The WTA Finals are already underway, with the highest eight gamers of the yr battling to carry the ultimate trophy of the 2024 season. However past the satisfaction of beating the most effective of the most effective in girls’s tennis, the winner may also considerably develop her checking account with the prize cash.
Yr after yr, the WTA Finals deliver collectively the highest eight on this planet rankings to compete in one of the vital tournaments of the yr, behind solely the 4 Grand Slams.
This yr, the event shall be held on the King Saud College Sports activities Area in Riyadh, with the participation of the top two in the 2024 rankings, Aryna Sabalenka and the defending champion Iga Swiatek. The listing is accomplished by Coco Gauff, Jasmine Paolini, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Zheng Qinwen, and Barbora Krejcikova.
The primary spherical is performed in two teams of 4 gamers every, in a round-robin format. Within the semifinals, the primary place of every group faces the second place of the other group. The winners advance to the ultimate and the winner takes the trophy and a examine that may attain nearly $5.2 million.
What’s the prize pool to distribute within the singles event?
Based on data from the WTA, the event will distribute $12.2 million within the singles event and $3.05 million within the doubles. The gamers have already got their participant charge assured, of $335,000 every. After that, every victory within the round-robin offers them $350,000.
The semifinal winners take residence one other $1.27 million every, whereas the champion will pocket an extra $2.5 million. The winner is assured a examine for $4.45 million, but when she finishes the round-robin undefeated, the prize cash rises to $5.15 million.
In the meantime, the doubles event champions might pocket $1.12 million per pair in the event that they end the round-robin undefeated.
Who makes up the teams?
World primary Sabalenka will lead the Purple Group, made up of Paolini (4), Rybakina (5), and Qinwen (7). Swiatek (2) is the highest seed within the Orange Group, additionally made up of Gauff (3), Pegula (6), and Krejcikova (8). The primary on-site alternate is Daria Kasatkina, and the second is Danielle Collins.
In doubles, the Inexperienced Group is made up of Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko (1), Hsieh Su-wei/Elise Mertens (3), Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez (6), and Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend (8).
Within the White Group are Gabriela Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe (2), Sara Errani/Jasmine Paolini (4), Caroline Dolehide/Desirae Krawczyk (5), and Chan Hao-ching/Veronika Kudermetova (7).
The tournament started on Saturday, November 2 and the ultimate shall be performed on Thursday, November 7.
