2023 WTA Finals

Main article: WTA Finals

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.

2023 WTA Finals
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
Iga Świątek
Doubles
Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2023 WTA Finals – 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

Main article: 2023 WTA Finals – 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:

1. Greatest number of match wins
2. Greatest number of matches played
3. 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
	Singles	Doubles[lower-alpha 1]
Champion	RR[lower-alpha 2] + $2,232,000	RR[lower-alpha 2] + $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	—

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

• 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
1	Aryna Sabalenka	8,425	22 September[5]
2	Iga Świątek	7,795	22 September[5]
3	Coco Gauff	5,955	22 September[5]
4	Elena Rybakina	5,865	22 September[5]
5	Jessica Pegula	4,895	2 October[6]
6	Ons Jabeur	3,695	6 October[7]
7	Markéta Vondroušová	3,671	6 October[7]
inj.	Karolína Muchová	3,650[8]	6 October[7]
8	Maria Sakkari	3,245	24 October[8]

A. Sabalenka

I. Świątek

C. Gauff

E. Rybakina

J. Pegula

O. Jabeur

M. Vondroušová

M. Sakkari

Doubles

#	Players	Points	Date qualified
1	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	5,565	22 September[5]
2	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens	5,130	2 October[6]
3	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	3,790	9 October[9]
4	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	3,785	4 October[10]
5	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	3,570	9 October[9]
6	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	3,405	22 October[11]
7	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	3,386	16 October[12]
8	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	3,325	16 October[12]

Gauff

Pegula

Hunter

Mertens

Aoyama

Shibahara

Krejčíková

Siniaková

Krawczyk

Schuurs

Siegemund

Zvonareva

Dabrowski

Routliffe

Melichar

Perez

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.

Bacalar Group Aryna Sabalenka [1] Elena Rybakina [4] Jessica Pegula [5] Maria Sakkari [8]

Chetumal Group Iga Świątek [2] Coco Gauff [3] Ons Jabeur [6] Markéta Vondroušová [7]

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.

Mahahual Group Coco Gauff [1] Jessica Pegula [1] Barbora Krejčíková [4] Kateřina Siniaková [4] Laura Siegemund [6] Vera Zvonareva [6] Gabriela Dabrowski [7] Erin Routliffe [7]

Maya Ka'an Group Storm Hunter [2] Elise Mertens [2] Shuko Aoyama [3] Ena Shibahara [3] Desirae Krawczyk [5] Demi Schuurs [5] Nicole Melichar-Martinez [8] Ellen Perez [8]

Points breakdown

Singles

† Player qualified for WTA Finals

^x Player withdrew due to injury

  Player qualified as alternate but chose not to play

Seed	Player	Grand Slam				WTA 1000							Best other					Total    points	Tourn	Titles
						Mandatory					Best two
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	IW	MI	MA	IT	CH	1	2	1	2	3	4	5
1†	Aryna Sabalenka	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†	Iga Świątek	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†	Coco Gauff	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†	Elena Rybakina	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†	Jessica Pegula	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†	Ons Jabeur	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†	Markéta Vondroušová	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	Karolína Muchová	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†	Maria Sakkari	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	Barbora Krejčíková	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	Madison Keys	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

† Team qualified for WTA Finals

  Team qualified as alternates but chose not to play

Seed	Team	Points											Total    points	Tourn	Titles
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1†	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	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†	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens	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†	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	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†	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	W 2000	W 1000	W 470	R32 130	QF 105	QF 60	R16 10	R64 10				3,785	8	3
5†	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	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†	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	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†	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	W 2000	F 585	W 470	SF 110	R16 105	R16 105	R16 10	R16 1				3,386	8	2
8†	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	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	Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend	F 1300	F 650	QF 430	SF 390	QF 190	R32 130	R16 120	QF 100				3,310	8	0
10	Hsieh Su-wei Wang Xinyu	W 2000	SF 780	R16 105	QF 60	R32 10							2,955	5	1
22	Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová	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	Aryna Sabalenka		3–5	2–4	4–2	4–1	4–2	4–2	6–3	27–19	54–12
2	Iga Świątek	5–3		8–1	1–3	5–3	4–2	2–0	2–3	27–15	63–11
3	Coco Gauff	4–2	1–8		1–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	3–4	15–18	49–13
4	Elena Rybakina	2–4	3–1	0–1		1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	10–13	46–13
5	Jessica Pegula	1–4	3–5	2–1	2–1		2–4	0–1	4–5	14–21	55–17
6	Ons Jabeur	2–4	2–4	2–3	3–2	4–2		3–4	2–2	18–21	34–15
7	Markéta Vondroušová	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–3		1–1	9–13	38–14
8	Maria Sakkari	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	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula		1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	7–6	35–9
2	Storm Hunter Elise Mertens	1–1		0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	28–10
3	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	1–1	0–0		0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	5–5	25–19
4	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	1–0	1–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	9–2	17–6
5	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2		0–0	0–0	2–0	5–5	27–15
6	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0		0–1	1–0	2–5	25–11
7	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	4–1	17–7
8	Nicole Melichar Ellen Perez	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0		1–8	27–24

See also

• WTA rankings
• 2023 WTA Tour
• 2023 WTA Elite Trophy
• 2023 ATP Finals

References

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6. "Pegula and doubles team of Hunter & Mertens qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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10. "Krejcikova, Siniakova qualify for 2023 WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
11. "Siegemund and Zvonareva win Nanchang title and qualify for WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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External links

• Official website