The 2025 WTA final rankings were published this week and Aryna Sabalenka added her name to a legendary list with her second consecutive No. 1 ranking, while Iga Swiatek became only the second woman this century to finish in the Top 2 for four consecutive years, after finishing at No. 1 in 2022, No. 1 in 2023, No. 2 in 2024 and now No. 2 in 2025.
Since 2000, Serena Williams is the only other woman to achieve this feat. She finished at number 1 in 2013, number 1 in 2014, number 1 in 2015 and number 2 in 2016.
In fact, the 2025 year-end Top 3 has finished in exactly the same position as last year, with Coco Gauff joining Sabalenka and Swiatek at No. 3, marking the seventh time in the history of the WTA rankings that the year-end Top 3 has been identical for two consecutive seasons.
Although Gauff exited the WTA finals after the round-robin stage, she managed to hold off Amanda Anisimova in the battle for the year-end US No. 1 spot as the latter advanced to 476 points through the semi-finals.
Sabalenka has achieved six consecutive Top 10 finishes at the end of the year, dating back to 2020, which is the longest active streak in the current Top 10, and the Belarusian is followed by Swiatek, who has achieved five consecutive years since 2021.
The 27-year-old Sabalenka becomes the 13th player in the history of the rankings to finish in first place for multiple seasons, while she is also only the 7th player to hold the number 1 position continuously for an entire season.
She joins Chris Evert (1977, 1981), Martina Navratilova (1983, 1984, 1986), Stefanie Graf (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994), Monica Seles (1992), Serena Williams (2014, 2015) and Ashleigh Barty (2020, 2021) – both affected by the Freeze Covid-19 rankings).
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The end of year top 10
1. Aryna Sabalenka (+0 from number 1 in the 2024 final rankings)
- Titles – Brisbane, Miami, Madrid, US Open
- Finalist – Australian Open, Indian Wells, Stuttgart, Roland Garros, WTA Final Riyadh
- Win-loss record: 63-12
2. Iga Swit (+0 minus 2) No.
- Titles: – Wimbledon, Cincinnati, Seoul
- Finalist – Bad Homburg
- Win-loss record: 62-17
3. Coco Gauff (+0 from No. 3)
- Titles – Roland Garros, Wuhan
- Finalist – Madrid, Rome
- Win-loss record: 47-16
4. Amanda Anisimova (+32 from No. 36)
- Titles – Doha, Beijing
- Finalist – Queen’s, Wimbledon, US Open)
- Win-loss record: 48-18 (46-17 in WTA main draws)
5. Elena Rybakina (+1 from No. 6)
- Titles – Strasbourg, Ningbo, WTA Final Riyadh
- Finalist – 0
- Win-loss record: 59-19 (56-19 in WTA main draws)
6. Jessica Pegula (+1 from No. 7)
- Titles – Austin, Charleston, Bad Homburg
- Finalist – Adelaide, Miami, Wuhan
- Win-loss record: 53-23 (52-21 in WTA main draws)
7. Madison Keys (+14 from number 21)
- Titles – Adelaide, Australian Open
- Finalist – 0
- Win-loss record: 37-15
8. Jasmine Paolini (-4 from No. 4)
- Titles – Rome
- Finalist – Cincinnati
- Win-loss record: 46-21 (43-21 in WTA main draws)
9. Mirra Andreeva (+7 from no. 16)
- Titles – Dubai, Indian Wells
- Finalist – 0
- Win-loss record: 40-16
10. Ekaterina Alexandrova (+18 from No. 28)
- Titles – Linz
- Finalist – Monterrey, Seoul, Ningbo
- Win-loss record: 47-25
Katerina Siniakova enters rare territory after winning four titles with three different partners in 2025 and ending the season as World Doubles No. 1 for the fifth time
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Double
In the year-end doubles rankings, Katerina Siniakova is entering rare territory: the 29-year-old Czech won four titles with three different partners in 2025, including a tenth Grand Slam women’s doubles trophy at the Australian Open alongside Taylor Townsend. She ends the season as number 1 in the world for the fifth time, after 2018 and 2021-2024.
Siniakova ties Martina Navratilova (1984, 1986–89) for the all-time record for the year-end No. 1 ranking, while her total of 168 weeks in the top spot also now places her third on the all-time list, behind only Liezel Huber (199 weeks) and Navratilova (237 weeks).
Rounding out the year-end Top 10 are No. 2 Townsend, joint No. 3s Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, No. 5 Elise Mertens, No. 6 Veronika Kudermetova, No. 7 Jelena Ostapenko, No. 8 Erin Routliffe, No. 9 Hsieh Su-Wei and No. 10 Gabriela Dabrowski.
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