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The eight players who will feature at the 2023 WTA Finals in Mexico have been confirmed so let’s take a closer look at how they have performed so far during the 2023 campaign.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka headlines the list and she is followed by four-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek, reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff and 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina.
American Jessica Pegula, three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur, current Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova and 2023 French Open runner-up Karolina Muchova were on the initial list.
However, Muchova was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury with Maria Sakkari taking her place.
Two of the eight players will make their debuts while there will also be a new name on the trophy as none of the eight have won the tournament before. Last year’s winner Caroline Garcia failed to qualify while 2021 champion Garbine Muguruzu is currently on a sabbatical.
The year-end No 1 ranking will also be settled in Cancun with Sabalenka and Swiatek going head-to-head.
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WTA Finals line-up
1. Aryna Sabalenka – 8,425 points
2023 W-L record: 53-12
Titles: 3
Ranking: 1
Prize money: $7,554,653
World No 1 Sabalenka will make her third appearance at the season-ending event and she will hope to go one better than in 2022 when she finished runner-up to Garcia.
It has already been an incredible season for the Belarusian as she won her maiden Grand Slam at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year while she also won the Adelaide International and the Madrid Open.
Sabalenka also finished runner-up to Gauff at the US Open, was beaten by Rybakina in the Indian Wells Open final and lost against Swiatek in the Stuttgart Grand Prix final.
Her last title, though, came in May (Madrid Open) and her most recent match was a quarter-final defeat to Rybakina at the China Open.
2. Iga Swiatek – 7,795 points
2023 W-L record: 63-11
Titles: 5
Ranking: 2
Prize money: $6,779,686
Swiatek will also appear at the season-ending tournament for the third time in her career as she lost in the group stage on her debut in 2021 and then exited at the semi-final stage last year.
Although the Pole lost her No 1 ranking to Sabalenka, she has still had an incredible season as she successfully defended her Roland Garros title and also won the China Open, Qatar Open, Stuttgart Grand Prix and the Poland Open.
Swiatek followed up her disappointing North American hard-court swing – going by her own high standards – with a quarter-final exit at the Japan Open, but then returned to title winning ways at the China Open as she won her first WTA 1000 trophy of the season.
She will finish the year with the most match wins as Sabalenka can’t surpass her – even if she wins the title in Cancun.
3. Coco Gauff – 5,955 points
2023 W-L record: 49-14
Titles: 4
Ranking: 3
Prize money: $5,976,622
It has been a year to remember for teenage sensation Gauff as she has notched up several milestones.
First she won her maiden WTA 500 title at the Citi DC Open and a few weeks later she notched up her first-ever WTA 1000 trophy at the Cincinnati Open. But bigger and better things arrived at the US Open as she won her first Grand Slam, beating Sabalenka in the final.
Gauff – who finished 0-3 at her debut WTA Finals campaign last year – has also reached a career-high of No 3 in the WTA Rankings and also won WTA 250 Auckland Classic in January.
8. Maria Sakkari – 3,245
2023 W-L record: 38–22
Titles: 1
Ranking: 9
Prize money: $2,407,413
Maria Sakkari was a late replacement for the season-ending tournament after Karolina Muchova withdrew due to her long-standing wrist injury.
The Greek will make her third consecutive appearance at the WTA Finals following her runs to the semi-finals in 2021 and 2022. Last year she was beaten by eventual champion Caroline Garcia.
The 28-year-old looked to be headed for a disappointing campaign, but she found some late-season form as she won her maiden WTA 1000 title at the Guadalajara Open and also reached the semi-final of the Japan Open and quarter-final of the China Open.
