World No.1 Ashleigh Barty continued her memorable 2019 by claiming the biggest prize in tennis history with a fourth trophy of the year, delivering a dazzling performance to dethrone defending champion and No.8 seed Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen over one hour and 27 minutes.
The 23-year-old Australian wrapped up the straight sets victory, her first in six attempts against her Ukrainian opponent, to claim a $4.42 million prize purse.
"It feels like it's been a year that just hasn't stopped. It's been a year of incredible ups and downs - I think more ups than downs. To cap it off with a very, very special night tonight in Shenzhen is really cool." said Ashleigh Barty after the match.
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