Muguruza Named WTA Finals Match Director

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday June 26, 2024

Lately retired former World No.1 Garbiñe Muguruza has taken a brand new submit.

The 2-time main champion will function Match Director of the WTA Finals Riyadh, the season-ending event of the Hologic WTA Tour. The 30-year-old Spaniard turns into the primary former participant to spearhead the WTA’s crown jewel occasion, which she gained in 2021.

“I really feel very privileged to have the ability to contribute to the way forward for this nice sport as Match Director of the WTA Finals Riyadh,” Muguruza stated in an announcement. “I understand how particular this occasion is for our prime gamers, and I’ve additionally seen its potential to encourage communities all around the world. I’m excited to work with an ideal staff to current a showcase for girls’s tennis that not solely grows the sport however encourages all followers, and particularly women and girls, to pursue their goals.”

Garbiñe Muguruza has been named event director of the WTA Finals in Riyadh.

The ex-world No.1/2021 WTA Finals champ turns into the first participant to imagine a management place at season finale.

Muguruza is about to play a central function in rising girls’s tennis within the Center East pic.twitter.com/XHI0gkqK12

— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) June 26, 2024

Muguruza joins an extended record of former WTA gamers who’ve taken the job of event director at tournaments.

They embody: Alicia Molik (Adelaide), Anke Huber (Stuttgart), Laura Robson (Nottingham), Barbara Rittner (Berlin) and Valérie Tétreault (Montréal). Former World No.1 Amélie Mauresmo holds the highest submit at Roland-Garros, whereas Conchita Martínez is the pinnacle of the ITF’s Billie Jean King Cup staff competitors.

The 2024 WTA Finals will happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabi from November 2 to November 9.