In 2025, Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam<\/a> at the Australian Open, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the final, before the Belarusian lost another final, to Coco Gauff, in Paris.<\/p>\n Then at Wimbledon, Iga Swiatek won the title, taking down Amanda Anisimova<\/a> to become a six-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n The stars of the women\u2019s game are now at Flushing Meadows, battling it out for the final Grand Slam of the year.<\/p>\n But what if the US Open<\/a> wasn\u2019t the last major of the season? One top-five WTA star has now shared her thoughts on a hypothetical fifth Grand Slam and suggested where she would like to see it played.<\/p>\n Jessica Pegula thinks it would be \u2018pretty cool\u2019 if the fifth Grand Slam was played in Japan<\/p>\n During the debut episode of \u2018The Player\u2019s Box Podcast\u2019, Jessica Pegula<\/a> said where she would want the fifth Grand Slam to be played.<\/p>\n \u201cSomewhere in North America, preferably! But that\u2019s just selfishly for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cOr what about Japan? That would be kind of cool. I know it\u2019s far, but you could vacation out of there.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would have a cool cultural take on it, because it\u2019s so different, and I feel like every Slam is so different.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Japan would be pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Japan currently hosts two events on the WTA calendar, one at the WTA 250 level and the other at the WTA 500 level.<\/p>\n Japan Open (Osaka, Japan) \u2013 WTA 250Pan Pacific Open (Tokyo, Japan) \u2013 WTA 500<\/p>\n In 2024, Suzan Lamens won the Japan Open, before Qinwen Zheng won the Pan Pacific Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n While it would be interesting to see either event upgraded to Grand Slam status, it is, in all reality, highly unlikely.<\/p>\n The four-Grand Slam system is probably here to stay, and if there were to be a fifth Grand Slam added, the chances are it wouldn\u2019t go to Japan.<\/p>\n Rumors continue to circulate around Saudi Arabia\u2019s involvement in tennis, following the success of the 2024 WTA Finals<\/a> in Riyadh.<\/p>\n The top eight players fought for the biggest prize in the history of the women\u2019s game last year, as Coco Gauff left Saudi Arabia $4.805 million richer<\/a> than she arrived.<\/p>\n SeedPlayerPerformance1Aryna SabalenkaLost in SF2Iga SwiatekLost in RR3Coco GauffChampion4Jasmine PaoliniLost in RR5Elena RybakinaLost in RR6Jessica PegulaLost in RR7Qinwen ZhengLost in F8Barbora KrejcikovaLost in SF2024 WTA Finals field With money to spend and momentum on their side, it seems like a fifth Grand Slam would be played in Saudi Arabia, if anywhere at all\u2026<\/p>\n Jessica Pegula\u2019s Grand Slam record<\/p>\n![\"Aryna](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2195838409-1024x683.jpg\")
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