2021 WTA Finals
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.
2021 WTA Finals | |
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Date | TBA |
Edition | 50th (singles) / 45th (doubles) |
Draw | 8S / 8D |
Surface | Hard / indoor |
Location | Shenzhen, China |
Venue | Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre |
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 | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mandatory | Best two | |||||||||||||||||||
AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | IW[lower-alpha 1] | MI | MA | BE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
1 | ![]() |
– | W 470 |
R32 1 |
471 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 | ![]() |
– | SF 185 |
SF 185 |
370 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | ![]() |
– | F 305 |
R16 55 |
360 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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– | F 305 |
R16 55 |
360 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
– | F 305 |
305 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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– | F 305 |
305 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
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– | F 305 |
305 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
– | SF 185 |
R16 55 |
240 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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– | SF 185 |
R16 55 |
240 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Alternates / WTA Elite Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() |
– | QF 100 |
QF 100 |
200 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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– | QF 100 |
QF 100 |
200 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
– | SF 185 |
R64 1 |
186 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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– | SF 185 |
R64 1 |
186 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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– | SF 185 |
R64 1 |
186 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
15 | ![]() |
– | SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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– | SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
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– | SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
18 | ![]() |
– | QF 100 |
R32 30 |
130 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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– | QF 100 |
R32 30 |
130 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
20 | ![]() |
– | R16 55 |
R16 55 |
110 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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– | R16 55 |
R16 55 |
110 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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– | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
1 | ![]() ![]() |
W 470 |
F 305 |
775 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() |
F 305 |
R16 55 |
360 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
3 | ![]() ![]() |
F 305 |
305 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
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F 305 |
305 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | ![]() ![]() |
SF 185 |
QF 100 |
285 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() |
SF 185 |
R16 1 |
186 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() |
SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
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SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
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SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
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SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
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SF 185 |
185 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Alternates / WTA Elite Trophy | |||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() ![]() |
QF 100 |
R16 55 |
155 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
13 | ![]() ![]() |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
110 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
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R16 55 |
R16 55 |
110 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
See also
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.