WTA Finals appearances

Main article: WTA Finals

This list shows the appearances of all participants in the women's tennis WTA Finals singles since their inception as the Virginia Slims Championships in 1972. The tournament is currently held in King Saud University Indoor Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Qualification

Eight players to compete.[1] To qualify, players/teams have to play a minimum of eight WTA 1000 or WTA 500 tournaments during the season. Players/teams are qualified in the following sequence:

  1. Ranked top seven in the leaderboard;
  2. The highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth;
  3. The second-highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth, if one player/team ranked in the top seven withdraws;
  4. The next player who is ranked eighth or below.

In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from eighteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments). Of these eighteen tournaments, a player's results from the following events are included:

Format

Unlike other events on the WTA Tour, the WTA Finals is not a straightforward single-elimination tournament. The eight players are divided into two groups of four and each play three round-robin matches against the others in their group. After the round-robin stage, the top two performers in each group advance to the semifinals in a knock-out stage. The two winners of the semifinals play a final to determine the champion. In this format, it is theoretically possible to advance to the semifinals with two round-robin losses, but no player in the history of the singles tournament has won the title after losing more than one round-robin match.

To create the groups, the eight players are seeded according to rank. The first and second seeds are placed in Group A and Group B, respectively. The remaining seeds are drawn in pairs (third and fourth, fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth); the first of the pair to be drawn goes to Group A and the other to Group B, and so on.

The format described above has been in place in 1977–1978 and from 2003 to present:

  • 1972, 1974, 1983–2002: 16-player four-round single-elimination tournament (no round robin), no byes.
  • 1973: 8-player three-round single-elimination tournament (no round robin), no byes.
  • 1975–76: 16-player one-round single-elimination tournament, the 8 winners advanced to round robin groups.
  • 1979–82: 8-player round robin groups with playoff round.
Key

Current format

  • W = winner;
  • F = runner-up;
  • SF = lost in semi-finals (1972–present);
  • RR = lost in Round Robin group stage (1975–1982, 2003–present);
  • A+ = Alternate (played from the beginning = qualified player withdrew before the tournament);
  • A− = Alternate (did not play from the beginning; 2003–present);
  • R = withdrew during the tournament (2003–present).

Older format

  • QF/PO = lost in quarter-finals or playoff round (1979–1982);
  • R16/QPO = lost in 1st round/Round of 16 (1972, 1974, 1983–2002) or qualifying playoff (1975–1976);
  • 3rd–8th = position playoffs played (1975–1978);
Note

When there are more players listed for any year, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, his place is filled by the next-highest qualifier.

Participants are listed in order of number of appearances. When there are more than eight players listed for any year since 2003, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, her place is filled by the next-highest qualifier.

Participants are listed in order of (1) number of appearances, (2) best result(s) (bolded years for wins, underlined years for other best results), (3) year of first appearance, and (4) alphabetical order if still tied. Active players are indicated in bold.

