Last week, the Open BLS de Limoges wrapped up the 2025 WTA 125 circuit following a season of significant growth for the format.<\/p>\n
In total, 53 WTA 125 tournaments across four continents and 21 countries were held in 2025, compared to the previous high of 36 tournaments in 2024. A total of over $6m was awarded in prize money, and fans could enjoy online streaming from every tournament via WTA Unlocked on wtatennis.com.<\/p>\n
Among the players who contested WTA 125 events this year were Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Barbora Krejcikova and Bianca Andreescu; Top 20 finishers Amanda Anisimova and Victoria Mboko; and breakthrough up-and-comers Maya Joint, Iva Jovic, Alexandra Eala and Tereza Valentova.<\/p>\n
Who won the most WTA 125 titles? Who were the youngest and oldest champions? What were the longest matches? Find out all that and more below in our statistical review of the WTA 125 season.<\/p>\n
Multiple titles and first-time champions<\/p>\n
41\u00a0players won WTA 125 titles this year, including\u00a010\u00a0multiple champions, listed as follows by title count:<\/p>\n
Sara Bejlek — 3 (Makarska, Rende, Queretaro)
Oleksandra Oliynykova — 3 (Tolentino, Tucuman, Colina)
Veronika Erjavec — 2 (Changsha, Huzhou)
Dalma Galfi — 2 (Oeiras, Vic)
Francesca Jones — 2 (Contrex\u00e9ville, Palermo)
Kaja Juvan — 2 (Ljubljana, Samsun)
Oksana Selekhmeteva — 2 (San Sebasti\u00e1n, Rovereto)
Solana Sierra – 2 (Antalya 3, Mallorca)
Anca Todoni — 2 (Antalya 1, Bari)
Tereza Valentova — 2 (Grado, Porto)<\/p>\n
3\u00a0players won WTA 125 titles on multiple surfaces: Juvan (clay and outdoor hard), Selekhmeteva (clay and indoor hard) and Valentova (clay and outdoor hard).<\/p>\n
21\u00a0players won their first title at WTA 125 level (or above) this year:<\/p>\n
Aoi Ito, Canberra
Emiliana Arango, Cancun
Jaqueline Cristian, Puerto Vallarta
Solana Sierra, Antalya 3
Dalma Galfi, Oeiras
Greet Minnen, Birmingham
Iva Jovic, Ilkley
Tereza Valentova, Grado
Francesca Jones, Contrex\u00e9ville
Petra Marcinko, Rome
Veronika Erjavec, Changsha
Alexandra Eala, Guadalajara
Kaja Juvan, Ljubljana
Oksana Selekhmeteva, San Sebasti\u00e1n
Oleksandra Oliynykova, Tolentino
Polina Iatcenko, Caldas da Rainha
Lulu Sun, Jingshan
Janice Tjen, Jinan
Simona Waltert, Rio de Janeiro
Hanne Vandewinkel, Tampico
Sinja Kraus, Cali<\/p>\n
Of those players,\u00a02\u00a0also went on to lift their first main tour-level title in 2025 — Jovic in Guadalajara and Tjen in Chennai.<\/p>\n
Home champions, teenage stars and the lowest-ranked surprises<\/p>\n
3\u00a0players won WTA 125 titles on home soil: Nuria Parrizas Diaz (Valencia, Spain), Caty McNally (Newport, United States) and Kaja Juvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia).<\/p>\n
13\u00a0WTA 125 events featured at least one teenage finalist, and\u00a07\u00a0finished with a teenage champion. Iva Jovic, the youngest WTA champion of the year, was also the youngest WTA 125 winner of the year; the American was 17 years old when she captured the Ilkley title in June.<\/p>\n
2025’s teenage WTA 125 winners were as follows, in chronological order:<\/p>\n
Sara Bejlek, Makarska (19 years old)
Tereza Valentova, Grado (18\u00a0 years old)
Iva Jovic, Ilkley (17 years old)
Tereza Valentova, Porto (18 years old)
Petra Marcinko, Rome (19 years old)
Sara Bejlek, Rende (19 years old)
Sara Bejlek, Queretaro (19 years old)<\/p>\n
2025’s teenage WTA 125 runners-up were as follows, in chronological order:<\/p>\n
Linda Fruhvirtova, Puerto Vallarta (19 years old)
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, Antalya 2 (19 years old)
Victoria Mboko, Parma (18 years old)
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, Makarska (19 years old)
Nikola Bartunkova, Samsun (19 years old)
Luisina Giovannini, Quito (19 years old)<\/p>\n
The youngest WTA 125 semifinalist of the year was 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi in Mumbai.<\/p>\n
The lowest-ranked WTA 125 champion of 2025 was No. 672 Polona Hercog in Quito, and the highest-ranked was No. 40 Katie Boulter in Paris.<\/p>\n
15 players reached a WTA 125 final while ranked outside the Top 200:<\/p>\n
No. 672 Polona Hercog (Quito champion)
No. 515 Kaja Juvan (Saint-Malo finalist)
No. 461 Katrina Scott (Queretaro finalist)
No. 281 Luisina Giovannini (Quito finalist)
No. 272 Carson Branstine (Cancun finalist)
No. 267 Polina Iatcenko (Caldas da Rainha champion)
No. 256 Alice Ram\u00e9 (Rio de Janeiro finalist)
No. 236 Gabriela Knutson (Caldas da Rainha finalist)
