![]() Ashleigh Barty finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won four tournaments during the season, including a major at the French Open, as well as the WTA Finals. She also won a Premier Mandatory event. | |
Details | |
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Duration | 29 December 2018 – 3 November 2019 |
Edition | 49th |
Tournaments | 58 |
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 titles | ![]() ![]() |
Most finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
Awards | |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–3, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
18 Mar 25 Mar | Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $9,035,428 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Nov | Fed Cup Final Perth, Australia – hard | ![]() 3–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||||
20 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
10 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 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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![]() | Year end 2018 | 27 January 2019 |
![]() | 28 January 2019 | 23 June 2019 |
![]() | 24 June 2019 | 11 August 2019 |
![]() | 12 August 2019 | 8 September 2019 |
![]() | 9 September 2019 | Year end 2019 |
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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![]() ![]() | Year end 2018 | 13 January 2019 |
![]() | 14 January 2019 | 9 June 2019 |
![]() | 10 June 2019 | 14 July 2019 |
![]() | 15 July 2019 | 6 October 2019 |
![]() | 7 October 2019 | 20 October 2019 |
![]() | 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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Month | Winner | Other candidates |
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Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 [singles] or top 100 [doubles] for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2019 season:
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2019 WTA Tour season: