WTA Finals explained

WTA Finals
Logo Size:	200px
Editions:	53 (2024)
Current:	2024 WTA Finals
Country:	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2024–26)
Tier:	WTA Finals^[1]
Surface:	Hard - outdoors
Draw:	8 / 8 (since 2014)
Prize Money:	$15.25M ^[2]
Website:	wtafinals.com
Singles:	Iga Świątek
Doubles:	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva

The WTA Finals (formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships^[3] or WTA Championships) is the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour. It is the most significant tennis event in the women's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season.

The tournament predates the WTA Tour and started in 1972 as the championship tournament of the Tour's predecessor: the Virginia Slims Circuit. Since 2003, the tournament has used a unique format not seen in other WTA Tour events: the players are separated into two groups of four, within which they each play three round-robin matches. The top two players or teams from each group after the round-robin stage move on to a knock-out format in the semifinals and final to determine the champion.

The WTA Finals has the largest prize money and ranking points after the majors. The most successful player in both singles and doubles history is Martina Navratilova, with eight singles and 13 doubles titles.

In the tournament's current format, the champion can earn a maximum of 1,500 ranking points, if they win the event as an undefeated champion in the round-robin stage.

Tournament

History

The championships were held for the first time in October 1972 in Boca Raton, Florida (USA) as a climactic event at the end of a series of tournaments sponsored by Virginia Slims, called the Virginia Slims Circuit.^[4] From 1972 to 1974, the event was held in October, before switching to March from 1975 until 1986. The WTA then decided to adopt a January–November playing season, and so the event was switched to being held at the end of each year. As a consequence, there were two championships held in 1986.

The event was held in Los Angeles, California from 1974 to 1976 before moving to Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1977. With the exception of a one-year move to Oakland, California in 1978, the Championships remained at MSG until 2000. The event then briefly moved to Munich, Germany in 2001. More recently, it moved back to Los Angeles from 2002 to 2005. The 2006 and 2007 editions were held in Madrid, Spain. Doha, Qatar hosted the 2008–2010 editions before passing the flag to Istanbul, Turkey, which hosted the 2011–2013 editions.^[5] For the right to host the 2014 edition and beyond, 43 cities expressed an interest before a short list comprising Kazan, Russia; Mexico City, Mexico; Singapore; and Tianjin, China was drawn up in late 2012.^[6] Kazan and Mexico City were ruled out in early 2013^[7] before Singapore was announced in May 2013 as the new host city for five years.^{[8] [9]} In 2018, the WTA announced the host city from 2019 to 2028 would be Shenzhen, China,^[10] however due to COVID-19 and later the disappearance of Peng Shuai, the tournament was cancelled in 2020 and had to find alternative hosting sites from 2020–2023.^{[11] [12]} In April 2024, the WTA announced that the host city from 2024–2026 would be Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[13]

Format

From 1984 to 1998, the final of the championships was a best-of-five-sets match, making it the only tournament on the women's tour to have had a best-of-five match at any round of the competition.^[14] It was the first time since the 1901 U.S. National Championships that the best-of-five format was used in women's matches.^[15] In 1999, the final reverted to being a best-of-three-sets match. From the 1974 until the 1982 edition the doubles draw consisted of four teams; then from 1983 to 2002 the draw increased to eight teams; was decreased back to four teams until 2013 and from the 2014 edition onward it has been made up of eight teams. From its first inception in 1973 until 2018 the doubles draw was played in a single elimination format. In 2015 and from 2019 until the present the doubles draw has been played in a round robin format.

Qualified players and teams participate in a round-robin format in two groups of four. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semifinals. The semifinal winners progress through to the finals where they compete for the title.

