The WTA Finals will wrap up its time in Saudi Arabia after the 2026 tournament, ending the event’s three-year run in the region. Now, there are signs that this year’s event may not return to the Middle East as expected.

Elena Rybakina won the 2025 WTA Tour Finals. Artur Widak / Anadolu via Getty Images Last November. A concrete bunker under an arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, serving as the office of women’s tennis chief executive Portia Archer. Inside the arena, Aryna ...

Alex Eala climbed four spots and seized the No. 15 spot in the WTA live race to the Finals on Wednesday. Eala, who is No. 19 in the official race with 711 ranking points, made the leap after advancing to the 500 Linz Open round of 16 with a 6-4,

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte has welcomed some of the top names in tennis for the past two years and has proven it can handle big events. One of the biggest events in the sport could be coming to the Queen City in 2027, the WTA Finals. Well-respected tennis ...

Fifty years ago to this day, on April 26th, 1976, Evonne Goolagong rose to No. 1 on the WTA rankings for the first time after winning the Virginia Slims Championships—now known as the WTA Finals—which were held in April that year. Except, she didn’t.

Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala sank three spots to No. 20 at the live WTA Finals Race on Tuesday. Ranked No. 17 at last week's official race, Eala added 35 ranking points to raise her season total to 807 following her round of 64 finish at the 1000 Madrid Open.

The WTA Quarter-Finals concluded at the Madrid Open on Wednesday with Karolina Pliskova facing Anastasia Potapova. Also Marta Kostyuk took on Linda Noskova and it was Potapova and Kostyuk who won

Karolina Pliskova looked a bit like her old self at the Madrid Open on Monday, reaching a WTA 1000 quarter-final for the first time in over two years after a straight-sets win over Solana Sierra. Pliskova’s rise to world number one came in 2017,