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** Non-mandatory: Six events in [[Qatar Ladies Open|Doha]], [[Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]], [[Italian Open (tennis)|Rome]], [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Montreal/Toronto]], [[Cincinnati Masters|Cincinnati]], and [[Wuhan Open|Wuhan]] with prize money ranging from US$2.3 million to US$2.7 million. From 2020 to 2023, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, a new WTA 1000 tournament was held in [[Guadalajara Open Akron|Guadalajara]] as a replacement for Wuhan. From 2021-2023, Doha and Dubai switched off, with one being a WTA 1000 event and the other being a WTA 500 event.
** Non-mandatory: Six events in [[Qatar Ladies Open|Doha]], [[Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]], [[Italian Open (tennis)|Rome]], [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Montreal/Toronto]], [[Cincinnati Masters|Cincinnati]], and [[Wuhan Open|Wuhan]] with prize money ranging from US$2.3 million to US$2.7 million. From 2020 to 2023, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, a new WTA 1000 tournament was held in [[Guadalajara Open Akron|Guadalajara]] as a replacement for Wuhan. From 2021-2023, Doha and Dubai switched off, with one being a WTA 1000 event and the other being a WTA 500 event.
*[[WTA 500 tournaments]]: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
*[[WTA 500 tournaments]]: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
*[[WTA 250 tournaments]]: There are around 20-30 tournaments, with prize money at US$250,000.
*[[WTA 250 tournaments]]: There are 23 tournaments, with prize money at US$250,000.


===Structure (2009–2020)===
===Structure (2009–2020)===

Revision as of 02:58, 9 February 2024

Women's pro tennis
  • National representation
Defunct tiers (1990–2020)
For current season, see 2024 WTA Tour.

The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.

WTA Tour tournaments

Structure (2021–present)

The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour:

  • Grand Slam tournaments (4)
  • Year-ending WTA Finals (1)
  • Penultimate event WTA Elite Trophy (1)
  • WTA 1000 tournaments (10):
    • Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing. The Beijing tournament was not held in 2021 and 2022 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and returned in 2023.
    • Non-mandatory: Six events in Doha, Dubai, Rome, Montreal/Toronto, Cincinnati, and Wuhan with prize money ranging from US$2.3 million to US$2.7 million. From 2020 to 2023, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, a new WTA 1000 tournament was held in Guadalajara as a replacement for Wuhan. From 2021-2023, Doha and Dubai switched off, with one being a WTA 1000 event and the other being a WTA 500 event.
  • WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
  • WTA 250 tournaments: There are 23 tournaments, with prize money at US$250,000.

Structure (2009–2020)

The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2020 reorganization:

WTA rankings

Main article: WTA rankings

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

Current rankings

Ranking method

The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles and points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period. The period must include:[5]

  • the four Grand Slams
  • the four WTA 1000 Mandatory tournaments
  • the best of two results among the WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory tournaments
  • the best of six results from the Elite Trophy, WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 500 tournaments, WTA 250 tournaments, WTA 150 tournaments, and ITF 15s+ events
  • the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended

All WTA players also have a Universal Tennis Rating, based on head-to-head results.

The points distribution for tournaments in 2021 is shown below:[5]

Kategorie W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Grand Slam (S) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Grand Slam (D) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 10 - - - - -
WTA Finals (S) 1500* 1080* 750* (+125 per Round Robin Match; +125 per Round Robin Win)
WTA Finals (D) 1500 1080 750 375 -
WTA 1000 Mandatory (96S) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 35 10 30 - 20 2
WTA 1000 Mandatory (64/60S) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 10 - 30 - 20 2
WTA 1000 Mandatory (28/32D) 1000 650 390 215 120 10 - - - - - -
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (56S, 64Q) 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 - 30 22 15 1
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (56S, 48/32Q) 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 - 30 - 20 1
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (28D) 900 585 350 190 105 1 - - - - - -
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (16D) 900 585 350 190 1 - - - - - - -
WTA Elite Trophy (S) 700* 440* 240* (+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win)
WTA 500 (64/56/48S) 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 - 25 - 13 1
WTA 500 (56S, 16Q) 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 - 20 - - 1
WTA 500 (32/30/28S, 48/32Q) 470 305 185 100 55 1 - - 25 18 13 1
WTA 500 (32/30/28S, 24/16Q) 470 305 185 100 55 1 - - 25 - 13 1
WTA 500 (28D) 470 305 185 100 55 1 - - - - - -
WTA 500 (16D) 470 305 185 100 1 - - - - - - -
WTA 250 (56S, 16Q) 280 180 110 60 30 16 1 - 12 - - 1
WTA 250 (32S, 48/32Q) 280 180 110 60 30 1 - - 18 14 10 1
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) 280 180 110 60 30 1 - - 18 - 12 1
WTA 250 (32S, 8Q) 280 180 110 60 30 1 - - 18 - - 1
WTA 250 (28D) 280 180 110 60 30 1 - - - - - -
WTA 250 (16D) 280 180 110 60 1 - - - - - - -
WTA 125 (48S, 4Q) 160 95 57 29 15 8 1 - 4 - - 1
WTA 125 (32S, 16Q) 160 95 57 29 15 1 - - 6 - 4 1
WTA 125 (32S, 8Q) 160 95 57 29 1 - - - 6 - - 1
WTA 125 (16D) 160 95 57 29 1 - - - - - - -
WTA 125 (8D) 160 95 57 1 - - - - - - - -
ITF $100,000 + H (32S) 150 90 55 28 14 1 - - 6 - 4 -
ITF $100,000 + H (16D) 150 90 55 28 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $100,000 (32S) 140 85 50 25 13 1 - - 6 - 4 -
ITF $100,000 (16D) 140 85 50 25 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $80,000 + H (32S) 130 80 48 24 12 1 - - 5 - 3 -
ITF $80,000 + H (16D) 130 80 48 24 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $80,000 (32S) 115 70 42 21 10 1 - - 5 - 3 -
ITF $80,000 (16D) 115 70 42 21 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $60,000 + H (32S) 100 60 36 18 9 1 - - 5 - 3 -
ITF $60,000 + H (16D) 100 60 36 18 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $60,000 (32S) 80 48 29 15 8 1 - - 5 - 3 -
ITF $60,000 (16D) 80 48 29 15 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $25,000 + H (32S) 60 36 22 11 6 1 - - 2 - - -
ITF $25,000 + H (16D) 60 36 22 11 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $25,000 (32S) 50 30 18 9 5 - - - 1 - - -
ITF $25,000 (16D) 50 30 18 9 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $15,000 (32S) 10 6 4 2 1 - - - - - - -
ITF $10,000 (16D) 10 6 4 1 - - - - - - - -

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.
"+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Current WTA Singles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ "Official WTA Ranking". live-tennis.eu.
  3. ^ "Current WTA Doubles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
  4. ^ "Official WTA Doubles". live-tennis.eu.
  5. ^ a b "2021 Women's Tennis Association Rulebook" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2021.
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