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WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series), 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
- China: Anning (2018–2019), Dalian (2015–2017), Nanchang (2014–2015), Nanjing (2013), Ningbo (2013–2014), Suzhou (2013–2014), Zhengzhou (2017–2018)
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong (2024)
- India: Pune (2012), Mumbai (2017–2018, 2024)
- South Korea: Seoul (2021)
- Taiwan: Taipei (2012–2019)
- Thailand: Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
- Turkey: Antalya (2024)
Europe
- Andorra: Andorra la Vella (2022–2023)
- 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 (2022–2023), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
- Germany: Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022), Hamburg (2024)
- Hungary: Budapest (2022)
- Italy: Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023), Parma (2023–present)
- Poland: Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023), Warsaw (2024)
- Portugal: Oeiras (2024)
- Romania: Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–2023)
- Serbia: Belgrade (2021)
- Slovenia: Ljubljana (2023–present)
- Spain: La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Lleida (2024), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023), Valencia (2022–present)
- Sweden: Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
- Switzerland: Montreux (2024)
- United Kingdom: Birmingham (2025)
North America
- Canada: Vancouver (2022)
- Mexico: Guadalajara (2019, 2024), Puerto Vallarta (2024–present), San Luis Potosí (2023–present), Tampico (2022–present)
- United States: Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021, 2024), 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)
Oceania
- Australia : Canberra (2024-present)
South America
- Argentina: Buenos Aires (2021–present)
- Bolivia: Santa Cruz (2024–present)
- Brazil: Florianópolis (2023–present)
- Chile: Colina (2022–present)
- Colombia: Barranquilla (2023–present), Cali (2013, 2023–present)
- Uruguay: Montevideo (2021–2023)
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 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
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| Singles | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Doubles | 1 | — | |||||||
| Doubles (8D) | 1 | — | |||||||
Singles champions
WTA 125K Series
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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| Newport Beach | Not an event |  Collins |
 Andreescu |
Brengle
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| Cali | ITF Women's Circuit |  Arruabarrena Vecino |
Not an Event | ||||||
| Indian Wells | Not an event |  Errani |
 Golubic |
 Begu
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| 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
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| 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
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| Karlsruhe | Not an event | Țig
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| Chicago/New Haven | Not an event |  Martić |
Blinkova
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| Nanchang | Not an event | Peng |
Janković |
WTA International | |||||
| Prague | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | ITF Women's Tour |  Kučová
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| 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 or 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
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| Limoges | ITF Women's Circuit | Smitková |
Garcia |
Alexandrova |
Niculescu |
Alexandrova |
Alexandrova
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| Carlsbad or Honolulu | WTA Premier | Not an event | Wickmayer |
Bellis |
Zhang |
Exhibition event | Not an event | ||
WTA 125
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Canberra | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour | Párrizas Díaz
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Ito
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| Cali | Not an event |  Podoroska
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Begu
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| Mumbai | Not an event |  Semeņistaja
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| Puerto Vallarta | Not an event | Kessler
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| Marbella | Not an event |  Sherif
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Not an event | ||
| San Luis Potosí | Not an event | Cocciaretto
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Podoroska
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| Antalya | Not an event | Bouzas Maneiro
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| Oeiras | ITF Women's Tour |  Lamens
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| Saint-Malo | Golubic
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 Haddad Maia
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Stephens
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Boisson
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| Reus/Lleida | Not an event | Cîrstea
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Siniaková
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| Florence | Paolini
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Not an event | |||
| Paris | Not an event | Liu
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Parry
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 Shnaider
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| Bol/Makarska | Paolini
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Niemeier
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Sherif
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Volynets
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| La Bisbal d'Empordà | ITF Women's Tour | Rus
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Carlé
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| Valencia | ITF Women's Tour | Q Zheng
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Sherif
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Li
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| Gaiba | Not an event | Van Uytvanck
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Krueger
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Parks
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| Båstad | Párrizas Díaz
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 Jang
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Danilović
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Trevisan
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| Contrexéville | ITF Women's Tour | Errani
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Rus
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Bronzetti
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| Charleston | Lepchenko
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ITF Women's Tour | Cocciaretto
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| Belgrade | Schmiedlová
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Not an event | |||
| Iași | Not an event | Bogdan
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Bogdan
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WTA 250 | |
| Concord | Fręch
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Vandeweghe
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Not an event | ||
| Kozerki/Warsaw | ITF Women's Tour | Yastremska
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Parks
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| Hamburg | WTA 250 | Bondár
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| Barranquilla | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour | Maria
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Podoroska
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| Chicago |  Tauson
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Not an event |  Tomova
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Not an event | |
| Vancouver | Not an event |  Grammatikopoulou
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ITF Women's Tour | Not an event | |
| Stanford | Not an event | Y Wang
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Not an event | ||
| Guadalajara | WTA 250 | Not an event | Rakhimova
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| Montreux | Not an event | Begu
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| Karlsruhe | Sherif
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Sherif
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Not an event | ||
| Portorož | WTA 250 | Not an event | |||
| Columbus | Párrizas Díaz
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Not an event | |||
| Bari | Not an event |  Grabher
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Zidanšek
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Todoni
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| Bucharest | Begu
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 Sharma
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Bulgaru
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| Budapest | Korpatsch
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Not an event | |||
| Ljubljana | Not an event | Bassols Ribera
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Teichmann
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| Parma | WTA 250 | Bogdan
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Schmiedlová
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| Rouen | Not an event | Zanevska
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Golubic
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WTA 250 | |
| Hong Kong | Not an event | Tomljanović
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| Tampico | not an event | Cocciaretto
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Bektas
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Stakusic
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| Santa Cruz | Not an event | Todoni
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| Midland | Brengle
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McNally
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Kalinskaya
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Marino
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| Taipei | Cancelled | Not an event | |||
| Charleston 2 | ITF Women's Tour |  Zarazúa
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| Colina | ITF Women's Tour | Sherif
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Bejlek
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Stojanović
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| Florianópolis | Not an event | Tomljanović
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Chwalińska
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| Buenos Aires | Bondár
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Udvardy
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Pigossi
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Sherif
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| Andorra la Vella | Not an event | Parks
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Bassols Ribera
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Not an event | |
| Montevideo | Parry
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Shnaider
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Zarazúa
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Not an event | |
| Angers | Diatchenko
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Parks
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Burel
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Parks
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| Limoges | Van Uytvanck
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Kalinina
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Bucșa
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Golubic
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| Seoul | Zhu
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WTA 250 | WTA 500 | ||
Records
- as of 6 January 2025
Most titles by player
Most finals by player
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Most titles by country
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Youngest champions
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Highest-ranked winners
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See also
Notes
- ^ As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
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.
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