Photos: A look back at Garbine Muguruza's title at the WTA Finals
Scenes from the trailblazing 2021 Akron WTA Finals in Guadalajara.
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The week began with the singles and doubles qualifiers taking part in their iconic photo shoot in front of the historic Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan.
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Former World No.1 Karolina Pliskova enjoys practice before the event. Pliskova, the most experienced competitor in the singles field, was playing her fifth straight WTA Finals.
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Doubles qualifiers Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos chat with the press before the event. Mexico's Olmos provided homeland rooting interest to further excite the exuberant Guadalajara crowds all week.
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WTA Legend Rosie Casals, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, handled the coin toss before the match between Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa.
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Anett Kontaveit capped her stellar end of the season with a run to the championship match in her WTA Finals debut. The first Estonian to qualify for this event, Kontaveit finished the year by winning 29 of her last 33 matches.
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No.1 seeds Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova jumped for joy after going a perfect 5-0 in the doubles event to win their fifth team title of the year. Siniakova also captured the year-end doubles World No.1 ranking.
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Garbiñe Muguruza became the first Spaniard to win the WTA Finals singles championship, her 10th career WTA singles title.
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Muguruza was flanked by four WTA Legends and International Tennis Hall of Fame members at the trophy ceremony: Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, her coach Conchita Martinez and Billie Jean King.
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