WTA 500 tournaments
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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 |
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Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis Open | Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
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Brisbane | Brisbane International | Brisbane | ![]() |
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St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | Saint Petersburg | ![]() |
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Doha / Dubai |
Qatar Total Open / Dubai Tennis Championships |
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Charleston | Volvo Car Open | Charleston | ![]() |
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Stuttgart | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | Stuttgart | ![]() |
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Berlin | Grass Court Championships Berlin | Berlin | ![]() |
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Eastbourne | Nature Valley International | Eastbourne | ![]() |
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San Jose | Silicon Valley Classic | San Jose | ![]() |
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Ostrava | J&T Banka Ostrava Open | Ostrava | ![]() |
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Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Open | Zhengzhou | ![]() |
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Tokyo | Toray Pan Pacific Open | Tokyo | ![]() |
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Chicago Fall Tennis Classic | Chicago | ![]() |
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Moscow | Kremlin Cup | Moscow | ![]() |
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Historic names[]
1990–2008
WTA Tier II
2009–2020
WTA Premier
2021–present
WTA 500
Singles champions[]
WTA Tier II[]
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Tokyo (Pan Pacific) |
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Essen/ Hanover |
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Indian Wells/ Palm Springs |
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Boca Raton/ Delray Beach |
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Houston | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Barcelona/ Madrid |
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Oakland/ Stanford |
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San Diego | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Stratton Mt./ Atlanta/ New Haven |
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Tokyo (Nichirei/ Princess) |
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Filderstadt/ Stuttgart |
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Linz | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA Tier V | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Leipzig | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Brighton | ![]() |
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Chicago | WTA Tier I | ![]() |
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Worcester | ![]() |
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Philadelphia | Not an event | ![]() |
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Hanover | ![]() |
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Nice | Not an event | ![]() |
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Antwerp | Not an event | ![]() |
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Dubai | Not an event | ![]() |
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Doha | Not an event | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Bangalore | Not an event | WTA Tier IV | WTA Tier III | ![]() | |||||
Scottsdale | Abandoned[b] | ![]() |
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Hamburg | ![]() |
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Warsaw | WTA Tier IV | Not an event | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Stanford | ![]() |
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WTA Tier I | Not an event | |||
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Bahia | WTA Tier IV | ![]() |
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Shanghai/ Beijing |
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Luxembourg | WTA Tier III | ![]() |
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Filderstadt/ Stuttgart |
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Philadelphia | ![]() |
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WTA Premier[]
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Brisbane | WTA International | ![]() |
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Sydney | ![]() |
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Adelaide | Not an event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Paris | ![]() |
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Antwerp | Exhibition event | ![]() |
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St. Petersburg | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | ![]() |
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Doha | Not an event | ![]() |
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Dubai | WTA Premier 5 | ![]() |
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Warsaw | ![]() |
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Brussels | Not an event | ![]() |
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Birmingham | WTA International | ![]() |
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Berlin | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||||||
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Stanford/ San Jose |
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San Diego/ Carlsbad |
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Zhengzhou | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA 125K | ![]() |
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Tokyo | WTA Premier 5 | ![]() |
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Ostrava | Not an event | ![]() | ||||||||||
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WTA 500[]
2021 | 2022 | |
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Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
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Brisbane/Sydney | Cancelled | |
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WTA 250 |
Melbourne 2 | ![]() |
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Melbourne 3 | Abandoned[c] | Not an event |
Adelaide | ![]() |
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WTA 1000 |
Dubai | WTA 1000 | |
Charleston | ![]() |
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Stuttgart | ![]() |
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Berlin | ![]() |
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Zhengzhou | Cancelled due to COVID-19[3] |
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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 |
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See also[]
- WTA Tour
- WTA 1000 tournaments
- WTA 250 tournaments
- ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
- WTA Premier tournaments
- WTA International tournaments
- ATP Tour 500
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.
- WTA Tour
- Tennis competition stubs