2023 WTA Finals
The 2023 WTA Finals is the professional women's championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It is the 52nd edition of the singles event and the 47th edition of the doubles competition and is scheduled to take place in Cancún, Mexico between 29 October and 5 November, marking the return to Mexico for the second time after the 2021 edition was held in Guadalajara, and the fourth consecutive finals to be held in a different staged city (Shenzhen in 2019, Guadalajara in 2021, and Fort Worth in 2022).[1] Other than Cancún, there were four other cities that were in contention to host the WTA Finals but the bid from the organizers in Cancún was selected ahead of the other contenders such as Riyadh, Ostrava, Cluj Napoca and Washington DC. The tournament is held on an indoor hardcourt and is contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2023 WTA Tour.
2023 WTA Finals | |
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Date | 29 October – 5 November |
Edition | 52nd (singles) / 47th (doubles) |
Draw | 8S / 8D |
Prize money | $9,000,000 |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Cancún, Mexico |
Venue | Plaza Quintana Roo |
2022 Champions | |
Singles | |
Caroline Garcia | |
Doubles | |
Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens |
Champions
Qualifying
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments).[2] Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four WTA 1000 tournaments with 1,000 points for the winner, and (for the players who played the main draw of least 2 such tournaments) the best results from two WTA 1000 tournaments with 900 points for the winner must be included.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or WTA 1000 tournaments.
Format
Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round-robin event, split into two groups of four.
Over the first four 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.
Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings are made using these methods:
- Greatest number of match wins.
- Greatest number of matches played.
- Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
- a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players.
- b. Highest percentage of sets won.
- c. Highest percentage of games won.
Qualified players
Singles
# | Players | Points | Date qualified |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 8,425 | 22 September[3] |
2 | Iga Świątek | 7,795 | |
3 | Coco Gauff | 5,955 | |
4 | Elena Rybakina | 5,865 | |
5 | Jessica Pegula | 4,895 | 2 October[4] |
6 | Ons Jabeur | 3,695 | 6 October[5] |
7 | Markéta Vondroušová | 3,671 | |
inj. | Karolína Muchová | 3,650[6] | |
8 | Maria Sakkari | 3,245 | 24 October[6] |
Doubles
# | Players | Points | Date qualified |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | 5,565 | 22 September[3] |
2 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens | 5,130 | 2 October[4] |
3 | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 3,790 | 9 October[7] |
4 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 3,785 | 4 October[8] |
5 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs | 3,570 | 9 October[7] |
6 | Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva | 3,405 | 22 October[9] |
7 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 3,386 | 16 October[10] |
8 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 3,325 |
Points breakdown
Updated as of 24 October 2023.[11][12]
Singles
Seed | Player | Grand Slam | WTA 1000 | Best other | Total points |
Tourn | Titles | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mandatory | Best two | |||||||||||||||||||
AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | IW | MI | MA | RO | BE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
1† | Aryna Sabalenka | W 2000 |
SF 780 |
SF 780 |
F 1300 |
F 650 |
QF 215 |
W 1000 |
R64 10 |
QF 215 |
SF 350 |
QF 190 |
W 470 |
F 305 |
R16 105 |
R16 55 |
8,425 | 15 | 3 | |
2† | Iga Świątek | R16 240 |
W 2000 |
QF 430 |
R16 240 |
SF 390 |
A 0 |
F 650 |
QF 215 |
W 1000 |
F 585 |
SF 350 |
W 470 |
W 470 |
SF 350 |
W 280 |
SF 125 |
7,795 | 17 | 5 |
3† | Coco Gauff | R16 240 |
QF 430 |
R128 10 |
W 2000 |
QF 215 |
R32 65 |
R32 65 |
R32 65 |
SF 390 |
W 900 |
SF 350 |
W 470 |
W 280 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
QF 100 |
5,955 | 18 | 4 |
4† | Elena Rybakina | F 1300 |
R32 130 |
QF 430 |
R32 130 |
W 1000 |
F 650 |
R64 10 |
W 1000 |
SF 390 |
SF 350 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
QF 100 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
5,865 | 17 | 2 |
5† | Jessica Pegula | QF 430 |
R32 130 |
QF 430 |
R16 240 |
R16 120 |
SF 390 |
QF 215 |
SF 185 |
R16 120 |
W 900 |
SF 350 |
W 310 |
F 305 |
F 305 |
W 280 |
SF 185 |
4,895 | 19 | 3 |
6† | Ons Jabeur | R64 70 |
QF 430 |
F 1300 |
R16 240 |
R32 65 |
R64 10 |
A 0 |
QF 100 |
R32 65 |
QF 190 |
A 0 |
W 470 |
W 280 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
R16 105 |
3,695 | 18 | 2 |
7† | Markéta Vondroušová | R32 130 |
R64 70 |
W 2000 |
QF 430 |
R16 120 |
R16 120 |
R64 65 |
R16 120 |
R64 10 |
QF 190 |
R16 105 |
