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The WTA Tour (currently known as the Hologic 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 World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.

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WTA Tour tournaments

Structure (2024-present)

In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return:

Structure (2021–2023)

The WTA Tour underwent a slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour:

Structure (2009–2020)

The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2021 reorganization:

WTA rankings

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

Current rankings

Ranking method

The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 18 tournaments for singles and 12 for doubles. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period. The period must include: [5]

All WTA players also have a Universal Tennis Rating, based on head-to-head results.

The points distribution for tournaments in 2024 is shown below:

CategoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128QQ3Q2Q1
Grand Slam (128S, 128Q)2000130078043024013070104030202
Grand Slam (64D)200013007804302401301040
WTA Finals (S)1500*1080*750*(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)15001080750375
WTA 1000 (96S, 48Q)100065039021512065351030202
WTA 1000 (56S, 32Q)1000650390215120651030202
WTA 1000 (32/28D)100065039021512010
WTA Elite Trophy (S)700*440*240*(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA 500 (48S, 24Q)5003251951086032125131
WTA 500 (30/28S, 24/16Q)5003251951086012518131
WTA 500 (24D)500325195108601
WTA 500 (16D)5003251951081
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)250163985430118121
WTA 250 (16D)25016398541
WTA 125 (32S, 16Q)125814927151641
WTA 125 (32S, 8Q)12581492715161
WTA 125 (16D)1258149271
WTA 125 (8D)12581491
W100 (48S, 32/24Q)100653921127153
W100 (32S, 32Q)10065392112153
W100 (16D)1006539211
W75 (48S, 32/24Q)7549291695132
W75 (32S, 32Q)754929169132
W75 (16D)754929161
W50 (48S, 32/24Q)5033201163121
W50 (32S, 32Q)503320116121
W50 (16D)503320111
W35 (48S, 32/24Q)35231484211
W35 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q)3523148411
W35 (16D)35231481
W15 (32S, 64/48/32/24Q)1510631
W15 (16D)151063

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

Note that if a player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving a bye, they will not be awarded any points for that tournament. [6]

In ITF tournaments, the main draw is normally 32 for singles and 16 for doubles. Losers in the first round of doubles will receive points equal to that shown in the R32 column above. For subsequent rounds (quarter-finals onwards) the points are the same as for singles.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Official WTA Ranking". live-tennis.eu.
  3. ↑ "Current WTA Doubles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
  4. ↑ "Official WTA Doubles". live-tennis.eu.
  5. ↑ "2024 WTA Rankings Rules" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "2019 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). WTA.
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