The 2022
Hologic
Hologic, Inc. is a medical technology company primarily focused on women’s health; it sells medical devices for diagnostics, surgery, and medical imaging.
History
In late November 2013, activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 12.5% stake in ...
WTA Tour is the global elite women's professional
tennis
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circuit organised by the
Women's Tennis Association
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(WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprises the
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
tournaments (supervised by the
International Tennis Federation
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(ITF)), the
WTA 1000 tournaments
WTA 1000 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour, governed by the Women's Tennis Association. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier and it is implemented since the r ...
, the
WTA 500 tournaments WTA may refer to:
Organizations
*Washington Trails Association
*Whatcom Transportation Authority
*Waskahegan Trail Association, the management board for the Waskahegan Trail
*Water Transit Authority, former name of the San Francisco Bay Area Water ...
, the
WTA 250 tournaments
WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International tournaments, WTA Internationa ...
, the
Billie Jean King Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
(organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the
WTA Finals
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and the
WTA Elite Trophy
The WTA Elite Trophy is the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It is the successor event of the different format WTA Tournament of Champions, which took place from 2009–14.
The Elite Trophy takes place ...
).
On December 1, 2021, WTA chairman
Steve Simon
Steve Simon (born December 12, 1969) is an American politician from the state of Minnesota serving as the 22nd Minnesota Secretary of State. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he previously represented District 46B ...
announced that all tournaments scheduled to be held in both
China
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and
Hong Kong
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are suspended beginning in 2022, due to concerns regarding the security and well-being of tennis player
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...
after
her allegations of sexual assault against
Zhang Gaoli
Zhang Gaoli or Chang Kao-li ( zh, 张高丽; ; born 1 November 1946) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the senior Vice Premier of the State Council between 2013 and 2018 and as a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo ...
, a high-ranking member of the
Chinese Communist Party
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.
As part of international sports' reaction to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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, the WTA, the ATP (
Association of Tennis Professionals
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), the ITF, and the four Grand Slam tournaments jointly announced that players from
Belarus
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and
Russia
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would not be allowed to play under the names or flags of their countries, but would remain eligible to play events until further notice.
In March 2022, Hologic, an American medical diagnostics and technology company, signed a multi-year deal to become the first WTA Tour title sponsor since the WTA's partnership with
Sony Ericsson
Sony Mobile Communications Inc. ( ja, ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Ericsson. I ...
ended in 2010. Hologic cited the WTA's stance on withholding events in China in the wake of Peng's allegations as one of its factors in deciding to sponsor the circuit.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2022 calendar.
;Key
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Affected tournaments
The
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
affected tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. The following tournaments were cancelled due to the pandemic or other reasons.
Statistical information
These tables present the number of
singles
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(S),
doubles (D), and
mixed doubles
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(X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2022 WTA Tour: the
Grand Slam
Grand Slam most often refers to:
* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
tournaments, the year-end championships (the
WTA Tour Championships WTA may refer to:
Organizations
*Washington Trails Association
*Whatcom Transportation Authority
*Waskahegan Trail Association, the management board for the Waskahegan Trail
*Water Transit Authority, former name of the San Francisco Bay Area Water ...
and the
WTA Elite Trophy
The WTA Elite Trophy is the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It is the successor event of the different format WTA Tournament of Champions, which took place from 2009–14.
The Elite Trophy takes place ...
), the
WTA Premier tournaments
WTA Premier Tournaments was a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented from the reorganization of the schedule in 2009 until 2020.
In 2020, Premier events included:
* Four "Premier Mandatory" events in In ...
(WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the
WTA 250
WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments.
As of 2021, WT ...
. The players/nations are sorted by:
# total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
# cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equalling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equalling two WTA 250 wins);
# a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
# alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
;Singles
*
Anastasia Potapova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player.
Potapova has a career-high ranking of No. 44 achieved on 17 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 44 achieved on 3 October 2022. Potapova is a former junior No ...
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Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
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draw
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'')
;Doubles
*
Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-born American tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved career-h ...
