MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Factbox on American Madison Keys, who beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 2-6 7-5 in the Australian Open final on Saturday to win her first major title.
MADISON KEYS
Age: 29
Nation: U.S.
WTA Ranking: 14
Seeding: 19
Grand Slam titles: 1 (Australian Open 2025)
ROAD TO FINAL
First round: beat Ann Li (U.S.) 6-4 7-5
Second round: beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) 7-6(1) 2-6 7-5
Third round: beat 10-Danielle Collins (U.S.) 6-4 6-4
Fourth round: beat 6-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) 6-3 1-6 6-3
Quarter-finals: beat 28-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Semi-finals: beat 2-Iga Swiatek (Poland) 5-7 6-1 7-6(8)
EARLY LIFE
* Keys was born in Rock Island, Illinois.
* She started playing tennis at the age of four.
CAREER TO DATE
* Having made her professional debut in 2009 aged 14, Keys won her first title on the ITF circuit in 2010 and added two more in 2012.
* In 2013, she broke into the top 100 before finishing the year ranked as world number 39.
* Her first WTA title came at 2014 Eastbourne International.
* The following year she reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon as well as the semis of the Australian Open, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams.
* She missed out on a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, losing to Czech Petra Kvitova in three sets.
* She reached her first Grand Slam final at the 2017 U.S. Open, falling to compatriot Sloane Stephens in straight sets.
* The biggest title of her career came at the 2019 Cincinnati Open after she defeated twice major winner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.
* She started the 2025 season on a high by clinching her ninth WTA Tour singles title at the Adelaide International, which she also won in 2022.
* After reaching the Australian Open semis in 2015 and 2022, Keys reached the 2025 final with a victory over five-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek.
* Keys became the second-oldest woman to claim her first Australian Open singles title in the Open era after China’s Li Na, who was 31 when she triumphed at Melbourne Park in 2014.
(Compiled by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford and Ed Osmond)
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