2017 WTA Finals – Singles
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2017 WTA Finals | |
| Champion |  Caroline Wozniacki |
| Runner-up |  Venus Williams |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Dominika Cibulková was the defending champion, but failed to qualify this year.
Caroline Wozniacki won the biggest title of her career, snapping a seven-match losing streak to Venus Williams, beating her in the final in straight sets. Williams became the oldest player to reach the final of the event.[1][2]
The top seven seeds all had the chance to attain the year-end WTA no. 1 singles ranking. Newly crowned World No. 1 Simona Halep secured the position after Karolína Plíšková lost in the semifinals.
Caroline Garcia, Jeļena Ostapenko and Elina Svitolina made their debuts in the event.
Seeds
Simona Halep (Round robin)
Garbiñe Muguruza (Round robin)
Karolína Plíšková (Semifinals)
Elina Svitolina (Round robin)
Venus Williams (Final)
Caroline Wozniacki (Champion)
Jeļena Ostapenko (Round robin)
Caroline Garcia (Semifinals)
Alternates
- Kristina Mladenovic (Did not play)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Did not play)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Karolína Plíšková
| 69 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Caroline Wozniacki
| 711 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Caroline Wozniacki
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Venus Williams
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 |  Caroline Garcia
| 77 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Venus Williams
| 63 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
Red Group
 Halep
|
 Svitolina
|
Wozniacki
|
Garcia
|
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 1 | Simona Halep
|
3–6, 4–6 | 0–6, 2–6 | 6–4, 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 (33%) | 21–30 (41%) | 4 | |
| 4 | Elina Svitolina
|
6–3, 6–4 | 2–6, 0–6 | 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 5–7 | 1–2 | 3–4 (42%) | 29–38 (43%) | 3 | |
| 6 | Caroline Wozniacki
|
6–0, 6–2 | 6–2, 6–0 | 6–0, 3–6, 5–7 | 2–1 | 5–2 (71%) | 38–17 (69%) | 2 | |
| 8 | Caroline Garcia
|
4–6, 2–6 | 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 7–5 | 0–6, 6–3, 7–5 | 2–1 | 4–4 (50%) | 38–41 (48%) | 1 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings
White Group
 Muguruza
|
Plíšková
|
Williams
|
 Ostapenko
|
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 2 | Garbiñe Muguruza
|
2–6, 2–6 | 5–7, 4–6 | 6–3, 6–4 | 1–2 | 2–4 (33%) | 25–32 (44%) | 3 | |
| 3 | Karolína Plíšková
|
6–2, 6–2 | 6–2, 6–2 | 3–6, 1–6 | 2–1 | 4–2 (67%) | 28–20 (58%) | 1 | |
| 5 | Venus Williams
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7–5, 6–4 | 2–6, 2–6 | 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 7–5 | 2–1 | 4–3 (57%) | 37–38 (49%) | 2 | |
| 7 | Jeļena Ostapenko
|
3–6, 4–6 | 6–3, 6–1 | 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 5–7 | 1–2 | 3–4 (43%) | 36–36 (50%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings
References
- ^ "Caroline Wozniacki beats Venus Williams to win season finale". BBC Sport. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Caroline Wozniacki beats Venus Williams to seal WTA Finals victory". Guardian. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.