2024 WTA Finals – Doubles
Doubles | |
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2024 WTA Finals | |
Champions | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
Runners-up | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend |
Score | 7–5, 6–3 |
Draw | 8 (round robin + elimination) |
Seeds | 8 |
Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe defeated Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2024 WTA Finals.[1] Dabrowski and Routliffe saved a match point in their round-robin match against Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, and became the first Canadian and New Zealand players, respectively, to win a WTA Finals title.[2][3][4][5]
Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions, but did not qualify this year.[6]
Siniaková claimed the year-end individual WTA No. 1 doubles ranking after winning her first two round-robin matches.[7]
Paolini, Townsend, and Caroline Dolehide made their debuts in the doubles competition at the WTA Finals.[8] Paolini was the only player in this edition to qualify for both the singles and doubles tournaments.[9]
Errani was trying to become the fourth woman to achieve the Career Super Slam in women's doubles, but she and Paolini were eliminated in the round-robin stage upon their loss to champions Dabrowski and Routliffe.
Seeds
[edit]- Lyudmyla Kichenok / Jeļena Ostapenko (round robin)
- Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (champions)
- Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens (round robin)
- Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (round robin)
- Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk (round robin)
- Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez (semifinals)
- Chan Hao-ching / Veronika Kudermetova (semifinals)
- Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend (final)
Alternates
[edit]- Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (did not play)
- Demi Schuurs / Luisa Stefani (did not play)
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
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
7 | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
6 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 67 | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 79 | 6 |
Green Group
[edit] Kichenok Ostapenko |
Hsieh Mertens |
Melichar-Martinez Perez |
Siniaková Townsend |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko |
1–6, 3–6 | 1–6, 3–6 | 6–3, 3–6, [9–11] | 0–3 | 1–6 (14%) | 17–34 (33.3%) | 4 | |
3 | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens |
6–1, 6–3 | 6–1, 1–6, [6–10] | 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] | 1–2 | 4–4 (50%) | 28–22 (56.0%) | 3 | |
6 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez |
6–1, 6–3 | 1–6, 6–1, [10–6] | 2–6, 2–6 | 2–1 | 4–3 (57%) | 24–23 (51.1%) | 2 | |
8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend |
3–6, 6–3, [11–9] | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] | 6–2, 6–2 | 3–0 | 6–2 (75%) | 32–22 (59.3%) | 1 |
White Group
[edit] Dabrowski Routliffe |
Errani Paolini |
Dolehide Krawczyk |
Chan Kudermetova |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
1–6, 7–6(7–1), [11–9] | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–2 (75%) | 33–31 (52%) | 1 | |
4 | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini |
6–1, 6–7(1–7), [9–11] | 1–6, 6–1, [10–4] | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [9–11] | 1–2 | 4–5 (44%) | 32–27 (54%) | 3 | |
5 | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | 6–1, 1–6, [4–10] | 6–3, 3–6, [7–10] | 0–3 | 3–6 (33%) | 25–29 (46%) | 4 | |
7 | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova |
6–7(6–8), 4–6 | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9] | 3–6, 6–3, [10–7] | 2–1 | 4–4 (50%) | 31–34 (48%) | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dabrowski and Routliffe avenge Wimbledon loss to win WTA Finals Riyadh". WTA Tennis. 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Dabrowski/Routliffe edge Errani/Paolini in WTA Finals thriller". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "Dabrowski becomes first Canadian to win a WTA Finals title". Sportsnet. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Dabrowski becomes 1st Canadian to win WTA Finals title, securing doubles triumph with Routliffe". CBC. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Kiwi Routliffe and Canadian Dabrowski savour WTA Finals glory". RNZ. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Siegemund and Zvonareva storm to WTA Finals doubles title". WTA Tennis. 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Aryna Sabalenka and Katerina Siniakova secure WTA Year-End No.1 rankings". Women's Tennis Association. 6 November 2024.
- ^ "Road to the WTA Finals: Get to know the elite doubles teams in Riyadh". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "New faces, big dreams: What's at stake for Zheng, Paolini at WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 8 November 2024.