🔗 Share this article Reigning Aryna Sabalenka Secures Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Honors. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the year with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam win-loss record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second consecutive year. The 27-year-old captured four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of High Performance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka reached a tour-best 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 during the spring, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She spent the whole season as the top-ranked player, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second straight year. In July, she became the first athlete to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams in 2015. Record-Breaking Achievements Sabalenka concluded the season with a 63-12 match record, and collected a historic £11m in earnings. She received nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. Later this month, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon runner-up 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 Recipients Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking 13-month break after the arrival of her first child and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Rookie of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was honored with 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 winning their second Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third consecutive time.