WTA Finals

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.

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WTA Finals
2024 WTA Finals

Tournament information
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Editions	53 (2024)
Location	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2024–26)
Category	WTA Finals^[1]
Surface	Hard - outdoors
Draw	8S / 8D (since 2014)
Prize money	$15.25M ^[2]
Website	wtafinals.com
Current champions (2024)
Singles	Coco Gauff
Doubles	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe

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

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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.^[9]

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, players compete throughout the year in WTA events throughout the world, as well as the ITF-sanctioned events, such as the four Grand Slams. Players earn ranking points on the leaderboard, and the top seven singles players and top seven doubles teams on this leaderboard at the conclusion of the WTA season (as of the Monday following the final regular season tournament) earn the right to compete in the WTA Finals. The eighth spot in the WTA Finals is awarded to the highest-ranking Grand Slam winner (and highest-ranking Grand Slam winning team for doubles) ranked 8-20 in the standings. If no player (and/or doubles team) meets this criterion, then the 8th ranked player (and/or doubles team) in the standings qualifies.^[16]

In singles, point totals are calculated by combining points from up to 18 tournaments. Of these tournaments, a player's point total is calculated based on the following: the four Grand Slam events, best six results of the seven combined WTA 1000 tournaments, best result of the three non-combined WTA 1000 tournaments, and lastly the next best seven results from all non-125 WTA tournaments. In doubles, point totals are calculated by the 12 best results among any of the non-125 WTA tournaments and Grand Slams.^[17]

Venues

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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	Fort Worth	United States	Dickies Arena	Hard (i)	14,000
2023	Cancún	Mexico	Estadio Paradisus	Hard	4,300
2024–26	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	King Saud University Indoor Arena	Hard

Prize money and points

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The total prize money for the 2024 WTA Finals is US$15,250,000, an increase of 69.44% compared to the 2023 edition.^[18] The tables below break down the prize money, participation fees are prorated on a per match basis.

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Stage	Prize money		Points
Stage	Singles	Doubles^[a]	Points
Champion	RR^[b] + $2,500,000	RR^[b] + $520,000	RR + 900
Runner-up	RR + $1,270,000	RR + $255,000	RR + 400
Round robin win per match	+$350,000	+$70,000	200
Participation Fee	$335,000	$140,000	—
Alternates	$250,000	$106,000	—

Prize money for doubles is per team.
RR means prize money or points won in the round-robin round.

An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points and $3,885,000 in singles or $870,000 in doubles.
Participation fees are prorated on a per match basis. Singles: 1 match = $225,000 2 matches = $275,000 and 3 matches = $335,000. Doubles: 1 match = $94,000 2 matches = $116,000 and 3 matches = $140,000.
Alternate fees are also prorated on a per-match basis. Singles: 0 matches = $140,000, 1 match = $200,000, 2 matches = $250,000. Doubles: 0 matches= $60,000, 1 match = $84,000, 2 matches= $106,000

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

‡ From 1984 to 1998, the final match in singles was held in a best-of-five-sets format.^[9]

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Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Chris Evert (1/4)	Kerry Melville	7–5, 6–4
1973	Chris Evert (2/4)	Nancy Richey Gunter	6–3, 6–3
1974	Evonne Goolagong (1/2)	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–4
1975	Chris Evert (3/4)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–2
1976	Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2/2)	Chris Evert	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1977	Chris Evert (4/4)	Sue Barker	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1978	Martina Navratilova (1/8)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
1979	Martina Navratilova (2/8)	Tracy Austin	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1980	Tracy Austin (1/1)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1981	Martina Navratilova (3/8)	Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
1982	Sylvia Hanika (1/1)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1983	Martina Navratilova (4/8)	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–0
1984^‡	Martina Navratilova (5/8)	Chris Evert	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1985^‡	Martina Navratilova (6/8)	Helena Suková	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1986 (Mar.)^‡	Martina Navratilova (7/8)	Hana Mandlíková	6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
1986 (Nov.)^‡	Martina Navratilova (8/8)	Steffi Graf	7–6^(8–6), 6–3, 6–2
1987^‡	Steffi Graf (1/5)	Gabriela Sabatini	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1988^‡	Gabriela Sabatini (1/2)	Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1989^‡	Steffi Graf (2/5)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1990^‡	Monica Seles (1/3)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1991^‡	Monica Seles (2/3)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
1992^‡	Monica Seles (3/3)	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1993^‡	Steffi Graf (3/5)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994^‡	Gabriela Sabatini (2/2)	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1995^‡	Steffi Graf (4/5)	Anke Huber	6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1996^‡	Steffi Graf (5/5)	Martina Hingis	6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0
1997^‡	Jana Novotná (1/1)	Mary Pierce	7–6^(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
1998^‡	Martina Hingis (1/2)	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1999	Lindsay Davenport (1/1)	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
2000	Martina Hingis (2/2)	Monica Seles	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2001	Serena Williams (1/5)	Lindsay Davenport	walkover
2002	Kim Clijsters (1/3)	Serena Williams	7–5, 6–3
2003	Kim Clijsters (2/3)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–0
2004	Maria Sharapova (1/1)	Serena Williams	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2005	Amélie Mauresmo (1/1)	Mary Pierce	5–7, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2006	Justine Henin (1/2)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
2007	Justine Henin (2/2)	Maria Sharapova	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
2008	Venus Williams (1/1)	Vera Zvonareva	6–7^(5–7), 6–0, 6–2
2009	Serena Williams (2/5)	Venus Williams	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2010	Kim Clijsters (3/3)	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2011	Petra Kvitová (1/1)	Victoria Azarenka	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2012	Serena Williams (3/5)	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
2013	Serena Williams (4/5)	Li Na	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
2014	Serena Williams (5/5)	Simona Halep	6–3, 6–0
2015	Agnieszka Radwańska (1/1)	Petra Kvitová	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
2016	Dominika Cibulková (1/1)	Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–4
2017	Caroline Wozniacki (1/1)	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4
2018	Elina Svitolina (1/1)	Sloane Stephens	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2019	Ashleigh Barty (1/1)	Elina Svitolina	6–4, 6–3
2020	No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Garbiñe Muguruza (1/1)	Anett Kontaveit	6–3, 7–5
2022	Caroline Garcia (1/1)	Aryna Sabalenka ^[a]	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
2023	Iga Świątek (1/1)	Jessica Pegula	6–1, 6–0
2024	Coco Gauff (1/1)	Zheng Qinwen	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

