WTA 500 tournaments
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]
WTA Tour tournaments |
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1990–2008 |
2009–2020 |
2021–present |
WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 |
Other |
Billie Jean King Cup WTA 125 |
As of 2021, WTA 500 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $500,000.
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 470.
This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 900 or 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 280 for winning a WTA 250 tournament. This system differs slightly from that used for the men's ATP Tour, which has 13 ATP Tour 500 events with 500 points for the winner (similar to WTA 500 tournaments), and other tiers of ATP tournaments that offer 1000 and 250 points for winning, respectively.
Events
Tournament | Officially known as | City(ies) | Country | Surface | Current singles champion | Current doubles champion |
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Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi Women’s Tennis Open | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Hard | Aryna Sabalenka (2021) | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara (2021) |
Brisbane | Brisbane International | Brisbane | Australia | Hard | Karolína Plíšková (2020) | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová (2020) |
Adelaide | Adelaide International | Adelaide | Australia | Hard | Ashleigh Barty (2022) | Ashleigh Barty Storm Sanders (2022) |
Sydney | Sydney International | Sydney | Australia | Hard | Paula Badosa (2022) | Anna Danilina Beatriz Haddad Maia (2022) |
St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Hard (i) | Anett Kontaveit (2022) | Anna Kalinskaya Caty McNally (2022) |
Doha / Dubai |
Qatar Total Open / Dubai Tennis Championships |
Doha / Dubai |
Qatar / United Arab Emirates |
Hard | Jeļena Ostapenko (2022) | Elise Mertens Veronika Kudermetova (2022) |
Charleston | Volvo Car Open | Charleston | United States | Clay | Belinda Bencic (2022) | Andreja Klepač Magda Linette (2022) |
Stuttgart | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | Stuttgart | Germany | Clay (i) | Iga Świątek (2022) | Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs (2022) |
Berlin | Grass Court Championships Berlin | Berlin | Germany | Grass | Liudmila Samsonova (2021) | Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka (2021) |
Eastbourne | Nature Valley International | Eastbourne | United Kingdom | Grass | Jeļena Ostapenko (2021) | Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara (2021) |
San Jose | Silicon Valley Classic | San Jose | United States | Hard | Danielle Collins (2021) | Darija Jurak Andreja Klepač (2021) |
Ostrava | J&T Banka Ostrava Open | Ostrava | Czech Republic | Hard (i) | Anett Kontaveit (2021) | Sania Mirza Zhang Shuai (2021) |
Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Open | Zhengzhou | China | Hard | Karolína Plíšková (2019) | Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke (2019) |
Tokyo | Toray Pan Pacific Open | Tokyo | Japan | Hard | Naomi Osaka (2019) | Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan (2019) |
Chicago | Chicago Fall Tennis Classic | Chicago | United States | Hard | Garbiñe Muguruza (2021) | Květa Peschke Andrea Petkovic (2021) |
Moscow | Kremlin Cup | Moscow | Russia | Hard (i) | Anett Kontaveit (2021) | Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková (2021) |
Historic names
1990–2008
WTA Tier II
2009–2020
WTA Premier
2021–present
WTA 500
Singles champions
WTA Tier II
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
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Sydney | WTA Tier III | Capriati | Date | Sabatini | Seles | Hingis | Sánchez Vicario | Davenport | ||
Tokyo (Pan Pacific) | Graf | Sabatini | Sabatini | WTA Tier I | ||||||
Paris | Not an event | Navratilova | Navratilova | Graf | Halard-Decugis | Hingis | Pierce | S. Williams | ||
Essen/ Hanover | Not an event | Seles | Medvedeva | Novotná | Not an event | Majoli | Majoli | Schnyder | Novotná | |
Washington D.C. | Navratilova | Sánchez Vicario | Not an event | |||||||
Indian Wells/ Palm Springs | Navratilova | Navratilova | Seles | Fernández | Graf | Fernández | Graf | WTA Tier I | ||
Boca Raton/ Delray Beach | Sabatini | WTA Tier I | Graf | Graf | Graf | Not an event | ||||
Amelia Island | Graf | Sabatini | Sabatini | Sánchez Vicario | Sánchez Vicario | Martínez | Spîrlea | Davenport | Pierce | Seles |
