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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.
At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2024, this has risen to approximately $267,082.
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]
1990–2008
WTA Tier III / IV / V
2009–2020
WTA International
2021–present
WTA 250
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane |  V. Azarenka (1/5) |  K. Clijsters (1/1) |  Kvitová (2/5) | WTA Premier | ||||||||
| Auckland |  E. Dementieva (1/1) | Wickmayer (3/5) |  G. Arn (1/1) |  J. Zheng (1/1) |  A. Radwańska (1/4) |  Ivanovic (4/5) |  V. Williams (4/6) | Stephens (2/4) | L. Davis (1/2) |  Görges (3/5) | Görges (5/5) | S. Williams (2/2) |
| Shenzhen | Not an Event | N. Li (2/3) | N. Li (3/3) |  Halep (6/10) | A. Radwańska (4/4) | K. Siniaková (1/5) | Halep (8/10) | A. Sabalenka (1/3) | E. Alexandrova (1/4) | |||
| Hobart | P. Kvitová (1/5) |  A. Bondarenko (1/1) |  Gajdošová (2/2) | M. Barthel (1/3) | E. Vesnina (1/1) |  G. Muguruza (1/3) |  Watson (2/4) |  Cornet (4/5) | E. Mertens (1/6) | Mertens (2/6) | S. Kenin (1/4) |  Rybakina (2/2) |
| Pattaya City | V. Zvonareva (1/3) | Zvonareva (2/3) |  D. Hantuchová (1/4) | Hantuchová (2/4) | M. Kirilenko (1/1) | E. Makarova (1/2) | Hantuchová (4/4) | Not an Event | ||||
| Kaohsiung/ Taipei | Not an Event | V. Williams (6/6) | Svitolina (5/10) | Babos (3/3) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Hua Hin | Not an Event | Yastremska (2/3) | Linette (2/3) | |||||||||
| Memphis | Azarenka (2/5) | M. Sharapova (1/3) | Rybáriková (2/4) |  S. Arvidsson (1/1) |  M. Erakovic (1/1) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | Not an Event |  K. Nara (1/1) |  Errani (6/6) | Schiavone (4/5) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Acapulco | V. Williams (1/6) | V. Williams (2/6) |  G. Dulko (1/1) | S. Errani (1/6) | Errani (5/6) | D. Cibulková (1/3) |  Bacsinszky (2/4) | Stephens (3/4) | Tsurenko (3/4) | Tsurenko (4/4) | Y. Wang (1/1) | Watson (4/4) |
| Kuala Lumpur | Not an Event | A. Kleybanova (1/2) | J. Dokic (1/1) |  S-w. Hsieh (1/3) | Ka. Plíšková (1/6) |  D. Vekić (1/4) |  Wozniacki (8/9) | Svitolina (4/10) | A. Barty (1/3) | Not an Event | ||
| Florianópolis | Not an Event | M. Niculescu (1/3) | K. Zakopalová (1/1) |  Pereira (2/2) | Begu (3/5) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Lyon | Not an Event | Kenin (4/4) | ||||||||||
| Monterrey | M. Bartoli (1/2) | A. Pavlyuchenkova (1/10) | Pavlyuchenkova (3/10) | T. Babos (1/3) | Pavlyuchenkova (4/10) | Ivanovic (5/5) | Bacsinszky (3/4) | Watson (3/4) | Pavlyuchenkova (7/10) | Muguruza (2/3) | Muguruza (3/3) | Svitolina (7/10) |
| Ponte Vedra Beach | C. Wozniacki (1/9) | Wozniacki (2/9) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Marbella | J. Janković (1/4) | Pennetta (2/2) | Azarenka (3/5) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Katowice | Not an Event | Vinci (7/8) | Cornet (3/5) | A.K. Schmiedlová (1/3) | Cibulková (2/3) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Barcelona | R. Vinci (1/8) | F. Schiavone (1/5) | Vinci (3/8) | Errani (2/6) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Biel/ Lugano | Not an Event | M. Vondroušová (1/1) | Mertens (3/6) |  Hercog (3/3) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Estoril | Y. Wickmayer (1/5) |  A. Sevastova (1/4) | Medina Garrigues (2/3) |  Kanepi (2/2) | Pavlyuchenkova (5/10) | C. Suárez Navarro (1/1) | Not an Event | |||||
