Tennis tournament in singapore results. WTA Finals - Shenzhen Doubles live, results, draws

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For the third year in a row, hospitable Singapore hosts the most powerful tennis players in the world who will compete for victory in one of the most prestigious tournaments in world tennis. The final tournament of the year always has its own amazing atmosphere, because there are no random participants and random winners here. And sincere and always active fans in Singapore turned the WTA Finals into a real celebration. Throughout the season, the most powerful tennis players in the world showered compliments towards this competition. And now, with only the top eight left, there is hope that the tournament will once again be exciting.

Although the phrase "all the strongest" regarding the WTA Finals for the second year in a row is not entirely appropriate. Serena Williams again misses the tournament, which she won five times, and once in Singapore itself. After the triumph at Wimbledon, the American has noticeably sat down and, apparently, is resting before a new spurt in 2017. When Williams Jr. is out of shape, her performances on the court turn into a stage drama with a lot of effects and a minimum of tennis. Therefore, her loss in her current state is unlikely to be seriously noticeable.

Red group

This group was led by the first racket of the world Angelique Kerber, and she was accompanied by Romanian Simona Halep, American Madison Keys and Slovak Dominika Cibulkova. In fact, a very even composition of the group, which guarantees many interesting fights. Just look at the personal meetings of the participants. Angelique Kerber, who by status should be the favorite of the group, has a positive "PM" only with Madison Keys. On the other hand, Halep is leading in a personal confrontation with Keys and Kerber, but at the same time he is inferior to Cibulkova. And Dominica herself lost all three meetings of Madison. So there can be many stories.

If the tournament were held in September or August, then this group could be called the Angelique Kerber group. But now Halep looks like her favorite. Simona had a good stable season, where there was no long-awaited breakthrough in the tournament " Grand Slam". But also there were no huge failures during the whole season except for his start. To Beijing Simona just arrived already as a player who qualified for the Final Tournament of the Year. In Singapore, Halep already had a final, this year she has a great chance to at least repeat this result.

Of course, Kerber is having an amazing season, where she was marked by victories in the "majors" in USA and Australia , the final at Wimbledon and the Olympics and incredible stability throughout almost the entire season. However, after a hard-won victory in New York, Angelique ran out of batteries. She is increasingly talking about rest, and the motivation of the 28-year-old tennis player is now much less. As she herself said, she there's nothing more to prove. And the Final Tournament has never been particularly successful for Kerber.

Desire - this is exactly what Angelique lacks now. In a game with the same Cibulkova, this will be especially significant, since these are two tennis players of the same plan. Dominica, who started the season outside the Top 50, had a great campaign in 2016. She had to make her way through difficult grids, lose a lot of points because of this, but at the end of the season, successful tournaments in Wuhan and Linz brought a well-deserved award to the Slovak - a trip to Singapore. Although Dominika has little experience at this level, Cibulkova's fighting qualities are known throughout the Tour.

As for Madison Keys, she remains a mystery and dark horse of the group. Despite the fact that Madison tennis is the exact opposite of the term "constancy", her results in the season this year were very even. In all of 2016, Madison only left the tournament three times before the third round. And this is the decisive factor that helped the American to be in Singapore. But in Linz, where the trip was guaranteed, Keys played with a cold. Add to this the flight, the lack of experience and you get the outsider of the group. Madison will have a great experience getting to know the rhythm of the game at the Final Tournament. She can relax and feel like she is on a tour, because there is no pressure on her. This is a tiny, but still a chance for Madison.

Expected results: 1. Halep 3:0; 2. Cibulkova 2:1; 3. Kerber 1:2 4. Keys 0:3

white group

There is a little more experience in the White Group, more joint victories in big tournaments, but here the situation is looming very interesting. For example, Karolina Pliskova leads in personal meetings with Svetlana Kuznetsova and Garbin Mugurusa. At the same time, Agnieszka Radwańska shamelessly concedes - 0:6. In turn, Agnieszka is minimally inferior to Muguruse, but Sveta is a Pole's nightmare - 4:12. In addition, the form of the participants also varies greatly.

At Agnieszka good chances to defend her title, especially given the dynamics of the Polish tennis player's season. After all, it was in the autumn that she won one of the largest tournaments in her career in Beijing. Another thing is that Radwańska last beat a Top 10 player back in March. An additional difficulty for the third racket of the world lies in the fact that she starts the tournament with a match with an uncomfortable Svetlana Kuznetsova, who scored a good move.

