🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the year with an outstanding 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 captured four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – which included retaining the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles title. A Year of High Performance Across the season, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine finals, with losses coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The Belarusian also triumphed at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She spent the whole season as the top-ranked player, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she became 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 sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and picked up a record £11m in tournament winnings. She garnered nearly 80% of the votes submitted by international tennis media. Later this month, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Recipients Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking extended hiatus after the birth of her daughter and returning to the sport at the start of this year. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko picked up the award after beginning the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and rising to the eighteenth spot. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after capturing their second career Grand Slam title together. Most Improved Player 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 season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was voted fans' favourite for a third time.