The 8 best women tennis players (singles and
doubles) in the world gathered to compete for the 2013 TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championship
which kicked of today in the Turkish capital, Istanbul.
The first year-ending WTA championship
tournament was held in Houston, Texas in 1971 and was won by Billie Jean King
of the U.S., Martina Navratilova won the tournament 8 times, more than any
other woman tennis player. Navratilova, initially representing Czechoslovakia,
played under the flag of the United States in later tournaments.
