2023 WTA Finals | |
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Date | 29 October – 6 November |
Edition | 52nd (singles) / 47th (doubles) |
Draw | 8S / 8D |
Prize money | $9 million |
Surface | Hard (outdoor) |
Location | Cancún, Mexico |
Venue | Estadio Paradisus[1] |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2023 WTA Finals (officially the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun) was the professional women's championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was the 52nd edition of the singles event and the 47th edition of the doubles competition and took place in Cancún, Mexico between 29 October and 6 November, marking the return to Mexico for the second time after the 2021 edition was held in Guadalajara, and the fourth consecutive finals to be held in a different staged city (Shenzhen in 2019, Guadalajara in 2021, and Fort Worth in 2022).[2] The tournament was held on an outdoor hardcourt and was contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2023 WTA Tour.
Champions
Singles
Iga Świątek def.
Jessica Pegula, 6–1, 6–0.
This was Świątek's sixth WTA Tour title of the year and first WTA Finals title.
Doubles
Laura Siegemund /
Vera Zvonareva def.
Nicole Melichar-Martinez /
Ellen Perez, 6–4, 6–4
Tournament
Location
There were four other cities in contention to host the WTA Finals prior to Cancún's selection as the host city. These cities were Riyadh, Ostrava, Cluj-Napoca, and Washington, D.C. A temporary venue was built on the grounds of the Paradisus Cancún hotel at an estimated cost of $6 million. The stadium seats 4,300 people, the lowest capacity ever for the WTA Finals. Multiple players and coaches complained about the stadium's conditions, saying the surface was inconsistent.[3]
Qualifying
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments).[4] 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 of least two such tournaments) the best results from two WTA 1000 tournaments with 900 points for the winner must be included.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven 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:
- Greatest number of match wins
- Greatest number of matches played
- 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
Prize money and points
The total prize money for the 2023 WTA Finals is US$9 million. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.[1]
Stage | Prize money | Points | |
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Singles | Doubles[a] | ||
Champion | RR[b] + $2,232,000 | RR[b] + $450,000 | RR + 750 |
Runner-up | RR + $756,000 | RR + $144,000 | RR + 330 |
Semifinalist | RR + $54,000 | RR + $9,000 | RR |
Round robin win per match | +$198,000 | +$36,000 | 250 |
Round robin loss per match | — | — | 125 |
Participation Fee | $198,000 | $90,000 | — |
- An undefeated champion would earn the maximum 1,500 points, and $3,024,000 in singles or $648,000 in doubles.
Qualified players
Singles
# | Players | Points | Date qualified |
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1 | ![]() |
8,425 | 22 September[5] |
2 | ![]() |
7,795 | 22 September[5] |
3 | ![]() |
5,955 | 22 September[5] |
4 | ![]() |
5,865 | 22 September[5] |
5 | ![]() |
4,895 | 2 October[6] |
6 | ![]() |
3,695 | 6 October[7] |
7 | ![]() |
3,671 | 6 October[7] |
inj. | ![]() |
3,650[8] | 6 October[7] |
8 | ![]() |
3,245 | 24 October[8] |
Doubles
# | Players | Points | Date qualified |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
5,565 | 22 September[5] |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
5,130 | 2 October[6] |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
3,790 | 9 October[9] |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
3,785 | 4 October[10] |
5 | ![]() ![]() |
3,570 | 9 October[9] |
6 | ![]() ![]() |
3,405 | 22 October[11] |
7 | ![]() ![]() |
3,386 | 16 October[12] |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
3,325 | 16 October[12] |
Groupings
Singles
The singles draw of the 2023 edition of the Year-end Championships will feature one number-one and major champion, and two major finalists. The competitors were divided into two groups.
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Doubles
The doubles draw of the 2023 edition of the Year-end Championships will feature four number-ones, three major champions and two major finalist teams. The pairs were divided into two groups.