SF 110 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R64 1 |
3,671 | 15 | 1 | |
–x | Karolína Muchová | R64 70 |
F 1300 |
R128 10 |
SF 780 |
QF 215 |
R32 95 |
R64 35 |
R16 120 |
A 0 |
F 585 |
QF 190 |
R16 105 |
QF 60 |
R16 55 |
R16 30 |
3,650 | 14 | 0 | |
8† | Maria Sakkari | R32 130 |
R128 10 |
R128 10 |
R128 10 |
SF 390 |
R64 10 |
SF 390 |
SF 105 |
QF 215 |
W 900 |
R16 105 |
F 305 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
SF 110 |
3,245 | 23 | 1 |
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Barbora Krejčíková | R16 240 |
R128 10 |
R64 70 |
R128 10 |
R16 120 |
R16 120 |
R16 120 |
R32 65 |
R16 55 |
W 900 |
A 0 |
W 470 |
F 305 |
F 180 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
2,775 | 19 | 2 |
10 | Madison Keys | R32 130 |
R64 70 |
QF 430 |
SF 780 |
R64 10 |
R32 65 |
R32 1 |
R16 120 |
A 0 |
QF 190 |
R32 60 |
W 470 |
W 210 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R32 1 |
2,737 | 16 | 2 |
Doubles
Seed | Team | Points | Total points |
Tourn | Titles | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
1† | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula |
W 1000 |
SF 780 |
SF 780 |
F 650 |
F 650 |
W 470 |
QF 430 |
R16 240 |
QF 190 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
5,565 | 13 | 2 | |||||
2† | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens |
F 1300 |
W 1000 |
W 900 |
QF 430 |
SF 350 |
SF 350 |
R16 240 |
QF 215 |
QF 215 |
R16 120 |
R16 10 |
5,130 | 12 | 2 | |||||
3† | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara |
F 1300 |
W 900 |
SF 390 |
F 305 |
W 280 |
QF 215 |
R32 130 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
QF 60 |
R32 10 |
3,790 | 21 | 2 | |||||
4† | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
W 2000 |
W 1000 |
W 470 |
R32 130 |
QF 105 |
QF 60 |
R16 10 |
R64 10 |
3,785 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
5† | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs |
F 585 |
W 470 |
W 470 |
QF 430 |
SF 390 |
SF 350 |
R16 240 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
R32 130 |
R32 130 |
3,570 | 18 | 2 | |||||
6† | Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva |
F 1300 |
W 470 |
QF 430 |
W 280 |
W 280 |
QF 215 |
SF 185 |
R16 120 |
R16 105 |
R64 10 |
R32 10 |
3,405 | 14 | 3 | |||||
7† | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
W 2000 |
F 585 |
W 470 |
SF 110 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
R16 10 |
R16 1 |
3,386 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
8† | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez |
SF 780 |
F 585 |
SF 390 |
F 305 |
QF 215 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
F 180 |
F 180 |
R32 130 |
3,325 | 24 | 0 | |||||
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend |
F 1300 |
F 650 |
QF 430 |
SF 390 |
QF 190 |
R32 130 |
R16 120 |
QF 100 |
3,310 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
10 | Hsieh Su-wei Wang Xinyu |
W 2000 |
SF 780 |
R16 105 |
QF 60 |
R32 10 |
2,955 | 5 | 1 |
Head-to-head records
Below are the singles head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
Singles
Sabalenka | Świątek | Gauff | Rybakina | Pegula | Jabeur | Vondroušová | Sakkari | Overall | YTD W–L | ||
1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 3–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 27–19 | 54–12 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Iga Świątek | 5–3 | 8–1 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 27–15 | 63–11 | |
3 | Coco Gauff | 4–2 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 15–18 | 49–13 | |
4 | Elena Rybakina | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 10–13 | 46–13 | |
5 | Jessica Pegula | 1–4 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 14–21 | 55–17 | |
6 | Ons Jabeur | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 18–21 | 34–15 | |
7 | Markéta Vondroušová | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 9–13 | 38–14 | |
8 | Maria Sakkari | 3–6 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 19–19 | 38–22 |
Doubles
Gauff Pegula |
Hunter Mertens |
Aoyama Shibahara |
Krejčíková Siniaková |
Krawczyk Schuurs |
Siegemund Zvonareva |
Dabrowski Routliffe |
Melichar Perez | Overall | YTD W–L | ||
1 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula |
1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–6 | 35–9 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens |
1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 27–10 | |
3 | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara |
1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 25–19 | |
4 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 17–5 | |
5 | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs |
2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 27–15 | |
6 | Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva |
1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 25–11 | |
7 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 16–6 | |
8 | Nicole Melichar Ellen Perez |
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–8 | 27–24 |
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