This article lists the appearances of all participants in the women's tennis singles WTA Finals since the tournament's inception in 1972.
Since 2003, the tournament has pitted the top eight players on the WTA tour against each other in two groups in which they play three round-robin matches. Two players from each group advance to the semifinals, and the winners to the finals.
Participants are listed in order of number of appearances. When there are more than eight players listed for any year since 2003, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, her place is filled by the next-highest qualifier.
| Player | | Titles | width=350 | Year(s) (titles in bold) | Qualified but not played |
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/ Martina Navratilova | 21 | 8 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November),[1] 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 | 1990 |
| Steffi Graf | 13 | 5 | 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 | 1999 |
| Chris Evert | 13 | 4 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1987, 1988 | |
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 13 | 0 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | |
| Zina Garrison | 12 | 0 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | |
| Conchita Martínez | 12 | 0 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 | |
 Gabriela Sabatini | 11 | 2 | 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 | |
| Lindsay Davenport | 11 | 1 | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 | 2003 |
 Helena Suková | 11 | 0 | 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | |
| Jana Novotná | 10 | 1 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | |
| / Manuela Maleeva | 10 | 0 | 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | |
 Elena Dementieva | 10 | 0 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 | |
| Serena Williams | 9 | 5 | 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 | 1999, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2016 |
| // Monica Seles | 9 | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 | 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 |
 Nathalie Tauziat | 9 | 0 | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | |
| Maria Sharapova | 8 | 1 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 | 2013 |
 Agnieszka Radwańska | 8 | 1 | 2008(A), 2009(A), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
 Virginia Wade | 8 | 0 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 | |
 Wendy Turnbull | 8 | 0 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March) | |
| Pam Shriver | 8 | 0 | 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988 | |
| / Hana Mandlíková | 8 | 0 | 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1989 | |
| Amanda Coetzer | 8 | 0 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | |
 Kim Clijsters | 7 | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 | |
| Sylvia Hanika | 7 | 1 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 | |
| Petra Kvitová | 7 | 1 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 | |
| Rosie Casals | 7 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 | |
| Mary Joe Fernández | 7 | 0 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 | 1994 |
| Anke Huber | 7 | 0 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 | 2000 |
| Jennifer Capriati | 7 | 0 | 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 | 1993 |
| Mary Pierce | 7 | 0 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005 | 2000 |
| Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 2 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983 | 1973 |
| Martina Hingis | 6 | 2 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006 | 2001, 2002 |
| Amélie Mauresmo | 6 | 1 | 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | 2000, 2002 |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 1 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018 | |
| Betty Stöve | 6 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 | |
| Barbara Potter | 6 | 0 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (March), 1988 | |
/ / Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 0 | 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 0 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016 | |
| Justine Henin | 5 | 2 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 | 2004, 2005 |
| Venus Williams | 5 | 1 | 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2017 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010 |
| Françoise Dürr | 5 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 | |
| Billie Jean King | 5 | 0 | 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983 | 1973 |
| Bettina Bunge | 5 | 0 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 (November), 1987 | |
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 5 | 0 | 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988 | |
| Lori McNeil | 5 | 0 | 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 | |
| Katerina Maleeva | 5 | 0 | 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992 | |
| Vera Zvonareva | 5 | 0 | 2004, 2008, 2009(A), 2010, 2011 | |
| Jelena Janković | 5 | 0 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 | |
| Victoria Azarenka | 5 | 0 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 | |
| Angelique Kerber | 5 | 0 | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 | |
 Simona Halep | 5 | 0 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | 2018 |
| Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 0 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 1 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 | |
| Julie Heldman | 4 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 | |
| Lesley Hunt | 4 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976 | |
| Kathy Jordan | 4 | 0 | 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985 | |
| Kathy Rinaldi | 4 | 0 | 1983, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November) | |
