WTA Tournament Awards

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The WTA Tournament Awards are a series of annual Women's Tennis Association (WTA) awards given since the 1995 WTA Tour to the most successful tournaments on the WTA calendar. No awards were given in 2020 due to the shortening of the season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

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Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year

YearTournamentCityCountry
2014 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2015 BNP Paribas Open [2] (2)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2016 BNP Paribas Open (3)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2017 BNP Paribas Open [3] (4)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2018 BNP Paribas Open [4] (5)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2019 BNP Paribas Open (6)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2021 BNP Paribas Open (7)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2022 BNP Paribas Open (8)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2023 BNP Paribas Open (9)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States

Premier 5 Tournament of the Year

YearTournamentCityCountry
2014 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2015 Dubai Tennis Championships [2] Dubai Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia [3] (2)RomeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
2018 Internazionali BNL d'Italia [4] (3)RomeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
2019 Dubai Tennis Championships (2)DubaiFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]

Premier Tournament of the Year

YearTournamentCityCountry
1995 Lipton Championships Miami Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1996 Toshiba Classic San Diego Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1997 State Farm Evert Cup Indian Wells Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1998 du Maurier Open Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1999 du Maurier Open Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2000 du Maurier Open (2)MontréalFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2001 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2002 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open (2)DubaiFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2003 Kremlin Cup Moscow Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2004 NASDAQ-100 Open (2)MiamiFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2005 Pacific Life Open (2)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2006 Pacific Life Open (3)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (2)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2009 BNP Paribas Open (4)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (3)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (4)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (5)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2013 BNP Paribas Open (4)Indian WellsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (6)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2015 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix [2] (7)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (8)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix [3] (9)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2018 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy [4] St. Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy (2)St. PetersburgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (10)StuttgartFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy (3)St. PetersburgRussia
2022 Credit One Charleston Open Charleston Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2023 Credit One Charleston Open (2)CharlestonFlag of the United States.svg  United States

International Tournament of the Year

From 1995–2013 one tournament was recognised, from 2014–2016 the award has been distributed in regional categories. From 2017 on, the award was given to one tournament.

YearTournamentCityCountry
1995 Bell Challenge Québec City Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1996 Bell Challenge (2)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1997 Bell Challenge (3)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1998 Bell Challenge (4)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1999 Bell Challenge (5)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2000 Bell Challenge (6)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso Acapulco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2002 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso (2)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2003 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts Gold Coast Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2004 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (3)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bell Challenge (7)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2005 Bell Challenge (8)Québec CityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (4)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic Bali Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
2008 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic (2)BaliFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
2009 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (5)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2010 PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (6)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2012 Swedish Open Båstad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2013 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (7)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2014–16Award distributed in regional categories
2017 Abierto Mexicano Telcel [3] (8)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2018 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open [4] Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
2019 ASB Classic Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Abierto Mexicano Telcel (9)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2021 Tenerife Ladies Open Guía de Isora Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Phillip Island Trophy Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2022 Transylvania Open Cluj-Napoca Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
2023 Transylvania Open (2)Cluj-NapocaFlag of Romania.svg  Romania

Americas

YearTournamentCityCountry
2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2015 Abierto Mexicano Telcel [2] (2)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2016 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (3)AcapulcoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico

Asia / Pacific

YearTournamentCityCountry
2014 ASB Classic Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2015 ASB Classic (2)Auckland [2] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
2016 ASB Classic (3)AucklandFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Europe / Middle East

YearTournamentCityCountry
2014 Swedish Open Båstad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2015 Swedish Open (2)Båstad [2] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
2016 Swedish Open (3)BåstadFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

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