Belinda Bencic 2025 Season Recap

Belinda Bencic returned from maternity leave in the closing stages of 2024 at ITF tournaments. Despite the Olympic Gold Medalist’s achievements, expectations for her in 2025 were pretty low. The Swiss confounded many pre-season predictions and had a superb year.

Belinda Bencic 2025 Season Recap

Bencic made a very strong start to 2025

The 28-year-old’s season began at the United Cup, where she played for Team Switzerland. Bencic comfortably overcame France’s Chloe Paquet before sealing a 2-1 victory in the tie by successfully partnering with Dominic Stricker in the singles. That was followed by a 1-6, 1-6 hammering by Jasmine Paolini, who went on to win the 2025 Italian Open, and a doubles loss that eliminated Team Switzerland.

After getting a few more matches at the Adelaide International, Bencic reached the Australian Open fourth round, a run that included Naomi Osaka retiring after the opening set of their third-round contest. An upset against Coco Gauff was possible after taking the opening set 7-5, but the 2025 French Open champion responded well to prevail 5-7 6-2 6-1.

Bencic secured her ninth career title and first since returning to tennis in her next tournament at the Abu Dhabi Open. She overcame Rebecca Sramkova, Veronika Kudermetova, Marketa Vondrousova, Elena Rybakina, and Ashlyn Krueger to reign supreme. Winning a title in just her fourth tournament of 2025 after being out for so long was an outstanding achievement.

Bencic had more solid runs before equaling her best Grand Slam result at Wimbledon

At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Bencic avenged her Australian Open defeat against Gauff, recovering to beat the American in three sets. She also beat two-time Grand Slam runner-up Amanda Anisimova and Diana Shnaider before being thrashed 1-6, 1-6 in the quarterfinal by Australian Open winner Madison Keys, who was near-unplayable. Reaching the round of 16 in Madrid was the highlight of her clay-court swing before she withdrew from the French Open with a physical issue.

Bencic played outstandingly at Wimbledon. Her place in the quarterfinals was confirmed with triumphs against Alycia Parks, Elsa Jacquemot, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, and Ekaterina Alexandrova. The 6-4 3-6 7-6(10-8) victory against Cocciaretto was among the most dramatic of the tournament. She reached her first Wimbledon and second Grand Slam semifinal by overcoming Mirra Andreeva 7-6 7-6. Iga Swiatek, the eventual champion, produced an amazing level to eliminate Bencic 6-2 6-0. However, that ending does not diminish her achievement of getting that far.