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2023 WTA Finals

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2023 WTA Finals
Date29 October – 6 November
Edition52nd (singles) / 47th (doubles)
Draw8S / 8D
Prize money$9 million
SurfaceHard (outdoor)
LocationCancún, Mexico
VenueEstadio Paradisus[1]
Champions
Singles
Poland Iga Świątek
Doubles
Germany Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva
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The 2023 WTA Finals (officially the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun) was the professional women's championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was the 52nd edition of the singles event and the 47th edition of the doubles competition and took place in Cancún, Mexico between 29 October and 6 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).[2] The tournament was held on an outdoor hardcourt and was contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2023 WTA Tour.

Champions

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Singles

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This was Świątek's sixth WTA Tour title of the year and first WTA Finals title.

Doubles

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Tournament

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Location

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There were four other cities in contention to host the WTA Finals prior to Cancún's selection as the host city. These cities were Riyadh, Ostrava, Cluj-Napoca, and Washington, D.C. A temporary venue was built on the grounds of the Paradisus Cancún hotel at an estimated cost of $6 million. The stadium seats 4,300 people, the lowest capacity ever for the WTA Finals. Multiple players and coaches complained about the stadium's conditions, saying the surface was inconsistent.[3]

Qualifying

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In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments).[4] 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 two 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

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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.

Round robin tie-breaking methods

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The final standings are made using these methods:

  1. Greatest number of match wins
  2. Greatest number of matches played
  3. 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

Prize money and points

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The total prize money for the 2023 WTA Finals is US$9 million. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.[1]

Stage Prize money Points
Singles Doubles[a]
Champion RR[b] + $2,232,000 RR[b] + $450,000 RR + 750
Runner-up RR + $756,000 RR + $144,000 RR + 330
Semifinalist RR + $54,000 RR + $9,000 RR
Round robin win per match +$198,000 +$36,000 250
Round robin loss per match 125
Participation Fee $198,000 $90,000
  1. ^ Prize money for doubles is per team.
  2. ^ a b RR means prize money or points won in the round-robin round.
  • An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $3,024,000 in singles or $648,000 in doubles.

Qualified players

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Singles

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# Players Points Date qualified
1 Aryna Sabalenka 8,425 22 September[5]
2 Poland Iga Świątek 7,795 22 September[5]
3 United States Coco Gauff 5,955 22 September[5]
4 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 5,865 22 September[5]
5 United States Jessica Pegula 4,895 2 October[6]
6 Tunisia Ons Jabeur 3,695 6 October[7]
7 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 3,671 6 October[7]
inj. Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 3,650[8] 6 October[7]
8 Greece Maria Sakkari 3,245 24 October[8]

Doubles

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# Players Points Date qualified
1 United States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula
5,565 22 September[5]
2 Australia Storm Hunter
Belgium Elise Mertens
5,130 2 October[6]
3 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
3,790 9 October[9]
4 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
3,785 4 October[10]
5 United States Desirae Krawczyk
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
3,570 9 October[9]
6 Germany Laura Siegemund
Vera Zvonareva
3,405 22 October[11]
7 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
3,386 16 October[12]
8 United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez
3,325 16 October[12]

Groupings

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Singles

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The singles draw of the 2023 edition of the Year-end Championships will feature one number-one and major champion, and two major finalists. The competitors were divided into two groups.

Bacalar Group
Aryna Sabalenka [1]
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina [4]
United States Jessica Pegula [5]
Greece Maria Sakkari [8]
Chetumal Group
Poland Iga Świątek [2]
United States Coco Gauff [3]
Tunisia Ons Jabeur [6]
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová [7]

Doubles

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The doubles draw of the 2023 edition of the Year-end Championships will feature four number-ones, three major champions and two major finalist teams. The pairs were divided into two groups.