Qualification

To qualify for the WTA Finals, WTA players compete throughout the year in over 53 WTA tournaments throughout the world, as well as the four Grand Slam events. Players earn ranking points on the Porsche Race To Shenzhen leaderboard, and the top 7 singles players (and usually top 8) and top 8 doubles teams on this leaderboard at the conclusion of the year (as of the Monday following the final regular season tournament) earn the right to compete in the WTA Championships. For singles, all results from that year count towards a player's ranking. The eighth spot in singles is not guaranteed a place in the finals as the WTA has some leeway per the WTA rules.^[16]

In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from 16 tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments). 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 at least in 2 such tournaments) the best results from two WTA 1000 tournaments with 900 points maximum must be included as well as points from 6 other countable tournaments. In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year, not abiding to the mandatory Grand-Slam or Premier-level tournaments rule like for singles.^[17]

Venues

Years	City	Country	Venue	Surface	Capacity
1972–73	Boca Raton	United States	Boca Raton Hotel & Club	Clay
1974–76	Los Angeles	United States	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Carpet	14,800
1977	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden	Carpet	18,000
1978	Oakland	United States	Oakland Arena	Carpet	13,200
1979–2000	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden	Carpet	18,000
2001	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	Hard (i)	12,000
2002–05	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center	Hard (i)	17,000
2006–07	Madrid	Spain	Madrid Arena	Hard (i)	10,500
2008–10	Doha	Qatar	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex	Hard	6,911
2011–13	Istanbul	Turkey	Sinan Erdem Dome	Hard (i)	16,410
2014–18	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Hard (i)	10,000
2019	Shenzhen	China	Shenzhen Bay Sports Center	Hard (i)	12,000
2021	Guadalajara	Mexico	Panamerican Tennis Center	Hard	6,639
2022		United States	Dickies Arena	Hard (i)	14,000
2023	Cancún	Mexico	Estadio Paradisus	Hard	4,300
2024–26	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		Hard

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the 2023 WTA Finals is US$9,000,000. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.^[18]

scope=col rowspan=2	Stage	scope=col colspan=2	Prize money	scope=col rowspan=2	Points
scope=row	Singles	Doubles
scope=row	Champion	RR + $1,476,000	RR + $306,000	RR + 750
scope=row	Runner-up	RR + $756,000	RR + $144,000	RR + 330
scope=row	Semifinalist	RR + $54,000	RR + $9,000	RR
scope=row	Round robin win per match	+$198,000	+$36,000	250
scope=row	Round robin loss per match			125
scope=row	Participation Fee	$198,000	$90,000
scope=row	Alternates	$144,000	$90,000

• An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $3,078,000 in singles or $657,000 in doubles.

Since 2014, the singles and doubles winners of the tournament receive the Billie Jean King Trophy^{[19] [20]} and the Martina Navratilova trophy,^{[21] [22]} respectively.

List of finals

Singles

Year	width=250	Champion	width=250	Runner-up	width=160	Score
1972		Kerry Melville	7–5, 6–4
1973		Nancy Richey Gunter	6–3, 6–3
1974			6–3, 6–4
1975		Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–2
1976		Chris Evert	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1977		Sue Barker	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1978		Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
1979		Tracy Austin	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1980		Martina Navratilova	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1981		Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
1982		Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1983		Chris Evert	6–2, 6–0
1984^‡		Chris Evert	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1985^‡		Helena Suková	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
nowrap	1986 (Mar.)^‡		Hana Mandlíková	6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
nowrap	1986 (Nov.)^‡		Steffi Graf	7–6^(8–6), 6–3, 6–2
1987^‡		Gabriela Sabatini	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1988^‡		Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1989^‡		Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1990^‡		Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1991^‡		Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
1992^‡		Martina Navratilova	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1993^‡		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994^‡		Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1995^‡		Anke Huber	6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1996^‡		Martina Hingis	6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0
1997^‡		Mary Pierce	7–6^(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
1998^‡		Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1999		Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
2000		Monica Seles	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2001		Lindsay Davenport	walkover
2002		Serena Williams	7–5, 6–3
2003		Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–0
2004		Serena Williams	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2005		Mary Pierce	5–7, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2006		Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
2007		Maria Sharapova	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
2008		Vera Zvonareva	6–7^(5–7), 6–0, 6–2
2009		Venus Williams	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2010		Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2011		Victoria Azarenka	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2012		Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
2013		Li Na	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
2014		Simona Halep	6–3, 6–0
2015		Petra Kvitová	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2016		Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–4
2017		Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4
2018		Sloane Stephens	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2019		Elina Svitolina	6–4, 6–3
2020	bgcolor=f5f5f5 align=center colspan=3	No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Anett Kontaveit	6–3, 7–5
2022		Aryna Sabalenka	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
2023		Jessica Pegula	6–1, 6–0

