# 2023 WTA Finals

The 2023 WTA Finals (officially the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun) was the professional women's year-end 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). 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.

### Qualifying

In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments). 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.
| Stage | Prize money | Prize money | Points |
| Stage | Singles | Doubles | Points |
| Champion | RR + $2,232,000 | RR + $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 | — |
* ↑ Prize money for doubles is per team.
* 1 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 |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | 7,795 | 22 September |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 5,955 | 22 September |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | 5,865 | 22 September |
| 5 | Jessica Pegula | 4,895 | 2 October |
| 6 | Ons Jabeur | 3,695 | 6 October |
| 7 | Markéta Vondroušová | 3,671 | 6 October |
| inj. | Karolína Muchová | 3,650 | 6 October |
| 8 | Maria Sakkari | 3,245 | 24 October |

### Doubles

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

## 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

| Seed | Player | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | WTA 1000 | WTA 1000 | WTA 1000 | WTA 1000 | WTA 1000 | WTA 1000 | WTA 1000 | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Total points | Tourn | Titles |
| Seed | Player | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Best two | Best two | | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Total points | Tourn | Titles |
| Seed | Player | AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | IW | MI | MA | IT | CH | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total points | Tourn | Titles |
| 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

| Seed | Team | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Tourn | Titles |
| Seed | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total points | Tourn | Titles |
| 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 |