2024 WTA Finals – Singles
| Singles | |
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| 2024 WTA Finals | |
| 2023 Champion |  Iga Świątek |
| Draw | 8 (round robin + elimination) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Iga Świątek is the defending champion.[1][2]
Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka were in contention for the WTA No. 1 ranking. Sabalenka secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking for the first time in her career after winning her first two round-robin matches, while Świątek lost her second match.[3][4]
Jasmine Paolini and Zheng Qinwen made their debuts in the singles competition at the WTA Finals.[5]
Paolini is the only player in this edition to qualify for both the singles and doubles tournaments.
Seeds
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Aryna Sabalenka
Iga Świątek
Coco Gauff
Jasmine Paolini
Elena Rybakina (round robin)- Jessica Pegula (round robin)
Zheng Qinwen
Barbora Krejčíková
Alternates
[edit]Notes:
- Emma Navarro qualified as an alternate but withdrew before the start of the event[6]
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
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| 1 |  Aryna Sabalenka
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Purple Group
[edit]| Sabalenka
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 Paolini
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 Rybakina
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 Zheng
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka
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6–3, 7–5 | 6–3, 6–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 (100%) | 25–15 (63%) | 1 | ||
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini
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3–6, 5–7 | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 (50%) | 21–23 (48%) | 2 | ||
| 5 | Elena Rybakina
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6–7(5–7), 4–6 | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–4 (20%) | 23–29 (44%) | 4 | ||
| 7 | Zheng Qinwen
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3–6, 4–6 | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 (40%) | 23–25 (48%) | 3 |
Orange Group
[edit]| Świątek
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 Gauff
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Pegula
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 Krejčíková
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 2 | Iga Świątek
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3–6, 4–6 | 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 (40%) | 24–25 (49%) | 2 | ||
| 3 | Coco Gauff
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6–3, 6–4 | 6–3, 6–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 (100%) | 24–12 (67%) | 1 | ||
| 6 | Jessica Pegula
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3–6, 2–6 | 3–6, 3–6 | 0–2 | 0–4 (0%) | 11–24 (31%) | 4 | ||
| 8 | Barbora Krejčíková
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6–4, 5–7, 2–6 | 6–3, 6–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 (60%) | 25–23 (52%) | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings.
References
[edit]- ^ "Iga Swiatek back on top of world after WTA Finals demolition of Jessica Pegula". Guardian. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Swiatek tops Pegula for WTA Finals title, regains No.1 ranking". WTA Tour. 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Aryna Sabalenka and Katerina Siniakova secure WTA Year-End No.1 rankings". wtatennis.com. 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Aryna Sabalenka v Iga Swiatek: How points deductions affect WTA year-end No 1 battle". Tennis365. 22 October 2024.
- ^ "WTA Finals 2024: How to watch, prize money, dates, prediction and everything you need to know". The Tennis Gazette. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "WTA Finals alternate situation explained as two players remain on standby in Riyadh with one withdrawal already". yardbarker.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.