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number of Singles players and Doubles
teams that qualify for the prestigious crown
jewel event, the BNP Paribas WTA Finals
Singapore presented by SC Global on the
season-long #RoadtoSingapore

record held by Martina
Navratilova for winning the
most number of WTA Finals
Singles Titles

RECORD
RECORD
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number of WTA tournaments
on the tour that feature an
indoor court including the
WTA Finals in Singapore

OCTOBER

number of days of elite
competition on Centre Court
during the WTA Finals from
23 – 30 October 2016

number of
players who
have advanced
to the Singles
Final on their
WTA Finals
debut:

number of cities that WTA Finals was held at
before Singapore was announced as the 9th
hosting city. Previous locations include:

New York City
(1977, 1979-2000)

Oakland
(1978)

Munich
(2001)

Madrid

(2006-07)

Istanbul
(2011-13)

Petra Kvitova
(2011 Won)
Serena Williams
(2001 Won)

Boca Raton
(1972-73)

Doha

(2008-10)

Los Angeles

(1974-76, 2002-05)

number of years in
Agnieszka Radwanska’s
career between winning
her first WTA Singles
title in 2007 to becoming
the year-end WTA Finals
Singles Champion

Simona Halep
(2014 R-Up)
Maria Sharapova
(2004 Won)

Lindsay Davenport
(1994 R-Up)

Martina Hingis
(1996 R-Up)

Tracy Austin
(1979 R-Up)

Andrea Jaeger
(1981 R-Up)

number of titles that
Doubles pair Martina Hingis
and Sania Mirza won in 2015
before clinching their 9th
as the year-end WTA Finals
Doubles Champions

Photo Credit: Lagardère Sports

Source: WTA

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