A brand new golden age of American girls’s tennis is upon us.
The yr 2025 noticed an American girl attain the finals of all 4 majors for the primary time since 2002, with Madison Keys (Australian Open winner), Coco Gauff (French Open winner) and Amanda Anisimova (Wimbledon and U.S. Open runner-up) going the space.
The season is ready to culminate with one other vital landmark, as as much as 4 American girls may qualify for the WTA Finals for the primary time since 2002. As of this writing, World No. 3 Gauff, No. 4 Anisimova and No. 7 Keys have secured their spots within the year-ending event, whereas No. 6 Pegula is on the point of doing the identical.
A feat 23 years within the making
Pegula, who has 4,653 factors within the live WTA rankings, all however locked up her spot by advancing to the fourth spherical of the Wuhan Open on Monday. Her probabilities to qualify acquired an extra increase as Mirra Andreeva suffered an upset loss to Laura Siegemund on the identical occasion.
The 2002 WTA Finals was the final time when 4 of the eight spots went to Individuals, with Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati and Monica Seles representing the USA on the occasion.
“I am so pleased with them,” former World No. 1 Tracy Austin instructed Tennis Channel, whereas praising the expansion of American girls’s tennis.
Former World No. 3 Pam Shriver acknowledged that American girls dominating tennis hasn’t been the norm for some time.
“There have been many eras in girls’s tennis the place having 4 USA girls within the high eight was sort of regular. And to see it again is nice,” she stated. “However that is the final time it occurred [in 2002], over 20 years in the past. And take a look at these names. They’re legendary names in U.S. tennis.”
