World number one Aryna Sabalenka has been named WTA Player of the \u200dYear for the second consecutive season after spending the entire year at the top of the \u200brankings, the governing body of women’s tennis announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka<\/a> capped a dominant 2025 campaign by successfully defending her \u200cUS Open title, leading the tour in match wins and \u200ctitles, reaching nine finals. She finished as runner-up at the Australian Open and Roland Garros and reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n The Belarusian won four trophies overall and recorded \u206063 victories over the season.<\/p>\n As she retained the year-end number one \u200cranking for a second straight year, Sabalenka also set a \u200bsingle-season prize money record of $15,008,519, the WTA said.<\/p>\n Amanda Anisimova<\/a> was voted the Most Improved Player, \u200dhaving also been nominated for Player of the Year.<\/p>\n The American reached five finals, winning the first WTA 1000 \u200dtitles of her career \u200cin Doha and Beijing, and advanced to her first Grand Slam finals at Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/p>\n Anisimova broke into the top 10 in July and qualified \u2060for the WTA Finals for the first time in her career, ending the year ranked fourth in the world.<\/p>\n Katerina Siniakova<\/a> and Taylor Townsend<\/a> were named Doubles Team of the Year after claiming a second Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, while they also reached the U.S. Open final.<\/p>\n Former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic<\/a> received the Comeback Player of the Year award after becoming a mother in April 2024 and producing a \u2060strong run of results, highlighted by a victory \u200cover world number five Elena Rybakina<\/a> to win the Abu Dhabi Open.<\/p>\n