This would be the impressive lineup for a Next Gen WTA Finals 2025

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 16 Dec 2025 | 20.10

Victoria Mboko, great young tennis player. Photo: gettyimages.

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Triumphant precocity in the world of tennis is becoming increasingly complicated, but among women it happens more frequently and forcefully. This is evidenced by the exercise of abstraction we have undertaken in the prelude to the 202⁵ Next Gen ATP Finals, wondering how the tournament would look if it were also held on the WTA circuit. The conclusions are clear.

With the gender pay gap largely resolved through pay equality in the vast majority of important tournaments on the calendar, the differences between the male and female circuits are sharply focused, in a compelling and disheartening way, on the promotional and marketing efforts carried out by ATP and WTA.

WTA is missing a great opportunity to enhance women's tennis

While the governing body of men's tennis manages to connect with an increasing number of fans through its presence on social media, promotional efforts at all levels, bringing players closer to fans in relaxed situations, and organizing and promoting events like the Next Gen ATP Finals, the leading body of women's tennis wanders aimlessly.

The WTA is failing to capitalize on the raw diamonds it has had for years, to elevate women's tennis to another level in terms of media impact and sports esteem. Charismatic figures like Sabalenka, Gauff, or Swiatek, rising young promises, old legends trying to cling to the elite, courageous mothers seeking a title to magnify their feat of returning to the circuit, and above all, an outstanding level of tennis with increasingly diverse styles. All of this is overshadowed by the incompetence and apathy of an organization incapable of, at the very least, emulating the successful formulas of the ATP.

Given the proliferation of young talents already standing out on the WTA circuit, it would make a lot of sense to seek a way to organize a tournament among the best young players. At the moment, it seems that this idea is not being considered, but if it were implemented, it is needless to say that the potential level of the tournament would be far superior to what we will see in Saudi Arabia this week. All the players would be among the top 100 in the world and five of them, ranking in the top 50.