🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Secures Consecutive WTA Top Player Honors. The Belarusian player ended the tour with an impressive 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 successive year. The twenty-seven-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles title. A Year of Consistency Throughout the year, Sabalenka played in a tour-best nine championship matches, 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 triumphed at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She spent the whole season as the world number one, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second straight year. This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015. Historic Achievements Sabalenka finished the season with a 63-12 match record, and earned a record £11m in prize money. She received nearly 80% of the votes submitted by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "elevate 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 extended hiatus following the arrival of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season. Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko was honored with the award after beginning the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18. Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend earned the title after winning their second Grand Slam title as a pair. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova was named after advancing to five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz took home three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was voted the fan favorite for a third time.