 Catarina Lindqvist | 4 | 0 | 1985, 1986 (November), 1987, 1989 | |
| Julie Halard | 4 | 0 | 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000 | |
| Sandrine Testud | 4 | 0 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | |
| Magdalena Maleeva | 4 | 0 | 1993, 1995, 2001, 2002 | 1994 |
| Chanda Rubin | 4 | 0 | 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 | |
| Tracy Austin | 3 | 1 | 1979, 1980, 1983 | |
 Elina Svitolina | 3 | 1 | 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
| Iga Świątek | 3 | 1 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| Karen Krantzcke | 3 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974 | |
| Valerie Ziegenfuss | 3 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1974 | |
| Wendy Overton | 3 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1975 | |
| Kathy Kuykendall | 3 | 0 | 1973, 1974, 1975 | |
| Kerry Reid | 3 | 0 | 1972, 1973, 1978 | |
| Sue Barker | 3 | 0 | 1976, 1977, 1979 | |
| Mima Jaušovec | 3 | 0 | 1976, 1977, 1982 | |
| Andrea Jaeger | 3 | 0 | 1981, 1983, 1984 | |
 Carling Bassett | 3 | 0 | 1984, 1985, 1986 (March) | |
 Raffaella Reggi | 3 | 0 | 1986 (November), 1987, 1989 | |
 Kimiko Date | 3 | 0 | 1994, 1995, 1996 | |
| Iva Majoli | 3 | 0 | 1994, 1995, 1996 | |
| Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 3 | 0 | 1994, 1995, 1996 | |
| Anna Kournikova | 3 | 0 | 1998, 1999, 2000 | |
| Anastasia Myskina | 3 | 0 | 2002, 2003, 2004 | |
| Patty Schnyder | 3 | 0 | 1998, 2002, 2005 | |
| Nadia Petrova | 3 | 0 | 2005, 2006, 2008(A) | |
| Samantha Stosur | 3 | 0 | 2010, 2011, 2012(A) | |
 Li Na | 3 | 0 | 2011, 2012, 2013 | |
 Ana Ivanovic | 3 | 0 | 2007, 2008, 2014 | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 3 | 0 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| Maria Sakkari | 3 | 0 | 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| Caroline Garcia | 2 | 1 | 2017, 2022 | |
| Jeanne Evert | 2 | 0 | 1972, 1973 | |
| Nancy Richey | 2 | 0 | 1972, 1973 | |
| Laurie Fleming Rowley | 2 | 0 | 1972, 1973 | |
| Helen Gourlay | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1974 | |
| Pam Teeguarden | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1974 | |
| Nancy Gunter | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1975 | |
| Janet Newberry | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1975 | |
| Mona Schallau | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1975 | |
| Marcie Louie | 2 | 0 | 1974, 1975 | |
| Carrie Meyer | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1976 | |
| Olga Morozova | 2 | 0 | 1975, 1976 | |
| Kristien Shaw | 2 | 0 | 1973, 1977 | |
| Greer Stevens | 2 | 0 | 1979, 1980 | |
| Virginia Ruzici | 2 | 0 | 1983, 1984 | |
 Andrea Temesvári | 2 | 0 | 1984, 1985 | |
| Bonnie Gadusek | 2 | 0 | 1983, 1986 (March) | |
| Terry Phelps | 2 | 0 | 1986 (March), 1986 (November) | |
| Helen Kelesi | 2 | 0 | 1988, 1989 | |
 Barbara Paulus | 2 | 0 | 1990, 1996 | |
| Judith Wiesner | 2 | 0 | 1990, 1996 | |
| Irina Spîrlea | 2 | 0 | 1996, 1998 | |
| Dominique Monami | 2 | 0 | 1998, 1999 | |
| Amy Frazier | 2 | 0 | 1992, 2000 | |
| Elena Likhovtseva | 2 | 0 | 1999, 2000 | |
| Jelena Dokić | 2 | 0 | 2001, 2002 | |
| Silvia Farina Elia | 2 | 0 | 2001, 2002 | |
 Daniela Hantuchová | 2 | 0 | 2002, 2007 | |
| Dinara Safina | 2 | 0 | 2008, 2009 | |
| Marion Bartoli | 2 | 0 | 2007(A), 2011(A) | |
| Sara Errani | 2 | 0 | 2012, 2013 | |
| Naomi Osaka | 2 | 0 | 2018, 2019 | |
| Kiki Bertens | 2 | 0 | 2018, 2019(A) | |
| Coco Gauff | 2 | 0 | 2022, 2023 | |
 Ons Jabeur | 2 | 0 | 2022, 2023 | |
| Jessica Pegula | 2 | 0 | 2022, 2023 | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 1 | 1 | 2016 | |
| Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2021 |
| Margaret Court | 1 | 0 | 1972 | 1973 |
| Wendy Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 1972 | |
| Jennifer Balent | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Barbara Downs | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Laura duPont | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Carrie Fleming | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Tory Fretz | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Kerry Harris | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Laura Rossouw | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Jill Schwikert | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Robin Tenney | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Janet Wass | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Tine Zwaan | 1 | 0 | 1973 | |
| Raquel Giscafré | 1 | 0 | 1975 | |
| Sue Stap | 1 | 0 | 1975 | |
| Natasha Chmyreva | 1 | 0 | 1976 | |
| Cynthia Doerner | 1 | 0 | 1976 | |
| Terry Holladay | 1 | 0 | 1976 | |
| Marita Redondo | 1 | 0 | 1976 | |
| Dianne Fromholtz | 1 | 0 | 1979 | |
| Leslie Allen | 1 | 0 | 1981 | |
| Anne Smith | 1 | 0 | 1982 | |
| Jo Durie | 1 | 0 | 1984 | |
| Kathleen Horvath | 1 | 0 | 1984 | |
| Lisa Bonder | 1 | 0 | 1985 | |
| Melissa Gurney | 1 | 0 | 1986 (November) | |
| Larisa Savchenko | 1 | 0 | 1988 | |
| Gretchen Magers | 1 | 0 | 1989 | |
| Sabine Hack | 1 | 0 | 1994 | |
| Karina Habšudová | 1 | 0 | 1996 | |
| Barbara Schett | 1 | 0 | 1999 | |
| Meghann Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 2001 | |
 Anna Smashnova | 1 | 0 | 2002 | |
| Ai Sugiyama | 1 | 0 | 2003 | |
| Anna Chakvetadze | 1 | 0 | 2007 | |
| Francesca Schiavone | 1 | 0 | 2010 | |
| Eugenie Bouchard | 1 | 0 | 2014 | |
| Flavia Pennetta | 1 | 0 | 2015 | |
| Lucie Šafářová | 1 | 0 | 2015 | |
| Madison Keys | 1 | 0 | 2016 | |
| Jeļena Ostapenko | 1 | 0 | 2017 | |
| Sloane Stephens | 1 | 0 | 2018 | |
| Bianca Andreescu | 1 | 0 | 2019 | |
| Belinda Bencic | 1 | 0 | 2019 | |
| Sofia Kenin | 1 | 0 | 2019(A) | |
| Paula Badosa | 1 | 0 | 2021 | |
 Anett Kontaveit | 1 | 0 | 2021 | |
| Barbora Krejčíková | 1 | 0 | 2021 | |
| Daria Kasatkina | 1 | 0 | 2022 | |
 Elena Rybakina | 1 | 0 | 2023 | |
| Markéta Vondroušová | 1 | 0 | 2023 | |
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