🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. The Belarusian player finished the tour with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight season. The 27-year-old captured four titles – the highest tally on the circuit – which included retaining the US Open in September against Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles title. A Season of Dominance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine finals, with losses coming against Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in June's French Open final. The Belarusian also triumphed at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She remained the whole season as the world number one, ending 2025 on top of the rankings for a second straight year. In July, she became the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015. Record-Breaking Achievements Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a 63-12 win-loss record, and collected a record eleven million pounds in prize money. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by international tennis media. Later this month, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "elevate women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Recipients Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award after taking a 13-month break following the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after beginning the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to the eighteenth spot. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after winning their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after making five finals. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz secured three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was voted the fan favorite for a third consecutive time.