WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013, Schedule, WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Prize Money, Players List, Tickets, Past Champions

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Information

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013
Location	Istanbul, Turkey (2011 – 2013)
Venue	Sinan Erdem Dome
Category	Premier tournaments
Surface	Hard
Draw	8S / 4D
Prize Money	US$4,900,000 (2013)
Website	WTA Championships

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Schedule

Day	Matches	Match Hour
Tuesday, Oct. 22	Round Robin	17:00 1st match, followed by 2nd match, followed by 3rd match
Wednesday, Oct. 23	Round Robin	17:00 1st match, followed by 2nd match, followed by 3rd match
Thursday, Oct. 24	Round Robin	17:00 1st match, followed by 2nd match, followed by 3rd match
Friday, Oct. 25	Round Robin	17:00 1st match, followed by 2nd match, followed by 3rd match
Saturday, Oct. 26	Semifinals	13:00 1st doubles SF, NB 15:00 1st singles SF, followed by 2nd singles SF, followed by 2nd doubles SF
Sunday, Oct. 27	Finals	14:30 doubles F, NB 17:00 singles F

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Prize Money

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Total Prize Money is 6.0 million United States dollars

Stage	Singles	Doubles	Points 1
Champion	RR2 + $1,590,000	$460,000	RR3 + 810
Runner-up	RR2 + $535,000	$230,000	RR3 + 360
Semifinalist	RR2 + $36,500	$115,000	RR3
Round Robin (3 wins)	$555,0002	N/A	690
Round Robin (2 wins)	$415,0002	N/A	530
Round Robin (1 win)	$275,0002	N/A	370
Round Robin (0 wins)	$135,0002	N/A	210
Participation Fee	$70,000	N/A	N/A
Alternates	$50,000	N/A	N/A

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Tickets

Date	Session – Round – Play	Price
Oct 22 - Tue - Eve	3 singles round robin	$245
Oct 23 - Wed - Eve	3 singles round robin	$225
Oct 24 - Thu - Eve	3 singles round robin	$275
Oct 25 - Fri - Eve	3 singles round robin	$375
Oct 26 - Sat - Eve	Semifinals Singles/Doubles	$675
Oct 27 - Sun - Eve	Finals Singles/Doubles	$775

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Venues

Town	Years	Stadium	Surface	Capacity
Boca Raton	1972–1973	–	Clay	–
Los Angeles	1974–1976	–	Carpet	–
New York City	1977	Madison Square Garden	Carpet	18,000
Oakland	1978	Oakland Arena	Carpet	–
New York City	1979–2000	Madison Square Garden	Carpet	18,000
Munich	2001	Olympiahalle	Hard	12,000
Los Angeles	2002–2005	Staples Center	Hard	17,000
Madrid	2006–2007	Madrid Arena	Hard	10,500
Doha	2008–2010	Khalifa International Tennis Complex	Hard	6,911
Istanbul	2011–2013	Sinan Erdem Dome	Hard	15,000
2014–2016	Candidate Cities: Kazan Mexico City Singapore Tianjin	TBD	TBD	TBD

WTA Tour Championships Tennis 2013 Players List

Singles

#	Players	Points	Tours	Date Qualified
1	Serena Williams (USA)	12,040	16(14)	5 August
2	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	7,676	15(13)	24 August
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	5,890	20	23 September
4	Li Na (CHN)	5,120	17(14)	27 September
5	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,370	22	7 October
6	Sara Errani (ITA)	4,190	21	7 October
7	Jelena Janković (SRB)	3,860	19	7 October
8	Angelique Kerber (GER)	3,715	21(20)	11 October

Doubles

#	Players	Points	Tours	Date Qualified
1	Sara Errani (ITA) Roberta Vinci (ITA)	7,415	14	6 September
2	Peng Shuai (CHN) Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE)	6,245	13	4 October
3	Nadia Petrova (RUS) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	6,155	13	4 October
4	Elena Vesnina (RUS) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	5,971	10	4 October

WTA Tour Championships Tennis Past Champions

WTA Tour Championships Tennis Womens Singles Past Champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
1972	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	7–5, 6–4
1973	Chris Evert (2)	Nancy Richey Gunter	6–3, 6–3
1974	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Chris Evert	6–3, 6–4
1975	Chris Evert (3)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–2
1976	Evonne Goolagong Cawley (2)	Chris Evert	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
1977	Chris Evert (4)	Sue Barker	2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1978	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7–6(7–0), 6–4
1979	Martina Navratilova (2)	Tracy Austin	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1980	Tracy Austin	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1981	Martina Navratilova (3)	Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
1982	Sylvia Hanika	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1983	Martina Navratilova (4)	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–0
1984	Martina Navratilova (5)	Chris Evert	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1985	Martina Navratilova (6)	Helena Suková	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1986(Mar.)	Martina Navratilova (7)	Hana Mandlíková	6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
1986(Nov.)	Martina Navratilova (8)	Steffi Graf	7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–2
1987	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1988	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1989	Steffi Graf (2)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1990	Monica Seles	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1991	Monica Seles (2)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
1992	Monica Seles (3)	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1993	Steffi Graf (3)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1994	Gabriela Sabatini (2)	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1995	Steffi Graf (4)	Anke Huber	6–1, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1996	Steffi Graf (5)	Martina Hingis	6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0
1997	Jana Novotná	Mary Pierce	7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
1998	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1999	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
2000	Martina Hingis (2)	Monica Seles	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2001	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	walkover
2002	Kim Clijsters	Serena Williams	7–5, 6–3
2003	Kim Clijsters (2)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–0
2004	Maria Sharapova	Serena Williams	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2005	Amélie Mauresmo	Mary Pierce	5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2006	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–3
2007	Justine Henin (2)	Maria Sharapova	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
2008	Venus Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–2
2009	Serena Williams (2)	Venus Williams	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2010	Kim Clijsters (3)	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2011	Petra Kvitová	Victoria Azarenka	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2012	Serena Williams (3)	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour Championships Tennis Womens Doubles Past Champions

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score in Final
1972	no doubles played
1973	Rosemary Casals Margaret Court	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–4
1974	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6–1, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
1975	no doubles played
1976	no doubles played
1977	no doubles played
1978	no doubles played
1979	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6, 7–6
1980	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1981	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–0, 7–6(8–6)
1982	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–4, 6–3
1983	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	7–5, 6–2
1984	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–1
1985	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
1986 (1)	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
1986 (2)	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	1–6, 6–1, 6–1
1987	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–1, 6–1
1988	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
1989	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–2
1990	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(7–4), 6–4
1991	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	7–6(7–4), 6–1
1993	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–3, 7–5
1994	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
1995	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
1996	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
1997	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
1998	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
1999	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Savchenko Neiland	6–4, 6–4
2000	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 6–3
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2002	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2004	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–2
2005	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
2006	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
2008	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 7–5
2009	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
2010	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–4
2011	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
2012	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–1, 6–4