WTA Finals appearances

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This list shows the appearances of all participants in the women's tennis WTA Finals singles since their inception as the Virginia Slims Championships in 1972. The tournament is currently held in King Saud University Indoor Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Contents

Qualification

Eight players to compete. [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:

  1. Ranked top seven in the leaderboard;
  2. The highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth;
  3. The second-highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth, if one player/team ranked in the top seven withdraws;
  4. The next player who is ranked eighth or below.

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:

Format

Unlike other events on the WTA Tour, the WTA Finals is not a straightforward single-elimination tournament. The eight players are divided into two groups of four and each play three round-robin matches against the others in their group. After the round-robin stage, the top two performers in each group advance to the semifinals in a knock-out stage. The two winners of the semifinals play a final to determine the champion. In this format, it is theoretically possible to advance to the semifinals with two round-robin losses, but no player in the history of the singles tournament has won the title after losing more than one round-robin match.

To create the groups, the eight players are seeded according to rank. The first and second seeds are placed in Group A and Group B, respectively. The remaining seeds are drawn in pairs (third and fourth, fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth); the first of the pair to be drawn goes to Group A and the other to Group B, and so on.

The format described above has been in place in 1977–1978 and from 2003 to present:

Key

Current format

Older format

Note

When there are more players listed for any year, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, his place is filled by the next-highest qualifier.

Participants are listed in order of number of appearances. When there are more than eight players listed for any year since 2003, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, her place is filled by the next-highest qualifier.

Participants are listed in order of (1) number of appearances, (2) best result(s) (bolded years for wins, underlined years for other best results), (3) year of first appearance, and (4) alphabetical order if still tied. Active players are indicated in bold.

