2021 WTA Finals

2021 WTA Finals
Date	TBA
Edition	50th (singles) / 45th (doubles)
Draw	8S / 8D
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	Shenzhen, China
Venue	Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre

The 2021 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, is a women's tennis tournament to be held at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China. It is the 50th edition of the singles event and the 45th of the doubles competition. The tournament is contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams. This is the second time Shenzhen will host the WTA Finals.[1] The tournament is run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2021 WTA Tour.

Qualifying

In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments).[2] Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four WTA 1000 tournaments with 1,000 points for the winner, and (for the top 20 players at the end of 2020) the best results from two WTA 1000 tournaments with 900 points maximum must be included.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand-Slam or Premier-level tournaments.

Format

Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.

Round robin tie-breaking methods

The final standings are made using these methods:

Greatest number of [match] wins.
Greatest number of matches played.
Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:

a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players.

b. Highest percentage of sets won.

c. Highest percentage of games won.

Points breakdown

Singles

Updated as of 6 February 2021.[3]
Players in blue are active in Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 or Melbourne 3.

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				WTA 1000						Best other						Total points	Tourn	Titles
		Grand Slam				Mandatory				Best two		Best other
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	IW[lower-alpha 1]	MI	MA	BE	1	2	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Aryna Sabalenka					–						W 470	R32 1					471	2	1
2	Maria Sakkari					–						SF 185	SF 185					370	2	0
3	Veronika Kudermetova					–						F 305	R16 55					360	2	0
3	Garbiñe Muguruza					–						F 305	R16 55					360	2	0
5	Ashleigh Barty					–						F 305						305	1	0
	Kaia Kanepi					–						F 305						305	1	0
	Elise Mertens					–						F 305						305	1	0
8	Ekaterina Alexandrova					–						SF 185	R16 55					240	2	0
8	Marta Kostyuk					–						SF 185	R16 55					240	2	0
Alternates / WTA Elite Trophy
10	Sofia Kenin					–						QF 100	QF 100					200	2	0
10	Elina Svitolina					–						QF 100	QF 100					200	2	0
12	Jennifer Brady					–						SF 185	R64 1					186	2	0
	Anett Kontaveit					–						SF 185	R64 1					186	2	0
	Markéta Vondroušová					–						SF 185	R64 1					186	2	0
15	Ann Li					–						SF 185						185	1	0
	Naomi Osaka					–						SF 185						185	1	0
	Serena Williams					–						SF 185						185	1	0
18	Barbora Krejčíková					–						QF 100	R32 30					130	2	0
18	Karolína Muchová					–						QF 100	R32 30					130	2	0
20	Ons Jabeur					–						R16 55	R16 55					110	2	0
	Daria Kasatkina					–						R16 55	R16 55					110	2	0
	Yulia Putintseva					–						R16 55	R16 55					110	2	0

Indian Wells Masters was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Doubles

Updated as of 6 February 2021.[5]
Teams in blue are active in Melbourne 1 or Melbourne 2.

Rank	Team	Points											Total points	Tourn	Titles
Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total points	Tourn	Titles
1	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	W 470	F 305										775	2	1
2	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	F 305	R16 55										360	2	0
3	Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová	F 305											305	1	0
3	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	F 305											305	1	0
5	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	SF 185	QF 100										285	2	0
6	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs	SF 185	R16 1										186	2	0
7	Anna Blinkova Veronika Kudermetova	SF 185											185	1	0
	Mihaela Buzărnescu Alizé Cornet	SF 185											185	1	0
	Duan Yingying Zheng Saisai	SF 185											185	1	0
	Sofia Kenin Ajla Tomljanović	SF 185											185	1	0
	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	SF 185											185	1	0
Alternates / WTA Elite Trophy
12	Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek	QF 100	R16 55										155	2	0
13	Karolína Muchová Markéta Vondroušová	R16 55	R16 55										110	2	0
13	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	R16 55	R16 55										110	2	0

References

"WTA announces provisional 2021 calendar into July". WTA. 5 January 2021.
"2021 WTA Official Rulebook (page 85)" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
"Porsche Race Singles". WTA. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
"BNP Paribas Open 2021 postponed: Organizers hope to hold event later in the year". The Desert Sun. 29 December 2020.
"Porsche Race Doubles". WTA. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links

Official website

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[5] Indian Wells Masters was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

[1] "WTA announces provisional 2021 calendar into July". WTA. 5 January 2021.

[2] "2021 WTA Official Rulebook (page 85)" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[3] "Porsche Race Singles". WTA. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[4] "BNP Paribas Open 2021 postponed: Organizers hope to hold event later in the year". The Desert Sun. 29 December 2020.

[6] "Porsche Race Doubles". WTA. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

2021 WTA Tour « 2020 2022 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA 1000 tournaments	Dubai (S, D) ~~Indian Wells~~ Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
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