The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing.
The WTA Finals is a tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) played annually at the end of the season. The event is uniquely reserved for players at the top of the WTA rankings. The format predates WTA and started in 1972 as the Championship tournament of WTA Tour's predecessor: the Virginia Slims Circuit. Since 2003 there have been eight singles players divided into two round-robin groups, and eight doubles teams.
Catherine Barclay is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
The Korea Open is a professional tennis tennis tournament held in Seoul, South Korea. The women's edition started in 2004 as WTA International tournament and was played at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center on outdoor hardcourts. In 2012 and 2013, it was sponsored by Korea Development Bank. In 2014, Kia Motors was the sponsor.
The Monterrey Open is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is part of the 250 series on the WTA Tour. From 2009 to 2013, the tournament was held in the Sierra Madre Tennis Club and since 2014 the tournament is currently held at the Club Sonoma.
Sandra Záhlavová is a Czech former tennis player.
The Malaysian Open was a combined men's and women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was originally founded the Malayan Championships. The event has been held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort and The Royal Selangor Golf Club. The tournament ran from 1921 to 1978. It was revived for a second time from 1992 through to 1995. It was staged for the third and final time from 2009 to 2018.
Kristie Hyerim Ahn is an American former professional tennis player.
Brigitte Cuypers is a retired tennis player from South Africa.
Barbora Krejčíková is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became world No. 1 in doubles.
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Sabalenka has won one major singles title, at the 2023 Australian Open, and two major doubles titles, at the 2019 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open, both partnering Elise Mertens. She has won 19 career titles in total, 13 in singles and six in doubles.
Alexa Guarachi Bruner (née Guarachi; is an American-born Chilean tennis player who specialises in doubles. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 11 in September 2021, and has won five titles on the WTA Tour, most notably the 2021 Dubai Championships alongside Darija Jurak. Guarachi reached her first Grand Slam final at the 2020 French Open with Desirae Krawczyk, and the pair were also semifinalists at the 2021 US Open. They also qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals.
The Abierto Zapopan, also known as Abierto Akron Zapopan for sponsorship reasons, was a WTA 250-level professional women's tennis tournament. It used to take place on outdoor hardcourts, around the month of March at the Panamerican Tennis Center in the city of Zapopan, Mexico. The tournament became a WTA 250 in 2021. Its inaugural edition in 2019 was held as a WTA 125 event. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Emilia-Romagna Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the WTA Tour for women and minor league ATP Challenger Tour for men. It is held annually in Montechiarugolo, Parma, Italy since 2021 and 2019.
Jodie Anna Burrage is a British tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 106, achieved on 8 May 2023, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 329, set on 12 July 2021. She has won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
The 2021 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara, was the women's championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at the Panamerican Tennis Center in Zapopan, Mexico from 10–17 November 2021.
The 2022 WTA Tour 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, the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup, and the year-end championships.
The Guadalajara Open Akron is a WTA 1000-level professional women's tennis tournament. It takes place on outdoor hardcourts, and was introduced in 2022 to be played in the month of October at the Panamerican Tennis Center in the city of Zapopan, Mexico. The tournament was introduced due to the suspension of all WTA tournaments in China following the Peng Shuai sexual assault and disappearance controversy and in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine. After successfully staging the 2021 WTA Finals in Guadalajara, the tournament organizers were hoping to host another big event in 2022 for which they were rewarded by WTA.
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