Olivia Henry || Issue 8 || November 12, 2024
The year’s final major Tennis tournament begins on Saturday when the sports highest ranked athletes descend on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to compete in the 2024 WTA Finals.
Before the winter break, Olympic medalists and Slam champions will vie to win the Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova trophies, which will be contested by the top eight singles players and top eight doubles couples.
There is also a chance to win a share of the record $15.25 million prize pool, which is more than any Grand Slam award and has increased by about 70% from the 2023 amount. The singles champion will receive $5.155 million, while the top doubles team will receive $1.125 million, if the champions win the event without losing.
Eight days of elite tennis action!
In the WTA finals the singles and doubles categories, competitors are split into two groups of four. During the span of the first six days, each singles player or doubles pair will play every other member of their group three times. Both finals are scheduled for November 9th, with the top two in each group competing in the semifinals on November 8th. In the singles competition, the Orange Group has No. 2 Iga Świątek, No. 3 Coco Gauff, No. 6 Jessica Pegula, and No. 8 Barbora Krejčíková, while the Purple Group has No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 4 Jasmine Paolini, No. 5 Elena Rybakina, and No. 7 Qinwen Zheng.
The United States is represented by 25% of the top eight athletes in both disciplines. The No. 5 US pair Caroline Dolehide and Desirae Krawczyk, as well as Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Taylor Townsend in the Nos. 6 and 8 pairs, are also in the doubles tournament, in addition to Gauff and Pegula on the singles court.
The 2024 WTA Finals kicks off on Saturday. All of the 2024 WTA Finals will be broadcast -ed live on the Tennis Channel.
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