WTA Sony Ericsson Championships

History - Important Facts - Winners - Schedule - Qualifiers 2008

1. The tournament is usually played in hard court outdoors in a best-of-three sets.
   


2.  The prize money for the event is of US$ 4,450,000.
   


3. The champion of last year was Justine Henin in singles and in doubles were Cara Black from Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber from US.
   


4.  The player with more titles in the tournament singles is Martina Navrátilova with 8.
   


5. Martina Navrátilová and Pam Shriver are the double team with more titles in the tournament with 10.
   


6. The country with more titles in the WTA Tour Championships is U.S with 13 titles.
   


7. The draw proceeds with the eight singles players divided into two teams of four. The two groups play in a round robin format, meaning each player meets one another in their group. The two best-performed players of each group go on to the final phase. In the semi-finals the first-placed from one group meets with the second-placed  from the other, with the winners progressing to the final.