Aryna Sabalenka, 25, Belarus
Seed: 1
Finest WTA Finals efficiency: Runner-up (2022)
2024 titles: 4
2024 win-loss: 54-12
With two Grand Slams and extra rating factors than anybody else, she has been the season’s standout participant. A primary WTA Finals title will cap it.
Jasmine Paolini, 28, Italy
Seed: 4
Finest WTA Finals efficiency: Debut
2024 titles: 1
2024 win-loss: 37-17
Late-blooming Paolini, additionally competing within the doubles, has loved the season of her life. Having by no means beforehand made a Slam third spherical, she received a primary WTA 1,000 title in Dubai earlier than reaching the French Open and Wimbledon finals.
Elena Rybakina, 25, Kazakhstan
Seed: 5
Finest WTA Finals efficiency: Spherical robin (2023)
2024 titles: 3
2024 win-loss: 41-9
A season of two halves for the 2022 Wimbledon champion, who has struggled all through with recurring sickness. She misplaced seven of her 41 matches as much as June, however has not performed since a US Open second-round exit in August.
Zheng Qinwen, 22, China
Seed: 7
Finest WTA Finals efficiency: Debut
2024 titles: 3
2024 win-loss: 47-16
The frustration of shedding her first main ultimate in Melbourne has been offset by what’s occurred since. Profitable Olympic gold was the most important second of her profession and he or she goes into the finals having misplaced 4 of her previous 32 matches.