🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. The Belarusian player ended the tour with an outstanding twenty-three to three Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been chosen the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight year. The 27-year-old secured four tournament victories – the most on tour – which included retaining the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Year of Dominance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine championship matches, with defeats 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 during the spring, and the Madrid Open in May. She remained the entire year as the top-ranked player, 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 Achievements Sabalenka ended the season with a sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and collected a historic eleven million pounds in prize money. She garnered nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by international tennis media. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match with the aim of "elevate women's tennis to a new level". Other WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking extended hiatus following the arrival of her daughter and returning to the sport earlier this season. Rookie of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko picked up the award after beginning the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and soaring to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after winning their second Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was voted the fan favorite for a third time.