| WTA Finals | |
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 2024 WTA Finals | |
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| Tournament information | |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Editions | 53 (2024) |
| Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2024–26) |
| Category | WTA Finals[1] |
| Surface | Hard - outdoors |
| Draw | 8S / 8D (since 2014) |
| Prize money | $15.25M [2] |
| Website | wtafinals.com |
| Current champions (2024) | |
| Singles |  Coco Gauff |
| Doubles |  Gabriela Dabrowski  Erin Routliffe |
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The WTA Finals (formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships[3] or WTA Championships) is the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour. It is the most significant tennis event in the women's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season.
The tournament predates the WTA Tour and started in 1972 as the championship tournament of the Tour's predecessor: the Virginia Slims Circuit. Since 2003, the tournament has used a unique format not seen in other WTA Tour events: the players are separated into two groups of four, within which they each play three round-robin matches. The top two players or teams from each group after the round-robin stage move on to a knock-out format in the semifinals and final to determine the champion.
The WTA Finals has the largest prize money and ranking points after the majors. The most successful player in both singles and doubles history is Martina Navratilova, with eight singles and 13 doubles titles.
In the tournament's current format, the champion can earn a maximum of 1,500 ranking points, if they win the event as an undefeated champion in the round-robin stage.
- ^ "WTA Tour 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). WTA Tour. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia to host WTA Finals with record prize money for the next three years". Fox News. 4 April 2024.
- ^ "WTA re-launches year-end Championships as WTA Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.