🔗 Share this article Dominant Aryna Sabalenka Wins Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the season with an impressive 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been chosen the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second successive year. The 27-year-old captured four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – including retaining the US Open in September against Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth Grand Slam singles title. A Year of Consistency Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine championship matches, with losses coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in June's French Open final. The Belarusian also claimed victory at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open in May. She remained the entire year as the top-ranked player, concluding 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year. This past summer, she became the first athlete to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015. Record-Breaking Numbers Sabalenka finished the season with a 63-12 match record, and earned a historic eleven million pounds in prize money. She received nearly 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 high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a greater prominence". Other WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking 13-month break after the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko picked up the award after starting the season positioned outside the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after securing their second career Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five finals. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz took home three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third consecutive time.