Kuznetsova jumped on the bandwagon of the outgoing train, "on the flag" declaring for the tournament "VTB Kremlin Cup", and then won in great style title on it . After the US Open, Svetlana played much more lively, scoring several quality wins. Including, Agnieszka, Venus, Svitolina were beaten, and all the losses were in equal matches. Svetlana had an interesting streak at big competitions, when she lost only to the winners. It all started with Rome and losing to Serena, and ended at the US Open, when Kuznetsova lost to Wozniacki in the second round. Caroline eventually reached the semi-finals. This once again shows how underrated the season Svetlana spends. If she still has the strength for this tournament, then it is quite possible to repeat Agnieszka's feat. A lot depends on the first match.

Garbin Muguruza won three or more matches in WTA competition for the entire 2016 season. At the same time, she only once defeated a tennis player from the Top 10 of the world ranking. In the final month of 2015, Garbin advanced to the semi-finals or higher three times at two Premiere Series tournaments and the Finals. During this period of time, she beat six tennis players from the WTA Top 10 rankings. At the same time, in 2016 Garbinwon the major but not in 2015. And who's to say that last season was better than this one? Muguruza ran out of steam at the end of last year's semi-final here against Agnieszka. Now she is not in danger. Garbin's best win in the last six months is Pavlyuchenkova in Cincinnati. Add to that a recent injury and you have a 3-0 contender.

The summer of 2016 completely turned Pliskova's career around. The 24-year-old tennis player with excellent physical data and an outstanding serve looked more and more like a player who was never destined to reach her potential. However, at first, Carolina lit up at grass tournaments, and then shot at tournament in Cincinnati . Even though it was a post-Olympic tournament, Karo spent almost perfect week. And already in New York, she showed that it was no accident. If Karolina had been more experienced, then only Agnieszka Radwańska would have been the only member of the White Group without winning the Slams. What are the prospects for Pliskova in this tournament? She can finish it with a 0:6 set balance, or win without giving up a set in her path. Until you see at least a couple of games from this tennis player in a particular tournament, it is incredibly difficult to make predictions about her performance.

Expected Results: 1-3. Kuznetsova 2:1; Radwańska 2:1; Pliskova 2:1; 4. Muguruza 0:3.

If Agnieszka still gets out of her group, then she is definitely the main favorite to win. On the other hand, Halep has been going around and around a big win for years. When, if not now? And why shouldn't Svetlana repeat last year's success of Radvanskaya? Or where is the confidence that Kerber will not turn into a machine again? The victory of any tennis player will be both logical and illogical at the same time. That's why this year's WTA Finals will be so exciting to watch.

Singapore, 21.10-27.10.2017 Women (WTA), hard, Final Championship, 8 participants.

Announcement

The main competition of the year for women will be Final tournament in Singapore. It is called the final, although after it the season will continue for another month. But the best tennis players will be able to go on vacation with a clear conscience. So we suggest you take the opportunity to watch the best of the best for the last time in 2017 (and, of course, bet on one of them for a high odds that you will not see equal during the season).

Results of the first days

The tournament started on Sunday and so far only two fights in the white group have ended. It makes no sense to wait and see who will take the lead, because the tournament is already fleeting. Let's try to predict the winner in advance, especially since the possibilities of all the finalists are well known to us.

Quotes as of 22.10.2017

All odds given below are set by BC Marathon as of 10/22/2017, 19:00 Moscow time. In the white group, the second meeting has just ended, and the office has not yet had time to set new quotes.

Rating

Forecast

white group

W. Williams. The American in the first (yesterday) fight showed complete helplessness against Pliskova. After the 2:6 2:6 fiasco, Venus said that the courts in Singapore are too slow and do not allow her to show her best qualities. But it is believed that the elder Williams plays smart tennis. Her straight-line opponent, who relies heavily on the first serve and powerful flat shots during the play, slow coverage should have interfered to a much greater extent. Apparently, the point is not in coverage, but in the fact that an older American does not take out competitions with young elite opponents. Next, Venus will have to enter the court against Mugurusa and Ostapenko, tennis players are even sharper and more explosive, moving fast and there are no chances at all.