Houston | WTA Tier III | Seles | Seles | Martínez | Hack | Graf | Not an event | |||
Barcelona/ Madrid | WTA Tier IV | WTA Tier III | Sánchez Vicario | Sánchez Vicario | Sánchez Vicario | Novotná | WTA Tier III | |||
Hamburg | Graf | Graf | Graf | Sánchez Vicario | Sánchez Vicario | Martínez | Sánchez Vicario | Majoli | Hingis | V. Williams |
Eastbourne | Navratilova | Navratilova | McNeil | Navratilova | McGrath | Tauziat | Seles | Abandoned[a] | Novotná | Zvereva |
Oakland/ Stanford | Seles | Navratilova | Seles | Navratilova | Sánchez Vicario | Mag. Maleeva | Hingis | Hingis | Davenport | Davenport |
San Diego | WTA Tier III | Graf | Graf | Martínez | Date | Hingis | Davenport | Hingis | ||
Los Angeles | Seles | Seles | Navratilova | Navratilova | Frazier | Martínez | Davenport | Seles | Davenport | S. Williams |
Stratton Mt./ Atlanta/ New Haven | WTA Tier III | Martínez | Martínez | Not an event | Davenport | Graf | V. Williams | |||
Tokyo (Nichirei/ Princess) | Fernández | Seles | Seles | Coetzer | Sánchez Vicario | Pierce | Seles | Seles | Seles | Davenport |
Filderstadt/ Stuttgart | Fernández | Huber | Navratilova | Pierce | Huber | Majoli | Hingis | Hingis | Testud | Hingis |
Zurich | Graf | Graf | Graf | WTA Tier I | ||||||
Linz | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA Tier V | WTA Tier III | Novotná | Pierce | |||||
Leipzig | WTA Tier III | Graf | Novotná | Huber | Huber | Novotná | Graf | Tauziat | ||
Brighton | Graf | Graf | Graf | Novotná | Novotná | Fernández | Not an event | |||
Chicago | WTA Tier I | Navratilova | Navratilova | Seles | Zvereva | Mag. Maleeva | Novotná | Davenport | Not an event | |
Worcester | Graf | Not an event | ||||||||
Philadelphia | Not an event | Seles | Graf | WTA Tier I | Novotná | Hingis | Graf | Davenport | ||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
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Sydney | Mauresmo | Hingis | Hingis | Clijsters | Henin | Molik | Henin | Clijsters | Henin |
Paris | Tauziat | Mauresmo | V. Williams | S. Williams | Clijsters | Safina | Mauresmo | Petrova | Chakvetadze |
Hanover | S. Williams | Not an event | |||||||
Nice | Not an event | Mauresmo | Not an event | ||||||
Antwerp | Not an event | V. Williams | V. Williams | Clijsters | Mauresmo | Mauresmo | Mauresmo | Henin | |
Dubai | Not an event | Hingis | Mauresmo | Henin | Henin | Davenport | Henin | Henin | Dementieva |
Doha | Not an event | WTA Tier III | Myskina | Sharapova | Petrova | Henin | WTA Tier I | ||
Bangalore | Not an event | WTA Tier IV | WTA Tier III | S. Williams | |||||
Scottsdale | Abandoned[b] | Davenport | S. Williams | Sugiyama | Not an event | ||||
Amelia Island | Seles | Mauresmo | V. Williams | Dementieva | Davenport | Davenport | Petrova | Golovin | Sharapova |
Hamburg | Hingis | V. Williams | Clijsters | Not an event | |||||
Warsaw | WTA Tier IV | Not an event | WTA Tier III | Mauresmo | V. Williams | Henin | Clijsters | Henin | Not an event |
Eastbourne | Halard-Decugis | Davenport | Rubin | Rubin | Kuznetsova | Clijsters | Henin | Henin | Radwańska |
Stanford | V. Williams | Clijsters | V. Williams | Clijsters | Davenport | Clijsters | Clijsters | Chakvetadze | Wozniak |
San Diego | V. Williams | V. Williams | V. Williams | Henin | WTA Tier I | Not an event | |||
Los Angeles | S. Williams | Davenport | Rubin | Clijsters | Davenport | Clijsters | Dementieva | Ivanovic | Safina |
New Haven | V. Williams | V. Williams | V. Williams | Capriati | Bovina | Davenport | Henin | Kuznetsova | Wozniacki |
Bahia | WTA Tier IV | Seles | Myskina | Not an event | |||||
Tokyo (Princess) | S. Williams | Dokić | S. Williams | Not an event | |||||
Shanghai/ Beijing | WTA Tier IV | Dementieva | S. Williams | Kirilenko | Kuznetsova | Szávay | Janković | ||
Luxembourg | WTA Tier III | Clijsters | Bondarenko | Ivanovic | WTA Tier III | ||||
Filderstadt/ Stuttgart | Hingis | Davenport | Clijsters | Clijsters | Davenport | Davenport | Petrova | Henin | Janković |
Zurich | WTA Tier I | V. Williams | |||||||
Linz | Davenport | Davenport | Henin | Sugiyama | Mauresmo | Petrova | Sharapova | Hantuchová | Ivanovic |
Leipzig | Clijsters | Clijsters | S. Williams | Myskina | Not an event | ||||
Philadelphia | Davenport | Not an event | Mauresmo | Mauresmo | Mauresmo | Not an event | |||
WTA Premier
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Brisbane | WTA International | Kanepi | S. Williams | S. Williams | Sharapova | Azarenka | Plíšková | Svitolina | Plíšková | Plíšková | ||
