Details | |
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Duration | 29 December 2023 – 16 November 2024 |
Edition | 54th |
Tournaments | 58 |
Categories |
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Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | Iga Świątek (5) |
Most finals | Aryna Sabalenka (7) |
Prize money leader | Aryna Sabalenka ($9,729,260) [1] |
Points leader | Aryna Sabalenka (9,416) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Aryna Sabalenka |
Doubles team of the year | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini |
Most improved player of the year | Emma Navarro |
Newcomer of the year | Lulu Sun |
Comeback player of the year | Paula Badosa |
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The 2024 WTA Tour (branded as the 2024 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 2024 tennis season. The 2024 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), the year-end championships (the WTA Finals), the team events United Cup (combined event with ATP) and the Summer Olympic Games.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2024 calendar. [2]
Grand Slam tournaments |
Summer Olympics |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 |
WTA 500 |
WTA 250 |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Mar 4 Mar 11 | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 Hard – $9,258,080 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles – Mixed | Iga Świątek 6–4, 6–0 | Maria Sakkari | Marta Kostyuk Coco Gauff | Caroline Wozniacki Anastasia Potapova Yuan Yue Emma Navarro |
Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens 6–3, 6–4 | Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková | ||||
Storm Hunter Matthew Ebden 6–3, 6–3 | Caroline Garcia Édouard Roger-Vasselin | ||||
Mar 18 Mar 25 | Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 Hard – $8,770,480 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | Danielle Collins 7–5, 6–3 | Elena Rybakina | Ekaterina Alexandrova Victoria Azarenka | Jessica Pegula Caroline Garcia Maria Sakkari Yulia Putintseva |
Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9] | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Nov 4 | WTA Finals Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Year-end championships Hard (i) – $15,250,000 – 8S/8D Singles – Doubles | Coco Gauff 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | Zheng Qinwen | Aryna Sabalenka Barbora Krejčíková | Round robin Jasmine Paolini Elena Rybakina Iga Świątek Daria Kasatkina Jessica Pegula |
Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe 7–5, 6–3 | Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend | ||||
Nov 11 | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Málaga, Spain Hard (i) – 12 teams | Italy 2–0 | Slovakia | Great Britain Poland | Canada Australia Czech Republic Japan |
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 2024 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Paris Summer Olympics, 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 |
Summer Olympics |
Year-end championships |
WTA 1000 |
WTA 500 |
WTA 250 |
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Summer Olympics | Year-end | WTA 1000 | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | ||||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
26 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
10 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
9 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 | Norway (NOR) | 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): [b]
Singles
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Iga Świątek (POL) | Year-end 2023 | 20 October 2024 |
Aryna Sabalenka [a] | 21 October 2024 | Year-end 2024 |
Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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Storm Hunter (AUS) | Year-end 2023 | 28 January 2024 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 29 January 2024 | 17 March 2024 |
Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | 18 March 2024 | 9 June 2024 |
Elise Mertens (BEL) | 10 June 2024 | 14 July 2024 |
Erin Routliffe (NZL) | 15 July 2024 | 8 September 2024 |
Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | 9 September 2024 | Year-end 2024 |
Points are awarded as follows: [12]
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 | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Finals (S/D) | 1500* | 1000* | 600* | (+200 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA 1000 (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA 1000 (64/56S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA 1000 (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 500 (64/56/48S) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 32 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA 500 (32/30/28S) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | – | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA 500 (28D) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 500 (16D) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
WTA 250 (16D) | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
United Cup | 500 (max) | For details, see 2024 United Cup |
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record
Prize money in US$ as of 18 November 2024 [update] [1] | |||||
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# | Player | Singles | Doubles | Total | |
1. | Aryna Sabalenka | $9,729,260 | $0 | $9,729,260 | |
2. | Coco Gauff | $8,800,987 | $472,860 | $9,353,847 | |
3. | Iga Świątek | $8,550,693 | $0 | $8,550,693 | |
4. | Jasmine Paolini | $5,024,205 | $796,593 | $5,820,798 | |
5. | Zheng Qinwen | $5,559,555 | $0 | $5,559,555 | |
6. | Barbora Krejčíková | $4,522,510 | $247,830 | $4,770,340 | |
7. | Jessica Pegula | $4,021,226 | $165,396 | $4,186,622 | |
8. | Elena Rybakina | $3,876,915 | $0 | $3,876,915 | |
9. | Elise Mertens | $1,186,903 | $1,596,511 | $2,783,414 | |
10. | Emma Navarro | $2,674,666 | $77,302 | $2,751,968 |
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