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WTA 250 is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. [1] [2] Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments.
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. [3]
At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2025 season, this has risen to $275,094. All tournaments have a 32 player main draw for singles and a 16 team main draw for doubles.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles [4] | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Doubles | 163 | 98 | 54 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Tournament | City | Venue | Surface | Status |
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Palermo Open (1988–2024) | Palermo | Country Time Club | Clay | WTA 125 |
Thailand Open (2019–2024) | Hua Hin | True Arena Hua Hin | Hard | Defunct |
Birmingham Classic (2021–2024) | Birmingham | Edgbaston Priory Club | Grass | WTA 125 |
Budapest Grand Prix (2021–2024) | Budapest | Római Teniszakadémia | Clay | Defunct |
Jasmin Open (2022–2024) | Monastir | Tennis Club de Monastir | Hard | Defunct |
Mérida Open (2023–2024) | Mérida | Yucatan Country Club | Hard | WTA 500 |
Swiss Open (1968–2023) | Lausanne | Tennis Club Stade-Lausanne | Clay | Defunct |
Internationaux de Strasbourg (1987–2023) | Strasbourg | Tennis Club de Strasbourg | Clay | WTA 500 |
Korea Open (2001–2019, 2022–2023) | Seoul | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center | Hard | WTA 500 |
Slovenia Open (2005–2023) | Portorož | Tennis Club Portorož | Hard | Defunct |
Monterrey Open (2009–2023) | Monterrey | Club Sonoma | Hard | WTA 500 |
Linz Open (2009–2023) | Linz | TipsArena Linz | Hard | WTA 500 |
Lyon Open (2020–2023) | Lyon | Palais des Sports de Gerland | Hard | Defunct |
Bad Homburg Open (2021–2023) | Bad Homburg | TC Bad Homburg | Grass | WTA 500 |
Ningbo Open (2023) | Ningbo | Ningbo (Yinzhou) Tennis Center | Hard | WTA 500 |
İstanbul Cup (2005–2022) | Istanbul | TTF Istanbul Tennis Center | Clay | Defunct |
Washington Open (2011–2019, 2022) | Washington, D.C. | William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center | Hard | WTA 500 |
Abierto Zapopan (2021–2022) | Guadalajara | Panamerican Tennis Center | Hard | WTA 125 |
Emilia-Romagna Open (2021–2022) | Parma | Tennis Club Parma | Clay | WTA 125 |
Melbourne Summer Set 1 (2022) | Melbourne | Melbourne Park | Hard | Defunct |
Melbourne Summer Set 2 (2022) | Melbourne | Melbourne Park | Hard | Defunct |
Adelaide International (2022) | Adelaide | Memorial Drive Tennis Centre | Hard | WTA 500 [N 1] |
Tallinn Open (2022) | Tallinn | FORUS Tennis Center | Hard (i) | Defunct |
Poland Open (1968–2021) | Warsaw | Legia Tennis Centre | Hard | WTA 125 |
Luxembourg Open (1996–2021) | Luxembourg City | Kockelscheuer Sport Centre | Hard (i) | Defunct |
Charleston Open (2021) | Charleston | Family Circle Tennis Center | Clay | WTA 500 [N 2] |
Serbia Open (2021) | Belgrade | Novak Tennis Center | Clay | Defunct |
Chicago Open (2021) | Chicago | XS Tennis Village | Hard | Defunct |
Astana Open (2021) | Astana | Daulet National Tennis Centre | Hard (i) | Defunct [N 3] |
Tenerife Ladies Open (2021) | Tenerife | Abama Tennis Academy | Hard | Defunct |
Courmayeur Ladies Open (2021) | Courmayeur | Courmayeur Sport Center | Hard (i) | Defunct |
Mexican Open (2001–2020) | Acapulco | Fairmont Acapulco Princess | Hard | Defunct [N 3] |
Shenzhen Open (2013–2020) | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center | Hard | Defunct |
Tianjin Open (2014–2019) | Tianjin | Tianjin International Tennis Center | Hard | Defunct |
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Brisbane | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA Premier | ||||||||
Auckland | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Shenzhen | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Hobart | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Pattaya City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||
Kaohsiung/ Taipei | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Hua Hin | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||||
Memphis | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Rio de Janeiro | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Acapulco | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Kuala Lumpur | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||
Florianópolis | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Lyon | Not an Event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Monterrey | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Ponte Vedra Beach | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Marbella | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||||
Katowice | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Barcelona | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Biel/ Lugano | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Estoril | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||
Strasbourg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Bogotá | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Fez/ Marrakech/ Rabat | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Nottingham | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||
's-Hertogenbosch | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Birmingham | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA Premier | ||||||
Nürnberg/ Bad Homburg | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Bucharest | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Gstaad/ Lausanne | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||
Jūrmala | Not an Event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Washington, D.C. | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Mallorca | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Budapest | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||