Player#Best
result
Years
Year(s) of best result underlined (Wins in bold)
Qualified
but not played
W–L
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg / Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova 21W 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 , 1979 , 1980, 1981 , 1982, 1983 , 1984 , 1985 ,
1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), [2] 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
1990 60–13
Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf 13W 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987 , 1988, 1989 , 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 , 1994,
1995 , 1996 , 1998
1999 33–8
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert 13W 1972 , 1973 , 1974, 1975 , 1976, 1977 , 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar),
1987, 1988
1978 33–9
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 13F 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001
11–13
Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison 12QF 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,
1992, 1993
2–12
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez 12QF 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 7–12
Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini 11W 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988 , 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 ,
1995
21–9
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport 11W 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 , 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 2003 18–9
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková 11F 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993
11–11
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná 10W 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 , 1998 11–9
Flag of Bulgaria.svg / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Manuela Maleeva 10SF 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 6–10
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva 10SF 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 7–20
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams 9W 2001 , 2002, 2004, 2007 (R), 2008 (R), 2009 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 1999, 2000, 2003, 2010,
2015, 2016
29–6
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg / Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg / Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles 9W 1989, 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 18–6
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat 9SF 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 6–9
Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer 9QF 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2–9
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova 8W 2004 , 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 (R), 2012, 2014, 2015 2013 21–11
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska 8W 2008 (A−), 2009 (A−), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 , 2016 11–14
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hana Mandlíková 8F 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1989 8–9
Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver 8F 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988 11–9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade 83rd 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 10–14
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull 83rd 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar) 7–11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters 7W 2000, 2001, 2002 , 2003 , 2005, 2006, 2010 19–7
Flag of Germany.svg Sylvia Hanika 7W 1981, 1982 , 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 10–7
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 7W 2011 , 2012 (R), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 10–14
Flag of Germany.svg Anke Huber 7F 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 2000 6–7
Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce 7F 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005 2000 13–7
Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández 7SF 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 1994 5–7
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Capriati 7SF 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 1993 7–8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evonne Goolagong 6W 1974 , 1975, 1976 , 1978, 1980, 1983 1973 17–5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis 6W 1996, 1997, 1998 , 1999, 2000 , 2006 2001, 2002 17–5
Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo 6W 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 , 2006 2000, 2002 12–9
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki 6W 2009 (R), 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017 , 2018 14–10
Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Potter 6SF 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (Mar), 1988 3–8
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg / Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva 6SF 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 3–6
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 6SF 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016 5–14
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin 5W 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 , 2007 2004, 2005 13–5
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams 5W 1999, 2002, 2008 , 2009, 2017 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007,
2010
14–7
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 5W 2021, 2022, 2023 , 2024, 2025 11–4
Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva 5F 2004, 2008, 2009 (A−)(R), 2010, 2011 8–9
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 5F 2009 (R), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 8–10
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber 5F 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 7–10
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 5F 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 2018 7–10
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka 5F 2021, 2022, 2023 , 2024, 2025 8–8
Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Casals 53rd 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 9–7
Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr 5SF 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 4–8
Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King 5SF 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983 1973 8–8
Flag of Germany.svg Bettina Bunge 5SF 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 (Nov), 1987 4–7
Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil 5SF 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 2–5
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg / Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg / Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković 5SF 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 5–13
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 5SF 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 9–9
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve 5QF 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 3–7
Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 5QF 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988 2–5
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Katerina Maleeva 5QF 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992 1–5
Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 4W 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 9–6
Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff 4W 2022, 2023, 2024 , 2025 6–6
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Rinaldi 4SF 1983, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov) 2–4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4SF 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 3–4
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg / Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Majoli 4SF 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 3–4
Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud 4SF 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2–4
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Heldman 4QF 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 2–6
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan 4QF 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985 3–6
Flag of Sweden.svg Catarina Lindqvist 4QF 1985, 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1989 1–4
Flag of France.svg Julie Halard-Decugis 4QF 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000 1–4
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva 4QF 1993, 1995, 2001, 2002 1994 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Chanda Rubin 4R16/RR 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 1–5
Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin 3W 1979, 1980 , 1983 8–2
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina 3W 2017, 2018 , 2019 10–3
Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Richey 3F 1972, 1973, 1975 2–3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry Melville 3F 1972, 1973, 1978 4–5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sue Barker 3F 1976, 1977, 1979 8–5
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Jaeger 3F 1981, 1983, 1984 3–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na 3F 2011, 2012, 2013 6–5
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 3F 2022, 2023, 2024 (R)4–6
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date 3SF 1994, 1995, 1996 4–3
Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea 3SF 1996, 1997, 1998 4–3
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova 3SF 1998, 1999, 2000 2–3
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina 3SF 2002, 2003, 2004 3–5
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg / Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic 3SF 2007, 2008 (R), 2014 4–5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 3SF 2010, 2011, 2012 (A−)4–6
Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari 3SF 2021, 2022, 2023 5–6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Hunt 3QF 1972, 1974, 1976 1–3
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Mima Jaušovec 3PO 1976, 1977, 1982 1–6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carling Bassett-Seguso 3QF 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar) 1–3
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaella Reggi 3QF 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1989 1–3
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder 3R16/RR 1998, 2002, 2005 1–4
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova 3RR 2005, 2006, 2008 (A−)2–5
Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 2W 2017, 2022 6–3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens 2SF 2018, 2019 (A−)(R)2–1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková 2SF 2021, 2024 2–5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karen Krantzcke 2QF 1972, 1974 1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Wendy Overton 2QF 1972, 1975 1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Janet Newberry 2QF 1973, 1975 0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Anne Guerrant 2QF 1973, 1975 2–4
Flag of the United States.svg Bonnie Gadusek 2QF 1983, 1986 (Mar) 1–2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Monami 2QF 1998, 1999 2–2
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Jelena Dokic 2QF 2001, 2002 2–2
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova 25th 1975, 1976 3–4
Flag of the United States.svg Marcie Louie 28th 1974, 1975 1–5
Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss 2R16 1972, 1974 0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Kuykendall 2R16 1974, 1975 0–2
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Greer Stevens 2RR 1979, 1980 0–4
Flag of Romania.svg Virginia Ruzici 2R16 1983, 1984 0–2
Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Temesvári 2R16 1984, 1985 0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Terry Phelps 2R16 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov) 0–2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Helen Kelesi 2R16 1988, 1989 0–2
Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Paulus 2R16 1990, 1996 0–2
Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner 2R16 1990, 1996 0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Amy Frazier 2R16 1992, 2000 0–2
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva 2R16 1999 (A+), 2000 0–2
Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina Elia 2R16 2001, 2002 0–2
Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová 2R16/RR 2002, 2007 1–3
Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli 2RR 2007 (A−), 2011 (A−)2–1
Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina 2RR 2008, 2009 (R)0–4
Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani 2RR 2012, 2013 2–4
Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka 2RR 2018, 2019 (R)1–3
Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur 2RR 2022, 2023 2–4
Flag of Russia.svg / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daria Kasatkina 2RR 2022, 2024 (A−)1–3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 2RR 2023, 2024 2–4
Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková 1W 2016 3–2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty 1W 2019 2021 4–1
Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens 1F 2018 4–1
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit 1F 2021 3–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen 1F 2024 3–2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dianne Fromholtz 1SF 1979 2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith 1SF 1982 2–2
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chakvetadze 1SF 2007 2–2
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Belinda Bencic 1SF 2019 (R)2–2
Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa 1SF 2021 2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Marita Redondo 15th 1976 2–3
Flag of the United States.svg Jeanne Evert 1QF 1972 1–1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Helen Gourlay 1QF 1974 1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Leslie Allen 1PO 1981 1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Kathleen Horvath 1QF 1984 1–1
Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schett 1QF 1999 1–1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Court 1R16 1972 1973 0–1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Gilchrist 1R16 1972 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Laurie Rowley 1R16 1972 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Pam Teeguarden 1R16 1974 0–1
Flag of Argentina.svg Raquel Giscafré 1QPO 1975 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Sue Stap 1QPO 1975 0–1
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Chmyreva 1QPO 1976 0–1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cynthia Doerner 1QPO 1976 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Terry Holladay 1QPO 1976 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Carrie Meyer 1QPO 1976 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Kristien Shaw 1RR 1977 0–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jo Durie 1R16 1984 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Bonder 1R16 1985 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Gurney 1R16 1986 (Nov) 0–1
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko 1R16 1988 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Gretchen Rush 1R16 1989 0–1
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Hack 1R16 1994 0–1
Flag of Slovakia.svg Karina Habšudová 1R16 1996 0–1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sabine Appelmans 1R16 1997 0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy 1R16 2001 0–1
Flag of Israel.svg Anna Smashnova 1R16 2002 0–1
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama 1RR 2003 1–2
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone 1RR 2010 1–2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eugenie Bouchard 1RR 2014 0–3
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta 1RR 2015 1–2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová 1RR 2015 1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Keys 1RR 2016 1–2
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 1RR 2017 1–2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu 1RR 2019 (R)0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin 1RR 2019 (A−)0–1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 1RR 2023 0–3
Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini 1RR 2024 1–2

See also

References

  1. "2024 WTA Rulebook" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association . Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. Two championships were played in 1986, one in March and one in November.