E. Ostapenko. The Latvian has also shown that she is still uncompetitive at the elite level. She has a resounding success to her credit (the title at Roland Garros 2017), but, apart from this conquest, Elena has not demonstrated top-ten games anywhere. So far, she has yet to prove that success in Paris is not an accident, that she does not belong to a huge army of girls who have not been able to confirm the pattern of the only success with subsequent stable performances (such as Puig, Schiavone, Bartolli, etc.). Lena just lacks stability. She started her final hard season with failures, losing in the first round to Toronto and Cincinnati. Moreover, the oppositionists there were frankly weak - Lepchenko and Krunich. This was followed by a departure in the third round at the US OPEN. The Asian series was much more successful for the Latvian: one title in Seoul (however, the rivals there were of the level of Luksika Kumhun and Nao Hibino) and two semi-finals in Yuhan and Beijing (in the first of them they even managed to beat Mugurusa). But all these were competitions, unimportant for the leaders, who did not want to get injured before the Final and quickly merged. Singapore is a completely different song. The first match here against Muguruza was lost with complete evidence both in terms of the score and the game. Next, Ostapenko will meet with Williams and Plishkova. And for a young Latvian, it will be a huge success if in the end she manages to take at least one point.

K. Pliskova. The Czech woman was the least successful of the eight in the second half of the season, so even against Williams, the bookmakers assessed her chances with caution, believing them to be approximately equal. But the defeat of the pensioner immediately lifted Plishkova to the second line of the rating list. We are not inclined to overestimate the possibilities that demonstrate primitive tennis and have obvious weak spots(in particular, she is not fast enough and hardy enough, often Caroline is enough for only one set). If we evaluate the results shown during the current hard season, we will see a dual picture. On the one hand, Pliskova has an excellent balance of wins and losses (+14 -6). On the other hand, almost all confrontations with worthy opponents ended sadly for her. In particular, the Czech lost to Kirsta, Barty, Kerber, Vandeweghe, Muguruza and Wozniacki. At the same time, consider that there were no victories over elite girls at all (Wozniacki's revenge, and even, perhaps, the triumph in the meeting with Pavlyuchenkova can be attributed to the category of memorable successes). The defeat of Williams impressed, but it is not known what was more here - her own skill or the weakness of the oppositionist.

G. Muguruza. The Spaniard tore everyone at Wimbledon, proving that she had accustomed herself to the idea that she really was an elite tennis player. It cannot be said that Garbi's further path was sinless. In Stanford, the Spaniard lost to Keys in the semifinals, in Toronto she was beaten in the third round by Svitolina. Finally, Cincinnati managed to take the title, taking revenge on the Keys, and at the same time burying Pliskova, Halep and Kuznetsova. Then there was the fourth round at the US OPEN, where Kvitova had to give way, plus the third stage in Toronto (there Muguruza defeated Garcia, but could not resist Wozniacki, having suffered a humiliating defeat 0:6 2:6). Finally, the Chinese voyage ended in a complete fiasco. Departure in the third round from Ostapenko and draining the mediocre Strykova at the start of Beijing (however, there it smacked of a frank surrender of the game, since Garbine refused when the score was 1:6 0:2). If you evaluate the results in historical sequence, at first glance it will seem as if they are descending. But in fact, everything can be explained by purposeful preparation for the Final. In Singapore, a convincing revenge has already been taken from Ostapenko, and the bookmakers were not slow to elevate the Spaniard to the top of their preferences. We tend to agree with them. At the very least, Garbi must leave the group.

Red group

K. Wozniacki. The Dane had a brilliant season, approaching the best examples of herself. But even so, she could not rise above the sixth line in the classification. It is not surprising that in the next fight against Svitolina, the Danish beauty is put as an outsider, offering a quote of 2.41 (against 1.65 for her opponent). If we take purely technical results (+14 -6), everything looks relatively good. In Tokyo, they even managed to win the title, leaving Cibulkova and Mugurusu with a nose. But in general, there are more defeats from elite rivals than victories. Of the successes in meetings with strong girls, in addition to those already mentioned, one can note only the victory over Pliskova in Toronto in early August. At the same time, Karo was inferior to Svitolina, the same Plishkova, Makarova, Kvitova and even Sakkari (the Dane refused to fight Cabrera at the extreme competition in Hong Kong). Once in the death group, it is unlikely that Wozniacki can count on getting out of it.

