🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Wins Consecutive WTA Top Player Honors. Aryna Sabalenka finished the year with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam win-loss record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight year. The 27-year-old secured four titles – the highest tally on the circuit – including retaining the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Throughout the year, Sabalenka reached a circuit-leading nine finals, with defeats coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The Belarusian also triumphed at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She spent the whole season as the world number one, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she became the first player to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Statistics Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a 63-12 win-loss record, and collected a historic £11m in prize money. She received nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "help bring women's tennis to a new level". Additional WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a extended hiatus following the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Rookie of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after starting the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and soaring to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after securing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after reaching five championship matches. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz won three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third time.