2024 WTA Finals explained

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The 2024 WTA Finals will be the professional women's championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It will be the 53rd edition of the singles event and the 48th edition of the doubles competition and will take place between 2 and 9 November. The tournament will be contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament

Qualifying

Eight players/teams to compete in singles/doubles.^[1] 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 who ranked from eighth to twentieth;
3. The second-highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team who ranked from eighth to twentieth, if there is one player/team who ranked in top seven withdraws;
4. The next player who 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:

• The four Grand Slam events;
• Six best mandatory WTA 1000 tournaments from the following seven events: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and Beijing;
• The best mandatory WTA 1000 tournament from the following three events: Doha, Dubai and Wuhan;
• (for the players who played the main draw of least two such tournaments) the best seven results from any other mandatory WTA 1000, WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments.

In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of twelve 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 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

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

Points breakdown

Singles

Updated .^[2]

Rank	Player	Grand Slam				Best combined WTA 1000						WTA 1000 only	Best other							Total points		Titles
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
bgcolor=gold	1^†	Iga Świątek	<	--Australian Open-->R32 130	bgcolor=lime	W 2000	<	--Wimbledon-->R32 130		bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 120		bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=thistle	F 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195					7,855	12	5
2	Aryna Sabalenka	bgcolor=lime	W 2000	<	--French Open-->QF 430	A 0		bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	QF 215	R16 120	R32 65	R32 10	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108	QF 108				5,876	13	2
3	Elena Rybakina	<	--Australian Open-->R64 70	<	--French Open-->QF 430	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780		bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R32 10				bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=lime	W 500	QF 215	QF 108	QF 108		4,911	13	3
4	Jasmine Paolini	<	--Australian Open-->R16 240	bgcolor=thistle	F 1300	bgcolor=thistle	F 1300		R16 120	R16 120	R16 120	R32 65	R64 10		bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108	RR 35	R64 10	R32 1	R32 1		4,625	15	1
5	Coco Gauff	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	<	--Wimbledon-->R16 240		bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 120	R16 120	R16 120	R32 10	QF 215	bgcolor=lime	W 250	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108	R32 10				3,728	14	1
6	Danielle Collins	<	--Australian Open-->R64 70	<	--French Open-->R64 70	<	--Wimbledon-->R16 240		bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 120	R64 35			QF 245	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	R16 85	QF 54	R32 32	R16 1	R32 1	3,168	15	2
7	Jessica Pegula	<	--Australian Open-->R64 70	A 0	<	--Wimbledon-->R64 70		bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	QF 215	R64 10				bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	RR 35	R16 30	R16 1	3,166	13	2
8*	align=left bgcolor=afeeee	Emma Navarro	<	--Australian Open-->R32 130	<	--French Open-->R16 240	<	--Wimbledon-->QF 430	R16 60	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	QF 215	R16 120	R32 65	R64 10	R64 10	R16 120	bgcolor=lime	W 250	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108	bgcolor=yellow	SF 98	R32 65	R16 60	2,761	19	1
Alternates
9	Zheng Qinwen	bgcolor=thistle	F 1300	<	--French Open-->R32 130	<	--Wimbledon-->R128 10		QF 215	R16 120	R32 65	R64 10	R64 10		QF 215	bgcolor=lime	W 250	R16 120	QF 75	R16 60	R16 60			2,640	14	1
10	Barbora Krejčíková	<	--Australian Open-->QF 430	<	--French Open-->R128 10	bgcolor=lime	W 2000		R64 10							QF 108	QF 54	R32 1	R32 1	R32 1	R32 1		2,616	10	1
11	Jeļena Ostapenko	<	--Australian Open-->R32 130	<	--French Open-->R64 70	<	--Wimbledon-->QF 430		QF 215	R16 120	R16 120	R32 65	R32 10	R64 10	R16 120	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=lime	W 500	R16 120	QF 108	R16 60	R32 1	R32 1	2,580	17	2
12	Daria Kasatkina	<	--Australian Open-->R64 70	<	--French Open-->R64 70	<	--Wimbledon-->R32 130	R16 1	R16 120	R16 120	R32 65	R32 65	R32 65	R32 10	R64 10	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	QF 108	R16 60	R64 10	2,379	18	1
13	Anna Kalinskaya	<	--Australian Open-->QF 430	<	--French Open-->R64 70	<	--Wimbledon-->R16 240		R16 120	R16 120	R32 65	R32 65	R32 65	R64 10	bgcolor=thistle	F 680	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	R16 85	R32 32	Q2 13	R64 10	R32 1		2,331	16	0
14	Marta Kostyuk	<	--Australian Open-->QF 430	<	--French Open-->R64 70	<	--Wimbledon-->R32 130		bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 120	R16 120	R64 10	R64 10		R32 65	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	QF 108	R32 32	R32 1	R32 1		2,137	15	0
15	Victoria Azarenka	<	--Australian Open-->R16 240	<	--French Open-->R64 70	A 0		bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	QF 215	R16 120	R32 65	R64 10		QF 215	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108	QF 108	R32 65			1,996	13	0
16	Diana Shnaider	<	--Australian Open-->R128 10	<	--French Open-->R128 10	<	--Wimbledon-->R32 130	R64 1	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 120	R32 65	R64 35	R64 35	R64 10	R64 30	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=lime	W 250	bgcolor=lime	W 250	QF 54	R32 25	R32 1	Q1 1	1,917	18	3
17	Donna Vekić	<	--Australian Open-->R128 10	<	--French Open-->R32 130	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	R32 1	R64 35	R64 35	R64 10	R128 10	R64 10		R16 120	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108	R16 60	RR 40	R16 30	R32 10	1,909	17	0
18	Mirra Andreeva	<	--Australian Open-->R16 240	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	<	--Wimbledon-->R128 10		QF 215	QF 215	R128 10	R128 10			R64 10	bgcolor=lime	W 250	QF 108	QF 54	R32 1				1,903	12	1
19	Paula Badosa	<	--Australian Open-->R32 130	<	--French Open-->R32 130	<	--Wimbledon-->R16 240		bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 120	R32 65	R64 35	R128 10		R32 65	bgcolor=lime	W 500	QF 108	R16 60	R16 30	R64 10	R64 1	R32 1	1,895	16	1
20	Madison Keys	A 0	<	--French Open-->R32 130	<	--Wimbledon-->R16 240		bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	QF 215	R16 120	R32 65	R32 10			bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	R32 1					1,866	10	1

