2026 WTA Finals at Indian Wells
Who has 2026 form on Laykold?
The 2026 WTA Finals will be played on Laykold at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden from 8–15 November. The season-ending championship brings together the world's top eight qualifying singles players and eight doubles teams, based on their performances throughout the season.
The tournament has an amazing history, featuring some of tennis's greatest champions and iconic venues around the world. The first event, the championship tournament of the Virginia Slims Circuit, was held on clay in Boca Raton in 1972.
The first champion was Chris Evert, who defeated Australia's Kerry Melville in the 1972 final. Since then, the tournament has become a who's who of the best-of-the-best, with multiple champions including Martina Navratilova (8 wins), Steffi Graf and Serena Williams (5 each), Chris Evert (4), and Monica Seles and Kim Clijsters (3 each).
The legacy of two of the sport's greatest is also celebrated through the championship trophies. The singles champion receives the Billie Jean King Trophy, while the winning doubles team lifts the Martina Navratilova Trophy.
Who has form on Laykold in 2026?
Laykold is the chosen surface of the US Open, Miami Open and BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
This means the 2026 WTA Finals players are already familiar with competing in the pressure cooker on Laykold courts. Their performances across these tournaments provide an interesting insight into who arrives at Indian Wells with proven form on the surface.
The table below highlights how each player performed on Laykold during the 2026 season:
Sabalenka, Pegula and Gauff have performed particularly well across the three Laykold tournaments in 2026. In fact, six of the eight players competing at the WTA Finals reached at least one semifinal on Laykold this season, with only Marta Kostyuk and Mirra Andreeva missing out.
Looking back further to 2025, these same eight players won all three Laykold tournaments. Sabalenka won the Miami Open and US Open, while Andreeva won Indian Wells. Collectively, they featured in five of the six places in the three finals.
It is perhaps no surprise that the world's best players excel on Laykold courts, which deliver pace precision and consistency. Sabalenka's aggressive, first-strike style of tennis, built around powerful serves, explosive returns and commanding groundstrokes, is particularly well suited to a surface that supports split second timing.
The WTA Finals has an exciting format. The eight singles players and eight doubles teams are divided into groups of four, competing in a round-robin stage. The top two from each group advance to the semis, followed by the finals.
We wish all the player’s good luck.