🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Honors. The Belarusian player finished the year with an outstanding 23-3 Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight season. The 27-year-old captured four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine championship matches, with losses coming against 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 in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She remained the entire year as the top-ranked player, concluding 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. Record-Breaking Achievements Sabalenka ended the season with a 63-12 match record, and earned a record eleven million pounds in tournament winnings. She earned almost eighty percent of the votes cast by international tennis media. On 28 December, she is set to play 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 greater prominence". Additional WTA Award Recipients Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award after taking extended hiatus following the arrival of her daughter 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 climbing to world number 18. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after securing their second Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five championship matches. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz won three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third time.