Doubles

Updated .^[3]

Rank	Team	Points												Total points	Tourn	Titles
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	bgcolor=lime	W 2000	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	bgcolor=lime	W 250	QF 215	QF 215	R32 130	QF 120	R16 10	R16 10	R16 1	5,121	12	3
2	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	bgcolor=thistle	F 1300	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=lime	W 250	R16 120	R16 10	R16 1	R16 1		4,477	11	1
3	Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	QF 215	R16 120	R16 120	QF 108	R32 10	R32 10	R16 1	4,184	14	1
4	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	bgcolor=thistle	F 1300	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=lime	W 500	QF 430	QF 215	QF 215	QF 215	QF 215	R32 130	R16 120	bgcolor=yellow	SF 108	R16 10	3,958	14	2
5	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	bgcolor=thistle	F 1300	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 240	R16 240	QF 215	R32 10	R32 10	R16 1	R16 1		3,907	11	2
6	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	R16 240	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	R32 130	R16 120	QF 108	QF 54	R32 10	3,222	18	2
7	Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195									2,625	4	1
8	Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	R16 240	R32 130	R16 120	R16 120	R32 10	R32 10				2,520	9	2
Alternates
9	Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend	bgcolor=lime	W 2000	QF 215	QF 215	R16 1									2,431	4	1
10	Demi Schuurs Luisa Stefani	bgcolor=lime	W 1000	QF 430	QF 215	QF 215	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	R16 120	R32 10	R64 10	R32 10	R32 10	R32 10	2,420	13	1
11	Barbora Krejčiková Laura Siegemund	bgcolor=thistle	F 650	QF 430	QF 430	R16 240	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	QF 108						2,248	7	0
12	Coco Gauff Kateřina Siniaková	bgcolor=lime	W 2000												2,000	1	1
13	Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	R16 240	R16 240	R16 120	R16 120	QF 108					1,978	8	1
14	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai	bgcolor=lime	W 500	bgcolor=yellow	SF 390	QF 215	R16 120	QF 54	R32 10	R64 10						1,299	7	1
15	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	R32 130	R32 130	R16 120	R16 120	R16 120	QF 108	QF 108	bgcolor=yellow	SF 98	bgcolor=yellow	SF 98	QF 54	R32 10	1,291	18	0
16	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	QF 430	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	R16 240	QF 215	R32 10								1,220	5	0
17	Marta Kostyuk Elena-Gabriela Ruse	bgcolor=yellow	SF 780	R16 240											1,020	2	0
18	Cristina Bucșa Sara Sorribes Tormo	bgcolor=lime	W 1000												1,000	1	1
18	Asia Muhammad Erin Routliffe	bgcolor=lime	W 1000												1,000	1	1
18	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel	bgcolor=thistle	F 325	R16 240	bgcolor=yellow	SF 195	R32 130	bgcolor=yellow	SF 108	R16 1	R16 1						1,000	7	0

See also

• WTA rankings
• 2024 WTA Tour
• 2024 ATP Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 WTA Rulebook. Women's Tennis Association. 13 February 2023.
2. Web site: WTA Race Singles Ranking. WTA. 1 January 2024.
3. Web site: WTA Race Doubles Ranking. WTA Tour. 1 January 2024.