![]() Iga Świątek finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won eight tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and US Open. She also won four WTA 1000 events. | |
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Duration | 3 January – 13 November 2022 |
Edition | 52nd |
Tournaments | 55 |
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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 2022 WTA Tour (branded as the 2022 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals). [1] [2]
On December 1, 2021, WTA chairman Steve Simon announced that all tournaments scheduled to be held in both China and Hong Kong were suspended beginning in 2022, due to concerns regarding the security and well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai after her allegations of sexual assault against Zhang Gaoli, a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party. [3] [4]
As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the WTA, the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals), the ITF, and the four Grand Slam tournaments jointly decided that players from Belarus and Russia would not be allowed to play under the names or flags of their countries, but would remain eligible to play events until further notice. [5] On 20 May 2022, the ATP and WTA also announced that ranking points would not be awarded for Wimbledon, due to a decision by the All England Club to prohibit players representing Belarus or Russia from participating in the tournament. [6]
In March 2022, Hologic, an American medical diagnostics and technology company, signed a multi-year deal to become the first WTA Tour title sponsor since 2010 after the WTA's partnership with Sony Ericsson had ended. Hologic cited the WTA's stance on withholding events in China in the wake of Peng's allegations as one of its factors in deciding to sponsor the circuit. [7] [8]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2022 calendar. [1] [9] [10]
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 (Mandatory) [a] |
WTA 1000 (non-Mandatory) [a] |
WTA 500 [a] |
WTA 250 [a] |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Mar 14 Mar | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard – $8,369,455 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–4, 6–1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | ![]() ![]() | ||||
21 Mar 28 Mar | Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 (Mandatory) Hard – $8,369,455 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–4, 6–0 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6(7–3), 7–5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Round robin |
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7 Nov | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard (i) – 12 teams | ![]() 2–0 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The COVID-19 pandemic affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled due to the pandemic or other reasons.
Week of | Tournament | Status |
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January 3 | Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA 500 Hard | Cancelled [11] [12] [13] |
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA 250 Hard | ||
Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA 250 Hard | ||
January 10 | Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled [14] |
January 31 | Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled |
May 16 | Cologne Open Cologne, Germany WTA 250 Clay | Cancelled due to organizational issues |
September 12 | Japan Women's Open Osaka, Japan WTA 250 Hard | Cancelled due to financial crisis |
October 17 | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) | Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine [15] |
October 24 | Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) | Postponed to February 2023 |
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 2022 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Finals), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 (Mandatory) |
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) |
WTA 500 |
WTA 250 |
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | WTA 1000 (M) | WTA 1000 (NM) | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | |||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
21 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | |||||||
15 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold): [a]
Points are awarded as follows: [note 1]
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Grand Slam (S, except Wimbledon) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
Grand Slam (D, except Wimbledon) | 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* | (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA 1000 (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA 1000 (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA 1000 (32/30D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 1000 (56S, 48Q/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
WTA 1000 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 500 (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA 500 (32/30/28S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
WTA 500 (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
WTA 250 (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
Below are the tables for the WTA rankings [b] and the yearly WTA Race rankings [c] of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and doubles teams.
✓ Qualified for the WTA Finals. |
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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![]() | Year end 2021 | 3 April 2022 |
![]() | 4 April 2022 | Year end 2022 |
✓ Qualified for the WTA Finals. |
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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![]() | Year end 2021 | 5 June 2022 |
![]() | 6 June 2022 | 14 August 2022 |
![]() | 15 August 2022 | 11 September 2022 |
![]() | 12 September 2022 | Year end 2022 |
Prize money in US$ as of 14 November 2022 [update] [20] | |||||
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# | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed doubles | Year-to-date |
1. | ![]() | $9,875,525 | $0 | $0 | $9,875,525 |
2. | ![]() | $4,976,594 | $20,475 | $0 | $4,977,069 |
3. | ![]() | $3,353,354 | $375,963 | $0 | $3,729,317 |
4. | ![]() | $3,570,968 | $42,472 | $0 | $3,613,440 |
5. | ![]() | $3,165,252 | $434,293 | $12,171 | $3,611,716 |
6. | ![]() | $2,541,338 | $490,618 | $19,997 | $3,051,953 |
7. | ![]() | $2,464,204 | $17,215 | $0 | $2,481,419 |
8. | ![]() | $2,431,495 | $29,825 | $0 | $2,461,320 |
9. | ![]() | $2,271,220 | $18,100 | $0 | $2,289,320 |
10. | ![]() | $2,240,117 | $13,080 | $0 | $2,253,197 |
The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in 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 2022 season: