WTA Championships 2019

WTA Finals 2019
date	October 27, 2019 - November 3, 2019
Edition	49
navigation	2018  ◄  2019  ►  2020
WTA tour
venue	Shenzhen People's Republic of China
Tournament number	808
category	WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	8E / 8D
Prize money	US $ 14,000,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Elina Switolina
Last year's winner (double)	Kristina Mladenovic Tímea Babos
Winner (singles)	Ashleigh Barty
Winner (doubles)	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
As of November 3, 2019

The WTA Championships in 2019 were in the tournament calendar of the ladies after the four Grand Slam tournaments with the highest prize for points and prize money tennis tournament . The hard court tournament of the WTA Tour 2019 was held from October 27 to November 3, 2019 in Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in the People's Republic of China instead.

The defending champions were Elina Switolina in singles and Kristina Mladenovic and Tímea Babos in doubles. While the doubles were able to defend their title, Switolina lost in the final against Ashleigh Barty , who secured the top position on the WTA world rankings with the victory.

Prize money and points

The total prize money was 14 million US dollars. In doubles, the prize money mentioned was paid out per team.

round	Prize money singles	Prize money double	Points
Tournament winner	+ $ 3,505,000	+ $ 700,000	+ 750
Semi-final winner	+ $ 1,180,000	+ $ 225,000	+ 330
Semi-finalist	+ $ 80,000	+ $ 15,000	-
Group stage per win	+ $ 305,000	+ $ 50,000	+ 250
Group stage per loss	-	-	+ 125
Entry fees round robin
Qualified player	3 games = $ 305,000 2 games = $ 265,000 1 game = $ 220,000	3 games = $ 150,000 2 games = $ 130,000 1 game = $ 110,000	-
Substitute player	2 games = $ 210,000 1 game = $ 165,000 no game = $ 125,000	2 games = $ 90,000 1 game = $ 70,000 no game = $ 50,000	-

singles

qualification

The eight best placed women of the WTA Tour 2019 were qualified . In addition, the two next best points came as reservists.

WTA race in individual
#	Player	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Ashleigh Barty	6476	14th	September 9, 2019
2	Karolína Plíšková	5315	18th	16th September 2019
3	Naomi Osaka	5246	16	4th October 2019
4th	Bianca Andreescu	5041	17th	September 30, 2019
5	Simona Halep	4962	16	September 30, 2019
6th	Petra Kvitová	4401	16	October 7, 2019
7th	Belinda Bencic	4120	25th	October 21, 2019
8th	Elina Switolina	3995	21st	October 14, 2019
9	Serena Williams	3935	10
10	Kiki Bertens	3870	26th
11	Johanna Konta	2879	17th
12	Sofia Kenin	2615	23
13	Madison Keys	2607	15th
14th	Aryna Sabalenka	2520	23
15th	Petra Martić	2458	17th
16	Markéta Vondroušová	2390	11
17th	Angelique Kerber	2275	21st
18th	Elise Mertens	2190	24
19th	Alison Riske	2185	23
20th	Donna Vekic	2185	22nd

Competition mode

In the round of the tournament four players each played in two groups, each against each other (round robin) . The top two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which were played in a knockout system . The winner of each group played against the second in the other group and the winners of those games played the final.

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Ashleigh Barty victory 02.  Karolína Plíšková Semifinals 03.  Naomi Osaka Round robin 04th  Bianca Andreescu Round robin

No. Player Round reached 05.  Simona Halep Round robin 06th  Petra Kvitová Round robin 07th  Belinda Bencic Semifinals 08th.  Elina Switolina final

Naomi Osaka had to retire after her first match due to an injury. As a substitute player, Kiki Bertens came on for the remaining two round robin games. Bianca Andreescu also had to retire after an injury, which is why Sofia Kenin took her place for a game in the round robin phase.

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Ashleigh Barty

4th

6th

6th

2

Karolína Plíšková

6th

2

3

1

Ashleigh Barty

6th

6th

8th

Elina Switolina

4th

3

8th

Elina Switolina

5

6th

4th

7th

Belinda Bencic

7th

3

1r

Red group

		Barty	Osaka	Kvitová	Bencic	Bertens	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
1	Ashleigh Barty		-	6: 4, 6: 2	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 2	6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6	2: 1	5: 3	42:31	1
3	Naomi Osaka	-		7: 6 1 , 4: 6, 6: 4	-	-	1-0	2: 1	17:16	-
6th	Petra Kvitová	4: 6, 2: 6	6: 7 1 , 6: 4, 4: 6		3: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6	-	0: 3	2: 6	35:42	4th
7th	Belinda Bencic	7: 5, 1: 6, 2: 6	-	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 4		7: 5, 1: 0 task	2: 1	5: 3	23:30	2
OLD	Kiki Bertens	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4	-	-	5: 7, 0: 1 task		1: 1	2: 3	15:13	3

Purple group

		Plíšková	Andreescu	Halep	Switolina	Kenin	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
2	Karolína Plíšková		6: 3, task	6: 0, 2: 6, 6: 4	6: 7 12 , 4: 6	-	2: 1	4: 3	24:23	2
4th	Bianca Andreescu	3: 6, task		6: 3, 6: 7 6 , 3: 6	-	-	0: 2	1: 4	15:16	-
5	Simona Halep	0: 6, 6: 2, 4: 6	3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 3		5: 7, 3: 6	-	1: 2	3: 5	34:42	3
8th	Elina Switolina	7: 6 12 , 6: 4	-	7: 5, 6: 3		7: 5, 7: 6 10	3-0	6-0	40:29	1
OLD	Sofia Kenin	-	-	-	5: 7, 6: 7 10		0: 1	0: 2	11:14	4th

Double

qualification

The eight best placed doubles pairings of the WTA Tour 2019 are qualified for the tournament.

