Defending champion Iga Swiatek was on hand for the draw ceremony at the WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF to see how this year’s groups shook out for the season-ending championships.
For the second straight year, the year-end No.1 ranking will come down to the final event of the season, as World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka looks to hold off No.2 Swiatek down the final stretch.
Singles Draw
Purple Group
[1] Aryna Sabalenka
[4] Jasmine Paolini
[5] Elena Rybakina
[7] Zheng Qinwen
Orange Group
[2] Iga Swiatek
[3] Coco Gauff
[6] Jessica Pegula
[8] Barbora Krejcikova
Doubles Draw
Green Group
[1] Lyudmyla Kichenok & Jelena Ostapenko
[3] Hsieh Su-Wei & Elise Mertens
[6] Nicole Melichar-Martinez & Ellen Perez
[8] Katerina Siniakova & Taylor Townsend
White Group
[2] Gabriela Dabrowski & Erin Routliffe
[4] Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini
[5] Caroline Dolehide & Desirae Krawczyk
[7] Chan Hao-Ching & Veronika Kudermetova
How the draw is made: The top two seeds are placed atop the opposite groups. Players/teams are then randomly drawn from each subsequent pair of seeds so that Seeds 3 and 4, Seeds 5 and 6, and Seeds 7 and 8 are in opposite groups.
