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Is this the best era yet in women's tennis? Why the depth is truly unprecedented

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At the 2025 French Open , all of the top eight seeds in the women's draw reached the round of 16 .

It was the first time since the 2005 Australian Open that the top 8 seeds all made it to at least the fourth round of a Slam .

Aryna Sabalenka , Coco Gauff , Iga Swiatek and Iga Yastremska all fell in the first round of Wimbledon .

The women's tour is in better shape than it's been in a long time.

Jelena Ostapenko has a Slam title and is 6 -0 all time against Swiatek .

Elena Rybakina has won four of her past seven matches against the world's top three players.

Donna Vekic won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics , but she's just 25th in the world.

Naomi Osaka is a solid 7-11 against the top 20 since her return from maternity leave in early 2024 .

Raducanu vs. Vondrousova was marked as the prime-time headliner on Centre Court on Wednesday .

That's the first women's match in that slot at this year 's French Open .