🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Secures Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka ended the tour with an impressive 23-3 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 secured four titles – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of High Performance Throughout the year, Sabalenka played in a circuit-leading 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 Belarusian also claimed victory at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She remained the whole season as the world number one, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Record-Breaking Numbers Sabalenka concluded the season with a 63-12 win-loss record, and picked up a historic eleven million pounds in earnings. She received almost eighty percent of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "raise women's tennis to a new level". Additional WTA Award Honorees Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking a 13-month break after the birth of her first child and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Rookie of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after starting the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and rising to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after securing their second Grand Slam title together. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz won three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third consecutive time.