🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka Wins Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka finished the tour with an impressive twenty-three to three Grand Slam match record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second consecutive year. The 27-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka competed in 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 star player also claimed victory at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She spent the entire year as the world number one, finishing 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams in 2015. Historic Achievements Sabalenka concluded the season with a 63-12 match record, and earned a historic eleven million pounds in earnings. She earned almost 80% of the votes cast by international tennis media. On 28 December, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "elevate women's tennis to a greater prominence". Other WTA Award Winners Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking extended hiatus following the arrival of her first child and returning to the sport at the start of this year. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after starting the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to the eighteenth spot. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after winning their second Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after making five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz secured three awards 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 time.