WTA Finals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2025

[Hoergren]

And Iga is out after very impressive play by Anisimova

And the stats

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Semi finalists from the Serena Williams Group
1. Rybakina
2.Anisimova

 

[Hoergren]

Unbeaten doubles pair Ostapenko and Hsieh playing inspiring tennis - nice

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Unbeaten doubles pair Ostapenko and Hsieh playing inspiring tennis - nice
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I never though of Osta a doubles player though she really compliments Hsieh, as her doubles partner

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA Finals,
Thursday November 6,
Starts at 3pm local time,
Dabrowski/Routliffe (3) vs Babos/Stefani (7)

Not before 5pm local time,
Pegula (5) vs Paolini (8) Pegula leads their H2H 5-0
Seeing that Paolini has already been eliminated, Pegula can all but guarantee a return to the last 4 with a win

Not before 6.30pm local time
Sabalenka (1) vs Gauff (3) Gauff leads their H2H 6-5, though it is tied at 1 all in 2025

Not before 7.40pm
Siniakova/Townsend (1) vs Andreeva/Shnaider (5)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Results Day 6
WTA Finals,

Babos/Stefani (7) d Dabroswki/Roputliffe (3) 26 75 10-5

Pegula (5) d Paolini (8) 62 63

Sabalenka (1) d Gauff 76(5) 62

Siniakova/Townsend (1) d Andreeva/Shnaider (5) 62 64

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA Finals, SFs, Singles,
Sabalenka vs Anisimova
Rybakina vs Pegula

Elena and Aryna both went 3-0 in the group stage
Amanda and Jess both went 2-1 in the group stage

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This is the Graf Group standings,
Sabalenka matches 3-0 sets 61
Pegula matches 1-1 sets, 3-3
Gauff matches 1-2, sets 3-4
Paolini matches 0-2 sets 0-4

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTA SFs,
Friday 7th November,
Starts at 3.30pm local time
Hsieh/Ostapenko (6) vs Babos/Stefani (7)

Not before 6.00pm local time,
Pegula (5) vs Rybakina Pegula leads their H2H 3-2

Starts at 7.30pm local time,
Sabalenka (1) vs Anisimova (4) Anisimova leads their H2H 6-4 ( 1-2 in 2025)

Starts at 9.00pm local time,
Siniakova/Townsend (2) vs Kudermetova/Mertens (4)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rybakina d Pegula 46 63 64
Elena reaches her first WTA Finals Championship match
15 aces today, Elena hit her 500th Ace in the 3rd set, her biggest weapon, no wonder she is the leading Ace player of 2025
NOTE: Rybakina becomes the 1st woman since 2016 and 2015 ( Pliskova) to hit 500 Aces in a single season
10th consecutive win
10th top 10 win of 2025
She has now won her last 6 meetings against top 10 players

In the first SF doubles match a bit of an upset,
Babos/Stefani (7) d Hsieh/Ostapenko (5) 64 76(5)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sabalenka d Anisimova 63 36 63
Aryna reaches the Championship match of the WTA Finals,
8th final of 2025
2nd WTA Finals final

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

In the last SF Doubles match at the WTA Finals
The 4th seeds Kudermetova/Mertens defeat the No 2 seeds Siniakova/Townsend 46 76(6) 10-6
Kudermetova/Mertens will play Babos/Stefani for the Doubles title.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WTF Finals
Saturday November 8th,
Starts 4pm local time.

Doubles Final,
Kudermetova/Mertens (4) vs Babos/Stefan i (7) Kudermetova/Mertens leads the H2H 1-0
On the line Saturday is a second WTA Final crown for Kudermetova/Mertens, Babos chasing her fourth, while Stefani making her debut, seeks her first.

Ladies Singles Final,
Starts 7pm local time,

Sabalennka vs Rybakina, Aryna leads their H2H 8-5
Elena is playing her first WTA Final, she is on a 10 match win streak, and 6 match win streak against Top 10 players
Aryna is playing her 2nd WTA Final, she has won more matches than any other women on the tour this year.
Both playing for their first WTA Final title.Both players are undefeated in this weeks tournament
Winner will earn a record $5,235 million dollars

Good luck to both players!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Congratulations to the 4th seeded doubles team of Kudermetova/Mertens winning the WTA Doubles Final title of 2025 defeating Babos/Stefani (7) 76(4) 61
This is their 2nd WTA final title

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rybakina finishes a dominant close to the season in style, winning 63 76(0) over No 1 Sabalenka, winning the WTA Singles Final
Rubakina defeated both the No 1 player Sabalenka and No 2 player Swiatek in this tournament and remained undefeated all tournament
Rybakina will take home $5,235 for winning the title her first WTA Singles Final!
BTW Rybakina will be No 5 when the new rankings come out on Monday

 

[Hoergren]

A great win for Rybakina over Sabalenka - and the final was great too - perhaps a sign for Saudi women too

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW Rybakina hit 516 Aces in the 2025 season!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The new head of the WTA ( women) said they want to retain the WTF in Riyadh past 2027? MEH!