2017 WTA Finals – Singles

Singles

2017 WTA Finals
Final
Champion|  Caroline Wozniacki
Runner-up|  Venus Williams
Score| 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw| 8 (RR + elimination)
Seeds| 8
Events
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2017 tennis event results

Main article: 2017 WTA Finals

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Venus Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2017 WTA Finals. Williams became the oldest player to reach the final.[1][2] Wozniacki also ended a seven-match losing streak to Williams with the win.

Dominika Cibulková was the defending champion, but failed to qualify this year.

The top seven seeds all had the chance to attain the year-end world No. 1 ranking. Newly crowned 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

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1. Simona Halep (round robin)
2. Garbiñe Muguruza (round robin)
3. Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)
4. Elina Svitolina (round robin)
5. Venus Williams (final)
6. Caroline Wozniacki (champion)
7. Jeļena Ostapenko (round robin)
8. Caroline Garcia (semifinals)

Notes:

* Serena Williams had qualified but withdrew due to pregnancy and the birth of her daughter.

## Alternates

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1. Kristina Mladenovic (Did not play)
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Did not play)

## Draw

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### Key

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* 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

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 8 |  Caroline Garcia | 77 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Venus Williams | 63 | 6 | 6 |
| | 5 |  Venus Williams | 4 | 4 |  |
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| | | 6 |  Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 |  |
| 3 |  Karolína Plíšková | 69 | 3 |  |

| 6 |  Caroline Wozniacki | 711 | 6 |  |

### Red group

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|  |  Halep |  Svitolina |  Wozniacki |  Garcia | RR
W–L  | Set
W–L  | Game
W–L  | Standings

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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

### White group

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|  |  Muguruza |  Plíšková |  Williams |  Ostapenko | RR
W–L  | Set
W–L  | Game
W–L  | Standings

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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 | 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

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1. ^ "Caroline Wozniacki beats Venus Williams to win season finale". BBC Sport. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
2. ^ "Caroline Wozniacki beats Venus Williams to seal WTA Finals victory". Guardian. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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