2023 WTA Finals – Singles

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Singles
2023 WTA Finals
Final
Champion Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek
Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula
Score6–1, 6–0
Details
Draw8 (round robin + elimination)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Iga Świątek defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 2023 WTA Finals. Świątek did not lose a match throughout the entire tournament, the first player to do so since Elina Svitolina in 2018. [1] Furthermore, she also did not drop a set throughout the entire tournament, the first to do so since Serena Williams in 2012. Świątek dropped just 20 games throughout the entire tournament, the fewest since the reintroduction of the round-robin format in 2003. [2] By winning the title, Świątek regained the WTA No. 1 ranking from Aryna Sabalenka.

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Caroline Garcia was the reigning champion, [3] but did not qualify this year. No previous champions qualified for this year's tournament, guaranteeing a first-time WTA Finals champion.

Elena Rybakina and Markéta Vondroušová made their singles debuts at the event; they were eliminated in the group stage. Karolína Muchová also would have made her debut, but withdrew due to an ongoing wrist injury; she was replaced by Maria Sakkari.

Pegula was the first player to face the world No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 at a single event since the WTA rankings began in 1975. [4]

Seeds

  1. Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka (semifinals)
  2. Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek (champion)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina (round robin)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula (final)
  6. Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur (round robin)
  7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová (round robin)
  8. Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari (round robin)

Alternates

  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková (did not play)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 66
3 Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff 2 1
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 1 0
2 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 66
1 Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 3 2
2 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 66

Bacalar Group

Flag placeholder.svg Sabalenka Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rybakina Flag of the United States.svg Pegula Flag of Greece.svg Sakkari RR
W–L		Set
W–L		Game
W–L		Standings
1Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 3–6, 6–34–6, 3–66–0, 6–12–14–3 (57%)34–24 (59%)2
4 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 2–6, 6–3, 3–65–7, 2–66–0, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2)1–23–5 (38%)37–41 (47%)3
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 6–4, 6–37–5, 6–26–3, 6–23–06–0 (100%)37–19 (66%)1
8 Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari 0–6, 1–60–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7)3–6, 2–60–31–6 (14%)19–43 (31%)4

Chetumal Group

Flag of Poland.svg Świątek Flag of the United States.svg Gauff Flag of Tunisia.svg Jabeur Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vondroušová RR
W–L		Set
W–L		Game
W–L		Standings
2 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 6–0, 7–56–1, 6–27–6(7–3), 6–03–06–0 (100%)38–14 (73%)1
3 Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff 0–6, 5–76–0, 6–15–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–32–14–3 (57%)35–30 (54%)2
6 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur 1–6, 2–60–6, 1–66–4, 6–31–22–4 (33%)16–31 (34%)3
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 6–7(3–7), 0–67–5, 6–7(4–7), 3–64–6, 3–60–31–6 (14%)29–43 (40%)4

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Ons Jabeur defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 7–5, 0–6, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Madrid Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title, and she became the first Arab and African woman to win a WTA 1000 title.

Caroline Garcia defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 WTA Finals. Garcia became the first Frenchwoman to win the season-ending championships since Amélie Mauresmo in 2005.

Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7–6(13–11), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Indian Wells Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title, and the final was a rematch of the Australian Open final, won by Sabalenka. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani player to win a WTA 1000 singles title.

Petra Kvitová defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 7–6(16–14), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Miami Open. It was Kvitová's first WTA 1000 title since the 2018 Madrid Open, and her 30th career title overall; she also became the first Czech player to win the title. Rybakina was attempting to complete the Sunshine Double, having already won the title at Indian Wells.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Świątek in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Madrid Open. It was her fifth WTA 1000 title. This marked the first time since 2013 that the top two seeds contested the Madrid Open final. It was also the first time since 2000 that the top two players on the WTA Tour contested back-to-back finals, after Świątek won in Stuttgart the week prior.

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Markéta Vondroušová defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first major singles title and her first title overall in six years. Vondroušová became the first unseeded female player to win the Wimbledon title, the first to contest the final since Billie Jean King did so in 1963, and at world No. 42 was the lowest-ranked champion and second-lowest-ranked finalist since the WTA rankings were established in 1975. By winning the title, Vondroušová made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings.

Jessica Pegula defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the women's singles title at the 2023 Canadian Open. It was her second WTA 1000 title. Due to rain, Samsonova had to play two matches on Friday and two matches again on Sunday; she only had a two-hour break between the semifinal and final match. Pegula, on the other hand, played one match each day of the tournament from Wednesday through Sunday.

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Elena Rybakina defeated Marta Kostyuk in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 Stuttgart Open. It was her eighth career WTA Tour title.

Iga Świątek defeated defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(9–7) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Madrid Open. She saved three championship points en route to her ninth WTA 1000 and 20th career WTA Tour title.

Iga Świątek defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Italian Open. This was her third title at the Italian Open in four years. She was the first woman to win a third title in Rome since Maria Sharapova in 2015, and the youngest to do so since Gabriela Sabatini in 1991. Świątek won the title without dropping a set or facing a tiebreak in any match; she became just the fifth woman to have won multiple titles in Rome without dropping a set.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–3, 7–5, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Cincinnati Open. She did not lose a set en route to her sixth WTA 1000 title and 15th career WTA Tour title. Pegula was attempting to become the first woman to win both the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open in the same season since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1973. The two would play each other three weeks later, in the final of the US Open; Sabalenka would beat Pegula also in straight sets.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 7–5, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 US Open. It was her third major singles title. Sabalenka was the first Belarusian to win the singles title, and the fifth player to win both hardcourt majors in the same calendar year, after Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and Angelique Kerber. Sabalenka dropped only one set en route to the title, against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the third round.

Coco Gauff defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 WTA Finals. It was her ninth career WTA Tour singles title.

Aryna Sabalenka is the two-time defending champion. She is aiming to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "Iga Swiatek back on top of world after WTA Finals demolition of Jessica Pegula". Guardian. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Swiatek tops Pegula for WTA Finals title, regains No.1 ranking". WTA Tour. 6 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Garcia caps off comeback season with title at the WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Swiatek vs. Pegula: Everything you need to know about the Cancun final". WTA Tour. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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