WTA Finals

The WTA Finals (formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships[2] short: WTA Championships) is a tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked professional players. The tournament predates WTA and started in 1972 as the Championship tournament of WTA Tour's predecessor: the Virginia Slims Circuit. Since 2003 there have been eight singles players divided into two round-robin groups, and eight doubles teams.

WTA Finals
Tournament information
Founded1972 (1972)
Editions49 (2019)
LocationShenzhen, China (2019–2028)
VenueShenzhen Bay Sports Centre
CategoryTour Championships[1]
SurfaceHard - indoors
Draw8S / 8D (since 2014)
Prize money$14,000,000 (2019)
Websitewtafinals.com
Current champions (2019)
Women's singles Ashleigh Barty
Women's doubles Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic

The WTA Finals has the largest prize money and ranking points after the majors. The most successful Finals player is Martina Navratilova, who has won eight singles and 13 doubles titles.

To qualify for the WTA Finals, WTA players compete throughout the year in over 53 WTA tournaments throughout the world, as well as the four Grand Slam events. Players earn ranking points on the Porsche Race To Shenzhen leaderboard, and the top 7 singles players (and usually top 8) and top 8 doubles teams on this leaderboard at the conclusion of the year (as of the Monday following the final regular season tournament) earn the right to compete in the WTA Championships. For singles, all results from that year count towards a player's ranking; for doubles, only the best 11 results for a team from that year count towards the team's ranking. The eighth spot in singles is not guaranteed a place in the finals as the WTA has some leeway per the WTA rules.[3]

Qualified players participate in a round-robin format in two groups of four. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semifinals. Doubles teams participate in a single elimination draw.

History

The championships were held for the first time in October 1972 in Boca Raton, Florida (USA) as a climactic event at the end of a series of tournaments sponsored by Virginia Slims, called the Virginia Slims Circuit.[4] From 1972 to 1974, the event was held in October, before switching to March from 1975 until 1986. The WTA then decided to adopt a January–November playing season, and so the event was switched to being held at the end of each year. As a consequence, there were two championships held in 1986.

The event was held in Los Angeles, California from 1974 to 1976 before moving to Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1977. With the exception of a one-year move to Oakland, California in 1978, the Championships remained at MSG until 2000. The event then briefly moved to Munich, Germany in 2001. More recently, it moved back to Los Angeles from 2002 to 2005. The 2006 and 2007 editions were held in Madrid, Spain. Doha, Qatar hosted the 2008–2010 editions before passing the flag to Istanbul, Turkey, which hosted the 2011–2013 editions.[5] For the right to host the 2014 edition and beyond, 43 cities expressed an interest before a short list comprising Kazan, Russia; Mexico City, Mexico; Singapore; and Tianjin, China was drawn up in late 2012.[6] Kazan and Mexico City were ruled out in early 2013,[7] before Singapore was announced in May 2013 as the new host city for five years.[8][9]

From 1984 to 1998, the final of the championships was a best-of-five-sets match, making it the only tournament on the women's tour to have had a best-of-five match at any round of the competition.[10] It was the first time since the 1901 U.S. National Championships that the best-of-five format was used in women's matches.[11] In 1999, the final reverted to being a best-of-three-sets match. From the 2014 edition the doubles draw was increased from four to eight teams.[9]

The singles winner of the tournament since 2014 receives the Billie Jean King Trophy.[12]

Official names

The event has a more than 40-year history of corporate sponsorship with the finals named after the sponsoring company.[4]

YearsSponsorNameNotes
1972–1978Virginia SlimsVirginia Slims Championships
1979–1982AvonAvon Championships
1983–1994Virginia SlimsVirginia Slims Championships
1995NoneWTA Tour Championships
1996–2000ChaseChase Championships
2001SanexSanex Championships
2002The Home DepotHome Depot Championships
2003Bank of AmericaBank of America WTA Tour Championships
2004NoneWTA Tour Championships
2005–2010Sony EricssonSony Ericsson Championships
2011–2013BNP Paribas and Türk Ekonomi BankasıTEB–BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul[4]
2014–2018BNP Paribas and SC GlobalBNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global[13]
2019–2028ShiseidoShiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen[14]

Locations
Years City Venue Surface Capacity
1972–1973 Boca Raton Clay
1974–1976 Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Carpet 14,800
1977 New York City Madison Square Garden Carpet 18,000
1978 Oakland Oakland Arena Carpet 13,200
1979–2000 New York City Madison Square Garden Carpet 18,000
2001 Munich Olympiahalle Hard (i) 12,000
2002–2005 Los Angeles Staples Center Hard (i) 17,000
2006–2007 Madrid Madrid Arena Hard (i) 10,500
2008–2010 Doha Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Hard 6,911
2011–2013 Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome Hard (i) 16,410
2014–2018 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Hard (i) 10,000
2019–2028* Shenzhen Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Hard (i) 12,000
  • WTA Finals are moving to Shenzhen beginning 2019 onwards, making 2018 the last WTA Finals event to be held in Singapore.[15][16]

