🔗 Share this article Dominant Sabalenka Wins Back-to-Back WTA Top Player Accolades. The Belarusian player finished the year with an notable twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second straight season. The twenty-seven-year-old won four tournament victories – the highest tally on the circuit – which included successfully defending the US Open this past September against Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth career Grand Slam singles title. A Year of Dominance Throughout the year, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best nine finals, with losses coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final at the start of the year and Coco Gauff in the French Open final. The Belarusian also claimed victory at the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She spent the entire year as the top-ranked player, finishing 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 in 2015. Record-Breaking Statistics Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve win-loss record, and collected a historic £11m in tournament winnings. She received nearly eighty percent of the votes cast by global tennis journalists. On 28 December, she is set to play 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "raise women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Honorees Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a extended hiatus following the arrival of her first child and making her comeback to the sport at the start of this year. Rookie of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko picked up the award after starting the season positioned outside the world's top 300 and soaring 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. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after making five finals. Last week, Carlos Alcaraz won three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third consecutive time.