WTA Finals 2021: Women’s World Tour 2021 is coming to an end with WTA Finals, starting from 10th November and ends on 17th November 2021. Top players like Naomi Osaka and World No.1 Ashleigh Barty have withdrawn from rest of the season due to personal and mental health reasons. WTA Finals will feature top 8 players and 8 doubles teams of this season vying for the pretigious year-end singles and doubles titles. The tournament will take place at Guadalajara, Mexico. Follow updates of WTA finals on InsideSport.
WTA Finals is divided into two groups in singles and doubles categories, they are Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, and El Tajin. The groups were named after ancient cities in Mexico as a way of tribute to pre-Colombian era of Mexican history. The tournament consists of three robin round matches, semifinals and final. In the robin round, each singles player and doubles team have to win at least two matches to qualify for the semifinals.
WTA Finals 2021: Naomi Osaka misses out, check all the players, groups, draws, live streaming details and prize money of WTA Finals
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Singles Players for WTA Finals 2021
- Aryna Sabalenka (World No.2)
- Barbora Krejcikova (World No.3)
- Karolina Pliskova (World No.4)
- Maria Sakkari (World No.5)
- Iga Swiatek (World N0.6)
- Gabrine Muguruza (World No.7)
- Paula Badosa (World No.8)
- Anett Kontaveit (World No.9)
Doubles Teams for WTA Finals 2021
- Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (World No.1)
- Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara (World No.2)
- Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens (World No.3)
- Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Demi Schuurs (World No.4)
- Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai (World No.5)
- Alexa Guarachi and Desirae Krawczyk (World No.7)
- Darjia Jurak and Andreja Klepac (World No.8)
- Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos (World No.10)
WTA Finals 2021: Naomi Osaka misses out, check all the players, groups, draws, live streaming details and prize money of WTA Finals
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Singles Groups for WTA Finals 2021
Group Chinchen Itza
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Maria Sakkari
- Iga Swiatek
- Paula Badosa
Group Teotihuacan
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Karolina Pliskova
- Gabrine Muguruza
- Anett Kontaveit
Doubles Groups for WTA Finals 2021
Group Tenochtitlan
- Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara
- Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Demi Schuurs
- Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai
- Darjia Jurak and Andreja Klepac
Group El Tajin
- Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
- Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens
- Alexa Guarachi and Desirae Krawczyk
- Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos
WTA Finals 2021: Naomi Osaka misses out, check all the players, groups, draws, live streaming details and prize money of WTA Finals
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Live streaming details for WTA Finals 2021
Indian tennis fans can watch WTA Finals 2021 on YouTube Channel WTA. Below are the channels that will live telecast/live stream WTA Finals:
- TennisTV
- WTA TV
- EuroSport (Europe)
- SkySports (Europe)
- Rogers SportsNet (Canada)
- TSN (Canada)
- TVA (Canada)
- ESPN (US Only)
- NBC Sports (USA Only)
- Tennis Channel (US Only)
WTA Finals 2021: Naomi Osaka misses out, check all the players, groups, draws, live streaming details and prize money of WTA Finals
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Prize money for WTA Finals 2021
Prize money for WTA Finals this year is $5 million, which will be divided between 8 singles players and 8 doubles teams. Unfortunately, this prize money for WTA finals was slashed by $9 million or could say 35.71% decrease from last year. Last year, the prize money for WTA finals was $14 million. As per some reports, the reason behind the huge decrease in the prize money is because of COVID-19 pandemic or change in the venue. The prize money for WTA Finals is divided into 4. This is applicable to singles players and doubles teams.
- Robin-Round win per match
- Semifinalists: RR + Semifinal prize money
- Finalists: RR + Runner-up prize money
- Champion: RR + Winner prize money