List of finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1972 Chris Evert Kerry Melville Reid 7–5, 6–4
1973 Chris Evert (2) Nancy Richey Gunter 6–3, 6–3
1974 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Chris Evert 6–3, 6–4
1975 Chris Evert (3) Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–2
1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2) Chris Evert 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1977 Chris Evert (4) Sue Barker 2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1978 Martina Navratilova Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7–6(7–2), 6–4
1979 Martina Navratilova (2) Tracy Austin 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1980 Tracy Austin Martina Navratilova 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1981 Martina Navratilova (3) Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
1982 Sylvia Hanika Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1983 Martina Navratilova (4) Chris Evert 6–2, 6–0
1984 Martina Navratilova (5) Chris Evert 6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1985 Martina Navratilova (6) Helena Suková 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1986 (Mar.) Martina Navratilova (7) Hana Mandlíková 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
1986 (Nov.) Martina Navratilova (8) Steffi Graf 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–2
1987 Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1988 Gabriela Sabatini Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1989 Steffi Graf (2) Martina Navratilova 6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1990 Monica Seles Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1991 Monica Seles (2) Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
1992 Monica Seles (3) Martina Navratilova 7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1993 Steffi Graf (3) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994 Gabriela Sabatini (2) Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1995 Steffi Graf (4) Anke Huber 6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1996 Steffi Graf (5) Martina Hingis 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0
1997 Jana Novotná Mary Pierce 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
1998 Martina Hingis Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1999 Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis 6–4, 6–2
2000 Martina Hingis (2) Monica Seles 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2001 Serena Williams Lindsay Davenport walkover
2002 Kim Clijsters Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3
2003 Kim Clijsters (2) Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 6–0
2004 Maria Sharapova Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2005 Amélie Mauresmo Mary Pierce 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2006 Justine Henin Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3
2007 Justine Henin (2) Maria Sharapova 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
2008 Venus Williams Vera Zvonareva 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2
2009 Serena Williams (2) Venus Williams 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2010 Kim Clijsters (3) Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2011 Petra Kvitová Victoria Azarenka 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2012 Serena Williams (3) Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3
2013 Serena Williams (4) Li Na 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
2014 Serena Williams (5) Simona Halep 6–3, 6–0
2015 Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2016 Dominika Cibulková Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–4
2017 Caroline Wozniacki Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4
2018 Elina Svitolina Sloane Stephens 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2019 Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–3
2020 no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
From 1984 to 1998, the final match in singles was uniquely held in a best-of-five-sets format.

