Caroline Garcia, ranked just 79th in May, won the season-ending championship and will finish at No. 4 in a year that saw Serena Williams and Ashleigh Barty retire.
FORT WORTH — A sometimes shocking women’s tennis season neared an end here on Monday night with Caroline Garcia’s unexpected victory at the WTA Finals — one more surprise in a year full of them.
In May, Garcia was ranked 79th in the world and was still recovering from chronic foot problems that had forced her to switch to a different brand of shoe.