Who is Amanda Anisimova, the tennis sensation who upset Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon 2025
American tennis sensation Amanda Anisimova upset top seed Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon on July 10, 2025, [6-4, 4-6, 6-4], to reach the ladies' singles final.
It has been an incredible journey for Anisimova from reaching the French Open semifinal as a 17-year-old from a recent mental health break to now reaching the precipice of tennis immortality on the grass courts on the All England Club.
The 23-year-old, who hails from Freehold Township, N.J., now becomes the youngest American woman to reach the Wimbledon singles final since Serena Williams in 2004.
4 Amanda Anisimova celebrates after winning against Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka during their women's singles semi-final tennis match at the Wimbledon Championships on July 10.
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Anisimova, the tournament's 13th seed, will face Iga Swiatek in the final on July 12, 2025, where she will look to become the first American to win Wimbledon since Williams, her tennis idol, in 2016.
Get to know Anisimova as she chases her first Grand Slam title.
She beat the world No. 1 at Wimbledon
Anisimova was in disbelief at what she accomplished in the Wimbledon semifinal in July 2025.
'It doesn't feel real right now,' she said during her post-match interview, gushing that she was happy her sister, Maria Anisimova-Egee, nephew, brother-in-law and best friend were all in London supporting her.
4 Amanda Anisimova (L) hugs Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka (R) at the end of their women's singles semi-final tennis match at Wimbledon Championships on July 10, 2025.
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'To be honest, if you told me I'd be in the final at Wimbledon, I would not believe you, at least not this soon.'
Anisimova will move into the WTA Top 10 rankings for the first time in her career on July 14, 2025.
It's been a memorable 2025 thus far as she reached the Round of 16 at the French Open, was a Queen's Club finalist and was crowned the Doha champion.
She took a break from tennis
In 2022, Anisimova ousted fellow American Coco Gauff in the third round at Wimbledon.
Anisimova took a break from tennis from May 2023 until January 2024 after her first-round loss to qualifier Arantxa Rus in the Madrid Open that April.
4 Tennis star Amanda Anisimova photographed by The Post at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in 2019.
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'I've really been struggling with my mental health and burnout since the summer of 2022,' the then-21-year-old wrote on Instagram. 'It's become unbearable being at tennis tournaments. At this point, my priority is my mental well-being and taking a break for some time. I've worked as hard as I could to push through it. I will miss being out there, and I appreciate all the continuous support.'
After returning to tennis, Anisimova lost in the qualifying for Wimbledon in June 2024 and was a Canadian Open Finalist that August.
She was a teenage prodigy
Anisimova, who was born in New Jersey and moved to Miami at age 3, climbed the tennis ranks early on.
She was the 2017 U.S. Open junior champion.
4 Tennis star Amanda Anisimova photographed by The Post at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in 2019.
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Anisimova rose to fame when she reached the 2019 French Open semifinals after beating reigning champion Simona Halep at age 17.
She became the youngest American woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Venus Williams at the 1997 U.S. Open.
She finished 2019 ranked No.24, the youngest of three teenagers in the Top 50 at the time.
Her parents immigrated from Russia
Anisimova's parents, Olga and Konstantin, immigrated from Russia to the United States in 1998 with their eldest daughter, Maria.
Anisimova withdrew from the 2019 U.S. Open after her father and longtime coach died of a heart attack.
Her sister Maria played college tennis for the University of Pennsylvania
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