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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. [1] [2]
At their introduction in 2021, WTA 500 tournaments' prize money was approximately $500,000. Since then, prize money awarded by WTA 500 events has grown less uniform, with one tournament's prize money rising to as much as $1.5 million.
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 500. 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 250 for winning a WTA 250 tournament. [3]
The following ranking points are as of 2024. [4]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | 48 | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 32 | 1 [a] | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| 30/28 | 1 | N/A | |||||||||
| Doubles | 24 | 1 | N/A | ||||||||
| 16 | 1 | N/A | |||||||||
| Tournament | Location | Venue | Surface | Draw | Prize money | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane International | Brisbane, Australia | Queensland Tennis Centre | Hard | 48 | $1,520,600 (2025) | 29 December–5 January |
| Adelaide International | Adelaide, Australia | Memorial Drive Tennis Centre | 30 | $1,064,510 (2025) | 6–11 January | |
| Linz Open | Linz, Austria | TipsArena Linz | Hard (i) | 28 | $1,064,510 (2025) | 27 January–2 February |
| Abu Dhabi Open | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Abu Dhabi International Tennis Centre | Hard | $1,064,510 (2025) | 1–8 February | |
| Mérida Open | Mérida, Mexico | Yucatan Country Club | $1,064,510 (2025) | 24 February–2 March | ||
| Charleston Open | Charleston, US | LTP-Daniel Island | Clay | 48 | $1,064,510 (2025) | 31 March–6 April |
| Stuttgart Open | Stuttgart, Germany | Porsche Arena | Clay (i) | 28 | €925,661 (2025) | 14–21 April |
| Internationaux de Strasbourg | Strasbourg, France | Tennis Club de Strasbourg | Clay | €925,661 (2025) | 18–24 May | |
| Queen's Club Championships | London, UK | Queen's Club | Grass | $1,415,000 (2025) | 9–15 June | |
| Berlin Tennis Open | Berlin, Germany | Rot-Weiss Tennis Club | €925,661 (2025) | 16–22 June | ||
| Bad Homburg Open | Bad Homburg, Germany | TC Bad Homburg | 32 | $1,064,510 (2025) | 23–29 June | |
| Washington Open | Washington, D.C., US | William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center | Hard | $1,282,951 (2025) | 21–27 July | |
| Monterrey Open | Monterrey, Mexico | Club Sonoma | 28 | $1,064,510 (2025) | 18–23 August | |
| Guadalajara Open | Zapopan, Mexico | Centro Panamericano de Tenis | $1,064,510 (2025) | 8–14 September | ||
| Korea Open | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center | $1,064,510 (2025) | 15–21 September | ||
| Ningbo Open | Ningbo, China | Ningbo Tennis Center | $922,573 (2024) | 13–19 October | ||
| Tokyo Open | Tokyo, Japan | Ariake Coliseum | $922,573 (2024) | 20–26 October |
| Tournament | Location | Venue | Surface | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Open (1971–2024) | San Diego, US | Barnes Tennis Center | Hard | ATP Challenger | ||
| Eastbourne International (1974–2024) | Eastbourne, UK | Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club | Grass | WTA 250 | ||
| Zhengzhou Open (2014–2023) | Zhengzhou, China | Zhongyuan Tennis Training Center | Hard | N/A (Defunct) | ||
| Qatar Open (2001–2023) [N 1] | Doha, Qatar | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex | WTA 1000 | |||
| Sydney International (1885–2022) | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre | N/A (Defunct) | |||
| Silicon Valley Classic (1971–2022) | San Jose, US | San Jose State University | ||||
| Ostrava Open (1999–2022) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Ostravar Aréna | Hard (i) | |||
| Dubai Championships (2001–2022) [N 1] | Dubai, UAE | Aviation Club Tennis Centre | Hard | WTA 1000 | ||
| St. Petersburg Trophy (2003–2022) | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Sibur Arena | Hard (i) | N/A (Defunct) | ||
| Kremlin Cup (1996–2021) | Moscow, Russia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports | ||||
| Chicago Classic (2021) | Chicago, United States | XS Tennis Village | Hard | |||
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | WTA Tier III | | | | | | | | |||
| Tokyo (Pan Pacific) | | | | WTA Tier I | |||||||
| Paris | Not an event | | | | | | | | |||
