The women's singles tennis event of the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 17–21 at the Telcel Tennis Complex in Guadalajara. The reigning Pan American Games champion, Milagros Sequera of Venezuela, did not defend her title.
The United States' Serena Williams defeated Russia's Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both finalists were attempting to become the second woman to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. Williams won the gold without losing a set, without losing more than three games in any set, and without losing more than five games in any match. Her serve was broken only once during the tournament. She also became the first tennis player to complete the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. It was the United States' first victory in the event since Serena's sister Venus Williams won in 2000, and its fifth gold overall. In the bronze medal match, Belarus' Victoria Azarenka defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko, 6–3, 6–4.
The Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín was a new addition to the ITF Women's Circuit.
The women's doubles tennis tournament at the 2014 South American Games in Santiago was held from 12 to 15 March on the clay courts of the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Ñuñoa.
The women's singles tennis tournament at the 2014 South American Games in Santiago was held from 10 to 16 March on the clay courts of the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Ñuñoa.
Ioana Ducu and Ioana Loredana Roșca were the defending champions, but were not eligible to participate this year.
The women's singles tennis event of the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 11–16 at the Canadian Tennis Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Ysaline Bonaventure and Rebecca Peterson were the defending champions, but Bonaventure chose not to participate this year. Peterson played alongside Julia Glushko, but lost in the first round to Paula Cristina Gonçalves and Sanaz Marand.
Verónica Cepede Royg and María Irigoyen won the title, defeating Tara Moore and Conny Perrin in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–5).
This was the first edition of the tournament.
Catherine Bellis and Ingrid Neel were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.
Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but did not participate this year as she was recovering from foot surgery.
Lara Arruabarrena and Tatjana Maria were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Arruabarrena played alongside Mariana Duque Mariño, but lost in the quarterfinals to Verónica Cepede Royg and Magda Linette. Maria teamed up with Natela Dzalamidze, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina Khromacheva and Nina Stojanović.
Caroline Garcia was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Anastasija Sevastova in a rematch of the previous year's final.
Dominika Cibulková was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Heather Watson.
The singles final of the Stanford Classic was held on August 6, 2017. Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Madison Keys won the title, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
Markéta Vondroušová was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic defeated the Czech Republic's Markéta Vondroušová in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was Switzerland's first victory in the women's singles. In the bronze medal match, Ukraine's Elina Svitolina defeated Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. It was Ukraine's first Olympic tennis medal.
The women's doubles tennis event of the 2019 Pan American Games was held from July 30 through August 3 at the Club Lawn Tennis de La Exposcicion in Lima, Peru.
Garbiñe Muguruza was the two-time defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Veronika Kudermetova was the defending champion from 2019, when the tournament was last held as a WTA 125K series event, but she chose to compete in Dubai instead.
