🔗 Share this article Reigning Sabalenka Claims Back-to-Back WTA Player of the Year Awards. Aryna Sabalenka finished the tour with an notable twenty-three to three Grand Slam win-loss record. World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been selected the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second straight season. The 27-year-old captured four titles – the highest tally on the circuit – which included successfully defending the US Open this past September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles championship. A Season of Dominance Across the season, Sabalenka reached a tour-best nine championship matches, with defeats coming against 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 early in the season, 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 atop the rankings for a second successive 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 Numbers Sabalenka finished the competitive year with a 63-12 match record, and collected a record £11m in tournament winnings. She earned nearly eighty percent of the votes submitted by international tennis media. On 28 December, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in a high-profile mixed-gender exhibition match in a bid to "help bring women's tennis to a higher level". Other WTA Award Recipients Comeback Player of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, twenty-eight, was voted after taking extended hiatus after the arrival of her daughter and returning to the sport earlier this season. Newcomer of the Year: Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko received the award after starting the season positioned beyond the world's top 300 and climbing to world number 18. Partnership of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were voted after securing their second career Grand Slam title as a pair. Most Improved Player of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after reaching five finals. Recently, Carlos Alcaraz secured three awards in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, including the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as fans' favourite for a third time.