The WTA Finals is a tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked professional players. The location and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972. Since 2003 there have been eight singles players divided into two round-robin groups, and eight doubles teams.
The Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team represents the Republic of China in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II Play-offs.
Pauline Parmentier is a French professional tennis player.
The WTA Tier III tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis third-level tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. The line-up of events varied over the years due to tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled.
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player.
Laura Natalie Siegemund is a German professional tennis player.
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. Winning nations advanced to the World Group I Play-offs, and losing nations were demoted to the World Group II Play-offs.
Caroline Garcia is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and six doubles titles on the WTA tour, one singles and one doubles title on the WTA 125K series, and as one singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 September 2018, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 4, and on 24 October 2016 she peaked at No. 2 in the doubles rankings, tied with fellow Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic.
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has appeared in four Grand Slam singles finals, winning two, and has also appeared in seven doubles finals, winning twice. As a doubles player, Kuznetsova has reached the finals of each Grand Slam event at least once, winning the Australian Open twice.
Ashleigh "Ash" Barty is an Australian professional tennis player and former cricketer. She is the top-ranked Australian in both women's singles and doubles, and has been ranked as high as No. 9 in singles and No. 5 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Barty has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including one Grand Slam title at the 2018 US Open with partner CoCo Vandeweghe. She has also reached the doubles final at all four Grand Slam tournaments with her longtime partner and compatriot Casey Dellacqua.
The 2014 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
The 2015 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who represents Japan. She is the reigning champion in women's singles at the US Open and the Australian Open. Osaka is ranked No. 1 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. She has won three titles and reached five finals on the WTA Tour.
The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, the year-end championships. Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Summer Olympic Games and Hopman Cup, which were organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
The 2017 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, the year-end championships. Also included in the 2017 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka is a professional tennis player from Belarus. She rose to prominence after leading the Belarus Fed Cup team to a runner-up finish in 2017 with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, despite both of them being ranked outside the top 75 at the time. Sabalenka has won three Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles, including the Premier 5 level 2018 Wuhan Open. She has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 9 in the world, which she achieved in February 2019.
The 2019 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar is composed of the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. The Hopman Cup, organized by the ITF, also is included but does not distribute ranking points.
The Hua Hin Championships, currently sponsored by Toyota and called the Toyota Thailand Open, is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $250,000 tournament on the WTA Tour.