| Strasbourg | A. Rezaï (1/3) | Sharapova (2/3) | Petkovic (2/5) | Schiavone (2/5) | Cornet (2/5) |  M. Puig (1/1) | Stosur (4/6) | Garcia (2/7) | Stosur (6/6) | Pavlyuchenkova (10/10) | Yastremska (3/3) | Svitolina (8/10) |
| Bogotá | MJ. Martínez Sánchez (1/4) |  M. Duque-Mariño (1/1) | L. Domínguez Lino (1/1) | L. Arruabarrena (1/2) | Janković (2/4) | C. Garcia (1/7) | T. Pereira (1/2) | I. Falconi (1/1) | Schiavone (5/5) | Schmiedlová (3/3) | A. Anisimova (1/2) | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| Fez/ Marrakech/ Rabat | A. Medina Garrigues (1/3) | I. Benešová (1/1) | A. Brianti (1/1) |  K. Bertens (1/5) | Schiavone (3/5) | MT. Torró Flor (1/1) | Svitolina (3/10) | Bacsinszky (4/4) | Pavlyuchenkova (8/10) | Mertens (4/6) |  M. Sakkari (1/1) | |
| Nottingham | Not an Event | A. Konjuh (1/1) | Ka. Plíšková (5/6) | Vekić (2/4) | Barty (2/3) | Garcia (5/7) | ||||||
| 's-Hertogenbosch |  T. Tanasugarn (1/2) | J. Henin (1/1) | Vinci (4/8) | Petrova (2/3) | Halep (2/10) | C. Vandeweghe (1/2) | C. Giorgi (1/3) | Vandeweghe (2/2) | A. Kontaveit (1/3) | A. Krunić (1/1) | Riske (2/3) | |
| Birmingham | M. Rybáriková (1/4) | N. Li (1/3) | S. Lisicki (1/3) | M. Oudin (1/1) | Hantuchová (3/4) | WTA Premier | ||||||
| Nürnberg/ Bad Homburg | Not an Event | S. Halep (1/10) |  E. Bouchard (1/1) | Knapp (2/2) | Bertens (2/5) | Bertens (3/5) | Larsson (2/2) | Y. Putintseva (1/3) | ||||
| Bucharest | Not an Event | Halep (5/10) | Schmiedlová (2/3) | Halep (7/10) | Begu (4/5) | Sevastova (3/4) | E. Rybakina (1/2) | |||||
| Gstaad/ Lausanne | Not an Event | V. Golubic (1/2) | Bertens (4/5) | Cornet (5/5) | F. Ferro (1/2) | |||||||
| Jūrmala | Not an Event | Sevastova (4/4) | ||||||||||
| Washington, D.C. | Not an Event | N. Petrova (1/3) | Rybáriková (3/4) | Rybáriková (4/4) | S. Kuznetsova (1/2) | S. Stephens (1/4) | Wickmayer (5/5) | Makarova (2/2) | Kuznetsova (2/2) | J. Pegula (1/2) | ||
| Mallorca | Not an Event | Garcia (3/7) | Sevastova (2/4) | T. Maria (1/3) | Kenin (2/4) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Budapest | Á. Szávay (1/3) | Szávay (2/3) | Vinci (5/8) | Errani (3/6) | Halep (3/10) | Not an Event | Babos (2/3) | Van Uytvanck (2/5) | Van Uytvanck (3/5) | Not an Event | ||
| Båstad | Martínez Sánchez (2/4) | Rezaï (3/3) | P. Hercog (1/3) | Hercog (2/3) | S. Williams (1/2) | Barthel (2/3) | J. Larsson (1/2) | L. Siegemund (1/1) | Siniaková (2/5) | Not an Event | ||
| Prague |  S. Bammer (1/1) | Szávay (3/3) | ITF Women's Circuit | Ka. Plíšková (4/6) | Šafářová (2/2) | Barthel (3/3) | Kvitová (5/5) | J. Teichmann (1/2) | Halep (9/10) | |||
| Palermo | F. Pennetta (1/2) | K. Kanepi (1/2) | Medina Garrigues (3/3) | Errani (4/6) | Vinci (8/8) | Not an Event | Teichmann (2/2) | Ferro (2/2) | ||||
| Portorož | D. Safina (1/1) | A. Chakvetadze (1/1) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Bad Gastein | A. Petkovic (1/5) | J. Görges (1/5) | Martínez Sánchez (3/4) | A. Cornet (1/5) | Y. Meusburger (1/1) | Petkovic (3/5) | Stosur (5/6) | Not an Event | ||||
