🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Secures Back-to-Back WTA Player of the Year Accolades. The Belarusian player finished the year with an outstanding twenty-three to three Grand Slam match record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been chosen the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second successive season. The 27-year-old captured four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – which included successfully defending the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth Grand Slam singles title. A Season of High Performance Across the season, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best nine championship matches, with losses coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in June's 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 spent the entire year as the world number one, ending 2025 on top of the rankings for a second straight year. In July, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams in 2015. Historic Numbers Sabalenka concluded the season with a 63-12 match record, and earned a record eleven million pounds in tournament winnings. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted 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 with the aim of "elevate women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Honorees Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a 13-month break after the birth of her daughter and returning to the sport earlier this season. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after beginning the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted 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 awards 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 consecutive time.