🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Honors. The Belarusian player concluded the season with an notable twenty-three to three Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second successive season. The twenty-seven-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 earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Year of Consistency Across the season, Sabalenka reached a circuit-leading nine finals, with losses coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The star player 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 whole season as the world number one, ending 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she became the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Record-Breaking Statistics Sabalenka ended the season with a 63-12 win-loss record, and collected a record eleven million pounds in earnings. She received almost 80% of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "raise women's tennis to a new level". Other WTA Award Recipients Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking extended hiatus following the birth of her first child and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after starting the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and rising to the eighteenth spot. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after securing their second Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five championship matches. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz took home 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.