🔗 Share this article Dominant Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Honors. The Belarusian player ended the season with an impressive 23-3 Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second consecutive season. The twenty-seven-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Year of Consistency Throughout the year, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine championship matches, with defeats coming against 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 in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She spent the entire year as the top-ranked player, ending 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she achieved the status of being the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Numbers Sabalenka concluded the season with a 63-12 match record, and picked up a record eleven million pounds in prize money. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a greater prominence". Additional WTA Award Recipients Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking 13-month break after the birth of her daughter and returning to the sport earlier this season. Rookie of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after starting the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and rising to the eighteenth spot. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after capturing their second career Grand Slam title together. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after reaching five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was voted fans' favourite for a third consecutive time.