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finalist is not on site and ready to play, she must pay a fine of 50% of the prize money she earns at the WTA Finals. 

c. Prize Money 

If a player or team withdraws from the finals, she or they forfeit(s) the following amount of prize money to which she or they otherwise would have been entitled for reaching the finals: 

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Forfeited prize money will be paid to the replacement player or team. 

## 6. Scoring 

The singles competition is the best of three (3) tie-break sets. The doubles competition is the best of three (3) sets with No-Ad scoring in the first two (2) sets and a 10-point match tie-break as the third set. 

## 7. Ranking Points 

The ranking points that a Finals Singles Qualified Player earns at the WTA Finals count as a bonus Tournament in calculating her WTA Ranking (her WTA Ranking includes seventeen (17) Tournaments). A player who competes in the singles competitions of both the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy earns ranking points only from the tournament that provides the highest net increase to her total WTA Ranking points as of the Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard. 

The ranking points that a Finals Doubles Qualified Player earns at the WTA Finals count towards her WTA Ranking if they are part of her best eleven (11) results. 

The WTA Finals ranking points for the singles and doubles competitions are 125 points for participating in each round robin match, 125 points for each round robin win, 330 points for a semifinal win, and 420 points for the final win, as summarized below: 