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1972 no doubles played
1973 Rosemary Casals
Margaret Court		 Françoise Dürr
Betty Stöve		 6–2, 6–4
1974 Rosemary Casals (2)
Billie Jean King		 Françoise Dürr
Betty Stöve		 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
1975 Margaret Court (2)
Virginia Wade		 Rosemary Casals
Billie Jean King		 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2
1976 Billie Jean King (2)
Betty Stöve		 Mona Guerrant
Ann Kiyomura		 6–3, 6–2
1977 Martina Navratilova
Betty Stöve (2)		 Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade		 7–5, 6–3
1978 Billie Jean King (3)
Martina Navratilova (2)		 Virginia Wade
Françoise Dürr		 6–4, 6–4
1979 Françoise Dürr
Betty Stöve (3)		 Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura		 7–6, 7–6
1980 Billie Jean King (4)
Martina Navratilova (3)		 Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull		 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1981 Martina Navratilova (4)
Pam Shriver		 Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh		 6–0, 7–6(8–6)
1982 Martina Navratilova (5)
Pam Shriver (2)		 Kathy Jordan
Anne Smith		 6–4, 6–3
1983 Martina Navratilova (6)
Pam Shriver (3)		 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Eva Pfaff		 7–5, 6–2
1984 Martina Navratilova (7)
Pam Shriver (4)		 Jo Durie
Ann Kiyomura		 6–3, 6–1
1985 Martina Navratilova (8)
Pam Shriver (5)		 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
1986 (Mar.) Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull		 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
1986 (Nov.) Martina Navratilova (9)
Pam Shriver (6)		 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		 7–6(7–1), 6–3
1987 Martina Navratilova (10)
Pam Shriver (7)		 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		 6–1, 6–1
1988 Martina Navratilova (11)
Pam Shriver (8)		 Larisa Savchenko
Natalia Zvereva		 6–3, 6–4
1989 Martina Navratilova (12)
Pam Shriver (9)		 Larisa Savchenko
Natalia Zvereva		 6–3, 6–2
1990 Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie		 Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 7–6(7–4), 6–4
1991 Martina Navratilova (13)
Pam Shriver (10)		 Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná		 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1992 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková		 Jana Novotná
Larisa Savchenko Neiland		 7–6(7–4), 6–1
1993 Gigi Fernández
Natalia Zvereva		 Jana Novotná
Larisa Neiland		 6–3, 7–5
1994 Gigi Fernández (2)
Natasha Zvereva (2)		 Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
1995 Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2)		 Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva		 6–2, 6–1
1996 Lindsay Davenport
Mary Joe Fernández		 Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 6–3, 6–2
1997 Lindsay Davenport (2)
Jana Novotná (2)		 Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
1998 Lindsay Davenport (3)
Natasha Zvereva (3)		 Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat		 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
1999 Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova		 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Larisa Neiland		 6–4, 6–4
2000 Martina Hingis (2)
Anna Kournikova (2)		 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf		 6–2, 6–3
2001 Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs		 Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva		 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2002 Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová		 Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva		 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez		 Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2004 Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy		 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs		 7–5, 6–2
2005 Lisa Raymond (2)
Samantha Stosur		 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs		 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
2006 Lisa Raymond (3)
Samantha Stosur (2)		 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs		 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007 Cara Black
Liezel Huber		 Katarina Srebotnik
Ai Sugiyama		 5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2008 Cara Black (2)
Liezel Huber (2)		 Květa Peschke
Rennae Stubbs		 6–1, 7–5
2009 Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez		 Cara Black
Liezel Huber		 7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
2010 Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta		 Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik		 7–5, 6–4
2011 Liezel Huber (3)
Lisa Raymond (4)		 Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik		 6–4, 6–4
2012 Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova (2)
 Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká		 6–1, 6–4
2013 Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai		 Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina		 6–4, 7–5
2014 Cara Black (3)
Sania Mirza		 Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai		 6–1, 6–0
2015 Martina Hingis (3)
Sania Mirza (2) 		Garbiñe Muguruza
Carla Suárez Navarro		 6–0, 6–3
2016 Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina		 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2017 Tímea Babos
Andrea Hlaváčková		 Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
2018 Tímea Babos (2)
Kristina Mladenovic		 Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková		 6–4, 7–5
2019 Tímea Babos (3)
Kristina Mladenovic (2)		 Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová		 6–1, 6–3
2020 no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic


Final appearances by country

Singles
Titles wonCountryYears WonRunners-up
17 United States1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19861, 19862, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 20141973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2017, 2018
6 Germany1982, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 199619862, 1995, 2016
5 Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic1978, 1979, 1981, 1997, 20111975, 1980, 1985, 19861, 2015
Belgium2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010
3 Australia1974, 1976, 20191972, 1978
Yugoslavia/Serbia1990, 1991, 1992
2 Argentina1988, 19941987, 1990
Switzerland1998, 20001996, 1999
1 France20051997, 2003, 2005, 2006
Russia20042007, 2008, 2012
Denmark20172010
Ukraine20182019
Poland2015
Slovakia2016
0 Belarus2011
China2013
Great Britain1977
Romania2014
Spain1993
1 — March
2 — November

Final appearances by player

Singles
Player Years won Runner-up No. of finals
/ Martina Navratilova81978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19861, 1986261975, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1991, 199214
Serena Williams52001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 201422002, 20047
Steffi Graf51987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 19961198626
Chris Evert41972, 1973, 1975, 197741974, 1976, 1983, 19848
/ Monica Seles31990, 1991, 1992120004
Kim Clijsters32002, 2003, 201003
Gabriela Sabatini21988, 199421987, 19904
Martina Hingis21998, 200021996, 19994
Evonne Goolagong Cawley21974, 1976119783
Justine Henin22006, 200702
Lindsay Davenport1199931994, 1998, 20014
Amélie Mauresmo1200522003, 20063
Maria Sharapova1200422007, 20123
Venus Williams1200822009, 20173
Tracy Austin11980119792
Petra Kvitová12011120152
Caroline Wozniacki12017120102
Elina Svitolina12018120192
Sylvia Hanika1198201
Jana Novotná1199701
Agnieszka Radwańska1201501
Dominika Cibulková1201601
Ashleigh Barty1201901
Mary Pierce021997, 20052
Kerry Melville Reid0119721
Nancy Richey Gunter0119731
Sue Barker0119771
Andrea Jaeger0119811
Helena Suková0119851
Hana Mandlíková01198611
Pam Shriver0119881
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario0119931
Anke Huber0119951
Vera Zvonareva0120081
Victoria Azarenka0120111
Li Na0120131
Simona Halep0120141
Angelique Kerber0120161
Sloane Stephens0120181
1 — March
2 — November

