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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 Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.

WTA Tour tournaments

Structure (2009–2020)

The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2020 reorganization:

• Grand Slam tournaments (4)
• Year-ending WTA Tour Championships (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 and the Tianjin Open, each with prize money of US$750,000; and the year-ending WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai which has prize money of US$2.3 million.

Structure (2021–present)

The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour:

• Grand Slam tournaments (4)
• Year-ending WTA Finals (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. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic.
  • 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. In 2021–22, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. Also, in 2022, 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.

WTA rankings

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

Current rankings

WTA rankings (singles) as of 13 January 2025 No. Player Points Move 1   Aryna Sabalenka 9,956 2  Iga Świątek (POL) 8,120 3  Coco Gauff (USA) 6,888 4  Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 5,399 5  Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 5,325 6  Jessica Pegula (USA) 4,801 1 7  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 4,723 1 8  Emma Navarro (USA) 3,409 9  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 3,213 1 10   Daria Kasatkina 3,151 1 11  Danielle Collins (USA) 3,147 12  Paula Badosa (ESP) 2,958 13   Diana Shnaider 2,895 14  Madison Keys (USA) 2,680 6 15   Mirra Andreeva 2,665 16   Anna Kalinskaya 2,637 2 17  Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,554 1 18  Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 2,364 19  Donna Vekić (CRO) 2,228 20  Karolína Muchová (CZE) 2,079 1

WTA rankings (doubles) as of 13 January 2025 No. Player Points Move 1  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 9,530 2  Erin Routliffe (NZL) 8,165 3  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 6,805 4  Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 5,785 1 5  Taylor Townsend (USA) 5,618 1 6  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 5,506 7  Elise Mertens (BEL) 5,430 1 8  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 5,360 1 9  Sara Errani (ITA) 5,306 10  Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 5,235 11  Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 4,858 12  Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 4,670 13  Ellen Perez (AUS) 4,560 14  Caroline Dolehide (USA) 4,483 15  Asia Muhammad (USA) 4,348 16  Chan Hao-ching (TPE) 4,120 17   Veronika Kudermetova 4,120 18   Irina Khromacheva 3,913 19  Laura Siegemund (GER) 3,810 1 20  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 3,683 1

See also

• WTA 125K series
• ITF Women's Circuit
• ATP Tour Association of Tennis Professionals Tour

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.

• WTA Tour
• Tennis tours and series
• Women's tennis tournaments
• Women's Tennis Association
• Recurring sporting events established in 1973