2025 WTA Finals | |
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Date | 1 – 8 November |
Edition | 54th (singles) / 49th (doubles) |
Draw | 8S / 8D |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Venue | King Saud University Indoor Arena |
2024 Champions | |
Singles | |
Coco Gauff | |
Doubles | |
Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe |
The 2025 WTA Finals is a planned professional women's year-end championship tennis tournament that is scheduled to run from 1 to 8 November 2025 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It is set to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the second straight year and is due to be the 54th edition of the singles event and the 49th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament will be contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2025 WTA Tour.
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:
Updated as of 5 January 2025 [update] . [2]
Rank | Player | Grand Slam | WTA 1000 | Best other | Total points | Tourn | 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 | ||||||
1 | Coco Gauff | W 500 | 500 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Aryna Sabalenka | W 500 | 500 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Polina Kudermetova | Q1 2 | F 350 | 352 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Iga Świątek | F 325 | 325 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Clara Tauson | W 250 | R32 1 | 251 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Anhelina Kalinina | SF 195 | R32 1 | 196 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Mirra Andreeva | SF 195 | 195 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Naomi Osaka | F 163 | 163 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Marie Bouzková | QF 108 | R32 25 | 133 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Ashlyn Krueger | QF 108 | R32 13 | 121 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Kimberly Birrell | Q1 2 | QF 108 | 110 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Ons Jabeur | QF 108 | R32 1 | 109 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Robin Montgomery | Q1 2 | SF 98 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Alycia Parks | Q1 2 | SF 98 | 100 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Karolína Muchová | SF 95 | 95 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Elena Rybakina | SF 95 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | Gao Xinyu | Q1 2 | QF 70 | 72 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Suzan Lamens | R16 60 | Q2 12 | 72 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Leylah Fernandez | RR 45 | R32 25 | 70 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
20 | Jasmine Paolini | QF 65 | 65 | 1 | 0 |
Updated as of 4 January 2025 [update] . [3]
Rank | Team | Points | Total points | Tourn | Titles | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
1 | Mirra Andreeva Diana Shnaider | W 500 | 500 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Priscilla Hon Anna Kalinskaya | F 325 | 325 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Jiang Xinyu Wu Fang-hsien | W 250 | R16 1 | 251 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
4 | Tímea Babos Nicole Melichar-Martinez | SF 195 | R16 1 | 196 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi | SF 195 | 195 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | Aleksandra Krunić Sabrina Santamaria | F 163 | 163 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
7 | Chan Hao-ching Lyudmyla Kichenok | QF 108 | R16 1 | 109 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anna Danilina Irina Khromacheva | QF 108 | R16 1 | 109 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Paula Badosa Ons Jabeur | QF 108 | 108 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan | QF 108 | 108 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
11 | Makoto Ninomiya Fanny Stollár | SF 98 | 98 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Sloane Stephens Clara Tauson | SF 98 | 98 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
13 | Monique Barry Jade Otway | QF 54 | 54 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Ann Li Katie Volynets | QF 54 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Rebecca Marino Tara Moore | QF 54 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Peangtarn Plipuech Tsao Chia-yi | QF 54 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
17 | Marie Bouzková Bethanie Mattek-Sands | R16 1 | R16 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Cristina Bucșa Yana Sizikova | R16 1 | R16 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Talia Gibson Maya Joint | R16 1 | R16 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Quinn Gleason Kimberley Zimmermann | R16 1 | R16 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Guo Hanyu Alexandra Panova | R16 1 | R16 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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