| Baku | Not held | Zvonareva (3/3) | B. Jovanovski (1/2) | E. Svitolina (1/10) | Svitolina (2/10) | M. Gasparyan (1/2) | Not an Event | |||||
| İstanbul | V. Dushevina (1/1) | Pavlyuchenkova (2/10) | Not held | Wozniacki (7/9) | L. Tsurenko (1/4) |  Ç Büyükakçay (1/1) | Svitolina (6/10) | P. Parmentier (1/2) | P. Martić (1/2) | PM. Țig (1/1) | ||
| Moscow River | Not an Event | O. Danilović (1/2) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Dallas | Not an Event | Lisicki (2/3) | Vinci (6/8) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| The Bronx | Not an Event | M. Linette (1/3) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Lexington | Not an Event | J. Brady (1/1) | ||||||||||
| Copenhagen | Not an Event | Wozniacki (3/9) | Wozniacki (4/9) | A. Kerber (1/4) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Québec City | M. Czink (1/1) | T. Paszek (1/1) | B. Záhlavová-Strýcová (1/2) | K. Flipkens (1/1) | L. Šafářová (1/2) | M. Lučić-Baroni (1/1) | Beck (2/2) | O. Dodin (1/1) | A. Van Uytvanck (1/5) | Parmentier (2/2) | Not an Event | |
| Tashkent |  Pe'er (2/2) | A. Kudryavtseva (1/1) | K. Pervak (1/1) | IC. Begu (1/5) | Jovanovski (2/2) | K. Knapp (1/2) | N. Hibino (1/3) | Kr. Plíšková (1/1) | K. Bondarenko (1/1) | Gasparyan (2/2) | Van Uytvanck (4/5) | Not an Event |
| Linz | Wickmayer (2/5) | A. Ivanovic (1/5) | Kvitová (3/5) | Azarenka (5/5) | Kerber (2/4) | Ka. Plíšková (3/6) | Pavlyuchenkova (6/10) | Cibulková (3/3) | Strýcová (2/2) | Giorgi (2/3) | C. Gauff (1/4) | Sabalenka (3/3) |
| Osaka/ Tokyo/ Hiroshima | S. Stosur (1/6) | Tanasugarn (2/2) | Bartoli (2/2) | H. Watson (1/4) | Stosur (2/6) | Stosur (3/6) | Wickmayer (4/5) | C. McHale (1/1) | Z. Diyas (1/1) | Hsieh (3/3) | Hibino (2/3) | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| Nanchang | Not an Event | Y. Duan (1/1) | Peng (2/2) | Q. Wang (1/2) | R. Peterson (1/2) | |||||||
| Seoul | K. Date-Krumm (1/1) | Kleybanova (2/2) | Martínez Sánchez (4/4) | Wozniacki (5/9) | A. Radwańska (2/4) | Ka. Plíšková (2/6) | Begu (2/5) | Arruabarrena (2/2) | J. Ostapenko (1/3) | Bertens (5/5) | K. Muchová (1/1) | |
| Guangzhou | S. Pe'er (1/2) | J. Gajdošová (1/2) |  C. Scheepers (1/1) | Hsieh (2/3) | S. Zhang (1/3) | Niculescu (2/3) | Janković (3/4) | Tsurenko (2/4) | Zhang (2/3) | Q. Wang (2/2) | Kenin (3/4) | |
| Tianjin | Not an Event | A. Riske (1/3) | A. Radwańska (3/4) | S. Peng (1/2) | Sharapova (3/3) | Garcia (4/7) | Peterson (2/2) | |||||
| Hong Kong | Not an Event | Lisicki (3/3) | Janković (4/4) | Wozniacki (9/9) | Pavlyuchenkova (9/10) | D. Yastremska (1/3) | Cancelled due to Hong Kong protests | |||||
| Luxembourg | T. Bacsinszky (1/4) | Vinci (2/8) | Azarenka (4/5) | V. Williams (3/6) | Wozniacki (6/9) | A. Beck (1/2) | M. Doi (1/1) | Niculescu (3/3) | C. Witthöft (1/1) | Görges (4/5) | Ostapenko (2/3) | |
| Bali/ Sofia/ Zhuhai | Rezaï (2/3) | Ivanovic (2/5) | Ivanovic (3/5) | Petrova (3/3) | Halep (4/10) | Petkovic (4/5) | V. Williams (5/6) | Kvitová (4/5) | Görges (2/5) | Barty (3/3) | Sabalenka (2/3) | |
