🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Top Player Honors. The Belarusian player ended the season with an impressive twenty-three to three 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 year. The 27-year-old secured four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – including successfully defending the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Across the season, Sabalenka played in a circuit-leading 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 claimed victory at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She spent 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. Historic Statistics Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and collected a historic £11m in tournament winnings. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by international tennis media. Later this month, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "raise women's tennis to a greater prominence". Additional WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a 13-month break after the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after beginning the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and rising to the eighteenth spot. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after capturing their second career Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz won three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third time.