🔗 Share this article Dominant Aryna Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Honors. The Belarusian player concluded the season with an outstanding twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight season. The 27-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – which included retaining the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Across the season, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best nine championship matches, with defeats coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The star player also triumphed at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She remained the whole season as the world number one, ending 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year. In July, 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. Record-Breaking Achievements Sabalenka finished the competitive year with a 63-12 match record, and picked up a record eleven million pounds in prize money. She earned almost eighty percent of the votes cast 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 greater prominence". Other WTA Award Honorees Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a 13-month break following the birth of her first child and returning to the sport earlier this season. 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 rising to world number 18. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after securing their second Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after reaching five championship matches. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz secured three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was voted fans' favourite for a third time.