The American tennis star captured her first WTA Finals title over the weekend, beating Qinwen Zheng in a three-set thriller, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6. With this win, Gauff earned a record $4,805,000 from the tournament.

Gauff and Sabalenka have faced each other eight times with a 4-4 head-to-head record. Sabalenka won their match at the Wuhan Open last month, and the pair split the other two recent meetings at Grand Slam finals: the 2023 US Open which Gauff won and the 2024 Australian Open which Sabalenka won.

She first beat the American at the 2021 Italian Open before beating her four times in 2022, four times in 2023, and twice this year. Seven of their matches were played on the hard courts, and two at the WTA Finals, with Swiatek winning on both occasions, quite dominantly.