🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Top Player Awards. The Belarusian player finished the season with an impressive twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second consecutive year. The 27-year-old won four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – which included successfully defending the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Year of Consistency Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka reached a circuit-leading nine championship matches, with defeats coming against Madison Keys in the Australian Open final at the start of the year and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The star player also won the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She spent the entire year as the world number one, finishing 2025 on top of the rankings for a second straight year. This past summer, she became 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 competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and picked up a record £11m in prize money. She earned almost eighty percent of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a higher level". Additional WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking 13-month break following the arrival of her daughter and returning to the sport earlier this season. Rookie of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after starting the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to world number 18. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after securing their second Grand Slam title together. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after making five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home 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 consecutive time.