Player # Best
result 		Years
Year(s) of best result underlined (Wins in bold) 		Qualified
but not played 		W–L
/ Martina Navratilova 21 W 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985,
1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov),[2] 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 		1990 60–13
Steffi Graf 13 W 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,
1995, 1996, 1998 		1999 33–8
Chris Evert 13 W 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar),
1987, 1988 		1978 33–9
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 13 F 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001 		– 11–13
Zina Garrison 12 QF 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,
1992, 1993 		– 2–12
Conchita Martínez 12 QF 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 – 7–12
Gabriela Sabatini 11 W 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,
1995 		– 21–9
Lindsay Davenport 11 W 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 2003 18–9
Helena Suková 11 F 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993 		– 11–11
Jana Novotná 10 W 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 – 11–9
/ Manuela Maleeva 10 SF 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 – 6–10
Elena Dementieva 10 SF 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 – 7–20
Serena Williams 9 W 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007(R), 2008(R), 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 1999, 2000, 2003, 2010,
2015, 2016 		29–6
// Monica Seles 9 W 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 18–6
Nathalie Tauziat 9 SF 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 – 6–9
Amanda Coetzer 9 QF 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 – 2–9
Maria Sharapova 8 W 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011(R), 2012, 2014, 2015 2013 21–11
Agnieszka Radwańska 8 W 2008(A−), 2009(A−), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 – 11–14
/ Hana Mandlíková 8 F 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1989 – 8–9
Pam Shriver 8 F 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988 – 11–9
Virginia Wade 8 3rd 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 – 10–14
Wendy Turnbull 8 3rd 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar) – 7–11
Kim Clijsters 7 W 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 – 19–7
Sylvia Hanika 7 W 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 – 10–7
Petra Kvitová 7 W 2011, 2012(R), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 – 10–14
Anke Huber 7 F 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 2000 6–7
Mary Pierce 7 F 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005 2000 13–7
Mary Joe Fernández 7 SF 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 1994 5–7
Jennifer Capriati 7 SF 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 1993 7–8
Evonne Goolagong 6 W 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983 1973 17–5
Martina Hingis 6 W 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006 2001, 2002 17–5
Amélie Mauresmo 6 W 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 2000, 2002 12–9
Caroline Wozniacki 6 W 2009(R), 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018 – 14–10
Barbara Potter 6 SF 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (Mar), 1988 – 3–8
// Natasha Zvereva 6 SF 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 – 3–6
Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 SF 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016 – 5–14
Justine Henin 5 W 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005 13–5
Venus Williams 5 W 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2017 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007,
2010 		14–7
Iga Świątek 5 W 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 – 12–6
Vera Zvonareva 5 F 2004, 2008, 2009(A−) (R), 2010, 2011 – 8–9
Victoria Azarenka 5 F 2009(R), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 – 8–10
Angelique Kerber 5 F 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 – 7–10
Simona Halep 5 F 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 2018 7–10
Aryna Sabalenka 5 F 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 – 12–9
Rosie Casals 5 3rd 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 – 9–7
Françoise Dürr 5 SF 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 – 4–8
Billie Jean King 5 SF 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983 1973 8–8
Bettina Bunge 5 SF 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 (Nov), 1987 – 4–7
Lori McNeil 5 SF 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 – 2–5
// Jelena Janković 5 SF 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 – 5–13
Karolína Plíšková 5 SF 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 – 9–9
Betty Stöve 5 QF 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 – 3–7
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 5 QF 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1988 – 2–5
