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:

Structure (2009–2020)

The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2020 reorganization:

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:[3]

  • 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:[3]

CategoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128QQ3Q2Q1
Grand Slam (S)2000130078043024013070104030202
Grand Slam (D)2000130078043024013010
WTA Finals (S)1500*1080*750*(+125 per Round Robin Match; +125 per Round Robin Win)
WTA Finals (D)15001080750375
WTA 1000 Mandatory (96S)100065039021512065351030202
WTA 1000 Mandatory (64/60S)1000650390215120651030202
WTA 1000 Mandatory (28/32D)100065039021512010
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (56S, 64Q)9005853501901056013022151
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (56S, 48/32Q)90058535019010560130201
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (28D)9005853501901051
WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory (16D)9005853501901
WTA Elite Trophy (S)700*440*240*(+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win)
WTA 500 (64/56/48S)4703051851005530125131
WTA 500 (56S, 16Q)47030518510055301201
WTA 500 (32/30/28S, 48/32Q)4703051851005512518131
WTA 500 (32/30/28S, 24/16Q)47030518510055125131
WTA 500 (28D)470305185100551
WTA 500 (16D)4703051851001
WTA 250 (56S, 16Q)2801801106030161121
WTA 250 (32S, 48/32Q)280180110603011814101
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)2801801106030118121
WTA 250 (32S, 8Q)28018011060301181
WTA 250 (28D)28018011060301
WTA 250 (16D)280180110601
WTA 125 (48S, 4Q)160955729158141
WTA 125 (32S, 16Q)160955729151641
WTA 125 (32S, 8Q)160955729161
WTA 125 (16D)1609557291
WTA 125 (8D)16095571
ITF $100,000 + H (32S)15090552814164
ITF $100,000 + H (16D)1509055281
ITF $100,000 (32S)14085502513164
ITF $100,000 (16D)1408550251
ITF $80,000 + H (32S)13080482412153
ITF $80,000 + H (16D)1308048241
ITF $80,000 (32S)11570422110153
ITF $80,000 (16D)1157042211
ITF $60,000 + H (32S)1006036189153
ITF $60,000 + H (16D)1006036181
ITF $60,000 (32S)804829158153
ITF $60,000 (16D)804829151
ITF $25,000 + H (32S)60362211612
ITF $25,000 + H (16D)603622111
ITF $25,000 (32S)503018951
ITF $25,000 (16D)50301891
ITF $15,000 (32S)106421
ITF $10,000 (16D)10641

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

See also

References

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