Victoria Fyodarauna Azarenka (; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 in 2012 and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 51 weeks. Azarenka has won 21 WTA singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open, becoming the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Serena Williams in both 2012 and 2013 and to Naomi Osaka in 2020. In singles she also won six Premier Mandatory tournaments (including the Sunshine Double in 2016), four Premier 5 tournaments, and the singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She was the runner-up at the 2011 WTA Finals to Petra Kvitová, reached four other Grand Slam singles semifinals (Australian Open in 2023 (Wimbledon in 2011 and 2012 and the French Open in 2013), and had nine other major quarterfinal appearances. She finished with a year-end top 10 singles ranking for five consecutive years between 2009 and 2013. Azarenka has won nine WTA doubles titles (including two Premier Mandatory and two Premier 5 titles), reached four Grand Slam finals in women's doubles, and reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in the world on 7 July 2008. She has won three mixed doubles titles — two being Grand Slam titles at the 2007 US Open with compatriot Max Mirnyi and the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan, and the third being the Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles at the 2012 London Olympics with Mirnyi. Personal life Early life Azarenka was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union, to Alla and Fyodor Azarenka. Her tennis idol is German former player Steffi Graf. In an interview, Azarenka said: "Graf's Calendar Golden Slam in 1988 is my biggest motivation." At age 15, Azarenka moved full-time to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, from Minsk, Belarus, to train and live. In this she was aided by National Hockey League goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife, who was a friend of Azarenka's mother. In 2012, she became registered in Monaco, but in August 2013 she purchased a large ocean-overlooking house in