List of WTA-1000 champions in 2023 featuring Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula

The tour offered quite dynamic matches this season and multiple winning names.

List of WTA-1000 champions in 2023 featuring Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula(L), Coco Gauff(M), Iga Swiatek(R) (Image via USTA and The Independant)

Following the completion of all the WTA 1000 events for 2023, a new list of champions has been curated. This list sees a couple of old entrants as well as a few new winners. The 2023 season consisted of the Dubai Tennis Championships, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open, Canadian Open, Cincinnati Masters, Guadalajara Open, and the China Open. With the removal of the Wuhan Open from the calendar in 2022, the Guadalajara Open saw the successful completion of the second edition of the tournament.

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Barbora Krejcikova wins her maiden WTA 1000 title

The Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova won her first WTA 1000 title at the Dubai Tennis Championships. She defeated top-seeded Iga Swiatek in the final in straight sets. Krejicova reached a career-high of World No. 2 in the 2022 season. She has a Grand Slam title at the 2021 French Open. However, she is currently ranked No.12 in the world. While her success is not limited to the singles category, she has a much better doubles record. With 7 Grand Slam titles to her name in doubles, she is currently ranked at No.2 in the World.

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Barbora Krejcikova(Image via Tennis.com)

Elena Rybakina is the only player this year to win multiple WTA 1000 titles

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina won her maiden WTA 1000 title this year at the Indian Wells Masters. However, her success did not stop here for she became the only player this season to win multiple WTA 1000 titles with her win at the Italian Open. This is a year of firsts for the Kazakhs as she made her maiden qualification into WTA season-ender finals as she ranked World No.5. She also won her first and only Grand Slam title at Wimbledon 2022.

Elena Rybakina(Image via Sky Sports)

Petra Kvitova becomes the next player on the list

Another player from the Czech Republic on this elite list is Petra Kvitova. While this is not her first rodeo, Kvitova has been having a dry spell for the last couple of years. With two Grand Slam titles and a staggering nine WTA 1000 titles over the duration of her career, she holds a career high rank of World No.2. However, in the past couple of years, while she has reached a few finals, she has not played the game needed to finish the act. However, she was able to see her game through to the end at the Miami Open.

Petra Kvitova(Image via Sky Sports)

Aryna Sabalenka hits the nail on the head once again

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has had a wonderful season this year. Starting with the Australian Open, where she won her maiden Grand Slam, her career has only been going up since then. Adding a cherry to the top is her title at the Madrid Open, where she defeated then World No. 1 Iga Swiatek in a thrilling three set match. Finally, she overtook the Pole in the World rankings, when she occupied the top position in the ranking table following her awe inducing campaign at the US Open, where she made it to the final.

Aryna Sabalenka(Image via Sky Sports)

Jessica Pegula wins at Montreal

America’s Jessica Pegula defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the final of the Canadian Open, clinching her second WTA 1000 title. She had a very significant season this year with multiple semi-final and quarter-final appearances at Grand Slams and WTA 1000 events. However, her most successful campaign of the year was the Canadian Open in Montreal.

Jessica Pegula(Image via Reuters)

Coco Gauff wins her maiden WTA 1000 event

Another American to feature on this list is Coco Gauff. She defeated Karolina Muchova in straight sets at the Cincinnati Masters to win her maiden WTA 1000 title. However, her success in her home soil only extends beyond this. Having completed a very successful campaign at the US Open 2023, she won her maiden Grand Slam there against Aryna Sabalenka. This catapulted her to a career-high ranking of World No.3.

Coco Gauff (Image via Reuters)

Maria Sakkari finally wins a WTA 1000 title

Greece’s Maria Sakkari won her maiden WTA 1000 titles after a couple of failed attempts. While she had two final appearances at the Indian Wells Open and at the Guadalajara Open, she finally won her first title. Following her second final at Guadalajara, she won the match against Caroline Dolehide in straight sets. While she reached a career high rank of World No.2 in 2022, she is currently ranked sixth in the World.

Maria Sakkari (Image via The Star)

Iga Swiatek does it again

While the Pole had a dry couple of months, she proved that she still had what it took to stay on top of her colleagues. While it is a downgrade from the last season, where she won four WTA 1000 titles, it is still a big achievement for the former World No.1. Her loss at the US Open fourth round saw her lose her World No.1 ranking. However, it seems like things are starting to look up for the Pole once again, as she won the China Open in style.

Iga Swiatek(Image via Eurosport)

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