{
  "id": 18259202,
  "title": "WTA Finals 2026: Players, groups, schedule and prize money as Rybakina defends title",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/wta-finals-2026-players-groups-schedule-and-prize-money-as-rybakina",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:19:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2026/11/05/wta-finals-2026-players-groups-schedule-and-prize-money-as-rybakina-defends-title/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 WTA Finals will take place in Indian Wells, California, after a hiatus in Riyadh. The top eight-ranked singles players and doubles teams, including defending champion Elena Rybakina, will compete. Rybakina, ranked World No 1, is the year-end No 1 for the first time in her career. The tournament will be held from November 8-15 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Players are divided into two groups, with each group playing a round-robin format. The top two players from each group advance to the semi-finals. Singles prize money remains at a record $15.5 million, with $12.4 million for singles champions and $3.1 million for doubles champions.",
  "summary": "The 2026 women's tennis season will draw to a close in Indian Wells when the WTA Finals returns to the US after two years in Riyadh. The world's eight top-ranked singles players and doubles teams will be in action, including World No 1 Elena Rybakina , Aryna Sabalenka, Mirra Andreeva and Coco Gauff. Rybakina is the defending champion , having won last time out in Riyadh. The Kazakh player has…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}