Sydney | Dementieva | Dementieva | Li | Azarenka | Radwańska | Pironkova | Kvitová | Kuznetsova | Konta | Kerber | Kvitová | Not an event |
Adelaide | Not an event | Barty | ||||||||||
Paris | Mauresmo | Dementieva | Kvitová | Kerber | Barthel | Pavlyuchenkova | Not an event | |||||
Antwerp | Exhibition event | Petkovic | Not an event | |||||||||
St. Petersburg | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Vinci | Mladenovic | Kvitová | Bertens | Bertens | |||||
Doha | Not an event | Zvonareva | WTA Premier 5 | Šafářová | WTA Premier 5 | Plíšková | WTA Premier 5 | Mertens | WTA Premier 5 | |||
Dubai | WTA Premier 5 | Radwańska | Kvitová | V. Williams | WTA Premier 5 | Errani | WTA Premier 5 | Svitolina | WTA Premier 5 | Halep | ||
Charleston | Lisicki | Stosur | Wozniacki | S. Williams | S. Williams | Petkovic | Kerber | Stephens | Kasatkina | Bertens | Keys | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
Stuttgart | Kuznetsova | Henin | Görges | Sharapova | Sharapova | Sharapova | Kerber | Kerber | Siegemund | Plíšková | Kvitová | |
Warsaw | Dulgheru | Dulgheru | Not an event | |||||||||
Brussels | Not an event | Wozniacki | Radwańska | Kanepi | Not an event | |||||||
Birmingham | WTA International | Ivanovic | Kerber | Keys | Kvitová | Kvitová | Barty | WTA International | ||||
Berlin | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||||||
Eastbourne | Wozniacki | Makarova | Bartoli | Paszek | Vesnina | Keys | Bencic | Cibulková | Plíšková | Wozniacki | Plíšková | |
Stanford/ San Jose | Bartoli | Azarenka | S. Williams | S. Williams | Cibulková | S. Williams | Kerber | Konta | Keys | Buzărnescu | S. Zheng | |
Los Angeles | Pennetta | Not an event | ||||||||||
San Diego/ Carlsbad | Not an event | Kuznetsova | Radwańska | Cibulková | Stosur | Not an event | WTA 125K | Not an event | ||||
New Haven | Wozniacki | Wozniacki | Wozniacki | Kvitová | Halep | Kvitová | Kvitová | Radwańska | Gavrilova | Sabalenka | Not an event | |
Zhengzhou | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | WTA 125K | Plíšková | Cancelled | |||||||
Tokyo | WTA Premier 5 | Ivanovic | Radwańska | Wozniacki | Wozniacki | Plíšková | Osaka | |||||
Ostrava | Not an event | Sabalenka | ||||||||||
Moscow | Schiavone | Azarenka | Cibulková | Wozniacki | Halep | Pavlyuchenkova | Kuznetsova | Kuznetsova | Görges | Kasatkina | Bencic | Cancelled |
WTA 500
2021 | 2022 | |
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Abu Dhabi | Sabalenka | Not an event |
Brisbane | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Sydney | Cancelled | Badosa |
Melbourne 1 | Barty | WTA 250 |
Melbourne 2 | Mertens | WTA 250 |
Melbourne 3 | Abandoned[c] | Not an event |
Adelaide | Świątek | Barty |
St. Petersburg | Kasatkina | Kontaveit |
Doha | Kvitová | WTA 1000 |
Dubai | WTA 1000 | Ostapenko |
Charleston | Kudermetova | Bencic |
Stuttgart | Barty | Świątek |
Berlin | Samsonova | |
Eastbourne | Ostapenko | |
San Jose | Collins | |
Zhengzhou | Cancelled due to COVID-19[3] | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation[4] |
Tokyo | ||
Ostrava | Kontaveit | |
Chicago (Fall) | Muguruza | |
Moscow | Kontaveit | Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine[5] |
Notes
a The final between Jana Novotná vs. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was abandoned at 6-5 due to rain.[6]
b The final between Martina Hingis vs. Lindsay Davenport was abandoned due to rain.[7]
c The final between Anett Kontaveit vs. Ann Li was abandoned due to a delay in schedule.[8]
Statistics
Most titles
Bold face designates active players
Rank | Player | Titles |
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1 | Lindsay Davenport | 26 |
Steffi Graf | ||
3 | / Monica Seles | 22 |
4 | Kim Clijsters | 18 |
Justine Henin | ||
Serena Williams | ||
Venus Williams | ||
8 | Martina Hingis | 16 |
9 | Amélie Mauresmo | 15 |
Martina Navratilova | ||
See also
References
- "WTA unveils comprehensive rebrand". WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 2 December 2020.
- "WTA will align tournament categories with ATP from 2021 season". Sky Sports. 2 December 2020.
- "WTA announces 2021 Calendar update". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- "Tennis: Novotna ties with Sanchez Vicario", The Independent, 23 June 1997
- "Davenport, Hingis final is canceled", Los Angeles Times, 7 March 2000
- WTA [@WTA] (February 6, 2021). "Due to the delayed schedule and the start of the Australian Open on Monday, the final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.