WTA Tour

WTA Tour tournaments
1990–2008
Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV Tier V
2009–2020
Premier tournaments International tournaments
2021–present
WTA 1000 tournaments WTA 500 tournaments WTA 250 tournaments
Other
Billie Jean King Cup WTA 125 tournaments
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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.

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.

WTA rankings[]

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

Current rankings[]

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 30 August 2021[1] No. Player Points Move† 1  Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 10,185 2  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7,010 3  Naomi Osaka (JPN) 6,666 4  Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 5,530 5  Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,210 1 6  Sofia Kenin (USA) 5,030 1 7  Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 4,537 8  Iga Świątek (POL) 4,461 9  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 4,273 10  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4,210 11  Petra Kvitová (CZE) 4,170 12  Belinda Bencic (SUI) 4,170 13  Simona Halep (ROU) 3,881 14  Jennifer Brady (USA) 3,489 15  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 3,420 16  Elise Mertens (BEL) 3,330 17  Angelique Kerber (GER) 3,245 18  Maria Sakkari (GRE) 3,210 19  Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 3,160 20  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 3,083 †Change since previous week's rankings

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 30 August 2021[2] No. Player Points Move‡ 1  Elise Mertens (BEL) 9,455 2  Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 7,995 3  Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) 7,635 4  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 7,610 5  Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7,595 6  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7,535 7  Tímea Babos (HUN) 7,360 8  Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 5,800 9  Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 5,730 9  Ena Shibahara (JPN) 5,730 11  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 5,470 12  Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 5,195 13  Demi Schuurs (NED) 4,690 14  Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 4,610 15  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 4,585 16  Alexa Guarachi (CHL) 4,570 17  Luisa Stefani (BRA) 4,465 18  Darija Jurak (CRO) 4,385 19  Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 3,900 20  Latisha Chan (TPE) 3,685 20  Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) 3,685 ‡Change since previous week's rankings

See also[]

• WTA 125K series
• ITF Women's Circuit
• ATP Tour

References[]