October

Pegula Locks Up WTA Finals Bid, Hunter and Mertens Qualify for Doubles

<![CDATA[The American will make her second consecutive apperance at the WTA Finals.]]>

Richard PagliaroOctober 2, 20231 minute read

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday October 2, 2023 Jessica Pegula is the fifth player to qualify for this year’s WTA Finals in Cancun. The American, who reached the final over the weekend in Tokyo, locked up qualification for the second consecutive season, and will join Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina in the eight player field.

Jess is IN 🏁@JPegula is into her second consecutive @WTAFinals for both singles and doubles! #WTAFinals pic.twitter.com/a1q8IaJRuf
— wta (@WTA) October 2, 2023

Marketa Vondrousova, Karolina Muchova and Ons Jabeur are the next three in line to qualify. 2023 will mark Jessica Pegula’s second consecutive WTA Finals appearance in both singles and doubles, and she has reached three finals in 2023, winning the WTA 1000 National Bank Open Montreal and finishing as runner-up at WTA 500 events in Doha and the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. 29-year-old Pegula, ranked No.4, is 49-16 on the season, and 5-4 against the Top-10. Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens became the second doubles team to qualify. The Aussie-Belgian duo will join Pegula and Gauff, with six other spots to be claimed in the next three weeks.

Packing their bags for Cancun ☀️@elise_mertens and @stormsanders94 secure their spot in the @WTAFinals doubles qualification 👏#WTAFinals pic.twitter.com/PFT6Uun39p
— wta (@WTA) October 2, 2023

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