–
Melbourne 2 (''
draw
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'')
*
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...
–
Melbourne 1 (''
draw
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'')
*
Kaitlyn Christian
Kaitlyn Christian (born January 13, 1992) is a tennis player from the United States.
Christian is primarily a doubles player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38, achieved in February 2019, and a career-high singles ranking of ...
–
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
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draw
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'')
*
Catherine Harrison –
Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
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draw
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Common uses
* Draw (terrain), a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them
* Drawing (manufacturing), a process where metal, glass, or plastic or anything ...
'')
*
Sabrina Santamaria
Sabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria (born February 24, 1993) is an American tennis player.
Career
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 384, achieved in June 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 53, set on 12 August 2019.
Alongside ...
–
Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
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draw
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'')
*
Aldila Sutjiadi
Aldila Sutjiadi (born 2 May 1995) is an Indonesian professional tennis player.
Sutjiadi has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 344 in singles achieved on 24 May 2021 and No. 46 in doubles achieved on 5 December 2022. She has won one doubles title ...
–
Bogota (''
draw
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'')
*
Magda Linette
Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in February 2020. Linette has reached five finals on the WTA Tour, winning ...
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Charleston (''
draw
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* Drawing (manufacturing), a process where metal, glass, or plastic or anything ...
'')
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
; Singles
*
Leylah Fernandez
Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 8 August 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 20 ...
–
Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
(''
draw
Draw, drawing, draws, or drawn may refer to:
Common uses
* Draw (terrain), a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them
* Drawing (manufacturing), a process where metal, glass, or plastic or anything ...
'')
Best ranking
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold):
; Singles
*
Shelby Rogers
Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 30 in singles achieved August 2022 and No. 40 in doubles, achieved February 2022, and has won six singles and two doub ...
(reached place No. 36 on January 10)
*
Ann Li
Ann Louie Li (born January 17, 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand), popularly known as Ann Li, is a Filipino–Taiwanese businesswoman, fashion influencer, former actress, model, photographer, and television personality. She splits her time between Ma ...
(reached place No. 44 on January 10)
*
Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is the reigning champion at Wimbledon and the first Kazakhstani player to win a title at a major. She is also the first to be ranked in the world's to ...
(reached place No. 12 on January 17)
*
Jil Teichmann
Jil Belén Teichmann (born 15 July 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as high as world No. 21 in singles and No. 74 in doubles. She has won two singles titles and one doubles ...
(reached place No. 31 on January 31)
*
Leylah Fernandez
Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 8 August 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 20 ...
(reached place No. 19 on February 7)
*
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Sara Sorribes Tormo (; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Sorribes Tormo has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, ...
(reached place No. 32 on February 7)
*
Clara Tauson
Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest Danish champion in tennis. Caroline Wozniacki held the previous record when she won at age 14. Her career-high rankings are ...
(reached place No. 33 on February 7)
*
Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player.
Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world ...
(reached place No. 40 on February 14)
*
Marta Kostyuk
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( uk, Марта Олегівна Костюк; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has career-high rankings of 49 in singles, achieved on 14 February 2022, and world No. 39 in doubles, reached on 19 Septem ...
(reached place No. 49 on February 14)
*
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33. On 5 Janu ...
(reached place No. 38 on February 21)
*
Jasmine Paolini
Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 44 in singles and 122 in doubles. Paolini has won one singles title (at the 2021 Slovenian Open) and one doubles title on the WTA To ...
(reached place No. 44 on February 21)
*
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles ten ...
(reached place No. 2 on February 28)
*
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked Eston ...
(reached place No. 5 on February 28)
*
Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 54 in doubles, and is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title an ...
(reached place No. 22 on February 28)
*
Viktorija Golubic
Viktorija Golubic ( sr, Викторија Голубић, Viktorija Golubić; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, two singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as ten s ...
(reached place No. 35 on February 28)
*
Nuria Párrizas Díaz
Nuria Párrizas Díaz is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 45 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved in March 2022, and 320 in doubles, attained in September 202 ...
(reached place No. 45 on March 7)
*
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari ( gr, Μαρία Σάκκαρη, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her ...
