Aryna Sabalenka and Jakub Mensik win 2025 Miami Open

Aryna Sabalenka (Hameltion, Wikimedia Commons)

The second all-gender Tennis Masters 1000 series event of 2025 took place this past weekend with Aryna Sabalenka of Minsk, Belarus winning the women’s singles event on Saturday, and Jakub Mensik winning the men’s singles event on Sunday. In the women’s final, Sabalenka beat American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2. This was their first meeting since Sabalenka beat Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in the final of the 2024 United States Open.

In Saturday’s final, Sabalenka had the advantage when it came to the serve. Sabalenka had three aces and one double fault, while Pegula had one ace and three double faults. Sabalenka also broke Pegula seven times in 16 opportunities.

This was Sabalenka’s 19th WTA title, and eighth WTA 1000 title. She has previously won three Wuhan Open titles (2018, 2019 and 2024), two Madrid title (2021 and 2023), the 2020 Qatar Open, and the 2024 Cincinnati Open. When Sabalenka won the 2024 Cincinnati Open, Sabalenka also beat Pegula in the final, as she won 6-3, 7-5.

Over the past 10 days in Miami, Sabalenka beat three notable opponents on her way to the final. She beat the 14th seed and 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins of the United States 6-4, 6-4 in the round of 16, the eighth seed and 2024 Australian Open finalist Qinwen Zheng of China 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals, and the sixth seed and two-time grand slam finalist Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Meanwhile, on the men’s side, we documented Mensik’s outstanding run in Miami on Friday. Mensik then upset the third seed Taylor Fritz of the United States 7-6. 4-6, 7-6 in the semifinals and the fourth seed Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-6 in the final. Mensik won seven tiebreaks during the tournament. This was Mensik’s first ATP title, and stopped Djokovic from winning his 100th ATP title. The 2025 Miami Open men’s final set a record for the largest age gap between finalists of 18 years. Djokovic is 37 years old and Mensik is 19 years old. In the men’s final, Mensik had 14 aces compared to seven for Djokovic, and won 93% of his points on his second serve.

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