The 2025 Miami Open finals between home favorite Jessica Pegula and the world’s No. 1 tennis player Aryna Sabalenka delivered everything tennis fans hoped for. There were stunning points, admirable comebacks, and a desire to win on both sides. In the end, it was Sabalenka who once again got the better of Pegula.
Displaying an impressive return game and hitting 31 winners, Sabalenka won the match in straight sets (7-5, 6-2). It was her first career Miami Open title with her previous best reach at the tournament being quarter-finals in 2021 and 2023.
Sabalenka previously lost two finals she played, the Australian Open and Indian Wells, and was determined to end the streak.
“I’m speechless,” Sabalenka said after the match. “The last couple of finals were really tough, tight, and close ones for me. Going into this one I was so focused on myself, I was super-focused and I was playing point by point. Now it feels super-special. I’m just speechless right now and super-happy with the title, first one in Miami.”
The 2025 Miami Open was the third straight time that Sabalenka and Pegula faced each other in the finals of a tournament played on American soil. They went against each other at the 2024 Cincinnati Open and 2024 US Open, with Sabalenka emerging victorious on those two occasions as well.
