Garbine Muguruza (WTA 5th) won the WTA Final tournament, defeating the Estonian Anett Kontaveit (WTA 8th) in the title match 6: 3, 7: 5. The match lasted an hour and 38 minutes.
Muguruza is the first Spaniard to win the WTA Finals singles title in the event’s history. Former World No.1 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was the only other player from Spain to reach the WTA Finals singles championship match, finishing as runner-up to Stefanie Graf in 1993.
Former World No.1 Muguruza is the only player to defeat Kontaveit within the last month — and she did it twice this week. Muguruza ended the Estonian’s 12-match winning streak in the round-robin portion of the competition, and repeated the feat in the singles final.
