Haddad Maia added 2,554 points and is the only player to finish the season among the top 59 in the professional ranks.
In addition to the South American, Latin America ranked among the 100 best in the world the Mexican Renata Zarazua, occupying seat 60 with 995 units, the Colombian Camila Osorio (63/989) and the Argentines Nadia Podoroska (80/879) and María Lourdes Carlé (95/799).
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka closed the campaign for the first time as world number one, a place she retained by winning her first two matches in last week’s WTA finals in Riyadh.
Sabalenka accumulated 9,416 points and the Polish Iga Swiatek, leader of the classification until three weeks ago, completes the 2024 podium with 8,370 points and the American Coco Gauff, winner in Riyadh, who exhibits 6,530 points.
The Italian Jasmine Paolini, who a year ago was in thirtieth position, finished in fourth place with 5,344 points and the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, fifth, adding 5,340 after reaching the final of the masters tournament.
WTA classification:
1-Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 9416 points.
2-Iga Swiatek (POL) 8370.
3-Coco Gauff (USA) 6530.
4-Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 5344.
5-Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 5340.
6-Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 5171.
7-Jessica Pegula (EEUU) 4705.
8-Emma Navarro (USA) 3589.
9-Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 3368.
10-Barbora Krejcikova (RCH) 3214.
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17-Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2554.
60-Renata Zarazua (MEX) 995.
63-Camila Osorio (COL) 989.
80-Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 879.
95-María Lourdes Carlé (ARG) 799.
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