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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 (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.

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.

WTA rankings

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

Current rankings

WTA rankings (singles) as of 6 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  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 4,821 7  Jessica Pegula (USA) 4,671 8  Emma Navarro (USA) 3,551 9   Daria Kasatkina 3,368 10  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 3,214 11  Danielle Collins (USA) 3,147 12  Paula Badosa (ESP) 2,908 13   Diana Shnaider 2,895 14   Anna Kalinskaya 2,721 15   Mirra Andreeva 2,665 1 16  Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,554 1 17  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 2,481 2 18  Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 2,471 19  Donna Vekić (CRO) 2,228 20  Madison Keys (USA) 2,180 1

WTA rankings (doubles) as of 6 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  Taylor Townsend (USA) 6,108 1 5  Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 5,785 1 6  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 5,506 1 7  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 5,458 1 8  Elise Mertens (BEL) 5,430 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) 4,250 17   Veronika Kudermetova 4,120 18   Irina Khromacheva 3,881 19  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 3,683 20  Laura Siegemund (GER) 3,680 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