RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The WTA announced today that Aryna Sabalenka and Katerina Siniakova have secured the WTA Year-End No.1 Rankings presented by PIF.
Sabalenka has secured the singles year-end accolade for the first time in her career while Siniakova is enjoying her fourth doubles end-of-season finish in the No.1 position. Both players received their silverware last week at the WTA Finals in Riyadh at the end of a season which in May saw PIF become the first ever sponsor of the WTA Rankings.
Sabalenka is the 16th player overall to have earned the WTA Year-End No.1 Singles Ranking presented by PIF and the 26-year-old has reached seven finals this season, defending her crown at the Australian Open and winning the US Open in addition to lifting WTA 1000 titles at the Cincinnati Open and Dongfeng Voyah · Wuhan Open.
She finished runner-up at two further WTA 1000 events at the Mutua Madrid Open and the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Rome) and also at the WTA 500 Brisbane International presented by Evie, and officially confirmed her year-end No.1 status following her progression to the semifinals at the WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF.
Official group photographs and player portraits have been released for the WTA Finals in Riyadh
Sabalenka has earned the elite year-end accolade in singles for the first time in her career, while Siniakova from the Czech Republic is celebrating her fourth finish in the doubles No.1 position (in addition to 2018, 2021 and 2022).
Siniakova first finished the season in the No.1 doubles position in 2018 (when co-ranked No.1 with Barbora Krejcikova) and then again in 2021 and 2022, and today will mark her 125th week as the world’s No.1 ranked doubles player, moving to fifth on the all-time list.
Siniakova’s season has been highlighted by winning five titles, including two Grand Slams at Roland-Garros and The Championships, Wimbledon, the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and at WTA 250 events at the Livesport Prague Open and Guangzhou Open presented by AVATR.
She capped off a memorable year by qualifying for the WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF with Taylor Townsend where the team finished as runners-up, marking her sixth consecutive time contesting the prestigious season-ending event. Siniakova first achieved the No.1 ranking on October 22, 2018 and only one player has more year-end finishes than Siniakova, with Martina Navratilova sitting on five.
Both players will be honoured this week at the WTA Finals Riyadh presented by PIF and will receive the coveted year-end No.1 trophies.
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