🔗 Share this article Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka Secures Consecutive WTA Top Player Accolades. Aryna Sabalenka ended the tour with an notable 23-3 Grand Slam match record. The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been chosen the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second successive year. The twenty-seven-year-old won four tournament victories – the most on tour – which included retaining the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth career Grand Slam singles title. A Year of Consistency Across the season, Sabalenka played in a circuit-leading 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 triumphed at the Brisbane International early in the season, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open in May. She spent the whole season as the world number one, ending 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year. This past summer, she became the first player to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015. Record-Breaking Numbers Sabalenka ended the season with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and picked up a record £11m in earnings. She earned nearly 80% of the votes cast by international tennis media. On 28 December, she is poised to compete against 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match with the aim of "raise women's tennis to a new level". Additional WTA Award Recipients Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking 13-month break after the arrival 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 received the award after beginning the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and rising to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after capturing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after advancing to five finals. Recently, 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 time.