🔗 Share this article Dominant Aryna Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Honors. Aryna Sabalenka finished the season with an impressive twenty-three to three Grand Slam match record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second straight year. The twenty-seven-year-old captured four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – including successfully defending the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to secure her fourth career Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Consistency Throughout the year, Sabalenka played in a tour-best nine finals, with defeats coming against Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January 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 remained the entire year as the world number one, finishing 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year. This past summer, she became the first athlete to top 12,000 WTA ranking points since Serena Williams in 2015. Historic Numbers Sabalenka ended the competitive year with a 63-12 win-loss record, and earned a historic £11m in prize money. She garnered nearly eighty percent of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "elevate women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Honorees Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, received the award 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 was honored with the award after beginning the season ranked outside the world's top 300 and soaring to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after capturing their second career Grand Slam title together. Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after advancing to five championship matches. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz secured three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was voted the fan favorite for a third time.