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Points breakdown
Singles
Seed | Player | Grand Slam | WTA 1000 | Best other | Total points |
Tourn | Titles | |||||||||||||
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Mandatory | Best two | |||||||||||||||||||
AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | IW | MI | MA | IT | CH | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
1† | ![]() |
W 2000 |
SF 780 |
SF 780 |
F 1300 |
F 650 |
QF 215 |
W 1000 |
R64 10 |
QF 215 |
SF 350 |
QF 190 |
W 470 |
F 305 |
R16 105 |
R16 55 |
8,425 | 15 | 3 | |
2† | ![]() |
R16 240 |
W 2000 |
QF 430 |
R16 240 |
SF 390 |
A 0 |
F 650 |
QF 215 |
W 1000 |
F 585 |
SF 350 |
W 470 |
W 470 |
SF 350 |
W 280 |
SF 125 |
7,795 | 17 | 5 |
3† | ![]() |
R16 240 |
QF 430 |
R128 10 |
W 2000 |
QF 215 |
R32 65 |
R32 65 |
R32 65 |
SF 390 |
W 900 |
SF 350 |
W 470 |
W 280 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
QF 100 |
5,955 | 18 | 4 |
4† | ![]() |
F 1300 |
R32 130 |
QF 430 |
R32 130 |
W 1000 |
F 650 |
R64 10 |
W 1000 |
SF 390 |
SF 350 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
QF 100 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
5,865 | 17 | 2 |
5† | ![]() |
QF 430 |
R32 130 |
QF 430 |
R16 240 |
R16 120 |
SF 390 |
QF 215 |
SF 185 |
R16 120 |
W 900 |
SF 350 |
W 310 |
F 305 |
F 305 |
W 280 |
SF 185 |
4,895 | 19 | 3 |
6† | ![]() |
R64 70 |
QF 430 |
F 1300 |
R16 240 |
R32 65 |
R64 10 |
A 0 |
QF 100 |
R32 65 |
QF 190 |
A 0 |
W 470 |
W 280 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
R16 105 |
3,695 | 18 | 2 |
7† | ![]() |
R32 130 |
R64 70 |
W 2000 |
QF 430 |
R16 120 |
R16 120 |
R64 65 |
R16 120 |
R64 10 |
QF 190 |
R16 105 |
SF 110 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R64 1 |
3,671 | 15 | 1 | |
–x | ![]() |
R64 70 |
F 1300 |
R128 10 |
SF 780 |
QF 215 |
R32 95 |
R64 35 |
R16 120 |
A 0 |
F 585 |
QF 190 |
R16 105 |
QF 60 |
R16 55 |
R16 30 |
3,650 | 14 | 0 | |
8† | ![]() |
R32 130 |
R128 10 |
R128 10 |
R128 10 |
SF 390 |
R64 10 |
SF 390 |
SF 105 |
QF 215 |
W 900 |
R16 105 |
F 305 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
SF 110 |
3,245 | 23 | 1 |
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
R16 240 |
R128 10 |
R64 70 |
R128 10 |
R16 120 |
R16 120 |
R16 120 |
R32 65 |
R16 55 |
W 900 |
A 0 |
W 470 |
F 305 |
F 180 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
2,775 | 19 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
R32 130 |
R64 70 |
QF 430 |
SF 780 |
R64 10 |
R32 65 |
R32 1 |
R16 120 |
A 0 |
QF 190 |
R32 60 |
W 470 |
W 210 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R32 1 |
2,737 | 16 | 2 |
Doubles
Seed | Team | Points | Total points |
Tourn | Titles | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
1† | ![]() ![]() |
W 1000 |
SF 780 |
SF 780 |
F 650 |
F 650 |
W 470 |
QF 430 |
R16 240 |
QF 190 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
5,565 | 13 | 2 | |||||
2† | ![]() ![]() |
F 1300 |
W 1000 |
W 900 |
QF 430 |
SF 350 |
SF 350 |
R16 240 |
QF 215 |
QF 215 |
R16 120 |
R16 10 |
5,130 | 12 | 2 | |||||
3† | ![]() ![]() |
F 1300 |
W 900 |
SF 390 |
F 305 |
W 280 |
QF 215 |
R32 130 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
QF 60 |
R32 10 |
3,790 | 21 | 2 | |||||
4† | ![]() ![]() |
W 2000 |
W 1000 |
W 470 |
R32 130 |
QF 105 |
QF 60 |
R16 10 |
R64 10 |
3,785 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
5† | ![]() ![]() |
F 585 |
W 470 |
W 470 |
QF 430 |
SF 390 |
SF 350 |
R16 240 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
R32 130 |
R32 130 |
3,570 | 18 | 2 | |||||
6† | ![]() ![]() |
F 1300 |
W 470 |
QF 430 |
W 280 |
W 280 |
QF 215 |
SF 185 |
R16 120 |
R16 105 |
R64 10 |
R32 10 |
3,405 | 14 | 3 | |||||
7† | ![]() ![]() |
W 2000 |
F 585 |
W 470 |
SF 110 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
R16 10 |
R16 1 |
