The Pole won the French Open and the US Open as well as four WTA 1000 tournaments this season.
Iga Swiatek will open her WTA Finals campaign against eighth seed Daria Kasatkina. Swiatek is having a fantastic season, having won 64 out of 72 matches and an incredible eight titles. The Pole won the French Open and the US Open as well as four WTA 1000 tournaments. Swiatek’s most recent WTA Tour appearance was at the San Diego Open, where she defeated Zheng Qinwen, Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula before falling to Donna Vekic in the final.
Kasatkina has been in fantastic form this season, helping her to a career-high ranking of No. 8. She won the Silicon Valley Classic as well as the Granby Open. Her most notable performance, however, was reaching the French Open semifinals, where she was defeated by Swiatek. The Russian also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. Kasatkina’s most recent WTA Tour appearance was at the Guadalajara Open, where she was the seventh seed. She advanced to the last 16 before falling to Anna Kalinskaya 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
Iga Swiatek and Daria Kasatkina will face each other on Tuesday, November 1 in the group stage of the 2022 WTA Finals.
The eight players at the WTA Finals 2022 have been divided into two groups, these are the Tracy Austin Group and the Nancy Richey Group. Each player will play one match against everyone in their group and the top two from each will make it through to the semi-finals. The top finisher of one group will face the second finisher of the other. The winner of those two matches will then meet in the final to decide who will win the 2022 WTA Finals crown.
Tracy Austin Group | Nancy Richey Group |
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Iga Swiatek | Ons Jabeur |
Coco Gauff | Jessica Pegula |
Caroline Garcia | Maria Sakkari |
Daria Kasatkina | Aryna Sabalenka |
The group stage action of the 2022 WTA Finals will commence on October 31 and end on November 5. The semi-finals will be played on November 6 and the final on November 7.
Round | Dates |
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Group Stage | October 31-November 5 |
Semi-finals | November 6 |
Fina; | November 7 |
Player | Seed |
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Iga Swiatek | 1 |
Ons Jabeur | 2 |
Jessica Pegula | 3 |
Coco Gauff | 4 |
Maria Sakkari | 5 |
Caroline Garcia | 6 |
Aryna Sabalenka | 7 |
Daria Kasatkina | 8 |
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