The WTA has finally confirmed the prize money allocation for the 2023 WTA Finals in Cancun and an undefeated champion will receive one of the biggest cheques in women’s tennis.
Last year $1,680,000 was on the spell for an undefeated singles champion at the season-ending tournament, but that total has gone up by an impressive 80 per cent as $3,024,000 will be on the line. A doubles team can win up to $657,000, also nearly double from the $340,000 in 2022.
But that is still below the pre-Covid-19 days as a player was able to earn $4.7m for going undefeated during the 2019 WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China.
The total prize pool for this year’s event in Mexico is $9,000,000 – a big jump from last year’s $5,000,000 although also well below the $14,000,000 from 2019.
All singles players will receive a participation fee of $198,000 at this year’s tournament while each win in the round-robin phase will earn them an additional $198,000.
The participation fee for a doubles team is $90,000 plus $36,000 for every round-robin victory while the winners will pick up a cheque of $306,000.
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In terms of points, the undefeated singles and doubles champions will earn 1,500 points.
Singles prize-money breakdown
Participation fee – $198,000
Fee per round-robin win – $198,000
Bonus for advancing to semi-final – $54,000
Semi-final win – $756,000
Winning the final – $1,476,000
Doubles prize-money breakdown
Participation fee – $90,000
Fee per round-robin win – $36,000
Bonus for advancing to semi-final – $9,000
Semi-final win – $144,000
Winning the final – $306,000
Singles and doubles points breakdown
Points per match played – 125
Points per round-robin win – 125
Points for semi-final win – 330
Points for winning the final – 420
This year’s WTA Finals will be staged from October 30 until November 5 at Plaza Quintana Roo in Mexico.
It all comes down to this 🏆
The field is set for the final showdown in Cancun 🔒#WTAFinals
— wta (@WTA) October 23, 2023
The eight singles players who will compete for the jackpot are Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Marketa Vondrousova, Ons Jabeur and Maria Sakkari.
World No 9 Sakkari was a last-minute replacement for Karolina Muchova, who has failed to recover from a wrist injury. Barbora Krejcikova and Madison Keys are the alternates.
In terms of the doubles teams, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula head into the tournament as the top-ranked pair and they are followed by Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens; Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara; Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova; Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs; Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva; Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, and Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez.
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