WTA Tour
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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[edit]
Structure (2021–present)[edit]
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 (9):
- 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: Five 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.
- WTA 500 tournaments: 12 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
- WTA 250 tournaments: There are nearly 30 tournaments, with prize money at US$250,000.
Structure (2009–2020)[edit]
The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2020 reorganization:
- Grand Slam tournaments (4)
- Year-ending WTA Tour Championships (1)
- Penultimate event WTA Elite Trophy (From 2015 onwards) (1)
- Premier tournaments (21):
- Premier Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players, with US$6.5 million in equal prize money for men and women (increased from $4.5 million in 2013). These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing.
- Premier Five: Five $2.8 million events in Doha/Dubai, Rome, Montreal/Toronto, Cincinnati, and Wuhan.
- Premier: 12 events with prize money from US$799,000 to US$2.5 million.
- International tournaments: There are 32 tournaments, with prize money for all except four events at US$250,000. The exceptions are the Shenzhen Open, Moscow River Cup, Hong Kong Tennis Open, the Tianjin Open, and the year-ending WTA Tournament of Champions, each with prize money of US$750,000.
WTA rankings[edit]
WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.
Current rankings[edit]
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Ranking method[edit]
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]
| Category | 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[edit]
- WTA 125K series
- ITF Women's Circuit
- ATP Tour Association of Tennis Professionals Tour
References[edit]
- ^ "Current WTA Singles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Official WTA Ranking". live-tennis.eu.
- ^ "Current WTA Doubles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Official WTA Doubles". live-tennis.eu.
- ^ 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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