5 things to know about the WTA Year-end championships

SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21:  (L-R) Micky Lawler, WTA President, Simona Halep of Romania, Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic, Garbine Muguruza of Spain, Angelique Kerber of Germany, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, Madison Keys of the United States, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia and Melissa Pine, WTA Finals Tournament Director pose on stage during the Official Draw Ceremony prior to the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore at Marina Bay Sands on October 21, 2016 in Singapore.  (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images for WTA)
8 players are drawn into two groups each
  1. 3 is the number

Not to demean the value of Grand Slams but they are won in two weeks, whereas, to book a place in the WTA finals, one needs to perform consistently throughout the year. As a matter of fact, our top 8 seeds have only three Grand Slams amongst them with 6 players having no Grand Slams in their kitty. The only player to have multiple slams(2) is the newly crowned world number 1, Angelique Kerber, who won both her Grand Slams this year.

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