The 2026 WTA Finals is a planned professional women's year-end championship tennis tournament that is scheduled to run from November 8 – 15, 2026 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It is set to be played in Indian Wells, United States and will be the 55th edition of the singles event and the 50th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament will be contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2026 WTA Tour.
It was originally scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for November 7 – 14 on what would be for the third consecutive year, but due to safety concerns over the 2026 Iran War, it was moved to the United States after the three-year hosting contract in Saudi Arabia ended six months early.
Tournament Qualifying Eight players/teams to compete in singles/doubles. To qualify, players/teams have to play a minimum of eight WTA 1000 or WTA 500 tournaments during the season. Players/teams are qualified in the following sequence: Ranked top seven in the leaderboard; The highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth; The second-highest-ranked current-year Grand Slam winning player/team ranked from eighth to twentieth, if one player/team ranked in the top seven withdraws; The next player who is ranked eighth or below.
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from eighteen tournaments (excluding ITF and WTA 125 tournaments). Of these eighteen tournaments, a player's results from the following events are included: The four Grand Slam events; Six best mandatory WTA 1000 tournaments from the following seven events: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati and Beijing; The best mandatory WTA 1000 tournament from the following three events: Doha, Dubai and Wuhan; The best seven results from any other mandatory WTA 1000, WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments.
In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of twelve tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or WTA 1000 tournaments.
Format Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round-robin event, split into two groups of four.
Over the first six days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.
Round robin tie-breaking methods The final standings are made using these methods:
Greatest number of match wins Greatest number of matches played Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:
a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single-elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players. b. Highest percentage of sets won c. Highest percentage of games won
Qualified players Singles
#PlayersDate qualified1 Elena Rybakina 2 Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
#PlayersDate qualified1 Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend 2 Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani –x Aleksandra Krunic Anna Danilina
Points breakdown
Singles
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RankPlayerGrand SlamWTA 1000Best otherTotalpointsTitlesBest combinedWTAonlyAUSFRAWIMUSO12345612345671† Elena RybakinaW2000R6470R32130W2000F650F650SF390QF215QF215R16120QF215W500R16120QF108QF108R6410R1617,5021732† Aryna SabalenkaF1300QF430R16240F1300W1000W1000QF215R16120R16120R3265W500SF195R32656,5501333† Mirra AndreevaR16240W2000R6470QF430F650QF215QF215R16120R16120R3265QF215W500W500SF195R16120QF108QF108R32655,9361934† Jessica PegulaSF780R12810QF430SF780F650QF215QF215QF215R16120R3265W1000W500F325F325SF1955,8251525† Coco GauffQF430R32130SF780SF780W1000F650F650SF390R16120R16120SF390SF150QF108R3265R3210R1615,7741616 Elina SvitolinaSF780QF430R12810R32130W1000SF390SF390QF215R3265R3265F650W250SF195R16120 QF108QF108QF108R64105,0241827 Karolína MuchováR16240R32130F1300R32130SF390QF215R16120R6410A0A0W1000W500F325SF195R16604,6151328† Linda NoskováR32130R12810W2000QF430SF390QF215R16120R16120R16120R6410R3265W500QF108R3265R1660R6410R3214,354172Alternates9 Marta KostyukR12810SF780SF780R16240W1000QF215R16120R3265R3265A0F325W250QF60 3,91012210 Iga ŚwiątekQF430R16240R32130R16240W1000SF390SF390QF215QF215R3265QF215W150QF108R6410R1613,79915111 Iva JovicQF430R32130R16240R16240R16120R16120R3265R3265R3265R3265R16120W500SF195SF195F163SF98R1630P02,84119112x Diana ShnaiderR32130SF780R6470R32130QF215R16120R3265R3265R3265R3265R3265SF195SF195QF108R1660R1660R6410R64102,40820013x Victoria MbokoR16240R32130A0A0QF215QF215R6410A0A0A0F650F325F325W250RR32R1612,39311114x Sorana CîrsteaR6470QF430R32130R16240SF390R16120R16120R3265R3265R6410R16120W250QF108SF98R1660R1660QF54P02,39018115 Elise MertensR16240R6470QF430R32130QF215R16120R3265R3265R3265R3265R16120F325SF150R3265QF60 R1660R1660R16602,365200 Notes
Doubles
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RankTeamPointsTotalpointsTournTitles1234567891011121† Kateřina Siniaková Taylor TownsendW2000W2000W1000W1000W1000QF430QF430SF390R161208,370952† Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa StefaniF1300W1000SF780SF780SF780W500SF390SF390W250W250QF215QF2156,850144–x Anna Danilina Aleksandra KrunićF1300F1300W1000F650SF390R16240SF195SF195R32130R16120QF108R32105,6381413† Guo Hanyu Kristina MladenovicW2000QF430W250R16240QF215QF215SF195R6410R3210R1613,5661024 Ellen Perez Demi SchuursQF430QF430F325R16240R16240QF215QF215QF215QF215QF215SF195SF1953,1301905 Hsieh Su-wei Jeļena OstapenkoF650W500QF430QF430SF390SF390QF215QF1083,113816 Cristina Bucșa Nicole Melichar-MartinezF650W500QF430SF390R16240R16240QF215R16120R16120R16120R3210R1613,0371417† Elise Mertens Zhang ShuaiW2000SF390R16240R32130R16120QF108R1610R3210R32103,018918 Tereza Mihalíková Olivia NichollsW500SF390F325R16240QF215SF195R32130R16120R16120R6410R6410R32102,265211Alternates9 Shuko Aoyama Liang En-shuoSF780SF780W250SF195R16120QF54R6410R3210R32102,2099110 Laura Siegemund Vera ZvonarevaF650QF430SF390R16240R16120R16120QF108R32102,0688011 Ulrikke Eikeri Quinn GleasonF325R16240QF215SF195SF195SF195SF195R32130R16120R16120R16120R64102,06018012 Sara Errani Jasmine PaoliniF650SF390SF390QF215R32130R16120R16120R1610R1612,0269013 Erin Routliffe Aldila SutjiadiW500W500QF430QF215QF215R161201,9806214 Kateřina Siniaková Zhang Shuai W1000W500QF2151,7153215 Mirra Andreeva Diana ShnaiderW1000F6501,6502116 Jesika Malečková Miriam ŠkochF325W250F163R32130R32130QF108SF98SF98QF54QF54R6410R64101,43016117 Ashlyn Krueger Robin MontgomeryF13001,3001018 Elise Mertens Diana ShnaiderSF780QF215QF215R32101,2204019 Magali Kempen Alexandra PanovaF650F163R32130R32130SF98R3210R161R1611,1838020 Marie Bouzková Linda NoskováW1000R16120R32101,13030 Notes
See also WTA rankings 2026 WTA Tour 2026 ATP Finals
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