The 2025 WTA Finals are upon us. The season-ending women's tennis event will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and take place from November 1st to 8th. The tournament brings together the eight top singles and doubles players from the year to compete for the last trophy of the year and take home a healthy prize pot.
The tournament starts with a round-robin event, splitting players into two groups of four. The top two players of either group qualify for the semi-finals, with the top player in one group playing second place from the other. The two winners then play the final.
This will be the second year in a row that the tournament will be held in Riyadh, and based on the qualified players for this year, it is set to be a fantastic closer to the 2025 women’s tennis calendar.
Below, we look into who has qualified for this year's WTA Finals.
Aryna Sabalenka
World number one Aryna Sabalenka will be taking part in her fifth consecutive WTA Finals. The 2025 US Open champion has never won this tournament, having finished as the runner-up in 2022, before falling at the semi-final stage in 2023 and 2024.
In the majors this year, the 27-year-old was the runner-up in the Australian and French Opens before falling at the semi-finals of Wimbledon.
She won the US Open final for the second year running in September. Each person Sabalenka lost to in the majors is at this tournament, so despite her number one ranking, she may not have it all her own way.
Iga Swiatek
The world number two finally completed one of her dreams this year in winning the Wimbledon title. Her success in SW19 put the Polish star one step closer to the career Grand Slam, with only the Australian Open missing from her trophy cabinet.
Swiatek qualified for the WTA Finals when she reached the Cincinnati Open final and will be aiming to win this title again after her 2023 success.
In the majors this year, Swiatek won Wimbledon, beating Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in arguably the most dominant final ever. She reached the semis of the Australian and the French, falling in the quarter-finals of the US.
Coco Gauff
The youngest woman in the WTA finals this year is Coco Gauff. It is always remarkable to remember that the US tennis sensation is only 21 with all she has achieved in her career already. Currently ranked third in the world, Gauff is the reigning champion of this tournament, beating Zheng Qinwen in a final set tie-break last year.
This year, Gauff added the French Open to her 2023 US Open title, beating Sabalenka in a tense final. She managed to reach the quarters of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, before this triumph, but then, her year arguably plateaued after that.
Gauff exited Wimbledon in the first round before exiting in the fourth round of the US Open.
Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Anisimova has had a resurgence in 2025. She reached her career high singles ranking of world number four this year after making it to the finals of two majors. She temporarily took a break from the sport in 2023 before her return last year and has made great leaps back to top form this year.
This will be her maiden appearance at the WTA Finals after her career-best performances in Wimbledon and the US Open, the two majors where she reached the finals. In the Australian Open, she reached the second round, and in the French Open, she reached the fourth round.
Madison Keys
Another American in this year's tour finals is Madison Keys. The 30-year-old is another player who made major strides in 2025 by winning her first-ever major.
She reached her highest ranking of fifth before dropping to her current ranking of eighth. This will be Keys' first time in the WTA finals since 2016, when she fell in the round-robin stage.
The year started as well as it could have for Keys, who won the Australian Open, beating Sabalenka in the final. That was only her second ever appearance in a final, reaching the final of the US Open back in 2017. She managed to reach the quarters of the French Open and the third round of Wimbledon, but went out in the first round of the US.
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula qualified for this year’s WTA finals on the back of three singles titles, notching 50 match wins in the calendar year. The world number five will be making her fourth WTA Finals appearance, with her best performance coming in 2023, where she was runner-up to Iga Swiatek.
In majors, Pegula reached the third round of the Australian Open before making the fourth round at Roland Garros. At Wimbledon, she was another one of the big seeds to exit in the first round, but managed to put in her best major performance at the US Open, reaching the semi-finals.
Jasmine Paolini
Italian star, Jasmine Paolini, comes to Riyadh as the world number eight and will be doubling up in the Saudi capital as she competes in both the singles and doubles tournaments. In singles, this will be Paolini’s second straight WTA Finals, going out in the round-robin stage last year.
In the majors this year, Paolini made it to the second round in Wimbledon, the third round of the Australian and US Opens, with her best performance coming in the French Open, where she reached the fourth round. In doubles, she did even better, though, winning the French Open with her partner Sara Errani.
Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina was the final player to qualify for this year’s WTA Tour Finals, achieving her qualification dramatically at this year's last possible tournament.
She had to reach the semi-finals to qualify and did so before pulling out with back pain. This will be the world number six’s third appearance at the WTA finals, having not made it out of the round-robin in 2023 and 2024.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion made it to the fourth round of the Australian, French and US Opens, and the third round in SW19. She did win two tour titles this year and won 53 matches to date.
Doubles qualifiers
On the doubles side in Riyadh, the top eight qualifiers are headed by Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, who won the French Open this year. Last year, the duo won Olympic Gold and now look for another title as a pairing.
They are joined by three other doubles majors champions: Australian Open champions Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend, US Open champions Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, and Wimbledon champions Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens.
The final four pairings are Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider, Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko, Timea Babos and Luisa Stefani, and Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs.