# 2024 WTA Finals

The 2024 WTA Finals was the professional women's year-end championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was the 53rd edition of the singles event and the 48th edition of the doubles competition and took place between 2 and 9 November. 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 in 2023). This was the first time that Saudi Arabia hosted the tournament.

## Champions
### Singles

* Coco Gauff def. Zheng Qinwen, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$

### Doubles

* Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe def. Kateřina Siniaková / Taylor Townsend, 7–5, 6–3

## Tournament
### Qualifying

Eight players/teams to compete in singles/doubles. To qualify, players/teams have to play a minimum of eight WTA 1000 or WTA 500 tournaments during the season. Players/teams are qualified in the following sequence:
* Ranked top seven in the leaderboard;
* The highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth;
* The second-highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth, if one player/team ranked in the top seven withdraws;
* The next player who is ranked eighth or below.
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from eighteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments). Of these eighteen tournaments, a player's results from the following events are included:
* The four Grand Slam events;
* Six best mandatory WTA 1000 tournaments from the following seven events: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and Beijing;
* The best mandatory WTA 1000 tournament from the following three events: Doha, Dubai and Wuhan;
* (for the players who played the main draw of least two such tournaments) the best seven results from any other mandatory WTA 1000, WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of twelve 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 2024 WTA Finals is US$15,250,000, an increase of 69.44% compared to the 2023 edition. The tables below break down the prize money, participation fees are prorated on a per match basis.
| Stage | Prize money | Prize money | Points |
| Stage | Singles | Doubles | Points |
| Champion | RR + $3,770,000 | RR + $775,000 | 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.
* 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 $5,155,000 in singles or $1,125,000 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

## Qualified players
### Singles

| # | Players | Date qualified |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 5 September |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | 6 August |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 14 October |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | 14 October |
| 5 | Elena Rybakina | 14 October |
| 6 | Jessica Pegula | 14 October |
| 7 | Zheng Qinwen | 16 October |
| 8 | Barbora Krejčíková | 16 October |

### Doubles

| # | Players | Date qualified |
| 1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jelena Ostapenko | 12 September |
| 2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 7 October |
| 3 | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | 16 September |
| 4 | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | 7 October |
| 5 | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk | 14 October |
| 6 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 18 October |
| 7 | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 18 October |
| 8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 7 October |

## 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 | Best other | Best other | Total points | Tourn. | Tourn. | Titles |
| Seed | Player | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Grand Slam | Best combined | Best combined | Best combined | Best combined | Best combined | Best combined | WTA only | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Best other | Total points | Tourn. | Tourn. | Titles |
| Seed | Player | AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | WTA only | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total points | Pld. | Abs. | Titles |
| 1$^†$ | Aryna Sabalenka | W 2000 | QF 430 | A 0 | W 2000 | W 1000 | F 650 | F 650 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R16 120 | A 0 | W 1000 | F 325 | SF 195 | QF 108 | QF 108 | A 0 | A 0 | 9,016 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| 2$^†$ | Iga Świątek | R32 130 | W 2000 | R32 130 | QF 430 | W 1000 | W 1000 | W 1000 | SF 390 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | W 1000 | F 500 | SF 390 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | 7,970 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
| 3$^†$ | Coco Gauff | SF 780 | SF 780 | R16 240 | R16 240 | W 1000 | SF 390 | SF 390 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R16 120 | SF 390 | W 250 | QF 215 | SF 195 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | 5,230 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| 4$^†$ | Jasmine Paolini | R16 240 | F 1300 | F 1300 | R16 240 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R32 65 | A 0 | W 1000 | QF 215 | SF 195 | QF 108 | RR 35 | R64 10 | R64 10 | R32 1 | 5,144 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 5$^†$ | Elena Rybakina | R64 70 | QF 430 | SF 780 | R64 70 | F 650 | SF 390 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | F 650 | W 500 | W 500 | W 500 | QF 215 | QF 108 | QF 108 | 4,971 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| 6$^†$ | Jessica Pegula | R64 70 | A 0 | R64 70 | F 1300 | W 1000 | F 650 | QF 215 | R16 120 | A 0 | A 0 | R16 120 | W 500 | SF 195 | SF 195 | SF 195 | RR 35 | R16 30 | R64 10 | 4,705 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 7$^†$ | Zheng Qinwen | F 1300 | R32 130 | R128 10 | QF 430 | SF 390 | QF 215 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R64 10 | A 0 | F 650 | W 500 | W 250 | QF 215 | R16 120 | QF 75 | R16 60 | A 0 | 4,540 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 8$^†$ | Barbora Krejčíková | QF 430 | R128 10 | W 2000 | R64 70 | R64 10 | R64 10 | A 0 | A 0 | | | R32 10 | QF 108 | QF 108 | QF 54 | R32 1 | R32 1 | R32 1 | R32 1 | 2,814 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Alternates ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Emma Navarro | R32 130 | R16 240 | QF 430 | SF 780 | SF 390 | QF 215 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R64 10 | R64 10 | R16 120 | W 250 | SF 195 | SF 195 | SF 195 | SF 98 | R32 65 | R16 60 | 3,568 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Daria Kasatkina | R64 70 | R64 70 | R32 130 | R64 70 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R16 120 | W 500 | W 500 | F 325 | F 325 | F 325 | F 325 | QF 108 | 3,368 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Danielle Collins | R64 70 | R64 70 | R16 240 | R128 10 | W 1000 | SF 390 | R16 120 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | W 500 | F 325 | QF 245 | R16 85 | QF 54 | R64 35 | R32 32 | 3,176 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
Notes
* ↑ 0-point penalties were applied for every WTA 1000 in which players had or would have been accepted into the main draw but were absent and if players fail to fulfill their WTA 500 tournaments commitment obligations, unless they qualify for a long-term injury exemption.
* ↑ Krejčíková qualified as one of this year's Grand Slam champions ranked in the top 20 on 28 October 2024.