3,386 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
8† | ![]() ![]() |
SF 780 |
F 585 |
SF 390 |
F 305 |
QF 215 |
QF 190 |
SF 185 |
SF 185 |
F 180 |
F 180 |
R32 130 |
3,325 | 24 | 0 | |||||
Alternates | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ![]() ![]() |
F 1300 |
F 650 |
QF 430 |
SF 390 |
QF 190 |
R32 130 |
R16 120 |
QF 100 |
3,310 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() ![]() |
W 2000 |
SF 780 |
R16 105 |
QF 60 |
R32 10 |
2,955 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
22 | ![]() ![]() |
R16 240 |
R16 240 |
SF 185 |
R32 130 |
QF 100 |
R32 10 |
905 | 6 | 0 |
Head-to-head records
Below are the singles head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
Singles
Sabalenka | Świątek | Gauff | Rybakina | Pegula | Jabeur | Vondroušová | Sakkari | Overall | YTD W–L | ||
1 | ![]() |
3–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 27–19 | 54–12 | |
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2 | ![]() |
5–3 | 8–1 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 27–15 | 63–11 | |
3 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 15–18 | 49–13 | |
4 | ![]() |
2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 10–13 | 46–13 | |
5 | ![]() |
1–4 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 14–21 | 55–17 | |
6 | ![]() |
2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 18–21 | 34–15 | |
7 | ![]() |
2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 9–13 | 38–14 | |
8 | ![]() |
3–6 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 19–19 | 38–22 |
Doubles
Gauff Pegula |
Hunter Mertens |
Aoyama Shibahara |
Krejčíková Siniaková |
Krawczyk Schuurs |
Siegemund Zvonareva |
Dabrowski Routliffe |
Melichar Perez |
Overall | YTD W–L | ||
1 | ![]() ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–6 | 35–9 | |
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2 | ![]() ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 28–10 | |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 25–19 | |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 9–2 | 17–6 | |
5 | ![]() ![]() |
2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 27–15 | |
6 | ![]() ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 25–11 | |
7 | ![]() ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 17–7 | |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–8 | 27–24 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "PREVIEW NOTES | GNP SEGUROS WTA FINALS | CANCUN, MEXICO" (PDF). WTA Tour. 2023-10-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "2023 edition of the WTA Finals to be held in Cancún, Mexico". WTA. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Futterman, Matthew (2023-10-30). "WTA facing rebellion from numerous top players over pay and conditions on women's tour". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "2022 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "First qualifiers announced for 2023 WTA Finals in Cancun". Women's Tennis Association. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Pegula and doubles team of Hunter & Mertens qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Vondrousova, Jabeur and Muchova secure qualification for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Karolina Muchova withdraws from WTA Finals; Sakkari to enter field". WTA Tour. October 24, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ a b "Krawczyk and Schuurs, Aoyama and Shibahara qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Krejcikova, Siniakova qualify for 2023 WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Siegemund and Zvonareva win Nanchang title and qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ a b "WTA announces latest doubles pairs to secure spots for the Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.