Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka Wins Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Awards.

The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight season.

The 27-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth Grand Slam singles title.

A Season of High Performance

Throughout the year, Sabalenka competed in a circuit-leading nine championship matches, with losses 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 star player also triumphed at the Brisbane International early in the season, 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 player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since 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 eleven million pounds in tournament winnings.

She received almost 80% of the votes submitted by international tennis media.

Later this month, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a higher level".

Additional WTA Award Recipients

• Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award after taking extended hiatus following the arrival of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season.
• Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko picked up the award after starting the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18.
• Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after capturing their second Grand Slam title as a pair.
• Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after advancing to five championship matches.

Last week, 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 the fan favorite for a third time.