No. 234 Ma Ye-Xin (Jingshan finalist)
No. 215 Linda Fruhvirtova (Puerto Vallarta finalist)
No. 208 Caty McNally (Newport champion)
No. 205 Carole Monnet (Florianopolis finalist)
No. 203 Cadence Brace (Tampico finalist)
No. 201 Anouk Koevermans (Palermo finalist)
No. 201 Anouk Koevermans (San Sebasti\u00e1n finalist)<\/p>\n
9\u00a0players reached a WTA 125 final while ranked inside the Top 75:<\/p>\n
No. 40 Katie Boulter (Paris champion)
No. 41 Olga Danilovic (Antalya 2 champion)
No. 45 Tatjana Maria (Newport finalist)
No. 55 Naomi Osaka (Saint-Malo champion)
No. 59 Elsa Jacquemot (Limoges finalist)
No. 64 Mayar Sherif (Parma champion)
No. 70 Viktorija Golubic (Suzhou champion)
No. 72 Jaqueline Cristian (Puerto Vallarta champion)
No. 75 Alexandra Eala (Guadalajara champion)<\/p>\n
Dominant title runs and battling title runs<\/p>\n
12\u00a0players won a WTA 125 title without dropping a set — in chronological order, as follows:<\/p>\n
Aoi Ito, Canberra
Olga Danilovic, Antalya 2
Dalma Galfi, Vic
Mayar Sherif, Parma
Tereza Valentova, Porto
Francesca Jones, Palermo
Kaja Juvan, Ljubljana
Veronika Erjavec, Huzhou
Oleksandra Oliynykova, Tolentino
Hanne Vandewinkel, Tampico
Oleksandra Oliynykova, Colina
Panna Udvardy, Buenos Aires<\/p>\n
Olga Danilovic dropped the fewest games en route to a WTA 125 title with 15, followed by Oleksandra Oliynykova’s 18 in Tolentino.<\/p>\n
8\u00a0players dropped three sets en route to a WTA 125 title (no players dropped more sets):<\/p>\n
Darja Semenistaja, La Bisbal d’Empord\u00e0
Katie Boulter, Paris
Sara Bejlek, Makarska
Greet Minnen, Birmingham
Caty McNally, Newport
Janice Tjen, Jinan
Julia Grabher, Florianopolis
Anhelina Kalinina, Limoges<\/p>\n
Wins from match point down<\/p>\n
35 WTA 125 main-draw matches were won from match point down in 2025 — as follows, in order of most match points saved:<\/p>\n
6 match points saved
Sara Bejlek d. Maya Joint 2-6, 7-5, 6-2, Makarska SF<\/p>\n
5 match points saved
Robin Montgomery d. Talia Gibson 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), Birmingham R1<\/p>\n
4 match points saved
Arianne Hartono d. Kyoka Okamura 3-6, 7-6(4), 5-0 ret., Mumbai R1
Viktoria Hruncakova d. Emina Bektas 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(6), Porto R1
Arantxa Rus d. Tatiana Pieri 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, Tolentino R2<\/p>\n
3 match points saved
Emiliana Arango d. Francesca Jones 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, Cancun SF
Nina Stojanovic d. Francesca Jones 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, Oeiras R2
Jessika Ponchet d. Heather Watson 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, Birmingham R2
Dalila Spiteri d. Tatiana Prozorova 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2, Rome R2
Kaitlin Quevedo d. Lola Radivojevic 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(2), Palermo R1
Renata Jamrichova d. Dominika Salkova 0-6, 7-5, 7-6(2), Ljubljana R2<\/p>\n
2 match points saved
Fiona Ferro d. Noma Noha Akugue 4-6, 7-6(9), 6-3, Saint-Malo R1
Julie Belgraver d. Lulu Sun 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), Paris R1
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva d. Lola Radivojevic 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-4, Makarska SF
Alana Smith d. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, Guadalajara R2
Anna-Lena Friedsam d. Maria Timofeeva 2-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(2), Huzhou R2
Viktorija Golubic d. Alexandra Eala 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(0), Suzhou QF
Noma Noha Akugue d. Carole Monnet 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(1), Mallorca R2
Janice Tjen d. Lulu Sun 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, Jinan SF<\/p>\n
1 match point saved
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva d. Sinja Kraus 6-0, 0-6, 7-6(4), Antalya 2 R2
Veronika Erjavec d. Maria Lourdes Carle 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-2, Antalya 2 QF
Zheng Wushuang d. Maja Chwalinska 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, Antalya 3 R1
Simona Waltert d. Marina Stakusic 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, Parma QF
Irina-Camelia Begu d. Anna Bondar 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), Parma QF
Daria Saville d. Leyre Romero Gormaz 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, Paris R1
Greet Minnen d. Rebeka Masarova 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(5), Birmingham SF
