The top-ranked player Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association player of the year for a second successive season.
The 27-year-old secured four titles – the most on tour – including successfully defending the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles triumph.
Across the season, 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 won the Brisbane International in January, the Miami Open in March, and the Madrid Open as the clay season progressed. She remained the entire year as the top-ranked player, concluding 2025 on top of the rankings for a second successive year.
This past summer, she became the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015.
Sabalenka ended the season with a 63-12 win-loss record, and picked up a historic £11m in earnings.
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 "help bring women's tennis to a new level".
Recently, Carlos Alcaraz won three honours in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, which included the season-ending top rank award, while Jannik Sinner was voted the fan favorite for a third time.
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