ST PETERSBURG, Fla. – The WTA introduced Sunday that Anett Kontaveit certified for the 2021 Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara, turning into the eighth and closing singles participant to safe her place, and the primary participant from Estonia, to qualify for the WTA’s crown-jewel occasion.
Kontaveit confirmed her qualification by successful the title on the Transylvanian Open in Cluj-Napoca earlier Sunday, capping a exceptional end-of-season run, which incorporates successful 15 consecutive indoor matches and 26 of her previous 28 matches total.
With Kontaveit confirming her place on the WTA Finals, the singles discipline is now set. She is going to be part of Aryna Sabalenka, Barbora Krejcikova, Karolina Pliskova, Maria Sakkari, Iga Swiatek, Garbiñe Muguruza and Paula Badosa in Guadalajara.
“The 2021 WTA Finals is shaping as much as be some of the thrilling year-end finales, highlighting a singles discipline that options six athletes making their debut and two international locations being represented for the primary time, spotlighting the true world nature of the tour,” Steve Simon, WTA Chairman and CEO, stated. The mixture of the WTA’s new stars with established champions will deal with our followers to a really thrilling week in Guadalajara and rejoice an finish to a superb WTA season.”
Kontaveit has loved her finest season on the WTA Tour in 2021. She reached six finals and gained 4 titles. She is projected to interrupt into the High 10 for the primary time in her profession on Monday.
Along with Sunday’s win on the Transylvanian Open, Kontaveit gained titles at Tennis within the Land (Cleveland), the J&T Banka Ostrava Open and the VTB Kremlin Cup (Moscow), and reached further finals on the Grampians Trophy in Melbourne and the Viking Worldwide Eastbourne.
Kontaveit additionally reached the quarterfinal on the BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells), Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart) and the Qatar Complete Open (Doha). She ends the common season with 45 match-wins, second solely to Ons Jabeur on 48.
Earlier this week the doubles discipline was confirmed, with the next groups set to compete for the WTA Finals Martina Navratilova Trophy in Guadalajara: Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, Hsieh Su-Wei and Elise Mertens, Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Demi Schuurs, Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai, Alexa Guarachi and Desirae Krawczyk, Darija Jurak and Andreja Klepac, and Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos.
The WTA additionally confirmed Sunday World No.1 Ashleigh Barty gained the Porsche Race to the WTA Finals, ending the season in pole place on the Leaderboard. She additionally achieved this feat in 2019. The Australian, who is not going to be competing at this 12 months’s Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara, captured a tour-leading 5 WTA titles in 2021, together with her second profession Grand Slam at The Championships, Wimbledon along with efficiently defending her title on the Miami Open introduced by Itaú. She lifted additional silverware on the Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati), Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart) and Yarra Valley Basic (Melbourne).
Porsche joined forces with the WTA in 2017 as title sponsor of the Porsche Race to the WTA Finals marketing campaign and Leaderboard. This season-long marketing campaign builds towards the WTA Finals, the crown-jewel occasion of the WTA season that includes the perfect eight singles gamers and doubles groups. Since 1978, the Stuttgart-based firm has sponsored the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and since 2002 has served because the occasion proprietor and organizer. Moreover, Porsche has been the official automotive sponsor of the WTA Finals since 2015.
Guadalajara is taking part in host to the season-ending event for this 12 months solely, with the occasion returning to its house in Shenzhen, China in 2022.
The 2021 WTA Finals options the High 8 singles gamers and doubles groups on the Porsche Race to the WTA Finals – which incorporates 50 WTA tournaments and 4 Grand Slams, competing in a round-robin format with the singles champion lifting the WTA Finals Billie Jean King Trophy and the doubles champions incomes the WTA Finals Martina Navratilova Trophy.
The Porsche Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard is up to date every Monday and might be discovered right here.
