Most singles titles won at the WTA Finals

Martina Navratilova (USA, b. Czechoslovakia) won eight WTA [Women’s Tennis Association] Finals tournaments, in 1978-79, 1981 and 1983-86. Two tournaments were held in 1986, both won by Navratilova. She also holds records for the most consecutive tournament wins (five in 1983-86) and the most appearances, with 21 events played in 1974-89 and 1991-94.

Steffi Graf (1987, 1989, 1993 and 1995-96) and Serena Williams (2001, 2009 and 2012-14) have both won five ATP Finals titles.

Only the women’s singles players ranked 1-8 at the end of the WTA tournament preceding the Finals, determined by results throughout the season, are invited to take part in the event. Five best-of-three-set matches (three in the group stages, the semi-final and the final) must be won to secure the title.

The WTA Tour Championships were inaugurated in 1972. The tournament was held in Boca Raton (Florida), Los Angeles, New York, Oakland (California), Munich, Madrid, Doha and Istanbul before moving to the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang in 2014. The WTA Finals will relocate to Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, from 2019.