Singapour 2015 • WTA Finals

SINGAPORE - The eight competitors at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global were divided up into their two round robin groups at the draw ceremony on Friday, with play set to begin at the $7-million event on Sunday. Here's how the elite eight stack up against each other...

RED GROUP: HALEP, SHARAPOVA, RADWANSKA & PENNETTA

(1) Simona Halep (ROU #2)
~ 2015 Titles: 3 (Shenzhen, Dubai, Indian Wells)
~ 2015 Record: 48-15
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Semifinalist (US Open)
~ WTA Finals history: 2nd appearance (3-2 record - finalist in 2014)
~ H2H vs rest of group: 5-13 (0-5 vs Sharapova, 4-4 vs Radwanska, 1-4 vs Pennetta)

(3) Maria Sharapova (RUS #3)
~ 2015 Titles: 2 (Brisbane, Rome)
~ 2015 Record: 34-8
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Finalist (Australian Open)
~ WTA Finals history: 8th appearance (18-10 - champion in 2004)
~ H2H vs rest of group: 19-5 (5-0 vs Halep, 12-2 vs Radwanska, 2-3 vs Pennetta)

(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #6)
~ 2015 Titles: 2 (Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Tianjin)
~ 2015 Record: 48-23
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Semifinalist (Wimbledon)
~ WTA Finals history: 7th appearance (6-10 record - semifinalist in 2012 & 2014)
~ H2H vs rest of group: 11-19 (4-4 vs Halep, 2-12 vs Sharapova, 5-3 vs Pennetta)

(7) Flavia Pennetta (ITA #8)
~ 2015 Titles: 1 (US Open)
~ 2015 Record: 27-17
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Champion (US Open)
~ WTA Finals history: 1st appearance
~ H2H vs rest of group: 10-8 (4-1 vs Halep, 3-2 vs Sharapova, 3-5 vs Radwanska)

WHITE GROUP: MUGURUZA, KVITOVA, KERBER & SAFAROVA

(2) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #4)
~ 2015 Titles: 1 (Beijing)
~ 2015 Record: 38-18
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Finalist (Wimbledon)
~ WTA Finals history: 1st appearance
~ H2H vs rest of group: 3-4 (0-0 vs Kvitova, 3-3 vs Kerber, 0-1 vs Safarova)

(4) Petra Kvitova (CZE #5)
~ 2015 Titles: 3 (Sydney, Madrid, New Haven)
~ 2015 Record: 35-13
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Quarterfinalist (US Open)
~ WTA Finals history: 5th appearance (8-5 - champion in 2011)
~ H2H vs rest of group: 11-2 (0-0 vs Muguruza, 4-2 vs Kerber, 7-0 vs Safarova)

(6) Angelique Kerber (GER #7)
~ 2015 Titles: 4 (Charleston, Stuttgart, Birmingham, Stanford)
~ 2015 Record: 52-20
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Third Round (French Open, Wimbledon, US Open)
~ WTA Finals history: 3rd appearance (1-5 record)
~ H2H vs rest of group: 6-8 (3-3 vs Muguruza, 2-4 vs Kvitova, 1-1 vs Safarova)

(8) Lucie Safarova (CZE #9)
~ 2015 Titles: 1 (Doha)
~ 2015 Record: 31-19
~ Best Grand Slam result in 2015: Finalist (French Open)
~ WTA Finals history: 1st appearance
~ H2H vs rest of group: 2-8 (1-0 vs Muguruza, 0-7 vs Kvitova, 1-1 vs Kerber)

Bon ben pour la finale, sortie des deux vainqueurs de chaque groupe avec 3 victoires chacune en demie finale donc finale ouverte entre Radwanska et kvitova qui ont chacune sorti un match plain en demi. Espérons pour la finale qu'elles réitèrent cette performance avec une légère préférence pour Rad qui a su surmonter ses démons passés et hausser son niveau de jeu, à ma plus grande surprise.