Doubles

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Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	No Doubles Played
1973	Rosemary Casals (1/2) Margaret Court (1/2)	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–4
1974	Rosemary Casals (2/2) Billie Jean King (1/4)	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6–1, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5
1975	Margaret Court (2/2) Virginia Wade (1/1)	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
1976	Billie Jean King (2/4) Betty Stöve (1/3)	Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–2
1977	Martina Navratilova (1/13) Betty Stöve (2/3)	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7–5, 6–3
1978	Billie Jean King (3/4) Martina Navratilova (2/13)	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	6–4, 6–4
1979	Françoise Dürr (1/1) Betty Stöve (3/3)	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–3)
1980	Billie Jean King (4/4) Martina Navratilova (3/13)	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1981	Martina Navratilova (4/13) Pam Shriver (1/10)	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–0, 7–6^(8–6)
1982	Martina Navratilova (5/13) Pam Shriver (2/10)	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–4, 6–3
1983	Martina Navratilova (6/13) Pam Shriver (3/10)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	7–5, 6–2
1984	Martina Navratilova (7/13) Pam Shriver (4/10)	Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–1
1985	Martina Navratilova (8/13) Pam Shriver (5/10)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
1986 (Mar.)	Hana Mandlíková (1/1) Wendy Turnbull (1/1)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
1986 (Nov.)	Martina Navratilova (9/13) Pam Shriver (6/10)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
1987	Martina Navratilova (10/13) Pam Shriver (7/10)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–1, 6–1
1988	Martina Navratilova (11/13) Pam Shriver (8/10)	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
1989	Martina Navratilova (12/13) Pam Shriver (9/10)	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–2
1990	Kathy Jordan (1/1) Elizabeth Smylie (1/1)	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
1991	Martina Navratilova (13/13) Pam Shriver (10/10)	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1/2) Helena Suková (1/1)	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
1993	Gigi Fernández (1/2) Natalia Zvereva (1/3)	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–3, 7–5
1994	Gigi Fernández (2/2) Natasha Zvereva (2/3)	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
1995	Jana Novotná (1/2) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (2/2)	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
1996	Lindsay Davenport (1/3) Mary Joe Fernández (1/1)	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
1997	Lindsay Davenport (2/3) Jana Novotná (2/2)	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
1998	Lindsay Davenport (3/3) Natasha Zvereva (3/3)	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
1999	Martina Hingis (1/3) Anna Kournikova (1/2)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–4
2000	Martina Hingis (2/3) Anna Kournikova (2/2)	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 6–3
2001	Lisa Raymond (1/4) Rennae Stubbs (1/1)	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2002	Elena Dementieva (1/1) Janette Husárová (1/1)	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual (1/1) Paola Suárez (1/1)	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2004	Nadia Petrova (1/2) Meghann Shaughnessy (1/1)	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–2
2005	Lisa Raymond (2/4) Samantha Stosur (1/2)	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
2006	Lisa Raymond (3/4) Samantha Stosur (2/2)	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007	Cara Black (1/3) Liezel Huber (1/3)	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2008	Cara Black (2/3) Liezel Huber (2/3)	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 7–5
2009	Nuria Llagostera Vives (1/1) María José Martínez Sánchez (1/1)	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6^(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
2010	Gisela Dulko (1/1) Flavia Pennetta (1/1)	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–4
2011	Liezel Huber (3/3) Lisa Raymond (4/4)	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
2012	Maria Kirilenko (1/1) Nadia Petrova (2/2)	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–1, 6–4
2013	Hsieh Su-wei (1/1) Peng Shuai (1/1)	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 7–5
2014	Cara Black (3/3) Sania Mirza (1/2)	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6–1, 6–0
2015	Martina Hingis (3/3) Sania Mirza (2/2)	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–0, 6–3
2016	Ekaterina Makarova (1/1) Elena Vesnina (1/1)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2017	Tímea Babos (1/3) Andrea Hlaváčková (1/1)	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
2018	Tímea Babos (2/3) Kristina Mladenovic (1/2)	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6–4, 7–5
2019	Tímea Babos (3/3) Kristina Mladenovic (2/2)	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	6–1, 6–3
2020	No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Barbora Krejčíková (1/1) Kateřina Siniaková (1/1)	Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens	6–3, 6–4
2022	Veronika Kudermetova ^[b] (1/1) Elise Mertens (1/1)	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
2023	Laura Siegemund (1/1) Vera Zvonareva ^[b] (1/1)	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4
2024	Gabriela Dabrowski (1/1) Erin Routliffe (1/1)	Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend	7–5, 6–3

