Finish the season 2021 on the women’s circuit. One more year, the WTA It has been distinguished by its irregularity and the enormous surprises in each great tournament, an explosive mix for which practically any player has a chance to win a title. Four Grand Slam winners different, two of them never ever in the forecasts at the beginning of the season; a heart-stopping season finale, with great streaks of consistency that have caused surprises in the final ranking. Many condiments for a year in which, despite everything, there have been really dominating players, with absolute quality sections that have allowed them to place themselves at the top of the circuit. And that is why today we have to talk about players with the most wins in 2021.
And it is that in a circuit like the WTA, first, it could be surprising to see how this ranking is led by two players who have not won a Grand Slam or WTA 1000 title. They have been, yes, the most consistent and regular players. In a situation in which these characteristics are trickling down to the main rackets on the circuit, circumstances allow Anett Kontaveit and Ons Jabeur: both are co-leaders with the magnificent figure of 48 victories in 2021, although the best percentage favors the Estonian tennis player, since she only conceded 17 defeats to the 19 of the Tunisian.
No need to go into more depth to explain why Anett is here – his second leg of the season speaks for itself. His year began with a 19-13 balance, with scattered victories and already known irregularities, but from there, Kontaveit became an animal capable of destroying any event that was put in front of him. its spectacular run of 29-4 To end the year he was supported by the achievement of up to four titles (Cleveland, Ostrava, Moscow and Cluj-Napoca), a vertiginous rise to the number 7 position in the ranking and, in addition, his first appearance in the WTA Finals, where he gave a Pleasant impression and played the game for the title. Now, Anett aims at the Grand Slams, his main Achilles heel this year, in an upcoming season in which he will have to endorse his renewed level in the most important tournaments.
For its part, the progression of Ons Jabeur has been much more constant and regular, no less spectacular. The Tunisian woman also made history in a more symbolic sense: she became the first arab woman in breaking the top-10 barrier, a feat that is sure to inspire many young girls in her country. Jabeur will culminate her season with another place in the top-10, being in charge of marking the border, and with a statistic that shows her enormous consistency: she only lost on two occasions in the first round this season, one of them retiring due to injury (in the last tournament in Moscow) and the other in an event outside the arm of the WTA (Tokyo Olympics). For the rest, he never left an event empty, highlighting his titles in Charleston 2 and Birmingham, his semifinals in Indian Wells and his quarterfinals in Wimbledon.
It is curious to see how the two most winning players of 2021 did not reach a Grand Slam semifinal. Beyond them, there are two outstanding names of the season: Aryna Sabalenka, who finally gave his chest in Grand Slam tournaments (semifinals at Wimbledon and US Open, cutting his drought of good results in the big squares) and Barbora Krejcikova, of which we can say little more (if we combine singles and doubles, the Czech is the absolute leader in a dream season, which saw her be crowned practically out of nowhere at Roland Garros and maintain a high level the rest of the year).
A LIST WITH SPANISH PRESENCE
But this breakdown could not miss the two rackets that put the end to a dream year for Spanish tennis. It is precisely Paula Badosa who chases the four aforementioned players and culminates in a top-5 of many carats: the Catalan player accumulated up to 43 victories in a season whose highest point was the title in Indian Wells, a well-deserved reinforcement of Paula’s work and unstoppable progression . Through the rear view mirror Badosa has seen Garbiñe Muguruza, the great protagonist of the last week of the season, who has finally finished with 42 wins, just one behind her compatriot’s mark, in a season where she shone both at the beginning and at the end: with the same number of victories (and far fewer losses, 8 to 17) is Ashleigh Barty, which we could not forget after 2021 in which she has shown why she deserves to be number one in the world.
LIST OF THE PLAYERS WITH THE MOST WINS IN 2021 (all levels):
- Anett CONTROL – 48 V – 17 D
- Ons JABEUR – 48 V – 19 D
- Aryna SABALENKA – 45 V – 18 D
- Barbora KREJCIKOVA – 44 V – 18 D
- Paula BADOSA – 43 V 17 D
- Ashleigh BARTY – 42 V – 8 D
- Garbiñe MUGURUZA – 42 V – 17 D
- Elina SVITOLINA – 41 V – 20 D
- Danielle COLLINS – 40 V – 15 D
- Viktorija GOLUBIC – 40 V – 19 D
.
