WTA 500 tournaments

WTA 500 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.^[1]^[2]

As of 2021, WTA 500 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $500,000.

The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 470.

This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 900 or 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 280 for winning a WTA 250 tournament. This system differs slightly from that used for the men's ATP Tour, which has 13 ATP Tour 500 events with 500 points for the winner (similar to WTA 500 tournaments), and other tiers of ATP tournaments that offer 1000 and 250 points for winning, respectively.

Events[]

Tournament	Officially known as	City(ies)	Country	Surface	Current singles champion	Current doubles champion
Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis Open	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Hard	Aryna Sabalenka (2021)	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara (2021)
Brisbane	Brisbane International	Brisbane	Australia	Hard	Karolína Plíšková (2020)	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová (2020)
Adelaide	Adelaide International	Adelaide	Australia	Hard	Iga Świątek (2021)	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk (2021)
St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Hard (i)	Daria Kasatkina (2021)	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru (2021)
Doha / Dubai	Qatar Total Open / Dubai Tennis Championships	Doha / Dubai	Qatar / United Arab Emirates	Hard	Petra Kvitová (2021)	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs (2021)
Charleston	Volvo Car Open	Charleston	United States	Clay	Veronika Kudermetova (2021)	Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs (2021)
Stuttgart	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Stuttgart	Germany	Clay (i)	Ashleigh Barty (2021)	Ashleigh Barty Jennifer Brady (2021)
Berlin	Grass Court Championships Berlin	Berlin	Germany	Grass	Liudmila Samsonova (2021)	Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka (2021)
Eastbourne	Nature Valley International	Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Grass	Jeļena Ostapenko (2021)	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara (2021)
San Jose	Silicon Valley Classic	San Jose	United States	Hard	Danielle Collins (2021)	Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač (2021)
Ostrava	J&T Banka Ostrava Open	Ostrava	Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit (2021)	Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai (2021)
Zhengzhou	Zhengzhou Open	Zhengzhou	China	Hard	Karolína Plíšková (2019)	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke (2019)
Tokyo	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo	Japan	Hard	Naomi Osaka (2019)	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan (2019)
	Chicago Fall Tennis Classic	Chicago	United States	Hard	Garbiñe Muguruza (2021)	Květa Peschke Andrea Petkovic (2021)
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit (2021)	Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková (2021)

Historic names[]

1990–2008
WTA Tier II

2009–2020
WTA Premier

2021–present
WTA 500

Singles champions[]

WTA Tier II[]

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Sydney	WTA Tier III			Capriati	Date	Sabatini	Seles	Hingis	Sánchez Vicario	Davenport
Tokyo (Pan Pacific)	Graf	Sabatini	Sabatini	WTA Tier I
Paris	Not an event			Navratilova	Navratilova	Graf	Halard-Decugis	Hingis	Pierce	S. Williams
Essen/ Hanover	Not an event		Seles	Medvedeva	Novotná	Not an event	Majoli	Majoli	Schnyder	Novotná
Washington D.C.	Navratilova	Sánchez Vicario	Not an event
Indian Wells/ Palm Springs	Navratilova	Navratilova	Seles	Fernández	Graf	Fernández	Graf	WTA Tier I
Boca Raton/ Delray Beach	Sabatini	WTA Tier I		Graf	Graf	Graf	Not an event
Amelia Island	Graf	Sabatini	Sabatini	Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Martínez	Spîrlea	Davenport	Pierce	Seles
Houston	WTA Tier III	Seles	Seles	Martínez	Hack	Graf	Not an event
Barcelona/ Madrid	WTA Tier IV	WTA Tier III		Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Novotná	WTA Tier III
Hamburg	Graf	Graf	Graf	Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Martínez	Sánchez Vicario	Majoli	Hingis	V. Williams
Eastbourne	Navratilova	Navratilova	McNeil	Navratilova	McGrath	Tauziat	Seles	Abandoned^[a]	Novotná	Zvereva
Oakland/ Stanford	Seles	Navratilova	Seles	Navratilova	Sánchez Vicario	Mag. Maleeva	Hingis	Hingis	Davenport	Davenport
San Diego	WTA Tier III			Graf	Graf	Martínez	Date	Hingis	Davenport	Hingis
Los Angeles	Seles	Seles	Navratilova	Navratilova	Frazier	Martínez	Davenport	Seles	Davenport	S. Williams
Stratton Mt./ Atlanta/ New Haven	WTA Tier III			Martínez	Martínez	Not an event		Davenport	Graf	V. Williams
Tokyo (Nichirei/ Princess)	Fernández	Seles	Seles	Coetzer	Sánchez Vicario	Pierce	Seles	Seles	Seles	Davenport
Filderstadt/ Stuttgart	Fernández	Huber	Navratilova	Pierce	Huber	Majoli	Hingis	Hingis	Testud	Hingis
Zurich	Graf	Graf	Graf	WTA Tier I
Linz	ITF Women's Circuit	WTA Tier V		WTA Tier III					Novotná	Pierce
Leipzig	WTA Tier III			Graf	Novotná	Huber	Huber	Novotná	Graf	Tauziat
Brighton	Graf	Graf	Graf	Novotná	Novotná	Fernández	Not an event
Chicago	WTA Tier I	Navratilova	Navratilova	Seles	Zvereva	Mag. Maleeva	Novotná	Davenport	Not an event
Worcester	Graf	Not an event
Philadelphia	Not an event	Seles	Graf	WTA Tier I			Novotná	Hingis	Graf	Davenport

