WTA 125 tournaments
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
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Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series),[1][2] it is the second highest level of women's competition, below the top-tier WTA Tour, and above the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournaments.
Players who succeed in the WTA 125s earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for the main draw or qualifying draw entry of WTA Tour tournaments. Titles and losses at a WTA 125 event are separately counted from a player's WTA Tour results and corresponding head-to-head statistics.
Tournament locations
Asia
Europe
- Andorra : Andorra la Vella (2022–present)
- Croatia : Bol (2016–2019, 2021), Makarska (2022–present)
- Czech Republic : Prague (2020)
- France : Angers (2021–present), Contrexéville (2022–present), Limoges (2014–2019, 2021–present), Paris (2022–present), Rouen (2022–present), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
- Germany : Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022)
- Hungary : Budapest (2022)
- Italy : Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023–present)
- Poland : Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023–present)
- Romania : Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–present)
- Serbia : Belgrade (2021)
- Slovenia : Ljubljana (2023–present)
- Spain : La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023–present), Valencia (2022–present)
- Sweden : Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
North America
- Canada : Vancouver (2022)
- Mexico : Guadalajara (2019), San Luis Potosí (2023–present), Tampico (2022–present)
- United States : Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021), Chicago (2018, 2021, 2023), Columbus (2021), Concord (2021–2022), Honolulu (2016–2017), Houston (2018–2019), Indian Wells (2018–2020), Midland (2021–present), New Haven (2019), Newport Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016), Stanford (2023–present)
Oceania
- Australia : Canberra (2024)
South America
- Argentina : Buenos Aires (2021–present)
- Brazil : Florianópolis (2023–present)
- Chile : Colina (2022–present)
- Colombia : Barranquilla (2023–present), Cali (2013, 2023–present)
- Uruguay : Montevideo (2021–present)
Historic names
2012–2020
WTA 125K Series
2021–present
WTA 125
Prize money
The tournaments offer total prize money of $125,000–$162,480. An exception was made in case of 2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open which had a prize money of $3,125,000 which was funded by 2020 US Open organizers to make up for the lack of a qualifying draw as many low ranked players, mainly from Europe were unable to travel to New York due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Points distribution
Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R48/R64 | R128 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
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Singles (128S) | 160 | 95 | 75 | 57 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — |
Singles (48S) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 |
Singles (32S) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Doubles (32D) | 160 | 95 | 75 | 57 | 40 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Doubles (16D) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Doubles (8D) | 160 | 95 | 57 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Singles champions
WTA 125K Series
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Newport Beach | Not an event | Collins | Andreescu | Brengle | |||||
Cali | ITF Women's Circuit | Arruabarrena Vecino | Not an Event | ||||||
Indian Wells | Not an event | Errani | Golubic | Begu | |||||
San Antonio | Not an event | Doi | Not an event | ||||||
Guadalajara | Not an event | Kudermetova | Cancelled | ||||||
Zhengzhou | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Q Wang | S Zheng | WTA Premier | ||||
Xi'an | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Not an event | Cancelled | |||||
Anning | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Khromacheva | S Zheng | |||||
West Hempstead | Not an event | Cancelled | Not an event | ||||||
Bol | Not an event | Minella | Krunić | Zidanšek | Zidanšek | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||
Båstad | WTA International | Doi | |||||||
Karlsruhe | Not an event | Țig | |||||||
Chicago/New Haven | Not an event | Martić | Blinkova | ||||||