Katarzyna Kawa d. Mayar Sherif 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-1, Bastad SF
Alisa Oktiabreva d. Lola Radivojevic 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6), Rome R2
Anouk Koevermans d. Darja Semenistaja 6-2, 1-6, 7-5, Palermo R2
Sara Bejlek d. Mina Hodzic 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(6), Mallorca R1
Anna-Lena Friedsam d. Andrea Lazaro Garcia 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-3, Rovereto R1
Katrina Scott d. Miriam Bulgaru 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2, Queretaro QF
Sinja Kraus d. Jazmin Ortenzi 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(6), Cali SF
Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Alicia Herrero Linana 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(7), Buenos Aires R1
Varvara Lepchenko d. Maja Chwalinska 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), Buenos Aires R2<\/p>\n
The longest WTA 125 matches of 2025<\/p>\n
31 WTA 125 main-draw matches lasted three hours or more in 2025:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sada Nahimana d. Diletta Cherubini 6-7(1), 7-6(4), 6-4, Colina R1 (3:45)
Renata Zarazua d. Claire Liu 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(4), Austin R2 (3:35)
Irina-Camelia Begu d. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-7(6), 6-1, 7-6(3), Parma R1 (3:32)
Maria Timofeeva d. Maria Lourdes Carle 5-7, 7-5, 6-3, Changsha QF (3:29)
Anastasia Gasanova d. Cadence Brace 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, Austin R1 (3:29)
Darja Semenistaja d. Oleksandra Oliynykova 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-4, Montreux SF (3:27)
Maya Joint d. Hanna Chang 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4, Cancun R1 (3:23)
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva d. Lola Radivojevic 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-4, Makarska SF (3:23)
Gao Xinyu d. Chloe Paquet 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, Changsha R2 (3:23)
Maja Chwalinska d. Elsa Jacquemot 6-0, 6-7(7), 7-5, Antalya 1 QF (3:20)
Alexandra Eala d. Greet Minnen 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 7-5, Jingshan R2 (3:18)
Ana Bogdan d. Ipek Oz 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Antalya 2 R2 (3:14)
Anna-Lena Friedsam d. Maria Timofeeva 2-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(2), Huzhou R2 (3:14)
Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Alicia Herrero Linana 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(7), Buenos Aires R1 (3:14)<\/p>\n
Tamara Korpatsch d. Arantxa Rus 7-6(8), 3-6, 6-1, San Sebastian QF (3:12)
Carole Monnet d. Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(4), Huzhou QF (3:11)
Wu Ru-Xi d. Wang Yuhan 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-3, Jingshan R1 (3:11)
Alexandra Eala d. Varvara Lepchenko 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-3, Guadalajara R2 (3:10)
Barbora Palicova d. Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3, Grado R1 (3:09)
Kamilla Rakhimova d. Antonia Ruzic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, Angers SF (3:09)
Sara Bejlek d. Lola Radivojevic 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-3, Rende F (3:08)
Renata Zarazua d. Anastasiia Sobolieva 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, Makarska R1 (3:07)
Sayaka Ishii d. Hanna Chang 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, Newport R1 (3:07)
Sara Saito d. Raluka Serban 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-0, Changsha R1 (3:06)
Julia Grabher d. Oleksandra Oliynykova 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(1), Florianopolis SF (3:05)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich d. Emiliana Arango 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(5), Vic R1 (3:04)
Varvara Lepchenko d. Carolina Alves 7-6(6), 6-7(6), 6-2, Quito R1 (3:04)
Yang Yidi d. Ren Yufei 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, Changsha R1 (3:03)
Katrina Scott d. Hanne Vandewinkel 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-5, Queretaro SF (3:03)
Maria Lourdes Carle d. Nuria Brancaccio 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-5, Mallorca R2 (3:01)
Viktorija Golubic d. Katie Volynets 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, Jingshan F (3:00)
Sara Bejlek d. Mina Hodzic 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(6), Mallorca R1 (3:00)<\/p>\n
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