Two-time defending champion
Serena Williams defeated
Simona Halep in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 2014 WTA Finals. Williams became the third player to win three consecutive
Tour Finals singles titles (after
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
and
Monica Seles), and the first since Seles in
1992
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. During the tournament, she clinched her second consecutive and fourth career year-end world No. 1 ranking. She became the first woman to hold the top ranking for the entire calendar year since
Steffi Graf
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in
1996
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. This was also Williams' final appearance in the Tour Finals.
Halep and
Eugenie Bouchard made their debuts at the event.
For the first time since 2004 and just the second time ever, a player with a 2–1 round robin record failed to reach the semifinals. This was
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...
, who would have reached the semifinal had she defeated Halep in straight sets in her last round-robin match.
Players
Alternates
Draw
Finals
Red group
White group
References
Main Draw
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2014 Singles
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Finals