WTA No. 1-ranked women’s player Aryna Sabalenka supports a one-time biological test to determine the sex of a player on the tour.
Sabalenka’s comments come after the WNBA was rocked by Indiana Fever‘s Sophie Cunningham wanting to exclude ‘biologically male’ athletes from their sport.
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Sabalenka is in clear support of that sentiment, supporting the WTA’s planned biological testing for players to ‘protect’ women’s tennis, as she believes it is unfair to have a biological man play against a biological woman.
Aryna Sabalenka puts fairness over everything
Sabalenka issued a strong statement in support of keeping biological men away from women’s sports, regardless of transition identity.
“I think it’s really important to keep the fairness in our tour. It’s obviously, biologically, the men are way stronger than women, so I feel like it would not be really fair for the woman to compete against a biological man.”
“I believe it took them a little while to make this decision and, yeah, I support it. But for me, I’m focusing on myself, on my goals, you know, whatever it takes. If they want to test us all, I’m happy to do that; it’s pretty fair, and let’s keep it that way.”
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While Cunningham hasn’t advocated for biological testing in women’s sports across the United States, this would be the natural next step for the kind of separation she and her supporters are arguing for in women’s sports.
Aryna Sabalenka is speaking from experience
There is an important distinction to be made between trans women and biological men, as it isn’t 100% certain that, after hormone replacement therapy, their makeup is identical to that of a biological man.
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Sabalenka played an exhibition match against Nick Kyrgios in December 2025, losing 6-3, 6-3, in a matchup that reinforced how biological differences can impact competitive play at the highest level.
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At the moment, there really aren’t any real-world examples of a trans athlete suddenly dominating at the highest level of women’s sports because of their status as biological males.
Tennis is trying to get ahead of any potential situation like that in the future, but the consequences of it on sports across the world might make women’s sports even less inclusive for trans athletes.
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