🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka Wins Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Awards. The Belarusian player finished the year with an impressive 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second successive season. The 27-year-old secured four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – which included retaining the US Open in September against Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Year of Dominance Across the season, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best nine championship matches, with defeats coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in June's French Open final. The star player also triumphed at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She remained the whole season as the world number one, finishing 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year. In July, she became the first athlete to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Achievements Sabalenka finished the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and picked up a historic eleven million pounds in earnings. She earned almost 80% of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "raise women's tennis to a greater prominence". Other WTA Award Honorees Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, received the award after taking a extended hiatus following the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko picked up the award after beginning the season positioned outside the world's top 300 and rising to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after securing their second career Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five finals. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz won three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third consecutive time.