Nanchang | Not an event | Peng | Janković | WTA International | |||||
Prague | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | ITF Women's Tour | Kučová | |||||
Suzhou | ITF Women's Circuit | Pe'er | Friedsam | ITF Women's Circuit | ITF Women's Tour | Not an event | |||
Portschach | WTA International | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||
Dalian | Not an event | S Zheng | Kr Plíšková | Kozlova | Not an event | ||||
Ningbo | ITF Women's Circuit | Jovanovski | Linette | Not an event | |||||
Warsaw | Not an event | Cancelled | |||||||
Nanjing | Not an event | Zhang | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Not an event | ||||
Pune/Mumbai | Svitolina | Not an Event | Sabalenka | Kumkhum | Not an Event | ||||
Hua Hin | Not an event | Shvedova | Cancelled | Bencic | Not an event | WTA International | |||
Taipei | Mladenovic | Van Uytvanck | Diatchenko | Babos | Rodina | Bencic | Kumkhum | Diatchenko | Cancelled |
Houston | Not an event | Peng | Flipkens | ||||||
Limoges | ITF Women's Circuit | Smitková | Garcia | Alexandrova | Niculescu | Alexandrova | Alexandrova | ||
Carlsbad/Honolulu | WTA Premier | Not an event | Wickmayer | Bellis | Zhang | Exhibition event | Not an event | ||
WTA 125
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Cali | Not an event | Podoroska | |
Marbella | Not an event | Sherif | Not an event |
San Luis Potosí | Not an event | Cocciaretto | |
Saint-Malo | Golubic | Haddad Maia | Stephens |
Reus | Not an event | Cîrstea | |
Florence | Paolini | ||
Paris | Not an event | Liu | Parry |
Bol/Makarska | Paolini | Niemeier | Sherif |
La Bisbal d'Empordà | ITF Women's Tour | Rus | |
Valencia | ITF Women's Tour | Q Zheng | Sherif |
Gaiba | Not an event | Van Uytvanck | Krueger |
Båstad | Párrizas Díaz | Jang | Danilović |
Contrexéville | ITF Women's Tour | Errani | Rus |
Charleston | Lepchenko | ITF Women's Tour | |
Belgrade | Schmiedlová | Not an event | |
Iași | Not an event | Bogdan | Bogdan |
Concord | Fręch | Vandeweghe | Not an event |
Kozerki | ITF Women's Tour | Yastremska | |
Barranquilla | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour | Maria |
Chicago | Tauson | Not an event | Tomova |
Vancouver | Not an event | Grammatikopoulou | ITF Women's Tour |
Stanford | Not an event | Y Wang | |
Karlsruhe | Sherif | Sherif | Not an event |
Portorož | WTA 250 | Not an event | |
Columbus | Párrizas Díaz | Not an event | |
Bari | Not an event | Grabher | Zidanšek |
Bucharest | Begu | Sharma | |
Budapest | Korpatsch | Not an event | |
Ljubljana | Not an event | Bassols Ribera | |
Parma | WTA 250 | Bogdan | |
Rouen | Not an event | Zanevska | Golubic |
Tampico | Not an event | Cocciaretto | |
Midland | Brengle | McNally | |
Taipei | Cancelled | Not an event | |
Colina | ITF Women's Tour | Sherif | |
Florianópolis | Not an event | ||
Buenos Aires | Bondár | Udvardy | |
Andorra la Vella | Not an event | Parks | |
Montevideo | Parry | Shnaider[a] | |
Angers | Diatchenko | Parks | |
Limoges | Van Uytvanck | Kalinina | |
Seoul | Zhu | WTA 250 | |
a Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Records
Most titles by player
Most finals by player
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Youngest champions
- Singles
# | Player | Age | Title |
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1. | CiCi Bellis | 17 years, 233 days | Honolulu 2016 |
2. | Elina Svitolina | 18 years, 60 days | Pune 2012 |
3. | Bianca Andreescu | 18 years, 225 days | Newport Beach 2019 |
4. | Diana Shnaider[lower-alpha 1] | 18 years, 239 days | Montevideo 2022 |
5. | Clara Tauson | 18 years, 244 days | Chicago 2021 |
6. | Ashlyn Krueger | 19 years, 49 days | Gaiba 2023 |
7. | Diane Parry | 19 years, 81 days | Montevideo 2021 |
8. | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 years, 174 days | Taipei 2012 |
9. | Aryna Sabalenka | 19 years, 205 days | Mumbai 2017 |
10. | Alison Van Uytvanck | 19 years, 229 days | Taipei 2013 |
- Doubles
# | Player | Age | Title |
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1. | Kateřina Siniaková | 18 years, 183 days | Limoges 2014 |
2. | Chan Hao-ching | 19 years, 46 days | Taipei 2012 |
3. | Diana Shnaider[lower-alpha 1] | 19 years, 69 days | La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023 |
4. | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 years, 174 days | Taipei 2012 |
5. | Aryna Sabalenka | 19 years, 198 days | Taipei 2017 |
