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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 total prize money for the 2024 WTA Finals is US$15,250,000, an increase of 69.44% compared to the 2023 edition. [2] The tables below break down the prize money, participation fees are prorated on a per match basis.
By winning, Gauff broke the record for largest prize money earned as a single event of any female tennis player with $4.805 million USD. [3] Iga Świątek was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage. This marked the first time since 2018 that the defending champion was eliminated in the round-robin stage. [4] [5]
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.
Gauff has a 60–21 (74%) WTA match win–loss record in the 2024 season. Her record against players who were part of the WTA rankings top ten at the time of their meetings is 7–6 (54%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:
Winner Year [2] Titles 1. Margaret Court: 1970: 21 2. ... WTA career prize money leaders. Top 15 Career Prize Money Leaders As of 13 January 2025: Top 15 YTD ...
[1] [2] Until 2024, only four of the nine WTA 1000 tournaments were mandatory, when the category expanded to ten mandatory tournaments. 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.
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. See the all-time records article for records spanning the sport's history. Totals including titles won before 1990 are in brackets.