Doubles

Year	width=250	Champions	width=250	Runners-up	width=160	Score
1972	No Doubles Played
1973		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–4
1974		Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–1, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5
1975		Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
1976		Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–2
1977		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7–5, 6–3
1978		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	6–4, 6–4
1979		Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–3)
1980		Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1981		Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–0, 7–6^(8–6)
1982		Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–4, 6–3
1983		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	7–5, 6–2
1984		Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–1
1985		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
1986 (Mar.)		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
1986 (Nov.)		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
1987		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–1, 6–1
1988		Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
1989		Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–2
1990		Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
1991		Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1992		Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
1993		Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–3, 7–5
1994		Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
1995		Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
1996		Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
1997		Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
1998		Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
1999		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–4
2000		Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 6–3
2001		Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2002		Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003		Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2004		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–2
2005		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
2006		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007		Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2008		Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 7–5
2009		Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6^(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
2010		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–4
2011		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
2012		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–1, 6–4
2013		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 7–5
2014		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6–1, 6–0
2015		Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–0, 6–3
2016		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2017		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
2018		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6–4, 7–5
2019		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	6–1, 6–3
2020	bgcolor=f5f5f5 align=center colspan=3	No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	6–3, 6–4
2022		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
2023		Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4

List of champions

• Current through 2023 WTA Finals (active players in bold).

Singles Titles Player Years 8 1978–79, 81, 83–86^(Nov.) 5 Steffi Graf 1987, 89, 93, 95–96 2001, 09, 12–14 4 Chris Evert 1972–73, 75, 77 3 / Monica Seles 1990–92 Kim Clijsters 2002–03, 10 2 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 1974, 76 Gabriela Sabatini 1988, 94 Martina Hingis 1998, 2000 Justine Henin 2006–07 1 Tracy Austin 1980 Sylvia Hanika 1982 Jana Novotná 1997 Lindsay Davenport 1999 Maria Sharapova 2004 Amélie Mauresmo 2005 Venus Williams 2008 Petra Kvitová 2011 Agnieszka Radwańska 2015 Dominika Cibulková 2016 Caroline Wozniacki 2017 Elina Svitolina 2018 Ashleigh Barty 2019 Garbiñe Muguruza 2021 Caroline Garcia 2022 Iga Świątek 2023 Doubles Titles Player Years 13 Martina Navratilova 1977–78, 80–86^(Nov.), 87–89, 91 10 Pam Shriver 1981–86^(Nov.), 87–89, 91 4 Billie Jean King 1974, 76, 78, 80 Lisa Raymond 2001, 05–06, 11 3 Betty Stöve 1976–77, 79 / Natasha Zvereva 1993–94, 98 Lindsay Davenport 1996–98 Liezel Huber 2007–08, 11 Cara Black 2007–08, 14 Martina Hingis 1999–00, 2015 Tímea Babos 2017–19 2 Rosemary Casals 1973–74 Margaret Court 1973, 75 Gigi Fernández 1993–94 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1992, 95 Jana Novotná 1995, 97 Anna Kournikova 1999–00 Samantha Stosur 2005–06 Nadia Petrova 2004, 12 Sania Mirza 2014–15 Kristina Mladenovic 2018–19 1 Virginia Wade 1975 Françoise Dürr 1979 Wendy Turnbull Hana Mandlíková 1986^(Mar.) Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie 1990 Helena Suková 1992 Mary Joe Fernández 1996 Rennae Stubbs 2001 Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová 2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 2003 Meghann Shaughnessy 2004 Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 2009 Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 2010 Maria Kirilenko 2012 Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 2013 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2016 Andrea Hlaváčková 2017 Barbora Krejčiková Kateřina Siniaková 2021 Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens 2022 Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 2023

Records and statistics

Note: Active players indicated in bold.

