2024 WTA Finals | |
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Date | 2 – 9 November |
Edition | 53rd (singles) / 48th (doubles) |
Draw | 8S / 8D |
Prize money | $15.25M |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Venue | King Saud University Indoor Arena |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Coco Gauff | |
Doubles | |
Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe |
The 2024 WTA Finals was the professional women's year-end championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was the 53rd edition of the singles event and the 48th edition of the doubles competition and took place between 2 and 9 November. The tournament was contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking its return to Asia for the first time since 2019, and the fifth consecutive finals to be held in a different city (Shenzhen in 2019, Guadalajara in 2021, Fort Worth in 2022, and Cancún in 2023). This was the first time that Saudi Arabia hosted the tournament.
Eight players/teams to compete in singles/doubles. [1] To qualify, players/teams have to play a minimum of eight WTA 1000 or WTA 500 tournaments during the season. Players/teams are qualified in the following sequence:
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from eighteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments). Of these eighteen tournaments, a player's results from the following events are included:
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of twelve tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or WTA 1000 tournaments.
Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round-robin event, split into two groups of four.
Over the first six 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.
The final standings are made using these methods:
The total prize money for the 2024 WTA Finals is US$15,250,000, an increase of 69.44% compared to the 2023 edition. [2] The tables below break down the prize money, participation fees are prorated on a per match basis.
Stage | Prize money | Points | |
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Singles | Doubles [a] | ||
Champion | RR [b] + $3,770,000 | RR [b] + $775,000 | RR + 900 |
Runner-up | RR + $1,270,000 | RR + $255,000 | RR + 400 |
Round robin win per match | +$350,000 | +$70,000 | 200 |
Participation Fee | $335,000 | $140,000 | — |
Alternates | $250,000 | $106,000 | — |
# | Players | Date qualified |
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1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 5 September [3] |
2 | Iga Świątek | 6 August [4] |
3 | Coco Gauff | 14 October [5] |
4 | Jasmine Paolini | 14 October [5] |
5 | Elena Rybakina | 14 October [5] |
6 | Jessica Pegula | 14 October [5] |
7 | Zheng Qinwen | 16 October [6] |
8 | Barbora Krejčíková | 16 October [6] |
# | Players | Date qualified |
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1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jelena Ostapenko | 12 September [7] |
2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 7 October [8] |
3 | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | 16 September [9] |
4 | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | 7 October [8] |
5 | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk | 14 October [5] |
6 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 18 October [10] |
7 | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 18 October [10] |
8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 7 October [8] |
Seed | Player | Grand Slam | WTA 1000 | Best other | Total points | Tourn. [a] | Titles | ||||||||||||||||
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Best combined | WTA only | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pld. | Abs. | |||||
1† | Aryna Sabalenka | W 2000 | QF 430 | A 0 | W 2000 | W 1000 | F 650 | F 650 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R16 120 | A 0 | W 1000 | F 325 | SF 195 | QF 108 | QF 108 | A 0 | A 0 | 9,016 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
2† | Iga Świątek | R32 130 | W 2000 | R32 130 | QF 430 | W 1000 | W 1000 | W 1000 | SF 390 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | W 1000 | F 500 | SF 390 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | 7,970 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
3† | Coco Gauff | SF 780 | SF 780 | R16 240 | R16 240 | W 1000 | SF 390 | SF 390 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R16 120 | SF 390 | W 250 | QF 215 | SF 195 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | 5,230 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
4† | Jasmine Paolini | R16 240 | F 1300 | F 1300 | R16 240 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R32 65 | A 0 | W 1000 | QF 215 | SF 195 | QF 108 | RR 35 | R64 10 | R64 10 | R32 1 | 5,144 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
5† | Elena Rybakina | R64 70 | QF 430 | SF 780 | R64 70 | F 650 | SF 390 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | F 650 | W 500 | W 500 | W 500 | QF 215 | QF 108 | QF 108 | 4,971 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
6† | Jessica Pegula | R64 70 | A 0 | R64 70 | F 1300 | W 1000 | F 650 | QF 215 | R16 120 | A 0 | A 0 | R16 120 | W 500 | SF 195 | SF 195 | SF 195 | RR 35 | R16 30 | R64 10 | 4,705 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