Mahahual Group
United States Coco Gauff [1]
United States Jessica Pegula [1]
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková [4]
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková [4]
Germany Laura Siegemund [6]
Vera Zvonareva [6]
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski [7]
New Zealand Erin Routliffe [7]
Maya Ka'an Group
Australia Storm Hunter [2]
Belgium Elise Mertens [2]
Japan Shuko Aoyama [3]
Japan Ena Shibahara [3]
United States Desirae Krawczyk [5]
Netherlands Demi Schuurs [5]
United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez [8]
Australia Ellen Perez [8]

Points breakdown

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Singles

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 Player qualified for WTA Finals
x Player withdrew due to injury
  Player qualified as alternate but chose not to play
Seed Player Grand Slam WTA 1000 Best other    Total   
points
Tourn Titles
Mandatory Best two
AUS FRA WIM USO IW MI MA IT CH 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 Poland 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 United States 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 Kazakhstan 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 United States 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 Tunisia 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 Czech Republic 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 Czech Republic 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 Greece 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 Czech Republic 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 United States 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

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 Team qualified for WTA Finals
  Team qualified as alternates but chose not to play
Seed Team Points    Total   
points
Tourn Titles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 United States Coco Gauff
United States 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 Australia Storm Hunter
Belgium 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 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan 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 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
W
2000
W
1000
W
470
R32
130
QF
105
QF
60
R16
10
R64
10
3,785 8 3
5 United States Desirae Krawczyk
Netherlands 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 Germany 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 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
W
2000
F
585
W
470
SF
110
R16
105
R16
105
R16
10
R16
1
3,386 8 2
8 United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia 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 Canada Leylah Fernandez
United States Taylor Townsend
F
1300
F
650
QF
430
SF
390
QF
190
R32
130
R16
120
QF
100
3,310 8 0
10 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Wang Xinyu
W
2000
SF
780
R16
105
QF
60
R32
10
2,955 5 1
22 Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
R16
240
R16
240
SF
185
R32
130
QF
100
R32
10
905 6 0

Head-to-head records

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Below are the singles head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

Singles

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  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 Poland Iga Świątek 5–3 8–1 1–3 5–3 4–2 2–0 2–3 27–15 63–11
3 United States Coco Gauff 4–2 1–8 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 3–4 15–18 49–13
4 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 10–13 46–13
5 United States Jessica Pegula 1–4 3–5 2–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 4–5 14–21 55–17
6 Tunisia Ons Jabeur 2–4 2–4 2–3 3–2 4–2 3–4 2–2 18–21 34–15
7 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–3 1–1 9–13 38–14
8 Greece Maria Sakkari 3–6 3–2 4–3 1–1 5–4 2–2 1–1 19–19 38–22

Doubles

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  Gauff
  Pegula  
Hunter
 Mertens 
Aoyama
Shibahara
Krejčíková
Siniaková
Krawczyk
Schuurs
Siegemund
Zvonareva
Dabrowski
Routliffe
 Melichar 
Perez
Overall YTD W–L
1 United States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula
1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 7–6 35–9
2 Australia Storm Hunter
Belgium Elise Mertens
1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 28–10
3 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara
1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 5–5 25–19
4 Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 9–2 17–6
5 United States Desirae Krawczyk
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
2–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 5–5 27–15
6 Germany Laura Siegemund
Vera Zvonareva
1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–5 25–11
7 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 17–7
8 United States Nicole Melichar
Australia Ellen Perez
0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–8 27–24

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "PREVIEW NOTES | GNP SEGUROS WTA FINALS | CANCUN, MEXICO" (PDF). WTA Tour. 2023-10-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  2. ^ "2023 edition of the WTA Finals to be held in Cancún, Mexico". WTA. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ Futterman, Matthew (2023-10-30). "WTA facing rebellion from numerous top players over pay and conditions on women's tour". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  4. ^ "2022 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e "First qualifiers announced for 2023 WTA Finals in Cancun". Women's Tennis Association. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Pegula and doubles team of Hunter & Mertens qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Vondrousova, Jabeur and Muchova secure qualification for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Karolina Muchova withdraws from WTA Finals; Sakkari to enter field". WTA Tour. October 24, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  9. ^ a b "Krawczyk and Schuurs, Aoyama and Shibahara qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Krejcikova, Siniakova qualify for 2023 WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Siegemund and Zvonareva win Nanchang title and qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  12. ^ a b "WTA announces latest doubles pairs to secure spots for the Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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