World primary Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation participant of the yr for a second successive season.
The 27-year-old gained 4 titles – essentially the most on tour – together with retaining the US Open towards Amanda Anisimova in September to say her fourth Grand Slam singles triumph.
Throughout the season Sabalenka performed in a tour-best 9 finals, with losses to Madison Keys within the Australian Open ultimate in January and Coco Gauff in June’s French Open ultimate.
The Belarusian additionally gained the Brisbane Worldwide in January, the Miami Open in March and the Madrid Open in Could, and spent the complete yr as world primary, ending 2025 prime of the rankings for a second successive yr.
In July, she grew to become the primary participant to prime 12,000 WTA rating factors since Serena Williams in 2015.
Sabalenka completed the season with a 63-12 win-loss document, and picked up a document £11m in prize cash.
She obtained nearly 80% of the votes forged by worldwide tennis media.
On 28 December, she’s going to face 2022 Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in a Battle of the Sexes-style exhibition match in a bid to “assist convey girls’s tennis to the next stage”.
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, 28, has been voted comeback participant of the yr after taking a 13-month break following the delivery of her first youngster and returning to the game firstly of this yr.
Canadian 19-year-old Victoria Mboko picked up newcomer of the yr after beginning the season ranked exterior the world’s prime 300 and climbing to world quantity 18.
Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend had been voted doubles workforce of the yr after profitable their second Grand Slam title collectively, whereas Anisimova was named most improved participant of the yr after reaching 5 finals.
Final week, Carlos Alcaraz took house three honours within the Affiliation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Awards, together with the year-end primary award, whereas Jannik Sinner was voted followers’ favorite for a 3rd time.
