Aryna Sabalenka gained her second consecutive WTA Tour Participant of the 12 months award on Monday, getting practically 80% of the vote from a media panel after successful the US Open, reaching the finals of two different Grand Slam tournaments and shutting the season at No. 1 within the rankings.
Sabalenka joined Serena Williams and Iga Swiatek as back-to-back winners of the distinction over the previous 25 years.
Sabalenka, a 27-year-old from Belarus, led ladies’s tennis in match victories (going 63-12), titles (4) and finals reached (9) in 2025 and set a tour report by incomes $15 million in prize cash. She spent the whole 12 months at No. 1.
On the majors, Sabalenka was the runner-up to Madison Keys on the Australian Open in January and to Coco Gauff on the French Open in June, made it to the semifinals at Wimbledon in July earlier than dropping to Amanda Anisimova and picked up her fourth profession Grand Slam singles trophy with a profitable title protection on the U.S. Open in September, defeating Anisimova within the last.
Anisimova was chosen as Most Improved Participant after making it to her first two Grand Slam finals on the All England Membership — the place she was the runner-up to Swiatek — and Flushing Meadows. She reached three different finals, together with claiming WTA 1000 titles in Doha and Beijing.
The 24-year-old from america ended 2024 at No. 36 within the rankings and, after making her top-10 debut, rose all the best way to No. 4 on the finish of this season. Anisimova additionally was nominated as Participant of the 12 months.
This season capped fairly a climb for Anisimova, who took day off in 2023, saying she had been ” fighting my psychological well being ” for practically a 12 months.
Different award recipients Monday included Vicky Mboko as Newcomer of the 12 months, Belinda Bencic as Comeback Participant of the 12 months, and Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend as Doubles Group of the 12 months.
Mboko, a 19-year-old from Canada, lifted her rating from exterior the highest 300 to inside the highest 20 with a season that included a WTA 1000 trophy in Montreal by beating 4 Grand Slam singles champions.
Bencic was away from the tour for greater than a 12 months whereas having her first baby, then gained two titles in 2025 and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon for the primary time — her first look within the last 4 of a significant since 2019.
Siniakova and Townsend gained the Australian Open and had been the runners-up on the US Open.
