Aryna Sabalenka received her second consecutive WTA Tour Participant of the 12 months award on Monday after profitable the US Open, reaching the finals of two different Grand Slam tournaments and ending the season at No. 1 within the rankings, receiving practically 80% of the votes from a media panel.
Sabalenka joins Serena Williams and Iga Swiatek in profitable this honor consecutively over the previous 25 years.
Sabalenka, a 27-year-old from Belarus, set a tour report in 2025 by main girls’s tennis in match wins (63-12), titles (4) and finals appearances (9), incomes her $15 million in prize cash. She spent your entire 12 months at primary.
In main tournaments, Sabalenka was runner-up to Madison Keys on the Australian Open in January, Coco Gauff on the French Open in June, reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in July earlier than shedding to Amanda Anisimova, and on the US Open in September she efficiently defended her title by defeating Anisimova within the ultimate, profitable her fourth Grand Slam singles trophy of her profession.
Anisimova was named Most Improved Participant after reaching her first two Grand Slam finals on the All England Membership (runner-up to Swiatek) and Flushing Meadows. She reached three different finals, together with profitable the WTA 1000 title in Doha and Beijing.
The 24-year-old from america completed 2024 in thirty sixth place within the rankings, making his top-10 debut earlier than rising to fourth place on the finish of this season. Anisimova was additionally nominated for Participant of the 12 months.
Though this season capped off fairly a climb for Anisimova, she mentioned she was “struggling together with her psychological well being” for practically a 12 months and can take a break in 2023.
Different honorees on Monday included Vicky Mboko for Newcomer of the 12 months, Belinda Bencic for Comeback Participant of the 12 months, and Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend for Doubles Crew of the 12 months.
Mboko, a 19-year-old from Canada, rose from exterior the highest 300 to inside the highest 20 all through the season, defeating 4 Grand Slam singles champions in Montreal and profitable the WTA 1000 trophy.
Bencic took greater than a 12 months off the tour to present delivery to her first baby, however in 2025 she received two titles, reached the semifinals of Wimbledon for the primary time, and reached the final 4 of a significant for the primary time since 2019.
Sinakova and Townsend received the Australian Open and had been runners-up on the US Open.
