On November 10th, Beijing time, the 2021 WTA year-end finals will be completely new in many ways. This is the first year that the event has been held in Guadalajara, Mexico, and it is also the first time it has returned to North America since it was held in Los Angeles, California in 2005. In addition, six of the eight singles players made their debut in the year-end finals, and only one Grand Slam champion came here this season-Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka and U.S. Open champion Emma Radukanu did not win. To qualify, Wimbledon champion Ashley Barty chose to retire due to travel restrictions. Only French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova (Barbora Krejcikova) is here, she will face Anett Kontaveit (Anett Kontaveit) on Wednesday at 14:00 local time, the latter is the eighth and last A player who is eligible to participate in this event. The only two non-debut players on the field, Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza, will detonate the game on Wednesday night local time.
Barbara Krečkova (2) VS Arnet Kontavit (8)
Barbara Krečkova had previously qualified for the WTA year-end finals in doubles, and entered the final with her partner Katerina Signakova in 2018. At the beginning of the season, her women’s singles world ranking was still outside 60, but after a brilliant season, her world ranking has reached third place. In 2021, Barbara Krechkova has a record of 44 wins and 15 losses, winning the first three singles titles of her career, the biggest of which is of course the French Open. In the middle of the season, the Czech achieved a remarkable record of 29 wins and 4 losses. In this year-end finals, she also qualified for the women’s doubles with her gold medal partner Katerina Sinakova. They joined hands this year. Under the French Open women’s doubles championship.
Less than three months ago, Arnet Kontavit was still ranked 30th in the world, but shortly after hiring Dimtry Tursonov as her coach, her world The ranking has been climbing. In just 10 weeks, Arnet Kontavit has achieved an amazing 26 wins and 2 losses, winning 4 championships, and the title she won in Transylvania 10 days ago is guaranteed. In order to gain her position in this tournament, she defeated Ons Jabeur, who also made the biggest breakthrough of her career.
Carolina Pliskova (3) VS Jiabini Muguruza (6)
Pliskova has a record of 8 wins and 2 losses in 10 encounters between the two sides, and even 8 wins and 1 loss on the hard court. However, the two sides have not met for three years, and Muguruza is now coached by Pliskova’s former coach Conchita Martinez. Pliskova has reached the semifinals of the year-end finals in the past three years, but has never gone further. This is the first time Muguruza has reached the year-end finals since 2017.
Shuko Aoyama/Eina Shibahara (2) VS Dalija-Urak/Andrega-Kleipak (7)
The Japanese team has won five championships this season, the most famous of which is the Miami Open. Dalija Yurak and Andreja Kleipak made their debut in the year-end finals at the age of 37 and 35 respectively. Together, they won two championships in the 2021 season.
Nicole Meilchar-Martinez/Demi Schuurs (4) VS Sam Stosur/Zhang Shuai (5)
This season is the first time that Nicole Meilchar-Martinez/Demi Schuurs teamed up and won two championships. Sam Stosur/Schuur Zhang won back-to-back at the Cincinnati and US Open. They also won the US Open. The second Grand Slam women’s doubles champion.Return to Sohu to see more
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