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2019 WTA Finals: Preview and Prediction

2019 WTA Finals Shenzhen

The 2019 WTA Finals are taking place in China from Sunday 27th October to Sunday 3rd November. The Chinese city Shenzhen is hosting the season-ending event for the first time, having previously taken place in Singapore from 2014-2018. The tournament is contested by the top eight women’s tennis players who have been drawn into two round-robin groups (the Red Group & the Purple Group), with the top two from each going to the knockout stage.

Who is in which group?

RED GROUP

1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 1

  • Grand Slam Finals: 1 (1 win)
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 0
  • Olympic Medals: 0
3. Naomi Osaka (Japan) 

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 2

  • Grand Slam Finals: 2 (2 wins)
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 0
  • Olympic Medals: 0
6. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 6

  • Grand Slam Finals: 3 (2 wins, 1 loss)
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 2 (1 win, 1 loss)
  • Olympic Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
7. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 0

  • Grand Slam Finals: 0
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 0
  • Olympic Medals: 0

Total Red Group Iconic Moments: 9

PURPLE GROUP

2. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 1

  • Grand Slam Finals: 1 (1 loss)
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 0
  • Olympic Medals: 0
4. Bianca Andreescu (Canada)

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 1

  • Grand Slam Finals: 1 (1 win)
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 0
  • Olympic Medals: 0
5. Simona Halep (Romania)

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 6

  • Grand Slam Finals: 5 (2 wins, 3 losses)
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 1 (1 loss)
  • Olympic Medals: 0
8. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

Career Overview – Total Iconic Moments: 1

  • Grand Slam Finals: 0
  • Year-End Championship Finals: 1 (1 win)
  • Olympic Medals: 0

Total Purple Group Iconic Moments: 9

What are my predictions?

Group Stage

  • RED GROUP: 1st – Kvitova, 2nd – Bencic, 3rd – Osaka, 4th – Barty
  • PURPLE GROUP: 1st – Andreescu, 2nd – Halep, 3rd – Pliskova, 4th – Svitolina

Semi-Finals

  • Halep (Purple Group Runner-Up) d. Kvitova (Red Group Winner)
  • Andreescu (Purple Group Winner) d. Bencic (Red Group Runner-Up)

Final

  • Halep d. Andreescu to win her first ever WTA Finals!

What are your predictions? Let me know in the comments section below!

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