Doubles
Player Years won Runner-up No. of finals
Martina Navratilova131977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19862, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991013
Pam Shriver101981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19862, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991010
Billie Jean King41974, 1976, 1978, 1980119755
Lisa Raymond42001, 2005, 2006, 201104
Cara Black32007, 2008, 201462001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 20099
// Natasha Zvereva31993, 1994, 199831988, 1989, 19956
Betty Stöve31976, 1977, 197921973, 19745
Liezel Huber32007, 2008, 2011120094
Lindsay Davenport31996, 1997, 199803
Martina Hingis31999, 2000, 201503
Tímea Babos32017, 2018, 201903
Jana Novotná21995, 199751991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 19967
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario21992, 199541990, 1994, 1996, 19996
Rosemary Casals21973, 197421975, 19804
Gigi Fernández21993, 199421991, 19954
Margaret Court21973, 197502
Anna Kournikova21999, 200002
Samantha Stosur22005, 200602
Nadia Petrova22004, 201202
Sania Mirza22014, 201502
Kristina Mladenovic22018, 201902
Françoise Dürr1197941973, 1974, 1977, 19785
Helena Suková1199241985, 19861, 19862, 19875
Rennae Stubbs1200142004, 2005, 2006, 20085
Virginia Wade1197521977, 19783
Hsieh Su-wei1201322014, 20193
Wendy Turnbull119861119802
Kathy Jordan11990119822
Peng Shuai12013120142
Ekaterina Makarova12016120132
Elena Vesnina12016120132
Andrea Hlaváčková12017120122
Hana Mandlíková11986101
Elizabeth Smylie1199001
Mary Joe Fernández1199601
Elena Dementieva1200201
Janette Husárová1200201
Virginia Ruano Pascual1200301
Paola Suárez1200301
Meghann Shaughnessy1200401
Nuria Llagostera Vives1200901
María José Martínez Sánchez1200901
Gisela Dulko1201001
Flavia Pennetta1201001
Maria Kirilenko1201201
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch051983, 1985, 19861, 19862, 19875
/ Larisa Savchenko-Neiland051988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 19995
Ann Kiyomura031976, 1979, 19843
Katarina Srebotnik032007, 2010, 20113
Květa Peschke032008, 2010, 20113
Alexandra Fusai021997, 19982
Nathalie Tauziat021997, 19982
Elena Likhovtseva022001, 20022
Ai Sugiyama022003, 20072
Mona Guerrant0119761
Sue Barker0119791
Barbara Potter0119811
Sharon Walsh0119811
Anne Smith0119821
Eva Pfaff0119831
Jo Durie0119841
Mercedes Paz0119901
Nicole Arendt0120001
Manon Bollegraf0120001
Kim Clijsters0120031
Lucie Hradecká0120121
Garbiñe Muguruza0120151
Carla Suárez Navarro0120151
Bethanie Mattek-Sands0120161
Lucie Šafářová0120161
Kiki Bertens0120171
Johanna Larsson0120171
Barbora Krejčíková0120181
Kateřina Siniaková0120181
Barbora Strýcová0120191
1 — March
2 — November

Year-End Championships Triple

Winning three out of the four Year-ending championships in existence since 1972: WTA Championships/Finals, Series-Ending Championships, Grand Slam Cup, WTA Tournament of Champions/Elite Trophy.

  • The event at which the Year-End Championships Triple was achieved indicated in bold below:
#Player WTA Championships/Finals Grand Slam Cup WTA Elite Trophy
1 Venus Williams200819982015

Year-End Championships Double

Winning two out of the four Year-ending championships in existence since 1972: WTA Championships/Finals, Series-Ending Championships, Grand Slam Cup, WTA Tournament of Champions/Elite Trophy.

  • The event at which the Year-End Championships Double was achieved indicated in bold below:

WTA Championships – Series-Ending Championships
#Player WTA Championships/Finals Series-Ending Championships
1 Chris Evert19721977
2 Martina Navratilova19781979
3 Tracy Austin19801980

WTA Championships – Grand Slam Cup
#Player WTA Championships/Finals Grand Slam Cup
1 Serena Williams20011999
2 Venus Williams*20081998

* she later completed a Y-EC Triple

WTA Championships – WTA Elite Trophy
#Player WTA Championships/Finals WTA Elite Trophy
1 Venus Williams*20082015
2 Petra Kvitová20112016
3 Ashleigh Barty20192018

* with the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy she also completed a Y-EC Triple

Grand Slam Cup – WTA Elite Trophy
#Player Grand Slam Cup WTA Elite Trophy
1 Venus Williams*19982015

* with the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy she also completed a Y-EC Triple

See also

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