### Doubles

| Seed | Team | Points | 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 | 12 | Total points | Tourn | Titles |
| 1$^†$ | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | W 2000 | F 1300 | W 500 | W 500 | QF 430 | QF 215 | QF 215 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R32 130 | R16 120 | SF 108 | 5,948 | 15 | 3 |
| 2$^†$ | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | F 1300 | SF 780 | F 650 | F 650 | QF 430 | SF 390 | F 325 | W 250 | QF 215 | SF 195 | R16 120 | R16 120 | 5,425 | 16 | 1 |
| 3$^†$ | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | W 2000 | W 1000 | SF 780 | SF 390 | W 250 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R32 130 | QF 120 | R64 10 | R16 10 | R16 10 | 5,130 | 13 | 3 |
| 4$^†$ | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | F 1300 | W 1000 | W 1000 | W 500 | SF 390 | R16 240 | R16 240 | QF 215 | R32 130 | R32 10 | R32 10 | R16 10 | 5,045 | 14 | 3 |
| 5$^†$ | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk | W 1000 | SF 780 | SF 780 | F 650 | SF 390 | QF 215 | R32 130 | R16 120 | R16 120 | QF 108 | R16 60 | R32 10 | 4,363 | 17 | 1 |
| 6$^†$ | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | F 650 | W 500 | W 500 | QF 430 | SF 390 | F 325 | F 325 | R16 240 | QF 215 | SF 195 | R32 130 | R16 120 | 4,020 | 22 | 2 |
| 7$^†$ | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | SF 780 | F 650 | W 500 | F 325 | F 325 | R16 240 | R16 240 | QF 215 | SF 195 | R16 120 | R16 120 | QF 108 | 3,818 | 12 | 1 |
| 8$^†$ | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | W 2000 | SF 780 | QF 215 | QF 215 | R32 10 | R16 1 | | | | | | | 3,221 | 6 | 1 |
| Alternates |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands | W 1000 | W 500 | SF 390 | SF 390 | R16 240 | R16 240 | SF 195 | R32 130 | R16 120 | R16 120 | R32 10 | R32 10 | 3,345 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | Demi Schuurs Luisa Stefani | W 1000 | QF 430 | QF 430 | QF 215 | QF 215 | SF 195 | SF 195 | R16 120 | R64 10 | R32 10 | R32 10 | R32 10 | 2,840 | 16 | 1 |
Notes
* ↑ Siniaková/Townsend qualified as one of this year's Grand Slam champions ranked in the top 20 on 28 October 2024.

## Head-to-head records

Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

### Singles

| | | Sabalenka | Świątek | Gauff | Paolini | Rybakina | Pegula | Zheng | Krejčíková | Overall | YTD W–L |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | | 4–8 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 32–20 | 54–12 |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | 8–4 | | 11–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 38–16 | 59–8 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 4–4 | 1–11 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 10–20 | 50–16 |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–19 | 37–17 |
| 5 | Elena Rybakina | 3–6 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 12–17 | 41–9 |
| 6 | Jessica Pegula | 2–6 | 4–6 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 20–15 | 39–14 |
| 7 | Zheng Qinwen | 0–4 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 5–14 | 47–16 |
| 8 | Barbora Krejčíková | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 10–10 | 19–14 |

### Doubles

| | | Kichenok Ostapenko | Dabrowski Routliffe | Hsieh Mertens | Errani Paolini | Dolehide Krawczyk | Melichar Perez | Chan Kudermetova | Siniaková Townsend | Overall | YTD W–L |
| 1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–7 | 35–11 |
| 2 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 34–14 |
| 3 | Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 27–10 |
| 4 | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 33–11 |
| 5 | Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 25–15 |
| 6 | Nicole Melichar Ellen Perez | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 35–20 |
| 7 | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 28–9 |
| 8 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 12–5 |