the 10th-ranked athlete in the world. After the U.S. Open, Azarenka won the Sony Ericsson Open in 2011 and climbed to No. 3.
She was the top seed at the Andalucia Tennis Experience and dropped just fourteen games her route to the championship. In the championship, she defeated Irina-Camelia Begu.
At the Luxembourg Open, she would triumph for the third time this year after beating Monica Niculescu. She won her maiden championship of the 2012 campaign at the Apia International Sydney while playing as the third seed. Li Na, the reigning champion, was defeated by her in three sets. Before defeating Maria Sharapova in the final of the Australian Open to claim her first Grand Slam championship, she won her eleventh WTA title in Sydney.
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In Doha, she defeated Sam Stosur to win her third championship of the year. Her 2013 campaign got underway at Brisbane International. At the 2013 WTA Tour Championships, when her 2013 season came to a conclusion, she had a dismal performance, winning only one of her three round-robin matches and missing the semifinals for the first woman since 2010. Her final world ranking for 2014 was 32, which was her lowest position since 2006. She lost to Karolna Plková in three sets at the Brisbane International to begin the 2015 campaign. She subsequently started her 2016 campaign at the Brisbane International in Australia, where she won matches against eighth seed Roberta Vinci, Elena Vesnina, Ysaline Bonaventure, and qualifier Samantha Crawford to advance to the final. Also, She won the championship without dropping a set the entire competition.
At Indian Wells, she played again and prevailed. After Indian Wells, her ranking increased to No. 8. She subsequently started her 2017 campaign in the Mallorca Open, where she was defeated by Ana Konjuh in the second round. The custody dispute over her eight-month-old kid forced Azarenka to withdraw from the US Open in August of that year. Additionally, she was absent from the 2017 Fed Cup final, which saw Belarus defeat the United States 2-3. She was defeated by Laura Siegemund in the opening round of the 2019 Australian Open. She won the doubles competition in Acapulco alongside Zheng Saisai. Also, She was defeated by eventual winner Simona Halep in the third round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. She and Ashleigh Barty advanced to the women’s doubles final at the US Open.
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She played her first match of 2020 at the Monterrey Open, where Tamara Zidanek defeated her in the opening round in straight sets. When Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Western & Southern Open due to a hamstring issue, she competed there and won the tournament by walkover. Azarenka advanced 22 spots to 27th in the world rankings as a result of the triumph. She was seeded fourth in singles for the season finale at the Ostrava Open. Even though she was dealing with a migraine, Sabalenka overcame her in the finals in straight sets. She competed at the Grampians Trophy for the first time in 2021 and was defeated by Jessica Pegula.
She then won over Ekaterina Alexandrova in Madrid to begin her clay-court campaign there before pulling out of her match against Jessica Pegula.She won the doubles competition at the Berlin Open by defeating top-seeded Demi Schuurs and Nicole Melichar with her native Aryna Sabalenka. At the Adelaide International, where she began her 2022 season, she advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Swiatek in three sets. Her greatest performance since 2016 came when she advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open. She defeated Yulia Putintseva in the opening round of the WTA 1000 2022 Qatar Total Open in Doha, earning her 500th victory at the tour-level. Due to a hip ailment, she withdrew from her second-round match.
She advanced to the third round of her following two competitions, the Miami Open and Indian Wells in 2022. Also, She also made it to the round of 16 when competing in the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open and the 2022 Italian Open during the clay court season (tennis). She was defeated by Jil Teichmann in the third round of the 2022 French Open after a three-set battle that lasted three hours. Throughout the grass season, she didn’t participate in any tournaments.
