🔗 Share this article Dominant Aryna Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Honors. The Belarusian player concluded the tour with an notable twenty-three to three Grand Slam match record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been chosen the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second consecutive year. The 27-year-old won four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – including retaining the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Consistency 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 in January 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 as the clay season progressed. She spent the entire year as the top-ranked player, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year. This past summer, she became the first athlete to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Achievements Sabalenka finished the season with a sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and picked up a historic eleven million pounds in prize money. She garnered nearly 80% of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. Later this month, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "raise women's tennis to a greater prominence". Additional WTA Award Honorees Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, received the award after taking 13-month break following the birth of her daughter and returning to the sport at the start of this year. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after starting the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to the eighteenth spot. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after winning their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five finals. 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 voted the fan favorite for a third consecutive time.