7† | Zheng Qinwen | F 1300 | R32 130 | R128 10 | QF 430 | SF 390 | QF 215 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R64 10 | A 0 | F 650 | W 500 | W 250 | QF 215 | R16 120 | QF 75 | R16 60 | A 0 | 4,540 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
8† | Barbora Krejčíková [b] | QF 430 | R128 10 | W 2000 | R64 70 | R64 10 | R64 10 | A 0 | A 0 | R32 10 | QF 108 | QF 108 | QF 54 | R32 1 | R32 1 | R32 1 | R32 1 | 2,814 | 14 | 2 | 1 | ||
Alternates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
– | Emma Navarro | R32 130 | R16 240 | QF 430 | SF 780 | SF 390 | QF 215 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R64 10 | R64 10 | R16 120 | W 250 | SF 195 | SF 195 | SF 195 | SF 98 | R32 65 | R16 60 | 3,568 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Daria Kasatkina | R64 70 | R64 70 | R32 130 | R64 70 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R16 120 | W 500 | W 500 | F 325 | F 325 | F 325 | F 325 | QF 108 | 3,368 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Danielle Collins | R64 70 | R64 70 | R16 240 | R128 10 | W 1000 | SF 390 | R16 120 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | W 500 | F 325 | QF 245 | R16 85 | QF 54 | R64 35 | R32 32 | 3,176 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
Notes
Seed | Team | Points | Total points | Tourn | Titles | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
1† | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | W 2000 | F 1300 | W 500 | W 500 | QF 430 | QF 215 | QF 215 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R32 130 | R16 120 | SF 108 | 5,948 | 15 | 3 |
2† | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | F 1300 | SF 780 | F 650 | F 650 | QF 430 | SF 390 | F 325 | W 250 | QF 215 | SF 195 | R16 120 | R16 120 | 5,425 | 16 | 1 |
3† | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | W 2000 | W 1000 | SF 780 | SF 390 | W 250 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R32 130 | QF 120 | R64 10 | R16 10 | R16 10 | 5,130 | 13 | 3 |
4† | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | F 1300 | W 1000 | W 1000 | W 500 | SF 390 | R16 240 | R16 240 | QF 215 | R32 130 | R32 10 | R32 10 | R16 10 | 5,045 | 14 | 3 |
5† | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk | W 1000 | SF 780 | SF 780 | F 650 | SF 390 | QF 215 | R32 130 | R16 120 | R16 120 | QF 108 | R16 60 | R32 10 | 4,363 | 17 | 1 |
6† | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | F 650 | W 500 | W 500 | QF 430 | SF 390 | F 325 | F 325 | R16 240 | QF 215 | SF 195 | R32 130 | R16 120 | 4,020 | 22 | 2 |
7† | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | SF 780 | F 650 | W 500 | F 325 | F 325 | R16 240 | R16 240 | QF 215 | SF 195 | R16 120 | R16 120 | QF 108 | 3,818 | 12 | 1 |
8† | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend [a] | W 2000 | SF 780 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R32 10 | R16 1 | 3,221 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands | W 1000 | W 500 | SF 390 | SF 390 | R16 240 | R16 240 | SF 195 | R32 130 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R32 10 | R32 10 | 3,345 | 14 | 2 |
10 | Demi Schuurs Luisa Stefani | W 1000 | QF 430 | QF 430 | QF 215 | QF 215 | SF 195 | SF 195 | R16 120 | R64 10 | R32 10 | R32 10 | R32 10 | 2,840 | 16 | 1 |
Notes
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
Sabalenka | Świątek | Gauff | Paolini | Rybakina | Pegula | Zheng | Krejčíková | Overall | YTD W–L | ||
1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 4–8 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 32–20 | 54–12 | |
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2 | Iga Świątek | 8–4 | 11–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 38–16 | 59–8 | |
3 | Coco Gauff | 4–4 | 1–11 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 10–20 | 50–16 | |
4 | Jasmine Paolini | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–19 | 37–17 | |
5 | Elena Rybakina | 3–6 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 12–17 | 41–9 | |
6 | Jessica Pegula | 2–6 | 4–6 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 20–15 | 39–14 | |
7 | Zheng Qinwen | 0–4 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–14 | 47–16 | |
8 | Barbora Krejčíková | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 10–10 | 19–14 |
Kichenok Ostapenko | Dabrowski Routliffe | Hsieh Mertens | Errani Paolini | Dolehide Krawczyk | Melichar Perez | Chan Kudermetova | Siniaková Townsend | Overall | YTD W–L | ||
1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–7 | 35–11 | |
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2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 34–14 | |
3 | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 27–10 | |
4 | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 33–11 | |
5 | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 25–15 | |
6 | Nicole Melichar Ellen Perez | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 35–20 | |
7 | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 28–9 | |
8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 12–5 |
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