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Cancelled due to COVID-19 [5] | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Gauff (3/4) | Gauff (4/4) |
| Shenzhen | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation [6] | Suspended | Not an event | |
| Melbourne 1 | WTA 500 | S. Halep (10/10) | Not an event | |
| Melbourne 2 | WTA 500 | A. Anisimova (2/2) | Not an event | |
| Hobart | Cancelled | L. Davis (2/2) | E. Navarro (1/1) | |
| Adelaide 2 | Not an event | M. Keys (1/1) | WTA 500 | Not an event |
| Melbourne 4 | D. Kasatkina (1/2) | Not an event | ||
| Hua Hin | Cancelled | Cancelled | L. Zhu (1/1) |  D. Shnaider (1/3) [lower-alpha 1] R. Šramková (1/1) |
| Acapulco | Not an event | |||
| Cluj-Napoca 2 | Kontaveit (3/3) | A. Blinkova (1/1) [lower-alpha 1] | T. Korpatsch (1/1) | Ka. Plíšková (6/6) |
| Austin | Not an event | M. Kostyuk (1/1) | Y. Yuan (1/1) | |
| Lyon | C. Tauson (1/2) | S. Zhang (3/3) | A. Parks (1/1) | Not an event |
| Guadalajara | S. Sorribes Tormo (1/2) | S. Stephens (4/5) | Not an event | |
| Bogotá | C. Osorio (1/2) | T. Maria (2/3) | Maria (3/3) | Osorio (2/2) |
| Rouen | Not an event | WTA 125 | Stephens (5/5) | |
| Rabat | Cancelled | M. Trevisan (1/1) | L. Bronzetti (1/1) | P. Stearns (1/1) |
| Cologne | Not an event | |||
| Nottingham | J. Konta (1/1) | B. Haddad Maia (1/2) | K. Boulter (1/2) | Boulter (2/2) |
| 's-Hertogenbosch | Cancelled | E. Alexandrova (2/4) [lower-alpha 1] | Alexandrova (4/4) [lower-alpha 1] | Samsonova (3/3) [lower-alpha 1] |
| Birmingham |  O. Jabeur (1/2) | Haddad Maia (2/2) | J. Ostapenko (3/3) | Putintseva (3/3) |
| Budapest | Y. Putintseva (2/3) | B. Pera (1/2) | M. Timofeeva (1/1) [lower-alpha 1] | Shnaider (2/3) [lower-alpha 1] |
| Palermo | D. Collins (1/1) | IC. Begu (5/5) | Q. Zheng (1/2) | Q. Zheng (2/2) |
| Iași | Not an event | WTA 125 | M. Andreeva (1/1) [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Prague | Krejčíková (2/3) | M. Bouzková (1/1) | N. Hibino (3/3) | M. Linette (3/3) |
| Cleveland | A. Kontaveit (2/3) | Samsonova (2/3) [lower-alpha 1] | Sorribes Tormo (2/2) | M. Kessler (1/1) |
| Monastir | Not an event | E. Mertens (5/6) | Mertens (6/6) | S. Kartal (1/1) |
| Ningbo | Not an event | Jabeur (2/2) | ||
| Granby | Cancelled | Kasatkina (2/2) [lower-alpha 1] | Not an event | |
| Osaka | Cancelled | A. Krueger (1/1) | S. Lamens (1/1) | |
| Guangzhou | Cancelled | Suspended | X. Wang (1/1) | O. Danilović (2/2) |
| Hong Kong | Cancelled | Suspended | Fernandez (3/3) | Shnaider (3/3) [lower-alpha 1] |
| Mérida | Not an event | C. Giorgi (3/3) | ||
| Tianjin | Cancelled | Suspended | Not an event | |
| Nanchang Jiujiang | Siniaková (5/5) | V. Golubic (2/2) | ||
| Monterrey | L. Fernandez (1/3) | Fernandez (2/3) | Vekić (4/4) | WTA 500 |
| Anning | Cancelled | Suspended | Not an event | |
| Charleston 2 | A. Sharma (1/1) | Not an event | ||
| İstanbul | S. Cîrstea (1/1) | A. Potapova (1/2) [lower-alpha 1] | Cancelled due to earthquake | Not an event |
| Belgrade | P. Badosa (1/1) | Not an event | ||
| Strasbourg | B. Krejcikova (1/3) | Kerber (4/4) | Svitolina (10/10) | WTA 500 |
| Bad Homburg | A. Kerber (3/4) | C. Garcia (6/7) | Siniaková (4/5) | WTA 500 |
