🔗 Share this article Dominant Aryna Sabalenka Secures Consecutive WTA Top Player Honors. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the tour with an outstanding twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second consecutive season. The twenty-seven-year-old won four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – which included retaining the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth Grand Slam singles triumph. A Year of High Performance Across the season, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine finals, with losses coming against Madison Keys in the Australian Open final at the start of the year and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The Belarusian also claimed victory at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open in May. She remained the entire year as the world number one, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second straight year. In July, she achieved the status of being the first player to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Statistics Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and earned a record £11m in earnings. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match with the aim of "help bring women's tennis to a greater prominence". Additional WTA Award Winners Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking 13-month break after 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 received the award after beginning the season positioned outside the world's top 300 and climbing to the eighteenth spot. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after winning their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz secured three awards 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.