The eight players heading to next month's WTA Finals originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. All eight spots for the 2025 WTA Finals have now been filled following Elena Rybakina's qualification for the event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Who is the favorite in Riyadh? Who better to ask than an eight-time WTA Finals champion Martina Navratilova, who knows exactly what it takes to win this event.

The 2025 WTA Finals in Riyadh are set to showcase the season's top eight singles players. Aryna Sabalenka leads the field as the top seed, followed by several of her rivals who have managed to notch up some solid numbers throughout the season.

The final spot for the 2025 WTA Finals is yet to be confirmed, with two players still hoping to make it to event in Riyadh.

USA's Ann Li has just won her first title in four years after beating Lulu Sun 7-6 (6) 6-2 in the Guangzhou final.

Martina Navratilova predicted Coco Gauff’s chances of winning the year-end title at the WTA Finals, noting that she possesses an attribute similar to Novak Djokovic’s.

In 2015, she finished runner-up to Agnieszka Radwanska at the WTA 500 event. Ten years later, she lifts the trophy.

Martina Navratilova thinks the WTA Finals conditions will perfectly suit Aryna Sabalenka's game as one of the greatest players in tennis history warns the Belarusian could easily come up with "deadly stuff" in Riyadh.