🔗 Share this article Reigning Aryna Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Honors. Aryna Sabalenka ended the tour with an outstanding 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second consecutive season. The twenty-seven-year-old secured four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open in September against Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth Grand Slam singles title. A Year of High Performance Throughout the year, Sabalenka competed in 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 Belarusian also won 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 world number one, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. This past summer, she became the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams in 2015. Historic Achievements Sabalenka ended the competitive year with a 63-12 match record, and picked up a record £11m in prize money. She earned almost eighty percent of the votes submitted by international tennis media. Later this month, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a higher level". Additional WTA Award Honorees Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted 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 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 earned the title after capturing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after reaching five finals. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz took home three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was voted fans' favourite for a third time.