WTA race in doubles
#	pairing	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	6057	11	September 9, 2019
2	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	5490	13	1st September 2019
3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	5026	9	23 September 2019
4th	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	4635	20th	September 30, 2019
5	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	4145	20th	October 7, 2019
6th	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4000	11	October 14, 2019
7th	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	3920	13	October 7, 2019
8th	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	3895	15th	October 14, 2019
9	Viktoria Asaranka Ashleigh Barty	3440	8th
10	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	3415	25th
11	Duan Yingying Zheng Saisai	1983	7th
12	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	1862	11

Competition mode

In the doubles was the first time since 2015 a group stage round-robin tournament (again English Round Robin) discharged. The subsequent knockout round was also carried out in the same way as the individual competition.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka   Round robin 02.  Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová   final 03.  Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic   victory 04th  Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan   Round robin

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Latisha Chan Chan Hao-ching   Round robin 06th  Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková   Round robin 07th  Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai   Semifinals 08th.  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs   Semifinals

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

3

Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic

1

6th

[10]

7th

Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai

6th

4th

[8th]

3

Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic

6th

6th

2

Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová

1

3

2

Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová

6th

6th

8th

Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs

1

2

Red group

		Mertens Sabalenka	Babos Mladenovic	Chan Chan	Grönefeld Schuurs	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
1	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka		6: 4, 2: 6, [5:10]	7: 6 5 , 6: 4	5: 7, 6: 1, [7:10]	1: 2	4: 4	32:30	3
3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	4: 6, 6: 2, [10: 5]		6: 2, 5: 7, [10: 6]	7: 5, 6: 2	3-0	6: 2	36:24	1
5	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	6: 7 5 , 4: 6	2: 6, 7: 5, [6:10]		2: 6, 4: 6	0: 3	1: 6	25:37	4th
8th	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	7: 5, 1: 6, [10: 7]	5: 7, 2: 6	6: 2, 6: 4		2: 1	4: 3	28:30	2

Purple group

		Hsieh Strýcová	Dabrowski Xu	Krejčíková Siniaková	Stosur Zhang	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
2	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová		6: 2, 4: 6, [9:11]	6: 2, 1: 6, [10: 5]	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 5]	2: 1	5: 4	29:27	1
4th	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	2: 6, 6: 4, [11: 9]		4: 6, 2: 6	6: 4, 4: 6, [5:10]	1: 2	3: 5	25:33	4th
6th	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	2: 6, 6: 1, [5:10]	6: 4, 6: 2		3: 6, 6: 7 7	1: 2	3: 4	29:27	3
7th	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	4: 6, 6: 4, [5:10]	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]	6: 3, 7: 6 7		2: 1	5: 3	34:30	2

See also

• WTA Tour Championships
• WTA Tournament of Champions
• WTA Elite Trophy

Web links

• Website of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships (English)
• Race to the WTA Championships Standings
• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tournament information Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen 2019 (wtatennis.com, accessed on October 29, 2019, English)
2. ↑ Road To Shenzehn - Singles Leaderboard In: wtafinals.com
3. ↑ ^{a b} Barty, Mertens-Sabalenka qualify for 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from September 9, 2019, accessed on September 18, 2019, English)
4. ↑ Karolina Pliskova secures qualification for the 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from September 16, 2019, accessed on September 18, 2019, English)
5. ↑ Osaka becomes fifth qualifier for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com, October 4, 2019, accessed October 5, 2019)
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Halep, Andreescu, Dabrowski-Xu qualify for 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from September 30, 2019, accessed on October 5, 2019, English)
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Kvitova, Chan-Chan, Stosur-Zhang qualify for 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from October 7, 2019, accessed October 7, 2019, English)
8. ↑ WTA Rankings Update 2019: Bencic into Top 8, Ostapenko cracks Top 50 once more (wtatennis.com from October 21, 2019, accessed on October 21, 2019, English)
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Svitolina, Groenefeld-Schuurs and Krejcikova-Siniakova qualify for 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from October 14, 2019, accessed on October 14, 2019, English)
10. ↑ Naomi Osaka withdraws from Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen with injury, Bertens in as alternate. In: wtatennis.com. October 29, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Road To Shenzhen - Doubles Leaderboard In: wtafinals.com
12. ↑ Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová qualify for 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from September 1, 2019, accessed on September 8, 2019)
13. ↑ Babos, Mladenovic become third team to qualify for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (wtatennis.com from September 23, 2019, accessed on September 23, 2019)