S. Halep. As the Romanian herself recently put it, it will be difficult for her, because she will have to run a lot (in the company of such strong opponents). In the summer, Simona resorted to the help of a psychologist, and this had a positive effect on the results. Previously, Halep could not take a single serious title, losing at the decisive moment. For example, at Roland Garros, she was a clear favorite against Ostapenko, but as a result, she showed complete helplessness and a lack of understanding of how to act against this particular opponent. After working with a psychologist, the Romanian reached the first rating line, but this did not help her learn how to win decisive confrontations. In particular, in recent months, Simona twice found herself in the finals, but each time the title floated away from their hands. In Cincinnati it was destroyed by Muguruza 1:6 0:6, and recently in Beijing it was beaten by Garcia 4:6 6:7. Between these two relatively successful competitions there were departures in the first rounds to the US OPEN (0:3 from Sharapova) and Yukhan (1:6 2:6 from Kasatkina). The reason lies on the surface - Simone prefers clay courts, and on hard (especially fast American and Chinese) she feels out of place. We believe that in the company with Garcia, Svitolina and Wozniacki, the Romanian only has to fight for third place. The first fight against the Frenchwoman is scheduled for today, 10/23/2017 at 14:30 Moscow time, and it will be the moment of truth for Halep. Bookmakers consider Simona the favorite, offering to play it for 1.65, but all the experts who managed to express their opinion unanimously say that Garcia should become the winner here.

C. Garcia. The Frenchwoman had the best time in the final part of the season. Two victories in a row at the extreme competitions (In Beijing and Yuhan), where Halep, Kvitova, Svitolina, Kerber, Cibulkova, Barty were defeated, testify to the excellent form that Karolina has gained. Only the week before last she withdrew from the tournament, and last week she was denied a Wild Card by the organizers of the Kremlin Cup. Thus, the Frenchwoman could well lose her excellent shape in two weeks of inactivity. Let's not forget that in the early part of the hard season, Garcia performed quite averagely, in none of the four competitions, not advancing beyond the third round. So, although some experts rushed to write her down as the main favorite of the group, Carolina has yet to prove that she can take the titles for which the strongest opponents are seriously fighting (winning not only in provincial Chinese cities).

E. Svitolina. In early October, the Ukrainian climbed to a record third place in the ranking, in the end she slowed down a bit, due to the fact that in Hong Kong she refused to enter the second round fight and missed a fair amount of rating points(as a result, Pavlyuchenkova became a triumph there). In general, after the US OPEN, the Ukrainian has played only one full-fledged tournament. In Beijing, she reached the third round, defeating Zhu Lin, Ashleigh Barty and Elena Vesnina. At the same time, the duel with Garcia again clearly outlined the main weakness of the Ukrainian - the inability to take decisive fights in which the opponent desperately resists and does not want to concede. Svitolina definitely needs to work with a psychologist, otherwise the most talented of the young tennis players (Elina, 23 years old) runs the risk of never winning anything serious, like Halep, Radwansky or Wozniacki. In general, the hard season went well for Svitolina (+12 -5), especially his very start, when he won the title in Toronto (moreover, he beat Muguruza, Wozniacki, Halep, Kasatkina, Williams). But after that, Elina had practically no serious opponents, and when they did meet, the Ukrainian suffered defeat. There are doubts that she is now in perfect shape, but we still dare to put it in the first position in the group.

Conclusion

In our opinion, from the white subgroup they will make their way to the semi-finals Pliskov and Muguruza(here everything is quite transparent, the rivals are clearly inferior to them in the class). As for the red subgroup, here the forces of the entire quartet are approximately equal and it is rather difficult to predict the semi-finalists. We still prefer best player last month Garcia and the most talented of those gatheredSvitolina. If everything goes as predicted, then Svitolina-Pliskova and Muguruza-Garcia will meet in ½. However, the girls from the red subgroup look stronger in any combination (even if Wozniacki and Halep make it to the semi-finals), so they will play the main cup among themselves.

Final forecast: in the final fight, Garcia will confront Svitolina, and here again the Ukrainian should be stronger. She has long been among the elite tennis players, and the Finals, unlike even the Grand Slams, are never won by random individuals or upstarts who flashed at a couple of tournaments in a season.

Red group

If the tournament were held in September or August, then this group could be called the Angelique Kerber group. But now Halep looks like her favorite. Simona had a good, consistent season where she didn't have the long-awaited breakthrough at the Grand Slam tournament. But also there were no huge failures during the whole season except for its start. To Beijing Simona just arrived already as a player who qualified for the Final Tournament of the Year. In Singapore, Halep already had a final, this year she has a great chance to at least repeat this result.

