Caroline Garcia of France beats Aryna Sabalenka to win the WTA Finals 2022 title

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Caroline Garcia of France won the WTA (Women Tennis Association) Finals 2022 with a straight-sets victory over Aryna Sabalenka on 7 November 2022. 

The season ending WTA tournament in which the top ranked  women players participate ,was held at Forth Worth, Texas in the United States of America from 31st October -7 November 2022. 

Caroline Garcia is the second Frenchwoman to win the tournament after Amelie Mauresmo in 2005.

Sabalenka was not playing under the Belarus flags as the WTA has suspended the players from Belarus and Russia to participate under their national flags due to the Ukraine war.  

Iga Swiatek of Poland finished the 2022 tennis year as the top ranked women player.

Women Tennis Association (WTA)

It was founded by the legendary women Tennis player Billie Jean King in 1973 as an association of professional women tennis players in the world.

The WTA organises women's tennis tournaments called Tour comprising over 50 events and four Grand Slams. The Tour culminates with the WTA Finals.

The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing.