2021 WTA Finals – Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Anett Kontaveit in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Singles title at the 2021 WTA Finals. She became the first Spaniard to win the title. Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion from when the event was last held in 2019, but withdrew to prioritize her recovery and prepare for the upcoming season. Aryna Sabalenka, Barbora Krejčíková, Maria Sakkari, Iga Świątek, Paula Badosa, and Kontaveit made their singles debuts at the WTA Finals. Karolína Plíšková became the first player since Ana Ivanovic in 2014, and the third player since the introduction of the round-robin format in 2003, to not reach the semifinals despite amassing a 2–1 record in the round-robin stage. Seeds Alternates Ons Jabeur, Naomi Osaka, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina all qualified as alternates but withdrew before the start of the event. Draw Finals Group Chichén Itzá Group Teotihuacán ''Standings are determined by: 1. number of ...
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Garbiñe Muguruza
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 10. She has won ten singles titles, including two majors at the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2021 WTA Finals. With powerful groundstrokes and an aggressive style of play, Muguruza came to prominence by reaching the fourth round at the 2014 Australian Open and beating a former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, en route. She defeated then-world No. 1 Serena Williams in the second round of that year's French Open en route to the quarterfinals. In 2015, Muguruza reached her first major final at the Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Serena Williams. She then won her maiden Premier-level crown by winning the 2015 China Open, and qualified for her first WTA Finals in singles, losing to Agnieszka Radwa ...
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