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Reading WTA match notes: align the match date and the record

Daily tournament notes, total weeks at No. 1 and year-end rankings answer different questions. Beijing dates and Sabalenka’s 99-week and 107-week figures show how.

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WTA Match Notes combines tournament-day material and historical records. Its 2026 Beijing section lists September 30–October 11, with a preview, daily notes and singles and doubles final material. Start with the event and match date when selecting background on a player’s route and record.

The same collection lists Wuhan for October 12–18 and Seoul and Singapore for September 21–27. That sequence helps identify which results precede the next event’s material. Keep the reference date when comparing a prematch figure with a post-final update.

The historical singles table states coverage through the week of October 5, 2026. It lists Steffi Graf at 377 weeks at No. 1 and Martina Navratilova at 332, with first dates of August 17, 1987 and July 10, 1978. Total tenure and first arrival answer separate historical questions.

Aryna Sabalenka’s August 25, 2026 US Open preview gives a concrete consecutive-versus-total example: she was due to finish the tournament with 99 consecutive weeks and 107 overall. Include the relevant label when describing the milestone.

Year-end ranking files describe where a season finished. Match Notes links them by year for singles and doubles, while prize-money files separate career and year-to-date totals. Choose the season-ending record for a season review and the cumulative record for a career question.

For Finals qualification, the collection links the qualification rules and Race leaderboard. Read positions and points alongside eligibility and official qualification announcements. Align the dates when connecting match notes with season Race material.

Our viewing record uses match date and round, the dated statistic and a question to follow during play. For a first-time finalist, check the previous event best and the current route, then add the result afterwards. Keeping the note date and record scope makes the statistic reusable in its proper context.

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  1. Update ·

    Added dated tournament material, concrete total and consecutive No. 1 examples, and uses for year-end and Race records.

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