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The 2021 WTA Finals Shenzhen takes place from 31 October-7 November at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China. Watch and bet on ATP Finals tennis and get live stream access with livetennis.com.
WTA Finals Live Stream
WTA Finals tennis is live from Shenzhen, China from 31 October-7 November. Bookmaker bet365 are offering customers the opportunity to watch a live stream of the matches alongside in-play betting.
Watch and bet on WTA tennis live at bet365 > live streaming > tennis (geo-restrictions apply; funded account required or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify)
How to watch & bet on WTA tennis
1. Visit the bet365 website
2. Sign into your account or register for a new one
3. Select Live Streaming
4. Select ‘Tennis’ from the ‘All Sports’ drop down menu
5. Enjoy a live stream & in-play betting for WTA Finals tennis, live from Shenzhen, China from 31 October-7 November 2021
PLEASE NOTE: You must have a funded account or have placed a bet in the last 24 hours in order to watch tennis; geo-restrictions apply.
WTA Finals 2021 Tournament Format & Schedule
When is the 2021 WTA Finals?
The 2020 WTA Finals were cancelled due to the global health crisis.
The 2021 WTA Finals will take place in Shenzhen from 31 October-7 November.
WTA Finals Format
The WTA Finals, which is the current name for the WTA Tour’s season-ending championships, feature the eight best players in the world.
Qualification for the WTA Finals is tracked by the Race to Shenzhen, which records the number of points accumulated by each player throughout the calendar year (i.e. from 1 January 2021). The eight players who have amassed the most points qualify for the WTA Finals Shenzhen.
The eight players are divided into two groups of four, with each group headed by one of the top two seeds.
The players in each group compete against each other in robin-matches over six days, until each player has played three matches.
The top two players in each group progress to the semifinals, with the player who finished top in Group A facing the player who finished second in Group B and so on.
WTA Finals Player Performance
| Player | Titles | Finals | Appearances | Win-loss record | 2019 result |
| Serena Williams | 5 (2001, 2009, 2012-14) | 2 (2002, 2004) | 9 | 29-6 | Did not play |
| Petra Kvitova | 1 (2011) | 1 (2015) | 7 | 10-14 | RR |
| Elina Svitolina | 1 (2018) | 1 (2019) | 3 | 10-3 | Runner-up (lost to Barty) |
| Ashleigh Barty | 1 (2019) | – | 1 | 4-1 | Champion (d. Svitolina) |
| Sloane Stephens | – | 1 (2018) | 1 | 4-1 | Did not qualify |
| Angelique Kerber | – | 1 (2016) | 5 | 7-10 | Did not qualify |
| Simona Halep | – | 1 (2014) | 5 | 7-10 | RR |
| Karolina Pliskova | – | – | 4 | 7-8 | SF |
WTA Finals Tournament Information
Fast facts about the WTA Finals Shenzhen
| WTA Finals | Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen |
|---|---|
| Dates | 31 October-7 November 2021 |
| Location | Shenzhen, China |
| Venue | Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre |
| Surface | Indoor hard courts |
| Category | WTA year-end championship |
| Draw size | Singles: Eight players
Doubles: Eight teams |
| First played | 1972 |
| Most titles | Singles: Martina Navratilova (8)
Doubles: Martina Navratilova (12) |
| Prize money | $14,000,000 |
| Reigning champions | Singles: Ashleigh Barty
Doubles: Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic |
About the WTA Finals
The biggest event held on the WTA Tour is the year-end championship currently known as the WTA Finals.
Formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships or WTA Championships, the event has been played since the WTA itself was formed in 1972 and the champion’s trophy is named after WTA founder Billie Jean King. Nine different cities around the world – Boca Raton, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Munich, Madrid, Doha, Istanbul and Singapore – have hosted the WTA Finals, with the tournament to be held in the Chinese city of Shenzhen from 2019 to 2028.
Since 2003, the tournament has taken its current format: Eight players divided into two groups of four, who then compete in round-robin matches over six days with the top two players in each group advancing to the semi-finals.
Players qualify for the WTA Finals by accumulating points throughout the calendar year, with the top eight progressing to the elite season-ending championship. These standings differ from the 52-week WTA rankings and are tracked separately.
The WTA Finals offer 1,500 points to the champion if they go undefeated in the round robin, with 125 points deducted for each round-robin defeat – substantially more points than it’s possible to gain by winning any other event outside the four Grand Slams. Prize money currently stands at $7,000,000.
Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki and Elina Svitolina have all claimed the WTA Finals title in recent years, but no player has been more successful at the WTA Finals than Martina Navratilova – she won the singles title eight times between 1978 and 1986 (and reached the final an additional six times as well).
The WTA tennis calendar also features a second-tier year-end championship known as the WTA Elite Trophy, currently held in Zhuhai, which features 12 players and is the final official event of the WTA season. From 2019, the WTA Elite Trophy is held the week before the WTA Finals so that the top-tier year-end championships will be the climactic event of the season.
