Aryna Sabalenka surprisingly doesn't top double fault statistics despite double fault breakdown in 2022

World number one Aryna Sabalenka has vastly improved her double faults statistics in 2023.

The 25-year-old has had a fabulous year where she became the number one ranked player in the WTA rankings, largely because of her consistent performances.

One of the areas where Sabalenka has worked this year was on her serve where she considerably lowered her double faults count.

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This year, the Minsk-born committed 256 double faults, sixth in the list of players who committed the most double faults in the competition.

She is behind Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova (357), America’s Alycia Parks (302), Belgium’s Elise Mertens (298), Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko (270) and Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk (260).

Last year, Sabalenka ended up committing 428 double faults in 601 service games, something that cannot be described as acceptable and she will be hoping to even improve that even further.

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Sabalenka has had a fabulous year at the highest level where she ended up playing in the semifinal or beyond in all of the Grand Slams.

The highlight of the year for the current top-ranked player came in the Australian Open where she defeated Elena Rybakina with a score of 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.

Sabalenka also played in the final of the US Open where she lost to America’s young sensation Coco Gauff with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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