Keep the edition with the host
The current WTA page and Indian Wells host guide identify the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and outdoor hard courts for 2026. A 1 July 2026 WTA announcement confirms the move, while its joint statement with the Saudi Tennis Federation records the mutually agreed conclusion of the earlier hosting arrangement. Older Finals material can describe a different city and surface. Retain the year when saving a preview or programme, rather than treating every WTA Finals image as a current host reference.
The 2026 page describes qualification through the calendar-year Race to the Finals. That event-entry context is different from assuming that a general rankings screenshot on another date is the definitive final field. Use the organiser’s actual entry and draw information for the edition being watched.
Separate singles and doubles group records
Each draw has two groups of four, with the top two players or teams from each group moving into the knockout stage. A group loss is consequently part of a standings calculation rather than an automatic first-round exit in a conventional knockout bracket.
The singles winner receives the Billie Jean King Trophy and the doubles winners the Martina Navratilova Trophy. The Billie Jean King trophy name does not turn the event into the national-team Billie Jean King Cup; participants and competition structure are different.
Use the order of play for one match
The host guide distinguishes the daily session schedule from the order of play, normally released the evening before. A session containing multiple matches should not be treated as a precise start guarantee for each individual player. Check updates when earlier matches run long or conditions affect play.
For an Australian reminder, preserve the venue-local date and time zone with the session, then identify the actual match position. Do not reuse the clock offset from a past host city. This guide identifies the sporting event and current published setting; it does not verify any IPTV package, regional broadcaster entitlement or complete replay availability.