🔗 Share this article Dominant Sabalenka Claims Consecutive WTA Player of the Year Accolades. The Belarusian player 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 27-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth career Grand Slam singles triumph. A Year of High Performance Over the course of the tour, Sabalenka competed in a circuit-leading 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 won the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open during the spring, and the Madrid Open in May. She spent the whole season as the world number one, ending 2025 atop the rankings for a second successive year. This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first player to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago. Historic Statistics Sabalenka finished the competitive year with a 63-12 win-loss record, and picked up a historic eleven million pounds in tournament winnings. She received almost 80% of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. Later this month, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match with the aim of "raise women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Recipients Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking a extended hiatus after the arrival of her first child and returning to the sport earlier this season. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko picked up the award after starting the season positioned 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 career Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after reaching five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was voted fans' favourite for a third consecutive time.