🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Player of the Year Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the year with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second consecutive year. The 27-year-old captured four tournament victories – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles triumph. A Season of Dominance Throughout the year, Sabalenka played in a circuit-leading nine championship matches, with defeats coming against Madison Keys in the Australian Open final at the start of the year and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The star player also won the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She remained the entire year as the world number one, ending 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she achieved the status of being the first player to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Record-Breaking Numbers Sabalenka finished the season with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and collected a record eleven million pounds in prize money. She received almost 80% of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match with the aim of "elevate women's tennis to a greater prominence". Other WTA Award Honorees Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award after taking a extended hiatus after the arrival of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko received the award after starting the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after securing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz secured three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third time.