| Essen/Hanover | Not an event | | | | Not an event | | | | | ||
| Washington D.C. | | | Not an event | ||||||||
| Indian Wells [N 2] | | | | | | | | WTA Tier I | |||
| Boca Raton [N 3] | | WTA Tier I | | | | Not an event | |||||
| Amelia Island | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Houston | WTA Tier III | | | | | | Not an event | ||||
| Barcelona | WTA Tier IV | WTA Tier III | | | | Not an event | |||||
| Madrid | Not an event | | WTA Tier III | ||||||||
| Hamburg | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eastbourne | | | | | | | | Abandoned [N 4] | | | |
| Oakland/Stanford [N 5] | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego | WTA Tier III | | | | | | | | |||
| Los Angeles | | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Haven [N 6] | WTA Tier III | | | Not an event | | | | ||||
| Tokyo (Nichirei) | | | | | | | | Not an event | |||
| Tokyo (Princess) | Not an event | | | | |||||||
| Filderstadt | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zurich | | | | WTA Tier I | |||||||
| Linz | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA Tier V | WTA Tier III | | | ||||||
| Leipzig | WTA Tier III | | | | | | | | |||
| Brighton | | | | | | | Not an event | ||||
| Chicago | WTA Tier I | | | | | | | | Not an event | ||
| Worcester | | Not an event | |||||||||
| Philadelphia | Not an event | | | WTA Tier I | | | | | |||
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | | | | | | | | | |
| Paris | | | | | | | | | |
| Hanover | | Not an event | |||||||
| Nice | Not an event | | Not an event | ||||||
| Antwerp | Not an event | | | | | | | | |
| Dubai | Not an event | | | | | | | | |
| Doha | Not an event | WTA Tier III | | | | | WTA Tier I | ||
| Bangalore | Not an event | WTA Tier IV | WTA Tier III | | |||||
| Scottsdale | Abandoned [N 7] | | | | Not an event | ||||
| Amelia Island | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamburg | | | | Not an event | |||||
| Warsaw | WTA Tier IV | Not an event | WTA Tier III | | | | | | Not an event |
| Eastbourne | | | | | | | | | |
| Stanford | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego | | | | | WTA Tier I | Not an event | |||
| Los Angeles | | | | | | | | | |
| New Haven | | | | | | | | | |
| Bahia | WTA Tier IV | | | Not an event | |||||
| Tokyo (Princess) | | | | Not an event | |||||
| Beijing [N 8] | WTA Tier IV | | | | | | | ||
| Luxembourg | WTA Tier III | | | | WTA Tier III | ||||
| Filderstadt/Stuttgart [N 9] | | | | | | | | | |
| Zurich | WTA Tier I | | |||||||
| Linz | | | | | | | | | |
| Leipzig | | | | | Not an event | ||||
| Philadelphia | | Not an event | | | | Not an event | |||
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | WTA International | | | | | | | | | | ||
| Sydney | | | | | | | | | | | | Not an event |
| Adelaide | Not an event | | ||||||||||
| Paris | | | | | | | Not an event | |||||
| Antwerp | Exhibition event | | Not an event | |||||||||
| St. Petersburg | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | | | | | | |||||
| Doha | Not an event | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | |||
| Dubai | WTA Premier 5 | | | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | ||
| Charleston | | | | | | | | | | | | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| Stuttgart | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warsaw | | | Not an event | |||||||||
| Brussels | Not an event | | | | Not an event | |||||||
| Birmingham | WTA International | | | | | | | WTA International | ||||
| Berlin | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||||||
| Eastbourne | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stanford/San Jose [N 10] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles | | Not an event | ||||||||||
| San Diego/Carlsbad [N 11] | Not an event | | | | | Not an event | WTA 125K | Not an event | ||||
| New Haven | | | | | | | | | | | Not an event | |
| Zhengzhou | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA 125K | | Cancelled | |||||||
| Tokyo | WTA Premier 5 | | | | | | | |||||
| Ostrava | Not an event | | ||||||||||
| Moscow | | | | | | | | | | | | Cancelled |
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Cancelled | Not an event | | ||
| Sydney | Cancelled | | Not an event | ||