Expected results: 1. Halep 3:0; 2. Cibulkova 2:1; 3. Kerber 1:2 4. Keys 0:3

white group

At Agnieszka has a good chance of defending her title, especially given the dynamics of the Polish tennis player's season. After all, it was in the autumn that she won one of the largest tournaments in her career in Beijing. Another thing is that Radwańska last beat a Top 10 player back in March. An additional difficulty for the third racket of the world lies in the fact that she starts the tournament with a match with an uncomfortable Svetlana Kuznetsova, who scored a good move.

The summer of 2016 completely turned Pliskova's career around. The 24-year-old tennis player with excellent physical data and an outstanding serve looked more and more like a player who was never destined to reach her potential. However, at first, Carolina lit up at grass tournaments, and then shot at tournament in Cincinnati . Although it was a post-Olympic tournament, Caro had an almost perfect week. And already in New York, she showed that it was no accident. If Karolina had been more experienced, then only Agnieszka Radwańska would have been the only member of the White Group without winning the Slams. What are the prospects for Pliskova in this tournament? She can finish it with a 0:6 set balance, or win without giving up a set in her path. Until you see at least a couple of games from this tennis player in a particular tournament, it is incredibly difficult to make predictions about her performance.

Expected Results: 1-3. Kuznetsova 2:1; Radwańska 2:1; Pliskova 2:1; 4. Muguruza 0:3.

The final tournament of the year starts in Singapore on Sunday WTA, in which eight of the strongest tennis players in the world ranking traditionally take part.

Red group:
(Romania, 1), (Ukraine, 4), (Denmark, 6), (France, 8).

White group:
(Spain, 2), (Czech Republic, 3), (USA, 5), (Latvia, 7).

The top two tennis players from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

NEW FACES

Three debutants of the final tournament came to Singapore at once - Svitolina, Ostapenko and Garcia. But if the Ukrainian has progressed and consistently performed throughout the year, gaining a foothold in the elite in the spring, then the appearance of the last two is an absolute surprise.

20-year-old Ostapenko conquered everyone by winning sensationally Roland Garros . But, appearing out of nowhere, after this victory, she did not go anywhere. On the contrary, it continued to show very decent results. Ostapenko reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where she lost to Venus Williams, and after a not very successful performance in the American series of tournaments (defeats in the first round in Toronto and Cincinnati, 3rd round US Open ) played great in Asia - won the tournament in Seoul and was in the semi-finals in Wuhan and Beijing. In August, Ostapenko said that her goal for this season was to enter the top 10 in the rankings and get into the final tournament. No sooner said than done. But the Latvian tennis player is not one of those who will be satisfied with just participating in Singapore.

As for Garcia, the 23-year-old Frenchwoman showed herself great at Roland Garros , where she reached the quarterfinals, and then went into the shadows, being considered just a strong player of the top 20 level, but no more. But at the Asian series of tournaments in September-October, she performed simply phenomenally. First there was a quarter-final in Tokyo, and then victories in Wuhan and Beijing. Moreover, on the way to the title in the capital of China, Garcia defeated the 3rd racket of the world at that time, Svitolina, and the 2nd, Halep.

But, of course, injuries and being in the top 10 of the world ranking helped Garcia get to Singapore.

WHO WILL BE THE FIRST?

The main intrigue of the tournament is simple and exciting at the same time - who will become the first racket of the world at the end of the year? When, winning Open Championship Australia, went on maternity leave and vacated the throne (although the great American woman threatens to return in January), the real era of palace coups began. The leaders changed as often as ever (the last time something like this was in 2002) - the first in the ranking were Pliskova, Muguruza and, finally, after the tournament in Beijing, Halep.

Incredibly, seven people have a chance to finish the season in first place! Actually, these are all the participants of the tournament with the exception of Garcia. And given that since 1975, when this rating format was introduced, only 12 tennis players can boast of being No. 1 at the end of the year, the girls have a chance to make history.

1. Halep - 5675 points

2. Muguruza - 5635

3. Plishkova - 5105

4. Svitolina - 5000

5. Williams - 4642

6. Wozniacki - 4640

7. Ostapenko - 4510

Whoever wins all matches in the tournament will receive 1500 points. The tennis player who won one victory in the group, but at the same time reached the semi-finals (this is possible) and then won the tournament - 1250. There are a lot of layouts, and every match will matter - and in this case this is not a figure of speech. It is clear that the chances of the same Ostapenko are rather purely theoretical - she needs to go through without defeat herself and expect that Halep and Muguruza will completely fail. But such a twisted intrigue on final tournament the year was not long ago. And you need to enjoy this moment while the great and terrible Serena is babysitting her daughter.

