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:
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.
tour, current, season, 2023, worldwide, tier, tennis, tour, women, organized, women, tennis, association, second, tier, tour, 125k, series, third, tier, women, circuit, equivalent, tour, contents, tournaments, structure, 2021, present, structure, 2009, 2020, r. For current season see 2023 WTA Tour 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 Contents 1 WTA Tour tournaments 1 1 Structure 2021 present 1 2 Structure 2009 2020 2 WTA rankings 2 1 Current rankings 3 See also 4 ReferencesWTA Tour tournaments EditStructure 2021 present Edit 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 Edit 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 EditMain article WTA rankings WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players Current rankings Edit WTA rankings singles as of 16 January 2023 1 No Player Points Move1 Iga Swiatek POL 11 025 2 Ons Jabeur TUN 5 180 3 Jessica Pegula USA 5 000 4 Caroline Garcia FRA 4 415 5 Aryna Sabalenka BLR 4 340 6 Maria Sakkari GRE 3 921 7 Coco Gauff USA 3 871 8 Daria Kasatkina RUS 3 380 9 Veronika Kudermetova RUS 2 715 10 Madison Keys USA 2 597 11 Paula Badosa ESP 2 387 12 Simona Halep ROU 2 381 13 Belinda Bencic SUI 2 365 14 Danielle Collins USA 2 288 15 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 2 215 16 Petra Kvitova CZE 2 176 17 Anett Kontaveit EST 2 093 18 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 2 040 19 Liudmila Samsonova RUS 1 964 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova RUS 1 910 WTA rankings doubles as of 16 January 2023 2 No Player Points Move1 Katerina Siniakova CZE 6 915 2 Barbora Krejcikova CZE 6 036 13 Veronika Kudermetova RUS 6 035 14 Coco Gauff USA 5 360 5 Elise Mertens BEL 5 310 6 Jessica Pegula USA 4 980 7 Gabriela Dabrowski CAN 4 740 8 Giuliana Olmos MEX 4 650 9 Lyudmyla Kichenok UKR 4 355 10 Yang Zhaoxuan CHN 4 180 111 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 4 140 312 Storm Hunter AUS 4 100 113 Xu Yifan CHN 3 910 214 Anna Danilina KAZ 3 870 415 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 3 826 116 Desirae Krawczyk USA 3 805 117 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 3 785 518 Demi Schuurs NED 3 685 19 Nicole Melichar Martinez USA 3 645 20 Ellen Perez AUS 3 460 See also EditWTA 125K series ITF Women s Circuit ATP Tour Association of Tennis Professionals TourReferences Edit WTA Singles Rankings Women s Tennis Association Retrieved 23 November 2022 WTA Doubles Rankings Women s Tennis Association Retrieved 23 November 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WTA Tour amp oldid 1130889863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