| Melbourne 1 | | WTA 250 | Not an event | ||
| Melbourne 2 | | WTA 250 | Not an event | ||
| Melbourne 3 | Abandoned [N 12] | Not an event | |||
| Adelaide | | | | | |
| Adelaide 2 | Not an event | WTA 250 | | Not an event | |
| Linz | WTA 250 | | |||
| Abu Dhabi | | Not an event | | | |
| St. Petersburg | | | Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine [8] | ||
| Doha | | WTA 1000 | | WTA 1000 | |
| Dubai | WTA 1000 | | WTA 1000 | ||
| San Diego | Not an event | | | | Not an event |
| Merida | Not an event | WTA 250 | | ||
| Charleston | | | | | |
| Stuttgart | | | | | |
| Strasbourg | WTA 250 | | | ||
| London | Not an event | | |||
| Berlin | | | | | |
| Eastbourne | | | | WTA 250 | |
| Bad Homburg | WTA 250 | | |||
| San Jose | | Not an event | |||
| Washington | Exhibition event | WTA 250 | | | |
| Monterrey | WTA 250 | | |||
| Guadalajara | Not an event | WTA 1000 | | | |
| Seoul | WTA 125 | WTA 250 | | | |
| Zhengzhou | Cancelled due to COVID-19 [9] | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation [10] | | Not an event | |
| Ningbo | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | WTA 250 | | ||
| Tokyo | | ||||
| Ostrava | | | Not an event | ||
| Chicago (Fall) | | Not an event | |||
| Moscow | | Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine [8] | |||
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | WTA International | | | | | | | | | | ||
| Sydney | | | | | | | | | | | | Not an event |
| Adelaide | Not an event | | ||||||||||
| Paris | | | | | | | Not an event | |||||
| Antwerp | Exhibition event | | Not an event | |||||||||
| St. Petersburg | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | | | | | | |||||
| Doha | Not an event | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | |||
| Dubai | WTA Premier 5 | | | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | WTA Premier 5 | | ||
| Charleston | | | | | | | | | | | | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| Stuttgart | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warsaw | | | Not an event | |||||||||
| Brussels | Not an event | | | | Not an event | |||||||
| Birmingham | WTA International | | | | | | | WTA International | ||||
| Berlin | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||||||
| Eastbourne | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stanford/San Jose [N 10] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles | | Not an event | ||||||||||
| San Diego/Carlsbad [N 11] | Not an event | | | | | Not an event | WTA 125K | Not an event | ||||
| New Haven | | | | | | | | | | | Not an event | |
| Zhengzhou | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA 125K | | Cancelled | |||||||
| Tokyo | WTA Premier 5 | | | | | | | |||||
| Ostrava | Not an event | | ||||||||||
| Moscow | | | | | | | | | | | | Cancelled |
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Cancelled | Not an event | | ||
| Sydney | Cancelled | | Not an event | ||
| Melbourne 1 | | WTA 250 | Not an event | ||
| Melbourne 2 | | WTA 250 | Not an event | ||
| Adelaide | | | | | |
| Adelaide 2 | Not an event | WTA 250 | | Not an event | |
| Linz | WTA 250 | | | ||
| Abu Dhabi | | Not an event | | | |
| St. Petersburg | | | Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine [8] | ||
| Doha | | WTA 1000 | | WTA 1000 | |
| Dubai | WTA 1000 | | WTA 1000 | ||
| San Diego | Not an event | | | | Not an event |
| Merida | Not an event | WTA 250 | | ||
| Charleston | | | | | |
| Stuttgart | | | | | |
| Strasbourg | WTA 250 | | | ||
| London | Not an event | | |||
| Berlin | | | | | |
| Eastbourne | | | | | WTA 250 |
| Bad Homburg | WTA 250 | | | ||
| San Jose | | | Not an event | ||
| Washington | Exhibition event | WTA 250 | | | |
| Monterrey | WTA 250 | | | ||
| Guadalajara | Not an event | WTA 1000 | | ||
| Seoul | WTA 125 | WTA 250 | | | |
| Zhengzhou | Cancelled due to COVID-19 [9] | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation [10] | | Not an event | |
| Ningbo | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | WTA 250 | | | |
| Tokyo | | | | ||
| Ostrava | | | Not an event | ||
| Chicago (Fall) | | Not an event | |||
| Moscow | | Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine [8] | |||
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