Despite dominating on the WTA Tour<\/a>, this continues the Belarusian\u2019s Grand Slam drought in 2025, with Sabalenka losing to Coco Gauff in the Roland Garros final<\/a>, and Madison Keys<\/a> in the Australian Open<\/a> final.<\/p>\n After Sabalenka continues to lose in the latter stages of majors<\/a>, it has been predicted that she will be overtaken by a rival of hers.<\/p>\n Sabalenka has achieved the highest ranking point tally since Serena Williams<\/a> after reaching the Wimbledon<\/a> semifinal.<\/p>\n However, after watching Iga Swiatek win Wimbledon<\/a>, a top tennis coach believes that her place at the summit of the WTA rankings may be at risk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Swiatek has been Sabalenka\u2019s biggest rival<\/a> in recent years, but faded away for a few months this year after a drop off in form.<\/p>\n However, after watching the Pole win her sixth Grand Slam title, the former coach of the Williams sisters and Maria Sharapova<\/a>, Rick Macci<\/a>, has predicted her to overtake Sabalenka<\/a> by the end of the year.<\/p>\n Macci wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter), \u201cIt will happen sooner than later as Iga will again be number one on the planet because her mind is made of granite. Not a lot of points to defend and the Polish Punisher will be number one by years end.\u201d<\/p>\n It will happen sooner than later as Iga will again be number one on the planet because her mind is made of granite. Not a lot of points to defend and the Polish Punisher will be number one by years end.<\/p>\n \u2014 Rick Macci (@RickMacci) July 20, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n View Tweet<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka vs Coco Gauff vs Iga Swiatek in the WTA rankings<\/p>\n Sabalenka currently has a dominant lead over world number two Gauff<\/a> in the WTA rankings, with nearly 5,000 points separating the two.<\/p>\n The gap is even greater between Sabalenka and Swiatek, but as Macci pointed out the latter has very little ranking points to defend until the end of the season.<\/p>\n After missing multiple tournaments at the end of 2024, with Swiatek being banned for one month, she now only has 830 ranking points to defend this year.<\/p>\n While US Open champion Sabalenka<\/a> still has 5,025 ranking points to defend this year from her impressive end to the 2024 season.<\/p>\n WTA RankingTotal Ranking pointsPosition in the WTA RacePoints defending until the end of 20251. Aryna Sabalenka12,4201st5,0252. Coco Gauff7,6693rd 3,0603. Iga Swiatek6,8132nd830<\/p>\n Despite this, Sabalenka is still first in the race to the WTA Finals<\/a> and remains in poll position to end the year as world number one once again.<\/p>\n The three-time Grand Slam champion is next scheduled to compete in Cincinnati, with Sabalenka withdrawing from the Canadian Open<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ![\"Aryna](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224483188-1024x685.jpg\")
Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesRick Macci predicts Iga Swiatek to end the year as world number one<\/p>\n