6. | Veronika Kudermetova | 19 years, 210 days | Taipei 2016 |
7. | Barbora Krejčíková | 19 years, 332 days | Limoges 2015 |
8. | Wang Xinyu | 19 years, 364 days | Columbus 2021 |
9. | Caroline Garcia | 20 years, 25 days | Taipei 2013 |
10. | Tímea Babos | 20 years, 92 days | Suzhou 2013 |
Oldest champions
- Singles
# | Player | Age | Title |
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1. | Tatjana Maria | 36 years, 12 days | Barranquilla 2023 |
2. | Varvara Lepchenko | 35 years, 72 days | Charleston 2021 |
Sara Errani | 35 years, 72 days | Contrexéville 2022 | |
4. | Kirsten Flipkens | 33 years, 311 days | Houston 2019 |
5. | Sorana Cîrstea | 33 years, 30 days | Reus 2023 |
6. | Peng Shuai | 32 years, 315 days | Houston 2018 |
7. | Arantxa Rus | 32 years, 215 days | Contrexéville 2023 |
8. | Arantxa Rus | 32 years, 180 days | La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023 |
9. | Irina-Camelia Begu | 32 years, 23 days | Bucharest 2022 |
10. | Madison Brengle | 31 years, 218 days | Midland 2021 |
- Doubles
# | Player | Age | Title |
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1. | Vera Zvonareva[lower-alpha 1] | 38 years, 255 days | Paris 2023 |
2. | Vera Zvonareva | 37 years, 103 days | Limoges 2021 |
3. | Renata Voráčová | 35 years, 302 days | Karlsruhe 2019 |
4. | Sara Errani | 35 years, 205 days | Buenos Aires 2022 |
5. | Bibiane Schoofs | 34 years, 359 days | Saint-Malo 2023 |
6. | Monica Niculescu | 34 years, 85 days | Limoges 2021 |
7. | Alena Fomina-Klotz[lower-alpha 1] | 34 years, 11 days | Contrexéville 2023 |
8. | Galina Voskoboeva | 33 years, 328 days | Limoges 2018 |
9. | Zhang Shuai | 33 years, 324 days | Angers 2022 |
10. | Renata Voráčová | 33 years, 248 days | Bol 2017 |
Others
- Highest ranked players to win a singles title
# | Player | Rank | Title |
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1. | Jelena Janković | 25 | Nanchang 2015 |
2. | Caroline Garcia | 35 | Limoges 2015 |
3. | Zhang Shuai | 36 | Honolulu 2017 |
4. | Mayar Sherif | 40 | Valencia 2023 |
5. | Bojana Jovanovski | 41 | Ningbo 2013 |
Irina-Camelia Begu | Bucharest 2022 | ||
7. | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 42 | Limoges 2019 |
8. | Sorana Cîrstea | 44 | Reus 2023 |
9. | Anhelina Kalinina | 47 | Limoges 2022 |
Petra Martić | Chicago 2018 | ||
Alison Van Uytvanck | Gaiba 2022 |
- Highest ranked players to win a doubles title
# | Player | Rank | Title |
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1. | Storm Hunter | 11 | Reus 2023 |
2. | Ellen Perez | 16 | Reus 2023 |
3. | Zhang Shuai | 25 | Angers 2022 |
4. | Anna Danilina | 26 | Paris 2023 |
5. | Chan Hao-ching | 27 | Taipei 2014 |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | San Antonio 2016 | ||
7. | Kristina Mladenovic | 28 | Taipei 2012 |
Asia Muhammad | Midland 2022 | ||
9. | Hsieh Su-wei | 32 | Honolulu 2017 |
10. | Yang Zhaoxuan | 33 | Anning 2019 |
- Lowest ranked players to win a singles title
# | Player | Rank | Title |
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1. | Peng Shuai | 296 | Houston 2018 |
2. | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 239 | Vancouver 2022 |
3. | Patricia Maria Țig | 223 | Karlsruhe 2019 |
4. | Astra Sharma | 216 | Bucharest 2023 |
5. | Irina Khromacheva | 210 | Anning 2018 |
6. | CoCo Vandeweghe | 192 | Concord 2022 |
7. | Mandy Minella | 186 | Bol 2016 |
8. | Kristína Kučová | 173 | Prague 2020 |
9. | Belinda Bencic | 165 | Hua Hin 2017 |
Vitalia Diatchenko | Angers 2021 |
- Lowest ranked players to win a doubles title
# | Player | Rank | Title |
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1. | Varvara Flink[lower-alpha 1] | unranked | Concord 2022 |
2. | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 1014 | Bari 2022 |
3. | Mirjam Björklund | 944 | Båstad 2021 |
4. | Wang Xinyu | 826 | Columbus 2021 |
5. | Hsieh Shu-ying | 809 | Honolulu 2017 |
6. | Jodie Burrage | 550 | Stanford 2023 |
7. | Claire Liu | 515 | Gaiba 2022 |
8. | Madison Brengle | 491 | Gaiba 2022 |
9. | Maegan Manasse | 458 | Houston 2018 |
10. | Tena Lukas | 450 | Makarska 2022 |
Most titles by nation
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Notes
± Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
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- updated as of 16 October 2023
See also
References
- OEC WTA Challenger, 2015
- "Taipei to host first WTA tennis challenger event". 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.