Swiatek, Jabeur, Pegula, Gauff headline WTA Finals field
Associated PressFORT WORTH, Texas — A look at the eight women who are in the singles field for the season-ending WTA Finals, which begin Monday: ___ IGA SWIATEK Ranked: 1 Country: Poland Age: 21 2022 Record: 64-8 2022 Titles: 8 Career Titles: 11 Grand Slam Titles: 3 — French Open, U.S. Open Past WTA Finals Appearances: 2021 Best WTA Finals Showing: Eliminated in group stage Aces: First woman since Serena Williams in 2013 with at least eight titles in a season; first since Angelique Kerber in 2016 with two Grand Slam trophies in a year.. 37-match winning streak from February to July was longest in women’s tennis since 1997.. ___ ONS JABEUR Ranked: 2 Country: Tunisia Age: 28 2022 Record: 46-15 2022 Titles: 2 Career Titles: 3 Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: Runner-Up, Wimbledon, U.S. Open Past WTA Finals Appearances: Debut Aces: Rebounded from surprising first-round French Open loss between reaching first two major finals at Wimbledon, U.S. Open.. First woman since Williams in 2019 to get to the title matches at the All England Club and Flushing Meadows.. First woman from North Africa and first Arab woman to reach Grand Slam final. ___ JESSICA PEGULA Ranked: 3 Country: United States Age: 28 2022 Record: 42-18 2022 Titles: 1 Career Titles: 2 Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: Quarterfinals, Australian Open, French Open, U.S. Open Past WTA Finals Appearances: Debut Aces: The native New Yorker recently joined Coco Gauff in becoming first two American women to both be ranked in the WTA’s top four spots since 2010, when Serena and Venus Williams did it.. Coming off first WTA 1000 title, beating four past Grand Slam champions in Guadalajara, Mexico.. Breakthrough season included three Slam quarterfinals before a loss to the No. ___ ARYNA SABALENKA Ranked: 7 Country: Belarus Age: 24 2022 Record: 30-20 2022 Titles: Zero Career Titles: 10 Grand Slam Titles: None — Best: Semifinals, Wimbledon, U.S. Open Past WTA Finals Appearances: 2021 Best WTA Finals Showing: Eliminated in group stage Aces: A year after reaching first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, unable to compete there this summer when players from her country, Belarus, and from Russia were banned by the All England Club because of the invasion of Ukraine.. Ninth in aces this year, with 227, but also accumulated more than 100 more double-faults than anyone else on tour, with 398, an average of just about eight per match.. Won two Grand Slam doubles titles with Elise Mertens, at 2019 U.S. Open and 2021 Australian Open.