Hyderabad: The WTA Finals 2024 is all set to commence at The King Saud University Indoor Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from November 2 to 9, 2024. The tournament will see four matches being played every day before the highly anticipated finals.
The former number 1 Iga Swiatek is the defending champion, will again start as the favourite while last year's runner up Jessica Pegula would love to go one step forward and clinch the ellusive title.
🗓️ NOVEMBER
— wta (@WTA) October 31, 2024
🏆 ________ (#WTAFinalsRiyadh presented by #PIF)
Who will take home the last WTA trophy of the season?! pic.twitter.com/sb8C9pEbYk
Aryna Sabalenka, who recently dethroned Swiatek as the World No.1 and won the Wuhan Open, is a part of the Purple Group alongside Jasmine Paolini, the Wimbledon and French Open runners-up, Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, and Qinwen Zheng, who won the gold medal in the Paris Olympics.
🗓️ OCTOBER
— wta (@WTA) October 31, 2024
🏆 Coco Gauff (Beijing WTA 1000)
🏆 Aryna Sabalenka (Wuhan WTA 1000)
🏆 Zheng Qinwen (Tokyo WTA 500) pic.twitter.com/6BqrPl3vF3
The Orange Group in singles consists of Swiatek, who won a hat-trick of French Open titles, Coco Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion, Pegula and Barbora Krejcikova, the Wimbledon champion.
Ready to battle it out in Riyadh for Year-End PIF WTA World No.1 👀@SabalenkaA 🤝 @iga_swiatek #WTAFinalsRiyadh pic.twitter.com/bqtogJJ42U
— wta (@WTA) October 31, 2024
WTA Final 2024 Groups
Singles
Purple Group: Aryna Sabalenka, Jasmine Paolini, Elena Rybakina, Qinwen Zheng,
Orange Group: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Barbora Krejcikova
Doubles
Green Group: Lyudmila Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko, Hsieh Su-Wei/Elise Mertens, Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez, Katerina Siniakova/Taylor Townsend
White Group: Gabriela Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe, Sara Errani/Jasmine Paolini, Caroline Dolehide/Desirae Krawczyk, Chan Hao-Ching/Veronika Kudermetova
WTA Final 2024 Formats
The singles and doubles competition will take place in a round-robin format. The players and teams finishing in the top two of each group will advance to the semi-finals. The top finisher from each group will face the No.2 placed player in the other group.
WTA Final 2024 Singles Schedule
| Date | Match | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 2 Nov | Aryna Sabalenka vs Zheng Qinwen | Not Before 8:30 pm |
| Jasmine Paolini vs Elena Rybakina | ||
| Sunday 3 Nov | Iga Swiatek vs Barbora Krejcikova | Not Before 3:30pm |
| Coco Gauff vs Jessica Pegula | Not Before 8:30 pm | |
| Monday 4 Nov | TBC vs TBC | Not Before 6:00 pm |
| TBC vs TBC | Not Before 8:30 pm | |
| Tuesday 5 Nov | TBC vs TBC | Not Before 6:00 pm |
| TBC vs TBC | Not Before 8:30 pm | |
| Wednesday 6 Nov | TBC vs TBC | Not Before 6:00 pm |
| TBC vs TBC | Not Before 8:30 pm | |
| Thursday 7 Nov | TBC vs TBC | Not Before 6:00 pm |
| TBC vs TBC | Not Before 8:30 pm | |
| Friday 8 Nov | Purple Group winner vs Orange Group runner-up | Not Before 8:30 pm |
| Orange Group winner vs Purple Group runner-up | ||
| Saturday 9 Nov | Semi-final winner 1 vs Semi-final winner 2 | Not Before 9:30 pm |
When and Where to watch WTA Finals 2024
There is no telecast of the WTA Finals in India. Live Streaming of the tournament will be available on Tennis Channel.
