The 2025 Grand Slam season is in the books, and each major crowned a different champion. At the US Open, Aryna Sabalenka
shook off narrow losses at the year’s first three majors to defend her title and collect a fourth Grand Slam trophy. The victory keeps the World No. 1 ahead of Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek
at No. 2 and Roland Garros winner Coco Gauff
at No. 3 in the latest PIF WTA Rankings.
Just below the Top 3, which remain intact, is a player mounting one of the sport’s most remarkable comebacks. Amanda Anisimova
reached her second straight Grand Slam final, highlighted by a quarterfinal win over Iga Swiatek
— the same opponent who had handed her a 6-0, 6-0 defeat in the Wimbledon title match. The victory erased that sting and propelled Anisimova into the Top 5 for the first time, climbing five spots from No. 9 to No. 4.
Fourteen months ago, Amanda Anisimova
was ranked No. 176 and had just fallen in Wimbledon qualifying while returning from a mental health hiatus. Now, at 24, she’s a two-time major finalist with a place secured among the game’s elite.
Osaka returns to Top 20; Vondrousova, Krejcikova back in Top 50
Anisimova wasn’t the only comeback player who made waves in New York. Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka
reached her first Grand Slam semifinal since winning the 2021 Australian Open, and notched her first Top 5 win at a major along the way (over Gauff in the fourth round). Osaka returned from maternity leave at the start of 2024 and was back in the Top 100 by July.
Between October 2024 and August 2025, Osaka plateaued, with her ranking floating between No. 42 and No. 60. But last month, alongside new coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, the 27-year-old hit her stride. She reached the Montreal final ahead of the US Open. She has now won 11 of her past 13 matches. After 10 months of little ranking movement, Naomi Osaka
has needed only two tournaments to climb 35 spots. She rose another 10 places this week to No. 14, her first time back in the Top 20 since January 2022.
Another pair of Grand Slam champions, Marketa Vondrousova
and Barbora Krejcikova
, are also on the way back up after missing significant chunks of the past year with injuries. Both made the quarterfinals in New York and both return to the Top 50 this week. Vondrousova leaps 24 places to No. 36, and Krejcikova 22 places to No. 40.
Vondrousova, sidelined six months in 2024 and another three this year after shoulder surgery, dropped to No. 165 in June. Barbora Krejcikova
, out the first half of 2025 with a back injury, was ranked No. 80 as recently as last month.
Second-week runs boost Alexandrova, Li, Bucsa, Townsend
Ekaterina Alexandrova
, Ann Li
, Cristina Bucsa
and Taylor Townsend
all reached the fourth round of the US Open — for both Li and Bucsa, it was the first time they had made the second week at any major.
