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World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second consecutive season.

The 27-year-old won four titles – the most on tour – which included successfully defending the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to claim her fourth Grand Slam singles triumph.

A Season of High Performance

Across the season, Sabalenka competed in a tour-best nine finals, with losses 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 early in the season, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She spent the entire year as the world number one, ending 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year.

This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams did so nearly a decade ago.

Historic Achievements

Sabalenka concluded the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and collected a record £11m in earnings.

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 "raise women's tennis to a greater prominence".

Additional WTA Award Honorees

• Returning Star of the Year: Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, 28, was voted after taking a 13-month break following the birth of her daughter and making her comeback to the sport earlier this season.
• Fresh Face of the Year: Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko picked up the award after beginning the season ranked beyond the world's top 300 and soaring to the eighteenth spot.
• Doubles Team of the Year: Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend were selected after winning their second Grand Slam title together.
• Biggest Leap of the Year: Amanda Anisimova received the accolade after reaching five championship matches.

Last week, Carlos Alcaraz won three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the year-end number one award, while Jannik Sinner was chosen as the fan favorite for a third time.