(reached place No. 3 on March 21)
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Iga Świątek
Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Świątek is a three-time major singles champion, having won the French Open in 202 ...
(reached place No. 1 on April 4)
*
Danielle Collins
Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 7 in singles and world No. 86 in doubles. Collins has won two WTA Tour singles titles, at the 2021 Palerm ...
(reached place No. 8 on April 4)
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Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...
(reached place No. 13 on April 4)
*
Coco Gauff
Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
(reached place No. 15 on April 4)
*
Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova; ; tt-Cyrl, Вероника Эдуард кызы Кадыйрмәтова, translit=Veronika Edward qızı Qadıyrmätova. (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high si ...
(reached place No. 22 on April 4)
*
Camila Osorio
María Camila Osorio Serrano (; born 22 December 2001) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as high as No. 33 in singles and 273 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the W ...
(reached place No. 33 on April 4)
*
Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( uk, Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Kalinina has won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 June ...
(reached place No. 36 on April 11)
*
Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa Gibert () (born 15 November 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she achieved on 25 April 2022, and No. 124 in doubles, at ...
(reached place No. 2 on April 25)
*
Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu (born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on 11 July 2022, and is the current British No. 1. Raducanu is the first British ...
(reached place No. 11 on April 25)
*
Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy, from 2014 to 2018.
Samsonova has a c ...
(reached place No. 26 on April 25)
; Doubles
*
Nina Stojanović
Nina Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Нина Стојановић, ; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peaked at No. 37 in ...
(reached place No. 37 on January 17)
*
Desirae Krawczyk
Desirae Marie Krawczyk (; born January 11, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
Krawczyk has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 10, achieved in July 2022, and has won seven titles on the WTA Tour, ...
(reached place No. 15 on January 31)
*
Caroline Dolehide
Caroline Dolehide ( ; born September 5, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 102 in July 2018. Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in doubles at the 2019 and the 2022 US Opens ...
(reached place No. 22 on January 31)
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Nadiia Kichenok
Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100. On 31 January 2022, she ...
(reached place No. 29 on January 31)
*
Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Ju ...
(reached place No. 30 on January 31)
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Iga Świątek
Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She is currently ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Świątek is a three-time major singles champion, having won the French Open in 202 ...
(reached place No. 29 on February 14)
*
Lyudmyla Kichenok
Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 21 July 2014, Lyudmyla reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 156. On 12 Septem ...
(reached place No. 29 on February 21)
*
Ellen Perez
Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player.
Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...
(reached place No. 33 on February 21)
*
Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-born American tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved career-h ...
(reached place No. 35 on February 21)
*
Ulrikke Eikeri
Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian tennis player.
Eikeri has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on WTA Challenger Tour and 11 singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached the ...
(reached place No. 43 on February 21)
*
Natela Dzalamidze
Natela Georgiyevna Dzalamidze (russian: Натела Георгиевна Дзаламидзе, , ; born 27 February 1993) is a Russian-born Georgian tennis player.
On 16 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 ...
(reached place No. 45 on February 21)
*
Petra Martić
Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...
(reached place No. 49 on February 21)
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Coco Gauff
Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
(reached place No. 10 on February 28)
*
Anna Danilina
Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakh tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 11 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). In singles, ...
(reached place No. 20 on February 28)
*
Erin Routliffe
Erin Hope Routliffe (born April 11, 1995) is a New Zealand professional tennis player who previously represented Canada.
She reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 29 on 8 August 2022 and a career-high junior rank of No. 17 on 21 Jan ...
(reached place No. 33 on February 28)
*
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached a career-high in the WTA rankings in singles at No. 15. Haddad Maia has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, on ...
(reached place No. 34 on February 28)
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Shelby Rogers
Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 30 in singles achieved August 2022 and No. 40 in doubles, achieved February 2022, and has won six singles and two doub ...
(reached place No. 40 on February 28)
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Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...
(reached place No. 28 on March 7)
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Ena Shibahara
is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She won her first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Wesley Koolhof in mixed doubles, and also reached the women's doubles semifinals at the 20 ...
