5 things to know about the WTA Year-end championships

3. 3 is the number

Not to demean the value of Grand Slams but they are won in two weeks, whereas, to book a place in the WTA finals, one needs to perform consistently throughout the year. As a matter of fact, our top 8 seeds have only three Grand Slams amongst them with 6 players having no Grand Slams in their kitty. The only player to have multiple slams(2) is the newly crowned world number 1, Angelique Kerber, who won both her Grand Slams this year.