🔗 Share this article

The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second successive season.

The 27-year-old won four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – including retaining the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth career Grand Slam singles title.

A Year of High Performance

Throughout the year, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best nine championship matches, with defeats coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final at the start of the year and Coco Gauff in June's French Open final.

The star player also won 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, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year.

This past summer, she became the first player to exceed 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago.

Record-Breaking Statistics

Sabalenka concluded the season with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and earned a historic eleven million pounds in prize money.

She garnered almost 80% of the votes submitted by international tennis media.

Later this month, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match with the aim of "raise women's tennis to a higher level".

Additional WTA Award Winners

• Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a extended hiatus following the birth of her first child and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year.
• Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after starting the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to world number 18.
• Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after securing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair.
• Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after making five finals.

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 chosen as the fan favorite for a third time.