World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Women's Tennis Association top performer of the year for a second successive year.
The twenty-seven-year-old secured four tournament victories – the most on tour – including retaining the US Open in September versus Amanda Anisimova to earn her fourth Grand Slam singles title.
Throughout the year, Sabalenka reached a circuit-leading nine finals, with defeats coming to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final in January and Coco Gauff in the French Open final.
The star player also triumphed at 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, ending 2025 atop the rankings for a second straight year.
This past summer, she achieved the status of being the first player to top 12,000 WTA ranking points after Serena Williams in 2015.
Sabalenka finished the competitive year with a sixty-three to twelve match record, and collected a record £11m in prize money.
She garnered nearly 80% of the votes submitted by international tennis media.
Later this month, she is scheduled to face 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to "help bring women's tennis to a greater prominence".
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 fans' favourite for a third time.
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