Aryna Sabalenka recently shared a picture and humorously questioned the Wimbledon Championships’ strict dress code, which requires players to wear tennis attire that is almost fully white.
The 2025 grass-court Grand Slam will be held from Jun. 30 to Jul. 13 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London.
Aryna Sabalenka Hilariously Questions Wimbledon’s Strict All-White Dress Code
Sabalenka began her grass court season at the 2025 Berlin Tennis Open, where she defeated Rebeka Masarova and Elena Rybakina to advance to the semifinals. There, she fell to the eventual champion, Markéta Vondroušová.
After her run in Berlin, Sabalenka traveled to London for the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. She was seen training with Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic ahead of the Grand Slam.
Recently, Sabalenka took to social media to share a couple of pictures of herself getting ready for a shoot. During her makeup session, the World No. 1 wore a white dressing robe and some green jewelry. She humorously captioned her post, questioning whether her white robe would comply with Wimbledon’s clothing code.
“Does this fit the Wimbledon dress code? ,” Sabalenka captioned her Instagram post.
Sabalenka also shared this post on her Instagram story.
“Does this fit the @wimbledon dress code? ” Sabalenka captioned her Instagram story.
Wimbledon is known for its strict all-white dress code for players. According to the tournament’s website, the players have to wear suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white from the moment they enter the court.
“Competitors must be dressed in suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white and this applies from the point at which the player enters the court surround,” the Wimbledon website mentions.
However, in 2023, the guidelines for tennis kits at Wimbledon were updated slightly, allowing female competitors to wear dark-colored shorts underneath their traditional all-white outfits to help alleviate the anxiety of players competing while menstruating.
“Women and girls competing at The Championships will have the option of wearing coloured undershorts if they choose. It is our hope that this rule adjustment will help players focus purely on their performance by relieving a potential source of anxiety,” the CEO of the All England Club, Sally Bolton said in a statement.
A Look Into Aryna Sabalenka’s Best Result at the Wimbledon Championships
Sabalenka achieved her best results in the singles event at the Wimbledon Championships in 2021 and 2023, reaching the semifinals each year.
In 2021, Sabalenka was seeded second and began her campaign by defeating Monica Niculescu and Katie Boulter in the first and second rounds, respectively. She then won against Camila Osorio in the third round and secured her place in the quarterfinals by defeating Elena Rybakina in the fourth round.
In the quarterfinals, the World No. 1 defeated Ons Jabeur. However, her run at the tournament ended in the semifinals when she lost to the eventual runner-up, Karolína Plíšková.
At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Sabalenka defeated Panna Udvardy, Varvara Gracheva, Anna Blinkova, and Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first four rounds. She triumphed over Madison Keys in the quarterfinals but was eliminated by Jabeur in the semifinals.
In the doubles event at Wimbledon, Sabalenka’s best result came in 2019 when she reached the quarterfinals while partnering with Elise Mertens. They were seeded sixth and began their campaign by defeating the pair of Natela Dzalamidze and Cornelia Lister in the first round.
Sabalenka and Mertens then triumphed over Aleksandra Krunić and Shuko Aoyama in the second round, followed by a victory against the ninth-seeded duo of Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan. Their run ended in the quarterfinals when they lost to the third-seeded pair and eventual champions, Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová.
