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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 | |
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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 |
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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 | $922,573 (2024) | 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 | ||
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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 [11] | ![]() ![]() | 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] |
Bold face designates active players
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