🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Secures Back-to-Back WTA Player of the Year Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka ended the season with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been chosen the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second straight year. The 27-year-old captured four titles – the most on tour – including successfully defending the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka played in a tour-best nine championship matches, with losses coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The Belarusian also claimed victory at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She remained the entire year as the world number one, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year. This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Achievements Sabalenka ended the season with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and earned a record £11m in earnings. She received nearly eighty percent of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. 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 "raise women's tennis to a greater prominence". Other WTA Award Honorees Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award after taking extended hiatus after the birth of her first child and returning to the sport at the start of this year. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko received the award after starting the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to the eighteenth spot. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after winning their second Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz won three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third consecutive time.