WTA Finals Day 1: Swiatek vs. Keys and Rybakina vs. Anisimova | Where to Watch

Iga Swiatek vs. Madison Keys

🤜 Head to Head: Swiatek leads 5-2 (1-1 in 2025)

• Keys d. Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8) — 2025 Australian Open semifinals
• Swiatek d. Keys 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 — 2025 Madrid Open quarterfinals

The 2025 WTA Finals open with a blockbuster clash between two Grand Slam champions in the Serena Williams Group: Wimbledon winner Iga Swiatek takes on Australian Open champion Madison Keys.

Swiatek, the 2023 WTA Finals titleholder, reclaimed the world No. 2 ranking after capturing her first Wimbledon crown. She followed that with a WTA 1000 triumph in Cincinnati and a 500 title in Seoul, cementing her strong second half of the season.

Keys, meanwhile, began 2025 in red-hot form, lifting the Adelaide title before conquering Melbourne for her maiden Grand Slam. She’ll be looking to recapture that early-season momentum in her first match since a first-round exit at the US Open.

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2025 Tale of the Tape

(2) Iga Swiatek

• Age: 24
• Singles titles: 3 (Wimbledon, Cincinnati, Seoul)
• W/L Singles: 61-15
• Prize Money: $9,417,532

(7) Madison Keys

• Age: 30
• Singles titles: 2 (Adelaide, Australian Open)
• W/L Singles: 37-13
• Prize Money: $4,077,787

Amanda Anisimova vs. Elena Rybakina

🤜 Head to Head: First meeting

Power meets power in a first-time showdown between Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina at the WTA Finals.

Anisimova, the Wimbledon and US Open runner-up, is making her WTA Finals debut after a breakout season highlighted by two WTA 1000 titles. Across the net, Rybakina returns to the year-end championships for the third straight year—and will be aiming to advance past the round-robin stage for the first time.

Both arrive in Riyadh riding strong form. Rybakina won six consecutive matches between Ningbo and Tokyo to secure qualification before a brief setback with a back injury, while Anisimova sealed her spot after lifting her second WTA 1000 trophy of the season in Beijing.

Read More: How the WTA Finals field kept bouncing back this year

2025 Tale of the Tape

(4) Amanda Anisimova

• Age: 24
• Singles Titles: 2 (Doha, Beijing)
• W/L Singles: 45-16
• Prize Money: $6,210,577

(6) Elena Rybakina

• Age: 26
• Singles Titles: 2 (Strasbourg, Ningbo)
• W/L Singles: 53-19
• Prize Money: $3,221,632

📅 Order of Play: Saturday, Nov. 1

(1) S. Errani / J. Paolini vs. (8) A. Muhammad / D. Schuurs
— Start: 3:30 PM local (8:30 AM ET)

(2) Iga Swiatek vs. (7) Madison Keys
— Not before: 6:00 PM local (11:00 AM ET)

(4) Amanda Anisimova vs. (6) Elena Rybakina
— Estimated start: 7:10 PM local (12:10 PM ET)

(4) V. Kudermetova / E. Mertens vs. (6) S. Hsieh / J. Ostapenko
— Estimated start: 8:20 PM local (1:20 PM ET)

👉 Tennis Channel Coverage (All times ET)

• 8:30 a.m. — Doubles Round Robin
• 1:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. on TC App) — Singles (Swiatek vs. Keys, Anisimova vs. Rybakina) and Doubles Round Robin
• 4:30 p.m. — TC Live
• 5:00 p.m. — Encore

READ MORE: Where to watch the WTA and ATP Finals, and daily schedules from Riyadh and Turin