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The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2024 ...
The tournament was contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , marking its return to Asia for the first time since 2019 , and the fifth consecutive finals to be held in a different city ( Shenzhen in 2019, Guadalajara in 2021 , Fort Worth in 2022 , and ...
It was her ninth career WTA Tour singles title. Gauff was the first American to win the title since Serena Williams in 2014 , the youngest player to win the title since Maria Sharapova in 2004 , and the youngest player to defeat both the world No. 1 and No. 2 at the same tournament since Sharapova at the 2006 US Open . [ 2 ]
The WTA Finals (formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships [3] or WTA Championships) is the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour.It is the most significant tennis event in the women's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season.
Important note: by setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in high level tournaments from the previous years. High category tournaments equivalent to Tier 1/Premier/WTA 1000 existed before 1990, and the Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and WTA Finals have been held since 1884, 1900 and 1972, respectively.
It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Billie Jean King Cup. Also notable is Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics . It was the first time since 2002, where " The Big 3 " ( Novak Djokovic , Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal ) did not win either the US Open , Wimbledon ...
Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe defeated Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2024 WTA Finals. [1] Dabrowski and Routliffe saved a match point in their round-robin match against Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini , and became the first Canadian and New Zealand players ...
When launched in 2021, the prize money for winning a WTA 1000 tournament was approximately $1,000,000. [3] This has since risen to almost $9,000,000 at some tournaments as of 2024. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 1,000. [4]