2025 WTA Finals
The 2025 WTA Finals was a professional women's year-end championship tennis tournament that was organized from 1 to 8 November 2025 by the Women's Tennis Association. It was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the second straight year and was the 54th edition of the singles event and the 49th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2025 WTA Tour.
Champions
Singles
Elena Rybakina def. Aryna Sabalenka, 6–3, 7–6Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens def. Tímea Babos / Luisa Stefani, 7–6, 6–1Tournament
Qualifying
Eight players/teams to compete in singles/doubles. 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:- Ranked top seven in the leaderboard;
- The highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth;
- 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;
- The next player who is ranked eighth or below.
- The four Grand Slam events;
- Six best mandatory WTA 1000 tournaments from the following seven events: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and Beijing;
- The best mandatory WTA 1000 tournament from the following three events: Doha, Dubai and Wuhan;
- The best seven results from any other mandatory WTA 1000, WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments.
Format
Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round-robin event, split into two groups of four.Over the first six days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.
Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings are made using these methods:- Greatest number of match wins
- Greatest number of matches played
- Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
Qualified players
Singles
| # | Players | Date qualified | ||||
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | |||||
| 2 | dts|17 AugustDoubles
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dts|17 August