Details | |
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Duration | 29 December 2018 – 3 November 2019 |
Edition | 49th |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (31) WTA Elite Trophy |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Ashleigh Barty Karolína Plíšková (4) |
Most tournament finals | Ashleigh Barty (6) |
Prize money leader | Ashleigh Barty ($11,307,587) |
Points leader | Ashleigh Barty (7,851) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Ashleigh Barty |
Doubles team of the year | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic |
Most improved player of the year | Sofia Kenin |
Newcomer of the year | Bianca Andreescu |
Comeback player of the year | Belinda Bencic |
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The 2019 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). The Hopman Cup, organized by the ITF, [1] also is included but did not distribute ranking points. [2]
Prior to the season, the WTA announced usage of a shot clock at all Premier events. Players had have a minute to get on court, five minutes to warm up, and one minute to start the match. The time allotted to players in between points has been increased from 20 to 25 seconds. Finally, players were allowed only one toilet break in a match. [3]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2019 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Mar 11 Mar | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $9,035,428 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | Bianca Andreescu 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | Angelique Kerber | Belinda Bencic Elina Svitolina | Karolína Plíšková Venus Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Markéta Vondroušová |
Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 6–2 | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | ||||
18 Mar 25 Mar | Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $9,035,428 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | Ashleigh Barty 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | Karolína Plíšková | Anett Kontaveit Simona Halep | Hsieh Su-wei Petra Kvitová Markéta Vondroušová Wang Qiang |
Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Nov | Fed Cup Final Perth, Australia – hard | France 3–2 | Australia | Romania Belarus | Czech Republic Belgium Germany United States |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | |
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7 Oct | Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Cancelled due to ongoing political unrest. [4] |
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
21 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||||
20 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
10 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
9 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
8 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Latvia (LAT) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time):
These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2019 season. [5]
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Simona Halep (ROU) | Year end 2018 | 27 January 2019 |
Naomi Osaka (JPN) | 28 January 2019 | 23 June 2019 |
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | 24 June 2019 | 11 August 2019 |
Naomi Osaka (JPN) | 12 August 2019 | 8 September 2019 |
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | 9 September 2019 | Year end 2019 |
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | Year end 2018 | 13 January 2019 |
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | 14 January 2019 | 9 June 2019 |
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | 10 June 2019 | 14 July 2019 |
Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | 15 July 2019 | 6 October 2019 |
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | 7 October 2019 | 20 October 2019 |
Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | 21 October 2019 | Year end 2019 |
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1080* | 750* | (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA Finals (D) | 1500 | 1080 | 750 | 375 | – | |||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (32/30/28S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA International (32S, 32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
WTA International (32S, 24/16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | - | 12 | 1 |
WTA International (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
Month | Winner | Other candidates |
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January [8] | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | Petra Kvitová (CZE) Karolína Plíšková (CZE) |
February [9] | Belinda Bencic (SUI) | Simona Halep (ROU) Elise Mertens (BEL) Petra Kvitová (CZE) |
March [10] | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Bianca Andreescu (CAN) Karolína Plíšková (CZE) Angelique Kerber (GER) |
April [11] | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | Petra Martić (CRO) Madison Keys (USA) |
May [12] | Kiki Bertens (NED) | Simona Halep (ROU) Karolína Plíšková (CZE) Johanna Konta (GBR) |
June [13] | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) Caroline Garcia (FRA) Sofia Kenin (USA) |
July [14] | Simona Halep (ROU) | Serena Williams (USA) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) Jil Teichmann (SUI) |
August [15] | Bianca Andreescu (CAN) | Serena Williams (USA) Madison Keys (USA) |
September [16] | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) Karolína Plíšková (CZE) |
October [17] | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Elina Svitolina (UKR) Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) |
Month | Winner | Other candidates |
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January [18] | Dayana Yastremska (UKR) | Danielle Collins (USA) Amanda Anisimova (USA) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) |
February [19] | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | Bianca Andreescu (CAN) Wang Yafan (CHN) Sofia Kenin (USA) |
March [20] | Bianca Andreescu (CAN) | Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) Anett Kontaveit (EST) |
April [21] | Maria Sakkari (GRE) | Jil Teichmann (SUI) Karolína Muchová (CZE) Amanda Anisimova (USA) |
May [22] | Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) | Kiki Bertens (NED) Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) Chloé Paquet (FRA) |
June [23] | Iga Świątek (POL) | Petra Martić (CRO) Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) Amanda Anisimova (USA) |
July [24] | Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) Karolína Muchová (CZE) Fiona Ferro (FRA) |
August [25] | Marie Bouzková (CZE) | Belinda Bencic (SUI) Coco Gauff (USA) Sofia Kenin (USA) |
September [26] | Alison Riske (USA) | Karolína Muchová (CZE) Elena Rybakina (KAZ) Rebecca Peterson (SWE) |
October [27] | Karolína Muchová (CZE) | Belinda Bencic (SUI) Sofia Kenin (USA) |
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