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2019 WTA Finals – Singles
Ashleigh Barty defeated the defending champion Elina Svitolina in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2019 WTA Finals. With the win, Barty became the fifth woman (after Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitová, and Dominika Cibulková) to win the tournament on debut. Barty won $4.42 million USD in prize money by claiming the title, the most prize money ever won by a player at a single tennis tournament, male or female. Barty secured the year-end world No. 1 ranking after playing her second round-robin match. Karolína Plíšková and Naomi Osaka were also in contention for the top ranking. Barty, Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic and Sofia Kenin (as an alternate replacing Andreescu) made their debuts in the event. The tiebreak between Elina Svitolina and Karolína Plíšková in the round-robin stage, which Svitolina won 14–12, was the longest of the season. Seeds Alternates Draw Finals Red group † Following WTA rules, Bertens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Jacinta Barty (born 24 April 1996) is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 121 weeks, and was ranked world No. 5 in doubles. Barty won 15 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2019 French Open – Women's singles, 2019 French Open, 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2021 Wimbledon Championships, and 2022 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2022 Australian Open, as well as the 2019 WTA Finals – Singles, 2019 WTA Finals. She also won 12 doubles titles, including a major at the 2018 US Open – Women's doubles, 2018 US Open with CoCo Vandeweghe. A successful junior, Barty was the junior world No. 2 and won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2011 Wimbledon girls' singles title. As a teenager, Barty had early s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Kenin
} Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 26 in doubles. Kenin was named the 2020 WTA Player of the Year, an award earned by winning the 2020 Australian Open – Women's singles, Australian Open and finishing runner-up at the 2020 French Open – Women's singles, French Open. She has won five singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, the latter including the 2019 China Open – Women's doubles, 2019 China Open and 2024 Miami Open – Women's doubles, 2024 Miami Open partnering Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Coached primarily by her father, Kenin developed into a promising junior player, reaching No. 2 in the world after winning the Orange Bowl (tennis), Orange Bowl at the age of 16 and finishing runner-up in the 2015 US Open – Girls' singles, 2015 US Open girls' singles event the following year. She also won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female player ever. Her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 16, she achieved in April 2018. She won ten singles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including 2018 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles, 2018 Cincinnati Open and 2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's singles, 2019 Madrid Open. Bertens was widely regarded as a clay court specialist, but also was successful on hardcourt. Early life and background Bertens was born on 10 December 1991 in Wateringen near The Hague, but grew up in the town of Berkel en Rodenrijs. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. Bertens started playing tennis at age six at ATV Berkenrode, a tennis club where her aunt and uncle played. She has been coached by Martin van der Brugghen at the club since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 64 weeks, including as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 in 2017 WTA Tour, 2017 and 2018 WTA Tour, 2018. Halep won 25 WTA Tour-level titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2018 French Open – Women's singles, 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2019 Wimbledon Championships. A 2008 French Open – Girls' singles, French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1, Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2011, the top 20 in August 2013, and the top 10 in January 2014. She won her first six WTA titles in the same season in 2013, the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986. This led to her being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. The association governs the WTA Tour, which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing. The Women's Tennis Association was founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, and traces its origins to the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, sponsored by Joe Cullman, CEO of Philip Morris, and held on 23 September 1970 at the Houston Racquet Club in Houston, Texas. Rosie Casals won this first event. When the Women's Tennis Association was founded, Billie Jean King was one of nine players that comprised the WTA, also referred to as the Original 9, that included Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 WTA Tour
The 2019 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). The Hopman Cup, organized by the ITF, also is included but did not distribute ranking points. Prior to the season, the WTA announced usage of a shot clock at all Premier events. Players had have a minute to get on court, five minutes to warm up, and one minute to start the match. The time allotted to players in between points has been increased from 20 to 25 seconds. Finally, players were allowed only one toilet break in a match. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. A former junior world No. 1, Bencic won two junior Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles titles in 2013 at the 2013 French Open – Girls' singles, French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, Wimbledon. On the professional tour, she made her top 100 debut shortly after turning 17. Her breakthrough came at the 2014 US Open – Women's singles, 2014 US Open, where she became the youngest quarterfinalist since Martina Hingis in 1997. Bencic won her first two WTA Tour titles in 2015, including the 2015 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, Canadian Open where she defeated four of the top six players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2018 WTA Finals – Singles, 2018 WTA Finals, and has reached three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles semifinals. Svitolina first broke into the world's top 50 in July 2013, reached the top 20 in June 2015, and then the top 10 in May 2017, making her the List of highest ranked tennis players per country, first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in rankings after surpassing compatriot Alona Bondarenko. After winning her first WTA Tour title in 2013, she won three additional titles until 2017, during which she won five titles that same year to propel her into the top 10. Among her titles are the 2018 WTA Finals and three WTA Premier tournaments, Premier 5-level tournaments: the 2017 Dubai Tennis Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Andreescu has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, at the 2019 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles, 2019 Indian Wells Open and the 2019 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, 2019 Canadian Open, and a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title at the 2019 US Open – Women's singles, 2019 US Open. She is the first Canadian to win a major singles title, and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years. Andreescu began playing tennis in her parents' home country of Romania before returning to Canada, the country of her birth. She had success as a junior, winning the Orange Bowl (tennis), Orange Bowl and two major doubles titles with compatriot Carson Branstine en route to reaching a career-best junior ranking of No. 3 in the world. After not playing any matches at the WTA Tour level in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
