Starting with the Union Cup on Friday, December 29, the 2024 season will officially kick off. Ahead of the start of the new season, we will discuss the serious question of which female player will win multiple Grand Slam singles titles in the 2024 season. It's important to note that the number of Grand Slam titles mentioned here refers to the number of Grand Slam titles won in a full season next year, not the number of career Grand Slam titles.
Before we get into that, let's take a look at which female players have done this in recent years. The data shows that in the past 15 years, excluding the retired Serena Williams, only Kerber in 2016 and Swiatek in 2022 have achieved two Grand Slam titles in a single season. Among them, the German won the Australian Open and the US Open in 2016, while the Polish won the French Open and the US Open in 2022.
A closer look reveals that since Serena Williams won her last career Grand Slam title in 2017, Swiatek is the only woman to win two Grand Slam titles in a single season. Judging by the performances in the 2023 season, it is believed that only two players have the potential to achieve another great result in the 2024 season: the current women's singles world No. 1 and world No. 2, namely Swiatek and Sabalenka.
It is worth mentioning that Swiatek was named the best player of the 2023 WTA, leading both in terms of the number of wins and the number of championships won in a single seasonSabalenka, on the other hand, was named ITF Player of the Year for her outstanding performance in the Grand Slam.
Now, with the advent of the new season, the outside world has full expectations for these two players. Why these two players?
Let's start with Swiatek, who has won only one Grand Slam title in 2023, but has also won five singles titles in tournaments such as WTA 1000 and WTA 500, which is enough to show that the Pole has regained her former form.
Secondly, Swiatek recently expressed her expectations for the new season and emphasized that she will strive to become a Golden Slam player. At the moment, the Australian Open and Wimbledon are missing from her Grand Slam map, and the Paris 2024 tennis tournament has already been confirmed to be held on clay, which is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Swiatek, who is more adept at clay.
Therefore, Swiatek will definitely fight hard in the 2024 season at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and Olympics to achieve the Golden Slam as soon as possible.
Then there's Sabalenka, who will compete at the Australian Open for the first time as the defending champion next year. Considering that she reached at least the semi-finals in all four Grand Slam tournaments last year. If she can continue to maintain the feel of the 2023 season, I believe that the probability of winning two or more Grand Slam titles in a single season is very high.
Of course, while we are optimistic about these two players, we can't ignore the performance of the other players. For example, the comeback of four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, the rise of Rybakina, Gauff and Pegula, and so on. In short, in any case, I believe that the WTA in 2024 will be another year of open competition. (*Home of Tennis Author: Wu Li Quhao).