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Sydney	Mauresmo	Hingis	Hingis	Clijsters	Henin	Molik	Henin	Clijsters	Henin
Paris	Tauziat	Mauresmo	V. Williams	S. Williams	Clijsters	Safina	Mauresmo	Petrova	Chakvetadze
Hanover	S. Williams	Not an event
Nice	Not an event	Mauresmo	Not an event
Antwerp	Not an event		V. Williams	V. Williams	Clijsters	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Henin
Dubai	Not an event	Hingis	Mauresmo	Henin	Henin	Davenport	Henin	Henin	Dementieva
Doha	Not an event	WTA Tier III			Myskina	Sharapova	Petrova	Henin	WTA Tier I
Bangalore	Not an event			WTA Tier IV			WTA Tier III		S. Williams
Scottsdale	Abandoned^[b]	Davenport	S. Williams	Sugiyama	Not an event
Amelia Island	Seles	Mauresmo	V. Williams	Dementieva	Davenport	Davenport	Petrova	Golovin	Sharapova
Hamburg	Hingis	V. Williams	Clijsters	Not an event
Warsaw	WTA Tier IV	Not an event	WTA Tier III	Mauresmo	V. Williams	Henin	Clijsters	Henin	Not an event
Eastbourne	Halard-Decugis	Davenport	Rubin	Rubin	Kuznetsova	Clijsters	Henin	Henin	Radwańska
Stanford	V. Williams	Clijsters	V. Williams	Clijsters	Davenport	Clijsters	Clijsters	Chakvetadze	Wozniak
San Diego	V. Williams	V. Williams	V. Williams	Henin	WTA Tier I				Not an event
Los Angeles	S. Williams	Davenport	Rubin	Clijsters	Davenport	Clijsters	Dementieva	Ivanovic	Safina
New Haven	V. Williams	V. Williams	V. Williams	Capriati	Bovina	Davenport	Henin	Kuznetsova	Wozniacki
Bahia	WTA Tier IV	Seles	Myskina	Not an event
Tokyo (Princess)	S. Williams	Dokić	S. Williams	Not an event
Shanghai/ Beijing	WTA Tier IV			Dementieva	S. Williams	Kirilenko	Kuznetsova	Szávay	Janković
Luxembourg	WTA Tier III					Clijsters	Bondarenko	Ivanovic	WTA Tier III
Filderstadt/ Stuttgart	Hingis	Davenport	Clijsters	Clijsters	Davenport	Davenport	Petrova	Henin	Janković
Zurich	WTA Tier I								V. Williams
Linz	Davenport	Davenport	Henin	Sugiyama	Mauresmo	Petrova	Sharapova	Hantuchová	Ivanovic
Leipzig	Clijsters	Clijsters	S. Williams	Myskina	Not an event
Philadelphia	Davenport	Not an event		Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Not an event

WTA Premier[]