On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Aryna Sabalenka thus competed as neutral player since then.^[23]
On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Veronika Kudermetova and Vera Zvonareva thus competed as neutral players since then and their first and only titles are not attributed to Russia in the "Titles by country" list.^[24]

List of champions

Current through 2024 WTA Finals (active players in bold).

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Singles

Titles	Player	Years
8	Martina Navratilova	1978–79, 81, 83–86^(Nov.)^[a]^[b]
5	Steffi Graf	1987, 89, 93, 95–96
5	Serena Williams	2001, 09, 12–14
4	Chris Evert	1972–73, 75, 77
3	/ Monica Seles	1990–92
3	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
	Coco Gauff	2024

Doubles

Titles	Player	Years
13	Martina Navratilova	1977–78, 80–86^(Nov.),^[b] 87–89, 91
10	Pam Shriver	1981–86^(Nov.),^[b] 87–89, 91
4	Billie Jean King	1974, 76, 78, 80
4	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.)^[a]
	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 ^[c] Elise Mertens	2022
	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva ^[c]	2023
	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	2024

In 1986 the WTA adopted a January–November playing season, thereby the event switched to being held at the end of each year. Consequently, there were two championships held in 1986. First edition was played in March.^[d]
Second edition was played in November.
On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Veronika Kudermetova and Vera Zvonareva thus competed as neutral players since then and their first and only titles are not attributed to Russia in the "Titles by country" list.^[25]
"About WTA Finals". Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara. Archived from the original on 2021-11-11.

Records and statistics

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Note: Active players indicated in bold.

Singles

More information #, Titles ...

#	Titles
8	Martina Navratilova
5	Steffi Graf
5	Serena Williams
4	Chris Evert
3	/ Monica Seles
3	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
12	Conchita Martínez

Youngest & oldest champions

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Singles^[26]	Youngest	Monica Seles	16 years, 11 months	1990
Singles^[26]	Oldest	Serena Williams	33 years, 1 month	2014
Doubles	Youngest	Anna Kournikova	18 years, 5 months	1999
Doubles	Oldest	Vera Zvonareva ^[a]	39 years, 1 month	2023

On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Veronika Kudermetova and Vera Zvonareva thus competed as neutral players since then and their first and only titles are not attributed to Russia in the "Titles by country" list.^[27]

Longest and shortest matches

Singles

Best-of-five-sets system:

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Longest match by time played
1990 final, 3 hours and 47 minutes^[28]^[29]
Monica Seles	6	5	3	6	6
Gabriela Sabatini	4	7	6	4	2

Best-of-three-sets system:

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Longest match by time played^[30]
2012 round robin, 3 hours and 29 minutes
Agnieszka Radwańska	6⁶	7	6
Sara Errani	7⁸	5	4


Longest match by games won^[30]
2017 round robin, 37 games
Venus Williams	7	6³	7
Jeļena Ostapenko	5	7⁷	5


Shortest match by games won
2007 round robin, 12 games
Justine Henin	6	6
Marion Bartoli	0	0

Doubles

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Longest match by games won
1985 final, 36 games
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6⁴	6	7⁷
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7⁷	4	6⁵


Shortest match by games won
2014 final, 13 games
Cara Black Sania Mirza	6	6
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	1	0

Year-end championships double & triple

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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.