This article lists the appearances of all participants in the women's tennis singles WTA Finals since the tournament's inception in 1972.

Since 2003, the tournament has pitted the top eight players on the WTA tour against each other in two groups in which they play three round-robin matches. Two players from each group advance to the semifinals, and the winners to the finals.

Participants are listed in order of number of appearances. When there are more than eight players listed for any year since 2003, it is usually due to withdrawal by one or more players because of injury. When a player withdraws early in the tournament, her place is filled by the next-highest qualifier.

• A = Alternate (did not play from the beginning; 2003–present)

Player	#	Titles	Year(s) (titles in bold)	Qualified but not played
/ Martina Navratilova	21	8	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November),[1] 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994	1990
Steffi Graf	13	5	1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998	1999
Chris Evert	13	4	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1987, 1988
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	13	0	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Zina Garrison	12	0	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Conchita Martínez	12	0	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Gabriela Sabatini	11	2	1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Lindsay Davenport	11	1	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005	2003
Helena Suková	11	0	1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Jana Novotná	10	1	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
/ Manuela Maleeva	10	0	1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Elena Dementieva	10	0	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Serena Williams	9	5	2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014	1999, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2016
// Monica Seles	9	3	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002	1993, 1995, 1999, 2001
Nathalie Tauziat	9	0	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Maria Sharapova	8	1	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015	2013
Agnieszka Radwańska	8	1	2008(A), 2009(A), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Virginia Wade	8	0	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
Wendy Turnbull	8	0	1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March)
Pam Shriver	8	0	1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988
/ Hana Mandlíková	8	0	1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1989
Amanda Coetzer	8	0	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Kim Clijsters	7	3	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010
Sylvia Hanika	7	1	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
Petra Kvitová	7	1	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
Rosie Casals	7	0	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Mary Joe Fernández	7	0	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997	1994
Anke Huber	7	0	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001	2000
Jennifer Capriati	7	0	1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003	1993
Mary Pierce	7	0	1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005	2000
Evonne Goolagong	6	2	1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983	1973
Martina Hingis	6	2	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006	2001, 2002
Amélie Mauresmo	6	1	1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006	2000, 2002
Caroline Wozniacki	6	1	2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018
Betty Stöve	6	0	1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978
Barbara Potter	6	0	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (March), 1988
// Natasha Zvereva	6	0	1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	0	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016
Justine Henin	5	2	2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007	2004, 2005
Venus Williams	5	1	1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2017	2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010
Françoise Dürr	5	0	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Billie Jean King	5	0	1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983	1973
Bettina Bunge	5	0	1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 (November), 1987
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5	0	1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November), 1987, 1988
