Keep in mind her title.
American tennis sensation Amanda Anisimova upset prime seed Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon on July 10, 2025, [6-4, 4-6, 6-4], to achieve the women’ singles remaining.
It has been an unimaginable journey for Anisimova from reaching the French Open semifinal as a 17-year-old from a current psychological well being break to now reaching the precipice of tennis immortality on the grass courts on the All England Membership.
The 23-year-old, who hails from Freehold Township, N.J., now turns into the youngest American lady to achieve the Wimbledon singles remaining since Serena Williams in 2004.
Anisimova, the event’s thirteenth seed, will face Iga Swiatek within the remaining on July 12, 2025, the place she’s going to look to turn out to be the primary 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 achieved within the Wimbledon semifinal in July 2025.
“It doesn’t feel real right now,” she mentioned throughout her post-match interview, gushing that she was comfortable her sister, Maria Anisimova-Egee, nephew, brother-in-law and finest pal have been all in London supporting her.
“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 transfer into the WTA High 10 rankings for the primary time in her profession on July 14, 2025.
It’s been a memorable 2025 to this point as she reached the Spherical of 16 on the French Open, was a Queen’s Membership finalist and was topped the Doha champion.
She took a break from tennis
In 2022, Anisimova ousted fellow American Coco Gauff within the third spherical at Wimbledon.
Anisimova took a break from tennis from Might 2023 till January 2024 after her first-round loss to qualifier Arantxa Rus within the Madrid Open that April.
“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 misplaced within 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.
Anisimova rose to fame when she reached the 2019 French Open semifinals after beating reigning champion Simona Halep at age 17.
She turned the youngest American lady to achieve a Grand Slam semifinal since Venus Williams on the 1997 U.S. Open.
She completed 2019 ranked No.24, the youngest of three youngsters within the High 50 on the time.
Her mother and father immigrated from Russia
Anisimova’s mother and father, Olga and Konstantin, immigrated from Russia to the US in 1998 with their eldest daughter, Maria.
Anisimova withdrew from the 2019 U.S. Open after her father and longtime coach died of a coronary heart assault.
Her sister Maria performed faculty tennis for the College of Pennsylvania
