Hat-trick of Australian Open titles for Anna McBride

University of Stirling tennis ace only dropped four games in run to her third title

Anna McBride poses in front of trophy cabinet at Australian Open 2025.
Anna McBride has won the women's singles at the Australian Open's Intellectual Disability Championships for three years in a row (image credit: Australian Open).

University of Stirling tennis ace Anna McBride has won the women’s singles at the Australian Open’s Intellectual Disability Championships event for the third consecutive year.

The second-year sports scholar defeated doubles partner Kelly Wren in the first round and Breanna Tunny in the semi-finals before securing a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win over Eva Blanc in the final. It was an outstanding win for McBride, who only dropped four games in her run to the title.

McBride, from Dunfermline, now has a hat-trick of Australian Open singles titles to her name – having won at Melbourne Park in 2023 and 2024 – however, she was unable to make it three-in-a-row in the doubles. In addition to her singles triumphs, the 21-year-old had also won the women’s doubles title at the previous two competitions – but, with Wren, this year finished runner-up in their group.

Anna McBride holds trophy aloft after winning her third title at the Australian Open. Anna McBride holds the trophy aloft after winning the 2025 competition (image credit: Australian Open).

University of Stirling graduate Maia Lumsden also competed Down Under – playing in the Australian Open’s main competition. With Czech doubles partner Anna Siskova, Lumsden made round two, where the pair lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to number two seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.

The University of Stirling is Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence, with world-class facilities providing the perfect training environment for the University’s sports scholars. The University offers sports scholarships as part of the largest high-performance sports programme in the UK. For more information, visit the University of Stirling website.