Lori McNeil	5	0	1986 (November), 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992
Katerina Maleeva	5	0	1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992
Vera Zvonareva	5	0	2004, 2008, 2009(A), 2010, 2011
Jelena Janković	5	0	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
Victoria Azarenka	5	0	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Angelique Kerber	5	0	2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018
Simona Halep	5	0	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	2018
Karolína Plíšková	5	0	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Garbiñe Muguruza	4	1	2015, 2016, 2017, 2021
Julie Heldman	4	0	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Lesley Hunt	4	0	1972, 1973, 1974, 1976
Kathy Jordan	4	0	1980, 1982, 1984, 1985
Kathy Rinaldi	4	0	1983, 1985, 1986 (March), 1986 (November)
Catarina Lindqvist	4	0	1985, 1986 (November), 1987, 1989
Julie Halard	4	0	1991, 1994, 1999, 2000
Sandrine Testud	4	0	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Magdalena Maleeva	4	0	1993, 1995, 2001, 2002	1994
Chanda Rubin	4	0	1995, 2000, 2002, 2003
Tracy Austin	3	1	1979, 1980, 1983
Elina Svitolina	3	1	2017, 2018, 2019
Iga Świątek	3	1	2021, 2022, 2023
Karen Krantzcke	3	0	1972, 1973, 1974
Valerie Ziegenfuss	3	0	1972, 1973, 1974
Wendy Overton	3	0	1972, 1973, 1975
Kathy Kuykendall	3	0	1973, 1974, 1975
Kerry Reid	3	0	1972, 1973, 1978
Sue Barker	3	0	1976, 1977, 1979
Mima Jaušovec	3	0	1976, 1977, 1982
Andrea Jaeger	3	0	1981, 1983, 1984
Carling Bassett	3	0	1984, 1985, 1986 (March)
Raffaella Reggi	3	0	1986 (November), 1987, 1989
Kimiko Date	3	0	1994, 1995, 1996
Iva Majoli	3	0	1994, 1995, 1996
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	3	0	1994, 1995, 1996
Anna Kournikova	3	0	1998, 1999, 2000
Anastasia Myskina	3	0	2002, 2003, 2004
Patty Schnyder	3	0	1998, 2002, 2005
Nadia Petrova	3	0	2005, 2006, 2008(A)
Samantha Stosur	3	0	2010, 2011, 2012(A)
Li Na	3	0	2011, 2012, 2013
Ana Ivanovic	3	0	2007, 2008, 2014
Aryna Sabalenka	3	0	2021, 2022, 2023
Maria Sakkari	3	0	2021, 2022, 2023
Caroline Garcia	2	1	2017, 2022
Jeanne Evert	2	0	1972, 1973
Nancy Richey	2	0	1972, 1973
Laurie Fleming Rowley	2	0	1972, 1973
Helen Gourlay	2	0	1973, 1974
Pam Teeguarden	2	0	1973, 1974
Nancy Gunter	2	0	1973, 1975
Janet Newberry	2	0	1973, 1975
Mona Schallau	2	0	1973, 1975
Marcie Louie	2	0	1974, 1975
Carrie Meyer	2	0	1973, 1976
Olga Morozova	2	0	1975, 1976
Kristien Shaw	2	0	1973, 1977
Greer Stevens	2	0	1979, 1980
Virginia Ruzici	2	0	1983, 1984
Andrea Temesvári	2	0	1984, 1985
Bonnie Gadusek	2	0	1983, 1986 (March)
Terry Phelps	2	0	1986 (March), 1986 (November)
Helen Kelesi	2	0	1988, 1989
Barbara Paulus	2	0	1990, 1996
Judith Wiesner	2	0	1990, 1996
Irina Spîrlea	2	0	1996, 1998
Dominique Monami	2	0	1998, 1999
Amy Frazier	2	0	1992, 2000
Elena Likhovtseva	2	0	1999, 2000
Jelena Dokić	2	0	2001, 2002
Silvia Farina Elia	2	0	2001, 2002
Daniela Hantuchová	2	0	2002, 2007
Dinara Safina	2	0	2008, 2009
Marion Bartoli	2	0	2007(A), 2011(A)
Sara Errani	2	0	2012, 2013
Naomi Osaka	2	0	2018, 2019
Kiki Bertens	2	0	2018, 2019(A)
Coco Gauff	2	0	2022, 2023
Ons Jabeur	2	0	2022, 2023
Jessica Pegula	2	0	2022, 2023
Dominika Cibulková	1	1	2016
Ashleigh Barty	1	1	2019	2021
Margaret Court	1	0	1972	1973
Wendy Gilchrist	1	0	1972
Jennifer Balent	1	0	1973
Barbara Downs	1	0	1973
Laura duPont	1	0	1973
Carrie Fleming	1	0	1973
Tory Fretz	1	0	1973
Kerry Harris	1	0	1973
Laura Rossouw	1	0	1973
Jill Schwikert	1	0	1973
Robin Tenney	1	0	1973
Janet Wass	1	0	1973
Tine Zwaan	1	0	1973
Raquel Giscafré	1	0	1975
Sue Stap	1	0	1975
Natasha Chmyreva	1	0	1976
Cynthia Doerner	1	0	1976
Terry Holladay	1	0	1976
Marita Redondo	1	0	1976
Dianne Fromholtz	1	0	1979
Leslie Allen	1	0	1981
Anne Smith	1	0	1982
Jo Durie	1	0	1984
Kathleen Horvath	1	0	1984
Lisa Bonder	1	0	1985
Melissa Gurney	1	0	1986 (November)
Larisa Savchenko	1	0	1988
Gretchen Magers	1	0	1989
Sabine Hack	1	0	1994
Karina Habšudová	1	0	1996
Barbara Schett	1	0	1999
Meghann Shaughnessy	1	0	2001
Anna Smashnova	1	0	2002
Ai Sugiyama	1	0	2003
Anna Chakvetadze	1	0	2007
Francesca Schiavone	1	0	2010
Eugenie Bouchard	1	0	2014
Flavia Pennetta	1	0	2015
Lucie Šafářová	1	0	2015
Madison Keys	1	0	2016
Jeļena Ostapenko	1	0	2017
Sloane Stephens	1	0	2018
Bianca Andreescu	1	0	2019
Belinda Bencic	1	0	2019
Sofia Kenin	1	0	2019(A)
Paula Badosa	1	0	2021
Anett Kontaveit	1	0	2021
Barbora Krejčíková	1	0	2021
Daria Kasatkina	1	0	2022
Elena Rybakina	1	0	2023
Markéta Vondroušová	1	0	2023