Båstad | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||
Prague | ![]() | ![]() | ITF Women's Circuit | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Palermo | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Portorož | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Bad Gastein | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||
Baku | Not held | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||
İstanbul | ![]() | ![]() | Not held | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Moscow River | Not an Event | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Dallas | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||||
The Bronx | Not an Event | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Lexington | Not an Event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Copenhagen | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Québec City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |
Tashkent | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event |
Linz | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Osaka/ Tokyo/ Hiroshima | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Nanchang | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||
Seoul | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Guangzhou | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Tianjin | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Hong Kong | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to Hong Kong protests | |||||
Luxembourg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Bali/ Sofia/ Zhuhai | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
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Auckland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 [6] | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Shenzhen | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation [7] | Suspended | Not an event | |||||
Melbourne 1 | WTA 500 | ![]() | Not an event | |||||
Melbourne 2 | WTA 500 | ![]() | Not an event | |||||
Hobart | Cancelled | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Adelaide 2 | Not an event | ![]() | WTA 500 | Not an event | ||||
Melbourne 4 | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Singapore | Not an event | ![]() | ||||||
Hua Hin | Cancelled | Cancelled | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Not an event | |||
Acapulco | Not an event | |||||||
Cluj-Napoca 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Austin | Not an event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Lyon | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an event | ||||
Guadalajara | ![]() | ![]() | Not an event | WTA 125 | ||||
Bogotá | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Rouen | Not an event | WTA 125 | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Rabat | Cancelled | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Cologne | Not an event | |||||||
Nottingham | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
's-Hertogenbosch | Cancelled | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Birmingham | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 125 | |||
Eastbourne | WTA 500 | ![]() | ||||||
Budapest | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an event | |||
Palermo | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 125 | |||
Iași | Not an event | WTA 125 | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Prague | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Cleveland | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Monastir | Not an event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Ningbo | Not an event | ![]() | WTA 500 | |||||
Granby | Cancelled | ![]() | Not an event | |||||
Osaka | Cancelled | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Guangzhou | Cancelled | Suspended | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Hong Kong | Cancelled | Suspended | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Mérida | Not an event | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Tianjin | Cancelled | Suspended | Not an event | |||||
Nanchang Jiujiang | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||
Monterrey | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 500 | ||||
Anning | Cancelled | Suspended | Not an event | |||||
Charleston 2 | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
İstanbul | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to earthquake | Not an event | ||||
Belgrade | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Strasbourg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 500 | ||||
Bad Homburg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 500 | ||||
Lausanne | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an event | ||||
Hamburg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 125 | ![]() | |||
Gdynia/Warsaw | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 125 | ||||
Washington, D.C. | Exhibition | ![]() | WTA 500 | |||||
Cluj-Napoca | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Chicago | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Luxembourg | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Portorož | ![]() | ![]() | Not an event | |||||
Chennai | Not an event | ![]() | Not an event | |||||
Seoul | WTA 125 | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 500 | ||||
Astana | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Parma | ![]() | ![]() | WTA 125 | |||||
Tallinn | Not an event | ![]() | Not an event | |||||
Linz | ![]() | Not an event | ![]() | WTA 500 | ||||
Tenerife | ![]() | Not an event | ||||||
Courmayeur | ![]() | Not an event |
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