The 2019 WTA Finals saw Ashleigh Barty, the French Open champion and world no. 1, triumph over defending champion Svitolina in the final. The 2020 WTA Finals was not held due to the global health crisis.
WTA Finals Champions
Here is a complete list of players who have won singles titles at the WTA Tour’s season-ending championships, currently known as the WTA Finals, since its inception in 1972 as well as the city in which the tournament was held.
| City | Year | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Raton, Florida | 1972 | Chris Evert | Kerry Melville Reid |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 1973 | Chris Evert (2) | Nancy Richey Gunter |
| Los Angeles | 1974 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Chris Evert |
| Los Angeles | 1975 | Chris Evert (3) | Martina Navratilova |
| Los Angeles | 1976 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2) | Chris Evert |
| New York | 1977 | Chris Evert (4) | Sue Barker |
| Oakland, California | 1978 | Martina Navrailova | Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
| New York | 1979 | Martina Navratilova (2) | Tracy Austin |
| New York | 1980 | Tracy Austin | Martina Navratilova |
| New York | 1981 | Martina Navratilova (3) | Andrea Jaeger |
| New York | 1982 | Sylvia Hanika | Martina Navratilova |
| New York | 1983 | Martina Navratilova (4) | Chris Evert |
| New York | 1984 | Martina Navratilova (5) | Chris Evert |
| New York | 1985 | Martina Navratilova (6) | Helena Sukova |
| New York | 1986 (March) | Martina Navratilova (7) | Hana Mandlikova |
| New York | 1986 (November) | Martina Navratilova (8) | Steffi Graf |
| New York | 1987 | Steffi Graf | Gabriela Sabatini |
| New York | 1988 | Gabriela Sabatini | Pam Shriver |
| New York | 1989 | Steffi Graf (2) | Martina Navratilova |
| New York | 1990 | Monica Seles | Gabriela Sabatini |
| New York | 1991 | Monica Seles (2) | Martina Navratilova |
| New York | 1992 | Monica Seles (3) | Martina Navratilova |
| New York | 1993 | Steffi Graf (3) | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario |
| New York | 1994 | Gabriela Sabatini (2) | Lindsay Davenport |
| New York | 1995 | Steffi Graf (4) | Anke Huber |
| New York | 1996 | Steffi Graf (5) | Martina Hingis |
| New York | 1997 | Jana Novotna | Mary Pierce |
| New York | 1998 | Martina Hingis | Lindsay Davenport |
| New York | 1999 | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis |
| New York | 2000 | Martina Hingis (2) | Monica Seles |
| Munich | 2001 | Serena Williams | Lindsay Davenport |
| Los Angeles | 2002 | Kim Clijsters | Serena Williams |
| Los Angeles | 2003 | Kim Clijsters (2) | Amelie Mauresmo |
| Los Angeles | 2004 | Maria Sharapova | Serena Williams |
| Los Angeles | 2005 | Amelie Mauresmo | Mary Pierce |
| Madrid | 2006 | Justine Henin | Amelie Mauresmo |
| Madrid | 2007 | Justine Henin (2) | Maria Sharapova |
| Doha | 2008 | Venus Williams | Vera Zvonareva |
| Doha | 2009 | Serena Williams (2) | Venus Williams |
| Doha | 2010 | Kim Clijsters (3) | Caroline Wozniacki |
| Istanbul | 2011 | Petra Kvitova | Victoria Azarenka |
| Istanbul | 2012 | Serena Williams (3) | Maria Sharapova |
| Istanbul | 2013 | Serena Williams (4) | Li Na |
| Singapore | 2014 | Serena Williams (5) | Simona Halep |
| Singapore | 2015 | Agnieszka Radwanska | Petra Kvitova |
| Singapore | 2016 | Dominika Cibulkova | Angelique Kerber |
| Singapore | 2017 | Caroline Wozniacki | Venus Williams |
| Singapore | 2018 | Elina Svitolina | Sloane Stephens |
| Shenzhen | 2019 | Ashleigh Barty | Elina Svitolina |
| Shenzhen | 2020 | Not played | Not played |
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WTA Finals tennis is live from Shenzhen, China from 31 October-7 November 2021. Bookmaker bet365 are offering customers the opportunity to watch a live stream of the matches alongside in-play betting.
Watch and bet on WTA tennis live at bet365 > live streaming > tennis (geo-restrictions apply; funded account required or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify)
How to watch & bet on WTA tennis
1. Visit the bet365 website
2. Sign into your account or register for a new one
3. Select Live Streaming
4. Select ‘Tennis’ from the ‘All Sports’ drop down menu
5. Enjoy a live stream & in-play betting for WTA Finals tennis, live from Shenzhen, China from 31 October-7 November 2021.
PLEASE NOTE: You must have a funded account or have placed a bet in the last 24 hours in order to watch tennis; geo-restrictions apply.
