🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Accolades. The Belarusian player concluded the season with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second straight year. The twenty-seven-year-old secured four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth Grand Slam singles triumph. A Year of Dominance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka played in 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 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 top-ranked player, 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 since Serena Williams in 2015. Historic Statistics Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a 63-12 match record, and earned a historic eleven million pounds in earnings. She garnered almost 80% of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "raise women's tennis to a greater prominence". Other WTA Award Honorees Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award after taking 13-month break after the birth of her first child and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after beginning the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and climbing to the eighteenth spot. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after capturing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz won three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third consecutive time.