🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Top Player Honors. Aryna Sabalenka finished the year with an notable twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight year. The twenty-seven-year-old secured four titles – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open in September against Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth career Grand Slam singles triumph. A Year of Consistency Across the season, Sabalenka played in a tour-best nine finals, with defeats coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final at the start of the year and Coco Gauff in June's French Open final. The Belarusian also triumphed at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open in May. She remained the whole season as the top-ranked player, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. In July, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Achievements Sabalenka ended the competitive year with a 63-12 match record, and collected a record eleven million pounds in earnings. She garnered almost 80% of the votes cast by international tennis media. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "help bring women's tennis to a new level". Other WTA Award Recipients Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking extended hiatus after the arrival of her first child and returning to the sport earlier this season. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko picked up the award after beginning the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and climbing to the eighteenth spot. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after capturing their second career Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was voted the fan favorite for a third time.