Sabalenka, Swiatek, Rybakina, and Gauff: Who will finish with the most Grand Slams?
Rybakina's title at the US Open ties her with Gauff and now she looks to Sabalenka, while Swiatek remains at the top.
Elena Rybakina is no longer just a great tennis player with good qualities and many possibilities for success. Rybakina is now an outright US Open champion, Wimbledon and Australian Open, and the new world number one. If before 2026 she was expected to make a leap in her tennis and physicality, the 27-year-old athlete has delivered and in nine months added two Grand Slams that place her at the table with her peers Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, and Coco Gauff.
As of today, they are the four most in-form tennis players and are expected to compete for the major tournaments in the coming years. While there is hope in the emergence of new tennis gems like Mirra Andreeva, who already has a Grand Slam, Alexandra Eala or Iva Jovic. The Kazakh, the Belarusian, the Pole, and the American seem to have an advantage. Meanwhile, the question the tennis world is asking is Who will end up with the most Grand Slams?
Rybakina, Sabalenka, Swiatek, and Gauff aim to dominate women's tennis
| Iga Swiatek | Aryna Sabalenka | Elena Rybakina | Coco Gauff | |
| Australian Open | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Roland Garros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wimbledon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| US Open | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
For the moment, at the top of this comparison is Iga Swiatek with a total of six Grand Slams (four Roland Garros, one US Open, and one Wimbledon). However, this has been her first year since 2021 without any 'major', and in the last two years, she has given the impression of stagnation and loss of level. Nevertheless, if she manages to return to her former level, her tennis is very difficult to beat at Roland Garros, so it seems that Bois de Bologne is the most likely place for her to increase her tally of major titles.
Although the element of surprise also comes into play. In fact, even Swiatek herself did not expect to lift the title at Wimbledon last year. So one should never rule out another triumph on the grass of London or a strong start to the season in Melbourne.
Aryna Sabalenka appears in second position with four Grand Slams, although she has a total of five losses in Grand Slam finals, so her tally could be much greater if she could better control her internal fire during pivotal moments. She has also had a very inconsistent 2026, not winning a tournament since lifting the Miami Open trophy in March. However, she has already demonstrated that her tennis flows like a fish in water on cement, the surface on which she has won all her 'majors' (two Australian Opens and two US Opens).
Given her talent and dominance, it is taken for granted that she will add more Grand Slams, even at Roland Garros, where she reached the final in 2025, or Wimbledon, where she has been a three-time semifinalist. But she will need to calm her nerves and find more order if she wants to lead this ranking.
Elena Rybakina only had one at the beginning of the year and will finish 2026 with three (Wimbledon 2022, Australian Open 2026, and US Open 2026). The Kazakh has been the tennis player of the year, showing great consistency, something that was asked of her before, while injuries have spared her for a large part of the season, although she almost withdrew from the US Open due to discomfort in her Achilles tendon.
Her devastating serve and aggressive play make her a very tough opponent to beat on any surface, but it is on clay where her game slows down the most. It is the only major left for her, but her results there have never been the best, with quarterfinals in 2021 and 2024 as her best performances. If she can maintain this consistency and her game remains aggressive, she has a good chance to defend the two titles she will hold in 2027, as well as seek her second Wimbledon. Although she has made it clear that her main objective is Roland Garros.
🇵🇱 Iga Swiatek (25 years old)
🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka (28 years old)
🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (27 years old)
🇺🇸 Coco Gauff (22 years old)
Who will end up with the most Grand Slam titles according to you? 👀 pic.twitter.com/ag3BuQXVOA— Univers Tennis 🎾 (@UniversTennis) September 15, 2026
Meanwhile, Coco Gauff closes this list with 'only' two Grand Slams. The 22-year-old has a great future ahead, but she managed to surprise in the two finals she won against Sabalenka. First, at the 2023 US Open and then at the 2025 Roland Garros. This year she has made a qualitative leap by significantly improving her serve.
When she is at 100%, she is very difficult to defeat, but she tends to have lapses in her matches that cost her victories. She is capable of winning on any of the four grand stages, but the US Open is her favorite tournament, where she receives the most support from the crowd and where her tennis showcases its best weapons.
We will have to see what 2027 holds for women's tennis, but the spectacle is guaranteed with these four players, along with the mentioned promises like Andreeva, Jovic, and Eala, while the door is always open for surprises, like Linda Noskova at this Wimbledon. However, few doubt that Rybakina, Sabalenka, Swiatek, and Gauff will increase their Grand Slam counts.
This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Sabalenka, Swiatek, Rybakina y Gauff: ¿quién terminará con más Grand Slams?