Caroline Garcia defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 WTA Finals. Garcia became the first Frenchwoman to win the season-ending championships since Amélie Mauresmo in 2005.[1]
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2022 WTA Finals | |
| Champion |  Caroline Garcia |
| Runner-up |  Aryna Sabalenka |
| Score | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Draw | 8 (round robin elimination) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Garbiñe Muguruza was the reigning champion, but did not qualify this year.[2][3]
Sabalenka became the fourth player in the Open Era – after Steffi Graf, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams – to defeat the world's top-three ranked players at the same tournament, defeating world No. 2 Ons Jabeur and No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the round robin and No. 1 Iga Świątek in the semifinals. Sabalenka remains the only player who did not win the tournament after doing so.[4]
Jabeur, Pegula, Coco Gauff and Daria Kasatkina all made their singles debut at the event,[5] although this marked the first time since 2012 that no debutant reached the semifinals.
This marked the first time since 2015 where two players won all three of their round-robin matches but were both defeated in the semifinals.[6]
Seeds
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Iga Świątek (semifinals)
Ons Jabeur (round robin)
Jessica Pegula (round robin)- Coco Gauff (round robin)
Maria Sakkari (semifinals)
Caroline Garcia (champion)
Aryna Sabalenka (final)- Daria Kasatkina (round robin)
Alternates
edit- Veronika Kudermetova (did not play)
- Madison Keys (did not play)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Iga Świątek
| 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Aryna Sabalenka
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | Aryna Sabalenka
| 64 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Caroline Garcia
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Caroline Garcia
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Maria Sakkari
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Group Tracy Austin
edit| Świątek
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Gauff
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Garcia
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Kasatkina
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 1 | Iga Świątek
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6–3, 6–0 | 6–3, 6–2 | 6–2, 6–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 (100%) | 36–13 (73%) | 1 | |
| 4 | Coco Gauff
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3–6, 0–6 | 4–6, 3–6 | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | 0–3 | 0–6 (0%) | 19–37 (34%) | 4 | |
| 6 | Caroline Garcia
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3–6, 2–6 | 6–4, 6–3 | 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5) | 2–1 | 4–3 (57%) | 34–32 (52%) | 2 | |
| 8 | Daria Kasatkina
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2–6, 3–6 | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 | 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7) | 1–2 | 3–4 (43%) | 31–38 (45%) | 3 |
Group Nancy Richey
edit| Jabeur
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Pegula
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Sakkari
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Sabalenka
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 2 | Ons Jabeur
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1–6, 6–3, 6–3 | 2–6, 3–6 | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7 | 1–2 | 3–5 (38%) | 35–41 (46%) | 3 | |
| 3 | Jessica Pegula
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6–1, 3–6, 3–6 | 6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7) | 3–6, 5–7 | 0–3 | 1–6 (14%) | 32–40 (44%) | 4 | |
| 5 | Maria Sakkari
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6–2, 6–3 | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) | 6–2, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–0 (100%) | 38–23 (62%) | 1 | |
| 7 | Aryna Sabalenka
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3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | 6–3, 7–5 | 2–6, 4–6 | 2–1 | 4–3 (57%) | 36–37 (49%) | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Garcia caps off comeback season with title at the WTA Finals". Women's Tennis Association. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Muguruza bests Kontaveit at WTA Finals to win 10th career title". Women's Tennis Association. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "WTA Finals round-robin groups are drawn in Fort Worth". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-10-29.
- ^ "Barbora Krejcikova beats Swiatek in Dubai final, becomes first woman to beat her twice as No. 1". 25 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "WTA Finals: Meet the eight singles players heading to Fort Worth". Women's Tennis Association. 22 October 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Sabalenka upsets Swiatek to reach WTA Finals championship match". Women's Tennis Association. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.