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Brisbane	WTA International			Kanepi	S. Williams	S. Williams	Sharapova	Azarenka	Plíšková	Svitolina	Plíšková	Plíšková
Sydney	Dementieva	Dementieva	Li	Azarenka	Radwańska	Pironkova	Kvitová	Kuznetsova	Konta	Kerber	Kvitová	Not an event
Adelaide	Not an event											Barty
Paris	Mauresmo	Dementieva	Kvitová	Kerber	Barthel	Pavlyuchenkova	Not an event
Antwerp	Exhibition event						Petkovic	Not an event
St. Petersburg	Not an event						ITF Women's Circuit	Vinci	Mladenovic	Kvitová	Bertens	Bertens
Doha	Not an event		Zvonareva	WTA Premier 5			Šafářová	WTA Premier 5	Plíšková	WTA Premier 5	Mertens	WTA Premier 5
Dubai	WTA Premier 5			Radwańska	Kvitová	V. Williams	WTA Premier 5	Errani	WTA Premier 5	Svitolina	WTA Premier 5	Halep
Charleston	Lisicki	Stosur	Wozniacki	S. Williams	S. Williams	Petkovic	Kerber	Stephens	Kasatkina	Bertens	Keys	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Stuttgart	Kuznetsova	Henin	Görges	Sharapova	Sharapova	Sharapova	Kerber	Kerber	Siegemund	Plíšková	Kvitová	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Warsaw	Dulgheru	Dulgheru	Not an event
Brussels	Not an event		Wozniacki	Radwańska	Kanepi	Not an event
Birmingham	WTA International					Ivanovic	Kerber	Keys	Kvitová	Kvitová	Barty	WTA International
Berlin	Not an event											Cancelled
Eastbourne	Wozniacki	Makarova	Bartoli	Paszek	Vesnina	Keys	Bencic	Cibulková	Plíšková	Wozniacki	Plíšková
Stanford/ San Jose	Bartoli	Azarenka	S. Williams	S. Williams	Cibulková	S. Williams	Kerber	Konta	Keys	Buzărnescu	S. Zheng
Los Angeles	Pennetta	Not an event
San Diego/ Carlsbad	Not an event	Kuznetsova	Radwańska	Cibulková	Stosur	Not an event	WTA 125K	Not an event
New Haven	Wozniacki	Wozniacki	Wozniacki	Kvitová	Halep	Kvitová	Kvitová	Radwańska	Gavrilova	Sabalenka	Not an event
Zhengzhou	Not an event					ITF Women's Circuit			WTA 125K		Plí��ková	Cancelled
Tokyo	WTA Premier 5					Ivanovic	Radwańska	Wozniacki	Wozniacki	Plíšková	Osaka	Cancelled
Ostrava	Not an event											Sabalenka
Moscow	Schiavone	Azarenka	Cibulková	Wozniacki	Halep	Pavlyuchenkova	Kuznetsova	Kuznetsova	Görges	Kasatkina	Bencic	Cancelled

WTA 500[]

	2021	2022
Abu Dhabi	Sabalenka
Brisbane/Sydney	Cancelled
Melbourne 1	Barty	WTA 250
Melbourne 2	Mertens	WTA 250
Melbourne 3	Abandoned^[c]	Not an event
Adelaide	Świątek
St. Petersburg	Kasatkina
Doha	Kvitová	WTA 1000
Dubai	WTA 1000
Charleston	Kudermetova
Stuttgart	Barty
Berlin	Samsonova
Eastbourne	Ostapenko
San Jose	Collins
Zhengzhou	Cancelled due to COVID-19^[3]
Tokyo	Cancelled due to COVID-19^[3]
Ostrava	Kontaveit
Chicago (Fall)	Muguruza
Moscow	Kontaveit

Notes[]

^a The final between Jana Novotná vs. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was abandoned at 6-5 due to rain.^[4]
^b The final between Martina Hingis vs. Lindsay Davenport was abandoned due to rain.^[5]
^c The final between Anett Kontaveit vs. Ann Li was abandoned due to a delay in schedule.^[6]

Statistics[]

Most titles[]

Bold face designates active players

Rank	Player	Titles
1	Lindsay Davenport	26
1	Steffi Graf	26
3	/ Monica Seles	22
4	Kim Clijsters	18
	Justine Henin
	Serena Williams
	Venus Williams
8	Martina Hingis	16
9	Amélie Mauresmo	15
9	Martina Navratilova	15

References[]

^ "WTA unveils comprehensive rebrand". WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 2 December 2020.
^ "WTA will align tournament categories with ATP from 2021 season". Sky Sports. 2 December 2020.
^ "WTA announces 2021 Calendar update". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
^ "Tennis: Novotna ties with Sanchez Vicario", The Independent, 23 June 1997
^ "Davenport, Hingis final is canceled", Los Angeles Times, 7 March 2000
^ WTA [@WTA] (February 6, 2021). "Due to the delayed schedule and the start of the Australian Open on Monday, the final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[wta-1] "WTA unveils comprehensive rebrand". WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 2 December 2020.

[2] "WTA will align tournament categories with ATP from 2021 season". Sky Sports. 2 December 2020.

[:0-3] "WTA announces 2021 Calendar update". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-07.

[4] "Tennis: Novotna ties with Sanchez Vicario", The Independent, 23 June 1997

[5] "Davenport, Hingis final is canceled", Los Angeles Times, 7 March 2000

[6] WTA [@WTA] (February 6, 2021). "Due to the delayed schedule and the start of the Australian Open on Monday, the final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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