WTA Finals 2023 Introduction
WTA Finals 2023 is a women's championship tournament in the singles and doubles category organized by the WTA, also known as the World Tennis Association. The tournament is going to take place in Cancun, Mexico, from October 29, 2023, to November 5, 2023. This is the 52nd edition of the singles and 47th edition of the doubles event.
The top eight ranked players in the tournament in the singles and doubles categories will compete against each other. The players are divided into four groups, where they will compete in a round-robin format. The top two rankers of each group will further proceed to the semifinal.
The tournament winner in both singles and doubles categories will be awarded a prize of $9 million. To qualify for singles events in the WTA Finals 2023, total points from sixteen tournaments are calculated for a player except the ITF and WTA 125 events. In doubles, points are calculated for eleven tournaments played in a year. A player will be awarded 1500 points after winning the year-end title.
WTA Finals History
The first edition of WTA Finals took place in 1972 in Boca Raton, Florida. Before the formation of WTA earlier, it was called the Virginia Slims Circuit. The first championship title was won by Chris Evert, who was 17 years old at the time. The tournament came to recognition in 1973 when former champion Billie Jean King founded the WTA after a discussion with more than 60 players.
The most successful player in the WTA Finals in both singles and doubles categories is sports icon Martina Navratilova. She has won a total of eight singles and 13 doubles titles in the WTA Finals. Navratilova won the doubles tournament along with Billie Jean King and Pam Shriver. The tournament is played on hard courts.
Last year's defending champion, Caroline Garcia was the winner of the 2022 WTA Finals in the singles category. She defeated Aryna Sabalenka 7-6, 6-4 to win her first WTA Finals. Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova were the winners of the 2022 WTA Finals in the doubles category.
WTA Finals 2023 Schedule
WTA is ready to host the season-ending championship tournament of WTA Finals 2023 from October 29, 2023, to November 5, 2023. In this top eight, singles and doubles players will fight for supremacy on the WTA Finals leaderboard. The event is played in groups based on round robin matches. The group matches will start on October 29, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. Two singles and two doubles matches will be played daily. The draw ceremony will take place on October 29, 2023, at the Opening Gala.
| Day | Date | Schedule of matches |
| Sunday | October 29, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Monday | October 30, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Tuesday | October 31, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Wednesday | November 1, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Thursday | November 2, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Friday | November 3, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Saturday | November 4, 2023 | 2:30 pm: Doubles and 5:00 pm & 6:00(*): Singles |
| Sunday | November 5, 2023 | 4:30 pm: Doubles Final and 7:00: Singles Final |
WTA Finals 2023 Venue
WTA returns to Mexico for the 2023 edition of the WTA Finals. The event will be organized by Cancun for the first time. Four other cities, including Ostrava, Riyadh, Washington DC, and Cluj Napoca, have made a bid for the tournament. The event will be played at the Plaza Quintana Roo in Paradisus Stadium, Cancun, Quintana Rao, Mexico.
WTA Finals 2023 Top Ranked Players
WTA Finals 2023 features the top eight ranked players in the singles and doubles category. The top three ranked singles players include Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff. In the doubles category, the top three ranked team includes Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula at No 1 position. Elise Mertens and Storm Hunters are ranked No 2 in the world, and the team of Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara is ranked No 3 on the doubles ranking list.
Qualified Players in the Singles Category
The below table lists the top eight players in the singles category:
| Seed | Player | Points |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 8,425 |
| 2 | Iga Swiatek | 7,795 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 5,955 |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | 4,895 |
| 5 | Jessica Pegula | 3,695 |
| 6 | Ons Jabeur | 3,671 |
| 7 | Marketa Vondrousova | 3,671 |
| Injured | Karolina Muchova | 3,650 |
| 8 | Maria Sakkari | 3,245 |
Qualified Players in Doubles Category
The below table list the top eight players in doubles category:
| Seed | Player | Points |
| 1 | Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula | 5,565 |
| 2 | Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens | 5,130 |
| 3 | Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara | 3,790 |
| 4 | Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova | 3,785 |
| 5 | Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs | 3,570 |
| 6 | Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva | 3,405 |
| 7 | Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe | 3,386 |
| 8 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez | 3,325 |
WTA Player with the most wins in the tournament
Martina Navratilova is the only women player who has won the WTA Finals the most number of times in both singles and doubles categories. She won eight singles WTA Finals with five consecutive titles from 1983 to 1986. Navratilova has won 13 WTA Finals in the doubles category. She has won two doubles titles with Billie Jean King and 11 doubles titles with Pam Shriver.
Steffi Graf and Serena Williams have won WTA Finals five times in singles. Martina Hingis, Liezel Huber, Lisa Raymond, Lindsay Davenport and Timea Babos are players in the doubles category who have won the WTA Finals thrice. Martina Hingis has won the title with Anna Kournikova and Sania Mirza.
Huber has won the title with Cara Black and Raymond. Davenport has won the title with Mary Joe Fernandez, Jana Novotna, and Natasha Zvereva. Finally, Babos has won the WTA Finals with Andrea Hlavackova and Kristina Mladenovic.
Where to watch the WTA Finals 2023?
Sports tennis channel will broadcast the WTA Finals 2023 live in the USA, Austria, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Puerto Rico. Viewers from South and Central America can watch the finals on ESPN. Fans from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro can watch the finals on IKO SportKlub.
Viewers from Britain can watch the telecast on Amazon Prime Video. People from France, Australia, Turkey and Monaco can watch the tournament on beIN. Remaining people from Estonia, Ukraine, Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Tajikistan can watch the live coverage of the tournament on Setanta Sports.