Katerina Maleeva 5 QF 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992 – 1–5
Garbiñe Muguruza 4 W 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 – 9–6
Coco Gauff 4 W 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 – 7–8
Jessica Pegula 4 F 2022, 2023, 2024(R), 2025 – 6–8
Kathy Rinaldi 4 SF 1983, 1985, 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov) – 2–4
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4 SF 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 – 3–4
/ Iva Majoli 4 SF 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 – 3–4
Sandrine Testud 4 SF 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 – 2–4
Julie Heldman 4 QF 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 – 2–6
Kathy Jordan 4 QF 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985 – 3–6
Catarina Lindqvist 4 QF 1985, 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1989 – 1–4
Julie Halard-Decugis 4 QF 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000 – 1–4
Magdalena Maleeva 4 QF 1993, 1995, 2001, 2002 1994 1–4
Chanda Rubin 4 R16/RR 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 – 1–5
Tracy Austin 3 W 1979, 1980, 1983 – 8–2
Elina Svitolina 3 W 2017, 2018, 2019 – 10–3
Elena Rybakina 3 W 2023, 2024, 2025 – 7–4
Nancy Richey 3 F 1972, 1973, 1975 – 2–3
Kerry Melville 3 F 1972, 1973, 1978 – 4–5
Sue Barker 3 F 1976, 1977, 1979 – 8–5
Andrea Jaeger 3 F 1981, 1983, 1984 – 3–3
Li Na 3 F 2011, 2012, 2013 – 6–5
Kimiko Date 3 SF 1994, 1995, 1996 – 4–3
Irina Spîrlea 3 SF 1996, 1997, 1998 – 4–3
Anna Kournikova 3 SF 1998, 1999, 2000 – 2–3
Anastasia Myskina 3 SF 2002, 2003, 2004 – 3–5
/ Ana Ivanovic 3 SF 2007, 2008(R), 2014 – 4–5
Samantha Stosur 3 SF 2010, 2011, 2012(A−) – 4–6
Maria Sakkari 3 SF 2021, 2022, 2023 – 5–6
Lesley Hunt 3 QF 1972, 1974, 1976 – 1–3
Mima Jaušovec 3 PO 1976, 1977, 1982 – 1–6
Carling Bassett-Seguso 3 QF 1984, 1985, 1986 (Mar) – 1–3
Raffaella Reggi 3 QF 1986 (Nov), 1987, 1989 – 1–3
Patty Schnyder 3 R16/RR 1998, 2002, 2005 – 1–4
Nadia Petrova 3 RR 2005, 2006, 2008(A−) – 2–5
Caroline Garcia 2 W 2017, 2022 – 6–3
Kiki Bertens 2 SF 2018, 2019(A−) (R) – 2–1
Barbora Krejčíková 2 SF 2021, 2024 – 2–5
Karen Krantzcke 2 QF 1972, 1974 – 1–2
Wendy Overton 2 QF 1972, 1975 – 1–2
Janet Newberry 2 QF 1973, 1975 – 0–2
Anne Guerrant 2 QF 1973, 1975 – 2–4
Bonnie Gadusek 2 QF 1983, 1986 (Mar) – 1–2
Dominique Monami 2 QF 1998, 1999 – 2–2
Jelena Dokic 2 QF 2001, 2002 – 2–2
Olga Morozova 2 5th 1975, 1976 – 3–4
Marcie Louie 2 8th 1974, 1975 – 1–5
Valerie Ziegenfuss 2 R16 1972, 1974 – 0–2
Kathy Kuykendall 2 R16 1974, 1975 – 0–2
Greer Stevens 2 RR 1979, 1980 – 0–4
Virginia Ruzici 2 R16 1983, 1984 – 0–2
Andrea Temesvári 2 R16 1984, 1985 – 0–2
Terry Phelps 2 R16 1986 (Mar), 1986 (Nov) – 0–2
Helen Kelesi 2 R16 1988, 1989 – 0–2
Barbara Paulus 2 R16 1990, 1996 – 0–2
Judith Wiesner 2 R16 1990, 1996 – 0–2
Amy Frazier 2 R16 1992, 2000 – 0–2
Elena Likhovtseva 2 R16 1999(A+), 2000 – 0–2
Silvia Farina Elia 2 R16 2001, 2002 – 0–2
Daniela Hantuchová 2 R16/RR 2002, 2007 – 1–3
Marion Bartoli 2 RR 2007(A−), 2011(A−) – 2–1
Dinara Safina 2 RR 2008, 2009(R) – 0–4
Sara Errani 2 RR 2012, 2013 – 2–4
Madison Keys 2 RR 2016, 2025(R) – 1–4
Naomi Osaka 2 RR 2018, 2019(R) – 1–3
Ons Jabeur 2 RR 2022, 2023 – 2–4
/ Daria Kasatkina 2 RR 2022, 2024(A−) – 1–3
Jasmine Paolini 2 RR 2024, 2025 – 1–5
Dominika Cibulková 1 W 2016 – 3–2
Ashleigh Barty 1 W 2019 2021 4–1
Sloane Stephens 1 F 2018 – 4–1
Anett Kontaveit 1 F 2021 – 3–2
Zheng Qinwen 1 F 2024 – 3–2
Dianne Fromholtz 1 SF 1979 – 2–2
Anne Smith 1 SF 1982 – 2–2
Anna Chakvetadze 1 SF 2007 – 2–2
Belinda Bencic 1 SF 2019(R) – 2–2
Paula Badosa 1 SF 2021 – 2–2
Amanda Anisimova 1 SF 2025 – 2–2
Marita Redondo 1 5th 1976 – 2–3
Jeanne Evert 1 QF 1972 – 1–1
Helen Gourlay 1 QF 1974 – 1–1
Leslie Allen 1 PO 1981 – 1–2
Kathleen Horvath 1 QF 1984 – 1–1
Barbara Schett 1 QF 1999 – 1–1
Margaret Court 1 R16 1972 1973 0–1
Wendy Gilchrist 1 R16 1972 – 0–1
Laurie Rowley 1 R16 1972 – 0–1
Pam Teeguarden 1 R16 1974 – 0–1
Raquel Giscafré 1 QPO 1975 – 0–1
Sue Stap 1 QPO 1975 – 0–1
Natasha Chmyreva 1 QPO 1976 – 0–1
Cynthia Doerner 1 QPO 1976 – 0–1
Terry Holladay 1 QPO 1976 – 0–1
Carrie Meyer 1 QPO 1976 – 0–1
Kristien Shaw 1 RR 1977 – 0–3
Jo Durie 1 R16 1984 – 0–1
Lisa Bonder 1 R16 1985 – 0–1
Melissa Gurney 1 R16 1986 (Nov) – 0–1
Larisa Savchenko 1 R16 1988 – 0–1
Gretchen Rush 1 R16 1989 – 0–1
Sabine Hack 1 R16 1994 – 0–1
Karina Habšudová 1 R16 1996 – 0–1
Sabine Appelmans 1 R16 1997 – 0–1
Meghann Shaughnessy 1 R16 2001 – 0–1
Anna Smashnova 1 R16 2002 – 0–1
Ai Sugiyama 1 RR 2003 – 1–2
Francesca Schiavone 1 RR 2010 – 1–2
Eugenie Bouchard 1 RR 2014 – 0–3
Flavia Pennetta 1 RR 2015 – 1–2
Lucie Šafářová 1 RR 2015 – 1–2
Jeļena Ostapenko 1 RR 2017 – 1–2
Bianca Andreescu 1 RR 2019(R) – 0–2
Sofia Kenin 1 RR 2019(A−) – 0–1
Markéta Vondroušová 1 RR 2023 – 0–3
Ekaterina Alexandrova 1 RR 2025(A−) – 0–1

See also

References

  1. ^ "2024 WTA Rulebook" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ Two championships were played in 1986, one in March and one in November.
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