🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Claims Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Awards. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the year with an notable 23-3 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 season. The twenty-seven-year-old captured four titles – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open in September against Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Consistency Throughout the year, Sabalenka reached a circuit-leading nine finals, with losses coming against Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in June's 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 entire year as the world number one, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year. This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015. Record-Breaking Numbers Sabalenka finished the season with a 63-12 win-loss record, and picked up a record eleven million pounds in prize money. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. 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 "help bring women's tennis to a higher level". Additional WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, received the award after taking 13-month break following the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after beginning the season positioned outside the world's top 300 and climbing to the eighteenth spot. 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 received the accolade after making five championship matches. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz secured three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third time.