The 2014 WTA Championships BNP Paribas WTA Finals - Singapore 2014 ) was a women's tennis tournament in Singapore . The hard court tournament took place from October 17 to 26, 2014 in the Singapore Indoor Stadium and, after the four Grand Slam tournaments, was the tournament with the highest prize money in terms of points and prize money in the tournament calendar of the WTA . The tennis championships of the WTA Tour in women singles and doubles were held for the first time in Singapore, previous venues were Doha and Istanbul .
The defending champions were Serena Williams in singles and Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei in doubles , who in 2013 were the first Asians to enter the tournament's list of winners.
singles qualification The eight best placed women of the 2014 WTA Tour were qualified . In addition, the two next best points came as reservists.
Competition mode In the round of the tournament four players played in two groups, each against each other (round robin) . The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, with the winner of one competing against the second in the other group. The two winners contested the final.
Seeding list
Semi-finals, finals
Red group
Williams
Halep
Bouchard
Ivanović
Round Robin
Sentences
Play
Item
1
United States Serena Williams 0: 6, 2: 6
6: 1 , 6: 1
6: 4 , 6: 4
2: 1
4: 2
26:22
2
4th
Romania Simona Halep
6-0 , 6-2
6: 2 , 6: 3
6: 7 7 , 6: 3, 3: 6
2: 1
5: 2
39:23
1
5
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
1: 6, 1: 6
2: 6, 3: 6
1: 6, 3: 6
0: 3
0: 6
11:36
4th
7th
Serbia Ana Ivanović
4: 6, 4: 6
7: 6 7 , 3: 6, 6: 3
6: 1 , 6: 3
2: 1
4: 3
36:31
3
White group
Sharapova
Kvitová
Radwańska
Wozniacki
Round Robin
Sentences
Play
Item
2
Russia Maria Sharapova
3: 6, 2: 6
7: 5 , 6: 7 4 , 6: 2
6: 7 4 , 7: 6 5 , 2: 6
1: 2
3: 5
39:45
3
3
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
6: 3, 6: 2 2: 6, 3: 6
2: 6, 3: 6
1: 2
2: 4
22:29
4th
6th
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 5: 7, 7: 6 4 , 2: 6
6: 2, 6: 3 5: 7, 3: 6
1: 2
3: 4
34:37
2
8th
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 7: 6 4 , 6: 7 5 , 6: 2
6: 2 , 6: 3
7: 5, 6: 3 3-0
6: 1
44:28
1
Double qualification The eight best-placed doubles on the 2014 WTA Tour were qualified .
Competition mode The tournament winners were determined according to the knockout system.
Seeding list Results Invitation of the aspiring players Choice of players There were 21 players to choose from, divided into two groups, an Asia-Pacific and a Rest of the World group. A total of 692,182 votes were counted, cast by 346,091 voters from 140 different countries.
Seeding list final Round robin
Dijas
Puig
Rogers
Zheng
Round Robin
Sentences
Play
Item
1
Kazakhstan Sarina slides
5: 7, 2: 6
1: 6, 3: 6
7: 6 4 , 6: 7 2 , [5:10]
0: 3
1: 6
24:39
4th
2
Puerto Rico Mónica Puig
7: 5 , 6: 2
6: 3 , 6: 7 4 , [11: 9]
7: 6 3 , 4: 6 , [10: 6]
3-0
6: 2
38:29
1
3
United States Shelby Rogers
6: 1 , 6: 3
3: 6, 7: 6 4 , [9:11]
6: 2, 2: 6, [6:10]
1: 2
4: 4
30:24
3
4th
China People's Republic Zheng Saisai
6: 7 4 , 7: 6 2 , [10: 5]
6: 7 3 , 6: 4, [6:10]
2: 6 , 6: 2 , [10: 6]
2: 1
5: 4
35:33
2
See also Web links Individual evidence
↑ Scoring of the WTA and ITF in women's tennis
↑ About the race to TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships. original October 29, 2013 ; accessed on July 26, 2017 (English).
↑ wtachampionships.com: Road To Singapore - Singles Leaderboard
↑ Serena Qualifies For Singapore (wtafinals.com, September 5, 2014, accessed September 7, 2014)
^ Sharapova Qualifies For Singapore. Retrieved September 10, 2014 .
↑ Kvitova Qualifies For Singapore (wtatennis.com, September 27, 2014, accessed September 27, 2014)
↑ Halep qualifies for Singapore (wtatennis.com September 15, 2014, accessed September 16, 2014)
↑ Elite Eight Set For Singapore (wtatennis.com October 2, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014)
↑ Tennis-Letter from Li Na announcing her retirement from tennis (reuters.com from September 19, 2014, accessed on September 19, 2014)
↑ wtachampionships.com: Road To Singapore - Doubles Leaderboard
↑ Doubles team of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci qualify for BNP Paribas WTA Finals presented by Global. First doubles team to qualify for the 2014 WTA Finals in Singapore as competition expands to eight teams (wtatennis.com from July 11, 2014, accessed on August 17, 2014)
↑ Hsieh & Peng Qualify for Singapore (wtatennis.com, September 10, 2014, accessed September 10, 2014)
↑ Black & Mirza qualify for doubles (wtafinals.com, September 22, 2014, accessed September 24, 2014)
↑ Makarova & Vesnina qualify for Singapore (wtatennis.com, September 10, 2014, accessed September 10, 2014)
↑ Kops-Jones & Spears going to Singapore (wtatennis.com, September 25, 2014, accessed September 26, 2014)
↑ Kudryavtseva Rodionova complete field (wtatennis.com, October 12, 2014, accessed October 14, 2014)
↑ WTA Rising Stars Invitational Field Set. Retrieved October 23, 2014 .
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Serena Williams
Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei
Cara Black Sania Mirza
Maria Sharapova
Petra Kvitová
Simona Halep
Eugenie Bouchard
Agnieszka Radwańska
Ana Ivanović
Caroline Wozniacki
Angelique Kerber
Dominika Cibulková
Sara Errani
Carla Suarez Navarro
Alizé Cornet
Anastassija Rodionova Alla Kudryavtseva
Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta
Mónica Puig