The top women's players in the game, including year-end world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, are currently in Shenzhen, China, competing in the 2019 WTA Finals. Let's take a look at the players participating in the tournament, as they play for the coveted year-end trophy and a record prize purse.
Above, players competing in the WTA Finals take a selfie prior to the start of the tournament. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Fresh off her first Grand Slam women's singles title earlier in the summer in Paris, Ashleigh Barty reached the fourth round at the 2019 US Open, tied for her best finish. She is the top seed in Shenzhen. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Two-time major winner and 2015 US Open semifinalist Simona Halep was upset by unseeded Taylor Townsend in the second round of the 2019 US Open. In her first match in Shenzhen, she rallied from a set down to beat reigning US Open champion Bianca Andreescu. (Photo by Noel Celis)
World No. 3 and 2018 US Open champ Naomi Osaka defeated Petra Kvitova in her opening WTA Finals match but later pulled out of the tournament with a shoulder injury. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
2019 US Open champ Bianca Andreescu dropped a three-setter to Simona Halep on Day 1 of play in Shenzhen. She'll play Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina in the other round-robin matches. (Photo by Noel Celis)
No. 7 seed Belinda Bencic had a breakout run to the 2019 US Open semifinals. It was her first time past the fourth round of a major in five years. She is in the Red Group of the WTA Finals. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
Two-time US Open quarterfinalist Petra Kvitova lost her opening WTA Finals match against Naomi Osaka, but she could still get through to the knockout stages with wins over Ashleigh Barty and Belinda Bencic. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
2016 US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova stumbled in the fourth round in New York in 2019, but the world No. 2 is the top seed in the Purple Group in Shenzhen, where the top two players from each of the two four-player pools advance to the semifinals. (Photo by Noel Celis)
Elina Svitolina defeated Karolina Pliskova, 7-6, 6-4, in her first round-robin match, winning the longest tiebreak of the year, 14-12, on her seventh set point. Svitolina reached the 2019 US Open semifinals, where she lost to Serena Williams. (Photo by Noel Celis)
Kiki Bertens, a last-minute replacement for Naomi Osaka, toppled No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty on Tuesday. Playing for the eighth consecutive week since the US Open, Bertens could still advance to the semifinals. (Photo by Noel Celis)