Singles

Titles 8 Martina Navratilova 5 Steffi Graf Serena Williams 4 Chris Evert 3 / Monica Seles Kim Clijsters Finals 14 / Martina Navratilova 8 Chris Evert 7 Serena Williams 6 Steffi Graf 4 Gabriela Sabatini // Monica Seles Martina Hingis Lindsay Davenport Matches won 60 / Martina Navratilova 34 Chris Evert 31 Steffi Graf 29 Serena Williams 21 Gabriela Sabatini Editions played 21 / Martina Navratilova 13 Chris Evert Steffi Graf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 12 Zina Garrison Conchita Martínez

Youngest & oldest champions

Singles^[23]	Youngest	Monica Seles		1990
	Oldest	Serena Williams		2014
Doubles	Youngest	Anna Kournikova		1999
	Oldest	Vera Zvonareva		2023

Longest and shortest matches

Singles

Best-of-five-sets system:

Best-of-three-sets system:

Doubles

Year-end championships double & triple

Winning three or two out of the four Year-ending championships since its inception in 1972: WTA Championships/Finals, Series-Ending Championships, Grand Slam Cup, WTA Tournament of Champions/Elite Trophy indicated in bold.

Double crown

Winning the Year-end championships in both singles and doubles in the same year.

No.	Player	Years won
5	Martina Navratilova	1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986^(Nov)
1	Jana Novotná	1997
	Martina Hingis	2000

Year-end championships triple

No.	Player	- style="background:#ffc;"	WTA Championships/Finals	- style="background:moccasin;"	Grand Slam Cup	- style="background:#E2FAF7;"	WTA Elite Trophy
1	Venus Williams	2008	1998	2015

WTA Championships – Series-Ending Championships Double

No.	Player	- style="background:#ffc;"	WTA Championships/Finals	- style="background:#EEE8AA;"
1	Chris Evert	1972	1977
2	Martina Navratilova	1978	1979
3	Tracy Austin	1980	1980

WTA Championships – Grand Slam Cup Double

No.	Player	- style="background:#ffc;"	WTA Championships/Finals	- style="background:moccasin;"	Grand Slam Cup
1	Serena Williams	2001
2	Venus Williams	2008

WTA Championships – WTA Elite Trophy Double

No.	Player	- style="background:#ffc;"	WTA Championships/Finals	- style="background:#E2FAF7;"
1	Venus Williams	2008	2015
2	Petra Kvitová	2011	2016
3	Ashleigh Barty	2019

Grand Slam Cup – WTA Elite Trophy Double

No.	Player	- style="background:moccasin;"	Grand Slam Cup	- style="background:#E2FAF7;"	WTA Elite Trophy
1	Venus Williams	1998	2015

Titles by country

Doubles

Note: Titles, won by a team of players from same country, count as one title, not two.

Sponsors

The event has a more than 40-year history of corporate sponsorship with the finals named after the sponsoring company.

Years	Sponsor	Name	Refs
1972–1978		Virginia Slims Championships
1979–1982		Avon Championships
1983–1994		Virginia Slims Championships
1995	None	WTA Tour Championships
1996–2000		Chase Championships
2001		Sanex Championships
2002		Home Depot Championships
2003		Bank of America WTA Tour Championships
2004	None	WTA Tour Championships
2005–2010		Sony Ericsson Championships
2011–2013	BNP Paribas and Türk Ekonomi Bankası	TEB–BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul
2014–2018	BNP Paribas and SC Global	BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global	^[24]
2019		Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen	^[25]
2021	Akron	Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara	^[26]
2022		Hologic WTA Finals Fort Worth	^[27]
2023	GNP Seguros	GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun	^[28]