| Lausanne | T. Zidanšek (1/1) | P. Martić (2/2) | E. Cocciaretto (1/1) | Not an event |
| Hamburg | EG. Ruse (1/1) | Pera (2/2) | A. Rus (1/1) | WTA 125 |
| Gdynia/Warsaw | M. Zanevska (1/1) | Garcia (7/7) | I. Świątek (1/1) | WTA 125 |
| Washington, D.C. | Exhibition | L. Samsonova (1/3) [lower-alpha 1] | WTA 500 | |
| Cluj-Napoca | A. Petkovic (5/5) | Not an event | ||
| Chicago | E. Svitolina (9/10) | Not an event | ||
| Luxembourg | Tauson (2/2) | Not an event | ||
| Portorož | J. Paolini (1/1) | K. Siniaková (3/5) | Not an event | |
| Chennai | Not an event | L. Fruhvirtová (1/1) | Not an event | |
| Seoul | WTA 125 | Alexandrova (3/4) [lower-alpha 1] | J. Pegula (2/2) | WTA 500 |
| Astana | A. Van Uytvanck (5/5) | Not an event | ||
| Parma | C. Gauff (2/4) |  M. Sherif (1/1) | WTA 125 | |
| Tallinn | Not an event | Krejčíková (3/3) | Not an event | |
| Linz | A. Riske (3/3) | Not an event | Potapova (2/2) [lower-alpha 1] | WTA 500 |
| Tenerife | A. Li (1/1) | Not an event | ||
| Courmayeur | D. Vekić (3/4) | Not an event | ||
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The 2021 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's World Tennis Tour is the entry-level and mid-level tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour provides a professional pathway between the ITF Junior World Tennis Tour and the WTA Tour. The results of ITF tournaments are incorporated into the WTA ranking, which enables professionals to progress through to the elite levels of women's professional tennis. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour offers approximately 500 tournaments across 65 countries and incorporates five prize money levels of tournaments: $15,000, $25,000, $60,000, $80,000 and $100,000
WTA 500 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.
The WTA 1000 tournaments are a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour, governed by the Women's Tennis Association. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier implemented in the 2021 schedule reorganization. Until 2024, only four of the nine WTA 1000 tournaments were mandatory, when the category expanded to ten mandatory tournaments.
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.
WTA 1000 is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour organized by the Women's Tennis Association.
WTA 1000 is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour organized by the Women's Tennis Association.
The 2024 WTA Finals will be the professional women's championship tennis tournament run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It will be the 53rd edition of the singles event and the 48th edition of the doubles competition and will take place between 2 and 9 November. The tournament will be contested by the eight highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams of the 2024 WTA Tour. It is scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the return to Asia for the first time since 2019, and the fifth consecutive finals to be held in a different staged city. This will be the first time that Saudi Arabia will host the tennis tournament.
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