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The tournament was contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking its return to Asia for the first time since 2019, and the fifth consecutive finals to be held in a different city (Shenzhen in 2019, Guadalajara in 2021, Fort Worth in 2022, and Cancún ...
Zheng became the second Chinese player to reach the final, after Li Na in 2013, the first player to reach the final on tournament debut since Anett Kontaveit in 2021, and youngest to reach the final on debut since Petra Kvitová in 2011. [9] Paolini was the only player in this edition to qualify for both the singles and doubles tournaments. [10]
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 WTA Finals are being held in Saudi Arabia for the first time - a move which has been criticised by some because of the country's human rights record. Sabalenka falls apart against Rybakina
Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe defeated Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2024 WTA Finals. [1] Dabrowski and Routliffe saved a match point in their round-robin match against Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini , and became the first Canadian and New Zealand players ...
By winning the title, Świątek regained the WTA No. 1 ranking from Aryna Sabalenka. Caroline Garcia was the reigning champion, [3] but did not qualify this year. No previous champions qualified for this year's tournament, guaranteeing a first-time WTA Finals champion.
In 2021, Channel 4 made a last-minute deal with rights-holder Amazon Prime to show live coverage of the final of the 2021 US Open – Women's Singles after Britain’s Emma Raducanu reaches the final. This is the first time since the late 1980s that tennis has been shown on Channel 4. [104]
Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday. Zheng threatened a comeback but Gauff took the ...