🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Wins Consecutive WTA Top Player Honors. Aryna Sabalenka concluded the season with an impressive twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second successive year. The twenty-seven-year-old secured four tournament victories – the most on tour – including successfully defending the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Year of High Performance Across the season, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best 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 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 atop the rankings for a second successive year. This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Numbers Sabalenka ended the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and earned a record £11m in earnings. She garnered nearly 80% of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "help bring women's tennis to a new level". Other WTA Award Winners Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking extended hiatus after the arrival of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko picked up the award after starting the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after winning their second Grand Slam title together. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third time.