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Elena Rybakina heads to the WTA Finals at Indian Wells as the top-ranked player in the world, chasing a rare second consecutive title after a dominant 2026 season.
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Elena Rybakina arrives at Indian Wells, California as the player everyone else needs to dethrone. The Kazakh star, currently sitting atop the WTA rankings, is the defending WTA Finals champion and has enjoyed a season that few in women's tennis can rival.
Her title defence comes on the back of a remarkable 2026 campaign - 54 wins against just 14 defeats, with four titles already secured.
Rybakina's year began in emphatic fashion with an Australian Open triumph, followed by a clay-court title in Stuttgart. The crowning achievement, however, came at the US Open, where she battled past Zheng Qinwen and Coco Gauff before overcoming Aryna Sabalenka in the final to claim her second major of the season.
On 14 September, aged 27 years and 89 days, she officially claimed the World No. 1 spot - becoming only the second-oldest player to reach the summit for the first time.
Should Rybakina lift the trophy again, she would become the first player to win consecutive WTA Finals titles since Serena Williams managed three straight from 2012 to 2014. It is a stat that underlines just how difficult the feat is - and how strong her candidacy looks heading into the event fresh off a title win in Ningbo.
Last year in Riyadh, Rybakina dispatched Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals before beating Sabalenka in the final. The world No. 1 will fancy her chances of a repeat performance.
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