WTA Finals has started in Singapore - the final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) with a prize fund of $ 7 million. This year, three newcomers take part in it at once, and seven out of eight tennis players have a chance to become the first racket of the world at the end of the year. In two matches in the White Group, Karolina Pliskova left no chance for Venus Williams, and Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza also beat the sensational winner in two games Roland Garros Elena Ostapenko.

The final WTA tournament, which takes place in Singapore for the fourth year in a row, can be considered unique. Firstly, there has never been such a level of competition in the struggle for the first place at this competition at the end of the year. The fact is that seven tennis players can theoretically lead the rating at once, and four of them - the current leader of the Romanian Simona Halep, Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Czech Karolina Pliskova - quite realistically claim leadership. For example, Muguruza, in order to get past Halep, who is ahead of her by only 40 rating points, it is enough to win just one match more. Yes, and Pliskova and Svitolina may well count on a favorable option for themselves.

Secondly, compared to last year, more than half - five out of eight tennis players - have updated the composition of the tournament participants. In addition, three newcomers appeared in the Singapore eight at once - Elina Svitolina, Elena Ostapenko from Latvia and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia.

Thirdly, it has not happened for a long time that the division of tennis players into groups so clearly corresponded to the style of their game. The White Group included Garbiñe Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova, Venus Williams and Elena Ostapenko, who prefer more power tennis compared to Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina, Caroline Wozniacki and Caroline Garcia from the Red Group.

The starting day of the WTA Finals brought no surprises. First, Pliskova defeated Venus Williams in just 1 hour and 12 minutes with a score of 6:2, 6:2. The 37-year-old American, who is taking part in the final tournament for the fifth time, but for the first time in eight years, is the oldest participant since 1994. She did not serve very well, making six double faults, and was unable to use her advantage in experience, while the Czech, sometimes not distinguished by stability, demonstrated a fairly accurate and reliable game for herself.

The second meeting of the day - Muguruza-Ostapenko - turned out to be more interesting. On a relatively slow hard court surface laid on a wooden “cushion” in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the Latvian tennis player, as usual, tried to act as aggressively as possible, but did not succeed. The Spaniard won with a score of 6:3, 6:4 in 1 hour 25 minutes and, thus, on this moment outranked Halep, who will play against Garcia on Monday.

Evgeny Fedyakov

WTA ranking

eleven). Simona Halep (Romania) - 5675 points. 2 (2). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) - 5635. 3 (3). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) - 5105. 4 (4). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) - 5000. 5 (5). Venus Williams (USA) - 4642. 6 (6). Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) - 4640. 7 (7). Elena Ostapenko (Latvia) - 4510. 8 (9). Caroline Garcia (France) - 3795. 9 (10). Joanna Konta (Great Britain) - 3610. 10 (13). Kristina Mladenovic (France) - 2885. 11 (8). Svetlana Kuznetsova(Russia) - 2856. 12 (14). Coco Vandewey - 2819. 13 (15). Sloane Stevens (both - USA) - 2722. 14(18). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(Russia) - 2425. 15 (21). Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) - 2295. 16 (16). Madison Keys (USA) - 2213. 17(20). Elena Vesnina(Russia) - 2195. 18 (27). Julia Gerges - 2060. 19 (11). Angelique Kerber (both - Germany) - 2042. 20 (23). Ashleigh Barty (Australia) - 2031… 24(28). Daria Kasatkina(Russia) - 1950… 33(33). Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) - 1580… 54(67). Natalia Vikhlyantseva(Russia) - 1070… 60 (57). Maria Sharapova(Russia) - 1006… 73 (74). Ekaterina Alexandrova(Russia) - 830… 84 (86). Evgenia Rodina(Russia) - 752.

In brackets - the position of the previous week.

WTA and ATP Tournaments

Final WTA Tournament in Singapore. Prize fund- $7 million

White group. First tour. Garbine Muguruza (Spain, 2) - Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 7) 6:3, 6:4. Karolina Plishkova (Czech Republic, 3) - Venus Williams (USA, 5) 6:2, 6:2.

Tournament WTA Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Prize fund - $855 thousand.

The final. Julia Goerges (Germany, 7) - Daria Kasatkina(Russia) 6:1, 6:2.

Tournament ATP Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Prize fund - $745 thousand.

The final. Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6) - Richardas Berankis (Lithuania) 6:2, 1:6, 6:4.

ATP tournament in Stockholm. Prize fund - €590 thousand.

The final. Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina, 4) - Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 1) 6:4, 6:2.