2014 WTA Finals – Singles

April 2014 2014 WTA Finals USA Serena Williams ROU Simona Halep 6–3, 6–0 8 (RR + elimination) 8 WTA Tour Championships singles doubles 2014 WTA Finals Two-time defending champion Serena Williamshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/24694991 Serena Williams beats Li Na to win WTA Championships BBC Sport 21 May 2026 defeated Simona Halep in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 2014 WTA Finals.https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/9535798/wta-finals-2014-serena-williams-beats-simona-halep-6-3-6-0-to-claim-title WTA Finals 2014: Serena Williams beats Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 to claim title Sky Sports 21 May 2026 Williams was the third player to win three consecutive Tour Finals singles titles (after Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles), and the first since Seles in 1992.May 2026 During the tournament, she clinched her second consecutive and fourth career year-end world No. 1 ranking.https://www.si.com/tennis/2014/10/24/serena-williams-clinches-year-end-no-1-after-sharapova-collapse Serena clinches No. 1 and Wozniacki, Radwanska in semis Sports Illustrated 21 May 2026 She was the first woman to hold the top ranking for the entire calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1996.https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Serena_Williams/21515/serena-williams-becomes-first-player-since-1996-to-stay-world-no1-the-whole-year/ Serena Williams becomes first player since 1996 to stay World No.1 the whole year Tennis World USA 21 May 2026 This was also Williams' final appearance in the Tour Finals.May 2026 Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard made their debuts at the event.https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2014/10/20/serena-williams-beats-ana-ivanovic-in-straight-sets-in-opening-match-of-wta-finals/ Simona Halep breezes past Eugenie Bouchard on opening night of WTA Finals Ottawa City News 21 May 2026 For the first time since 2004 and just the second time ever, a player with a 2–1 round robin record failed to reach the semifinals. This was Ana Ivanovic, who would have reached the semifinal had she defeated Halep in straight sets in her last round-robin match.May 2026 Players 30em USA Serena Williams (champion) RUS Maria Sharapova (round robin) CZE Petra Kvitová (round robin) ROU Simona Halep (final) CAN Eugenie Bouchard (round robin) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals) SRB Ana Ivanovic (round robin) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals) Alternates 30em GER Angelique Kerber (Not used) RUS Ekaterina Makarova (Not used) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 200 1 USA Serena Williams 2 6 78 8 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 3 66 6 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 2 2 4 ROU Simona Halep 6 6 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 4 ROU Simona Halep 3 0 Red group RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings 1 USA Williams USA Serena Williams 2–1 4–2 (66.7%) 26–22 (54.2%) 2 4 ROU Halep ROU Simona Halep 2–1 5–2 (71.4%) 39–23 (62.9%) 1 5 CAN Bouchard CAN Eugenie Bouchard 0–3 0–6 (0.0%) 11–36 (23.4%) 4 7 SRB Ivanovic SRB Ana Ivanovic 2–1 4–3 (57.1%) 36–31 (53.7%) 3 0–6, 2–6 6–1, 6–1 6–4, 6–4 6–0, 6–2 6–2, 6–3 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 3–6 1–6, 1–6 2–6, 3–6 1–6, 3–6 4–6, 4–6 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–3 6–1, 6–3 White group RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings 2 RUS Sharapova RUS Maria Sharapova 1–2 3–5 (37.5%) 39–45 (46.4%) 3 3 CZE Kvitová CZE Petra Kvitová 1–2 2–4 (33.3%) 22–29 (43.1%) 4 6 POL Radwańska POL Agnieszka Radwańska 1–2 3–4 (42.8%) 34–37 (47.8%) 2 8 DEN Wozniacki DEN Caroline Wozniacki 3–0 6–1 (85.7%) 44–28 (61.1%) 1 3–6, 2–6 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–2 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6 6–3, 6–2 2–6, 3–6 2–6, 3–6 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 2–6 6–2, 6–3 5–7, 3–6 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–2 6–2, 6–3 7–5, 6–3 References External links WTA main draw Singles Category:Serena Williams