See also

• Toyota Championships
• WTA Finals appearances
• WTA Elite Trophy
• ATP Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: WTA Tour 2021 Media Guide . 18 November 2021 . WTA Tour . 20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210213183447/http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/publications/2021WTAMediaGuide/2021MG_FrontTournament_FINAL.pdf . 13 February 2021 . PDF . live .
2. Web site: Saudi Arabia to host WTA Finals with record prize money for the next three years . . 4 April 2024 .
3. Web site: May 27, 2014 . WTA re-launches year-end Championships as WTA Finals . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106123130/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/PressReleases/2014/0527_WTA_Finals.pdf . November 6, 2014 . www.wtatennis.com.
4. Web site: TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup . WTA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801124814/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2014/1027/OP.pdf . 1 August 2014 . dead .
5. Web site: 2 July 2010 . 2011 Calendar Announced . 4 December 2010 . WTA Tour.
6. Web site: 29 January 2013 . WTA narrows 2014 Championships host field to three finalists . www.wtatennis.com . WTA . https://web.archive.org/web/20141208083754/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/PressReleases/2013/0129_WTA_Championships_Field_Narrowed.pdf . 8 December 2014 . dead .
7. Web site: Three cities still in running to host WTA Championships . www.wtatennis.com . WTA.
8. News: 8 May 2013 . WTA picks Singapore to host its tennis Championships from 2014 . BBC News .
9. Web site: 2021 SHISEIDO WTA FINALS SHENZHEN . 2021-11-11 . www.shiseidowtafinalsshenzhen.com.
10. News: Shenzhen, China to host WTA Finals starting in 2019 . en . 2021-12-02.
11. News: 2021-09-13 . 2021 WTA Finals moved from Shenzhen to Guadalajara . en . Reuters . 2021-12-02.
12. Web site: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/sports/tennis/wta-finals-location-saudi.html . .
13. Web site: https://twitter.com/wta/status/1775855865825722820.
14. Web site: 18 October 2013 . 40 Love History: Five Set Finals . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809121158/http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3501154/title/40-love-history-five-set-finals . 9 August 2016 . 3 June 2016 . Women's Tennis Association (WTA) . dmy-all.
15. News: 3 September 2012 . It's the Way It's (Almost) Always Been . New York Times . 26 September 2012.
16. Web site: WTA Finals and WTA Elite Trophy rules . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001231/http://www.wtatennis.com/sites/default/files/basic_page_files/2017_wta_official_rulebook_section_ix_wta_finals_wta_elite_trophy.pdf . 21 September 2017 . dead .
17. Web site: 2022 WTA Official Rulebook . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026112455/https://photoresources.wtatennis.com/wta/document/2022/01/26/125189f7-fe9f-4aaf-8ff4-88973e54bd9a/2022-WTA-Rulebook-1-26-2022-.pdf . 26 October 2022 . 31 October 2022 . WTA.
18. Web site: WTA Finals 2022: Dates, prize money, format and everything you need to know . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026214544/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2875123/wta-finals-2022-dates-prize-money-format-and-everything-you-need-to-know . 2022-10-26 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
19. Web site: 30 June 2014 . BILLIE JEAN KING NAMED OFFICIAL AMBASSADOR OF WTA FINALS IN SINGAPORE . 2021-11-08 . AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY . en.
20. Web site: Makers of Billie Jean King Trophy WTA Finals Tennis Thomas Lyte - Thomas Lyte . 2021-11-08 . www.thomaslyte.com.
21. Web site: Merrell . Chloe . 7 November 2021 . WTA Tour Finals 2021 preview: everything you need to know . 2021-11-08 . Olympics.com.
22. Web site: 4 November 2021 . Evert, Navratilova to serve as WTA Finals legend ambassadors . 2021-11-08 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
23. Web site: 9 November 2021 . WTA Finals 2021: By the Numbers - Tennis Now . 2021-11-11 . www.tennisnow.com.
24. News: 11 March 2014 . Tennis-BNP Paribas extends WTA Championship sponsorship . Reuters . Singapore .
25. News: 23 July 2019 . Shiseido signs on as title sponsor of WTA Finals Shenzhen . wtatennis.com . Shenzhen .
26. News: 21 September 2021 . WTA Finals: Making Guadalajara Before the World . smallcapnews.co.uk . Guadalajara .
27. News: 3 March 2022. Hologic partners with WTA Tour in landmark title sponsorship. wtatennis.com. Fort Worth.
28. News: 15 October 2023. GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun 2023. boletomovil.com. Cancun.