(reached place No. 4 on March 21)
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Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player.
Olmos, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 343 by the Women's Tennis Association ...
(reached place No. 17 on March 21)
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Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova; ; tt-Cyrl, Вероника Эдуард кызы Кадыйрмәтова, translit=Veronika Edward qızı Qadıyrmätova. (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high si ...
(reached place No. 4 on April 4)
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Caty McNally
Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American tennis player.
She achieved her highest doubles ranking of world No. 11 on 4 April 2022. On 7 November 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 94. She is best known ...
(reached place No. 11 on April 4)
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Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also ...
(reached place No. 5 on April 11)
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Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On 14 July 2008, Klepač reached her career-high singles rankings of world No. 99. On 11 April 2022, she peaked at No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Career
She ha ...
(reached place No. 11 on April 11)
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Storm Sanders
Storm Hunter (née Sanders; born 11 August 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 119, on 18 October 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8, on 24 October 2022.
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(reached place No. 15 on April 11)
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Magda Linette
Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in February 2020. Linette has reached five finals on the WTA Tour, winning ...
(reached place No. 26 on April 11)
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Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one ...
(reached place No. 25 on April 25)
Points distribution
''Points are awarded as follows:''
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.
WTA rankings
Below are the tables for the
WTA rankings
The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.
Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A play ...
and the yearly
WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and doubles teams.
Singles
Number 1 ranking
Doubles
Number 1 ranking
Prize money leaders
Comebacks
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Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska (; born 16 January 1986) is a former tennis player from Poland.
She was ranked world No. 37 in singles (2006) and No. 62 in doubles (2006), and reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won 2006 Canberra Intern ...
''(born 16 January 1986 in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
)'': In an interview with ''
Polsat Sport
Polsat Sport () is a Polish sports channel owned by Polsat. It launched on 11 August 2000 and is available via satellite on Cyfrowy Polsat.
Polsat Sport HD
Polsat Sport HD is a sports channel owned by Polsat, which broadcasts in High Definiti ...
'', Domachowska indicated she plans to return to the professional circuit after eight years away from the WTA Tour, following an appearance at a Polish tennis tournament in fall 2021, where she rediscovered the thrill of playing.
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Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. ...
''(born 20 October 1989 in
Lier, Belgium
Lier (; french: Lierre, ) is a municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. It is composed of the city of Lier proper and the village of Koningshooikt. The city centre is surrounded by the river ''Nete'', a ...
)'': After retreating from the tour due to pregnancy in October 2020 following the 2020 French Open, Wickmayer rejoined the professional circuit in her first tournament of the year at an
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ...
(ITF) tournament in Porto in February 2022. In an interview with ''Sporza'', she noted she still retained her passion for the game during her maternity leave and plans to remain on tour until at least the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she hopes to compete.
* Alla Kudryavtseva
Retirements
* Ashleigh Barty ''(born 24 April 1996 in Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, Australia)'' turned professional in 2010. A junior world No. 2, Barty won the girls' singles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and competed on the WTA Tour from 2012 to 2014, focusing mainly on doubles. Partnering Casey Dellacqua, Barty finished as a runner-up at three Grand Slam tournaments - the 2013 Australian Open, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, and 2013 US Open (tennis), 2013 US Open - won two WTA doubles titles, and reached a peak doubles ranking of No. 12 in the world, on 21 October 2013; her highest singles ranking was No. 129 in the world, achieved on 30 September 2013. At the end of the 2014 season, Barty announced that she would "take a break" from tennis, citing exhaustion, and focused on cricket for two years, playing for the Brisbane Heat (WBBL), Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League, WBBL. She announced her return to tennis in February 2016, and began to make her breakthrough in 2017. She won her maiden WTA singles title at the 2017 Malaysian Open, and won multiple doubles titles at WTA 1000 level and above in 2018, including her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2018 US Open – Women's doubles, 2018 US Open, partnering CoCo Vandeweghe. Barty began to make great strides in her singles game from the start of 2019, winning the singles title at the 2019 Miami Open – Women's singles, 2019 Miami Open, a WTA 1000 event, before winning her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2019 French Open – Women's singles, 2019 French Open. Barty would rise to the world No. 1 ranking for the first time on 24 June 2019, and would hold it continuously from 9 September 2019 until the date of her retirement. In total, Barty would win 15 WTA Tour singles titles - including two further Grand Slam titles at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2021 Wimbledon Championships and the 2022 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2022 Australian Open, becoming the first Australian woman to win the home Slam since Chris O'Neil (tennis), Chris O'Neil in 1978 Australian Open – Women's singles, 1978, and the 2019 WTA Finals – Singles, 2019 WTA Finals - and would win a total 12 WTA Tour doubles titles, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of No. 5 in the world on 21 May 2018; Barty would also win an Olympic bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles competition, partnering John Peers, and led Australia to a runner-up finish at the 2019 Fed Cup. Barty would hold the WTA world No. 1 ranking for a total of 120 weeks, the seventh longest stint in history; 113 of these weeks were consecutive, which is the fifth longest consecutive run at No. 1 in history, tied with Chris Evert. Barty announced her retirement on 23 March 2022, citing a lack of desire to compete, in an interview with friend and former doubles partner Dellacqua, becoming the second player to retire as the world No. 1, after Justine Henin in 2008.
* Kristie Ahn ''(born 15 June 1992 in Flushing, Queens, Flushing, New York City, New York (state), New York, United States)'' turned professional in May 2008, and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 87 in the world on 30 September 2019; she also reached No. 199 in doubles on 24 April 2017. She won seven singles titles on the ITF Tour, including a 80K title at the 2017 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles, 2017 Tyler Challenge; she also won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best result at a Grand Slam tournament was a fourth round finish at the 2019 US Open – Women's singles, 2019 US Open, defeating former top ten players Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jeļena Ostapenko before losing to Elise Mertens. Ahn announced her retirement on 5 March 2022 on Instagram.
* CiCi Bellis, Catherine "CiCi" Bellis ''(born 8 April 1999 in San Francisco, United States)'' turned professional in September 2016 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 35 in the world on 14 August 2017. She won one WTA 125K singles title at the 2016 Hawaii Tennis Open, 2016 Hawaii Open, and also won seven ITF singles titles; she won two doubles titles on the ITF circuit, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 17 July 2017. At Grand Slams, she reached the third round of the 2016 US Open (tennis), 2016 US Open, 2017 French Open, and the 2020 Australian Open, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships in doubles. After an injury-marred career, Bellis announced her retirement on 20 January 2022.
* Kim Clijsters ''(born 8 June 1983 in Bilzen, Belgium)'' turned professional in August 1997. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, she first attained the ranking in singles on 11 August 2003, and in doubles on 4 August 2003. Clijsters experienced rapid success on the WTA Tour upon turning professional, reaching Grand Slam finals at the 2001 French Open, 2001 and 2003 French Open, 2003 French Opens, the 2003 US Open (tennis), 2003 US Open, and the 2004 Australian Open, winning 34 singles titles, including a maiden Grand Slam title at the 2005 US Open (tennis), 2005 US Open. She retired in 2007 following a series of injuries, before returning in 2009 following the birth of her daughter. She won her second Grand Slam tournament as an unranked player at the 2009 US Open (tennis), 2009 US Open, her third tournament played upon her comeback, before winning further Grand Slam tournaments at the 2010 US Open (tennis), 2010 US Open and the 2011 Australian Open, returning to the world No. 1 ranking on 14 February 2011. She retired for a second time in September 2012 due to injuries, before announcing her return in 2020. In a period of time affected by injuries and the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
, Clijsters played and lost five matches, before announcing her permanent retirement on 12 April 2022. In total, Clijsters won 41 WTA Tour singles titles, including three titles at the 2002 WTA Tour Championships, 2002, 2003 WTA Tour Championships, 2003, and the 2010 WTA Tour Championships and seven WTA 1000 titles, and also won 11 WTA doubles titles, including two Grand Slam titles at the 2003 French Open and the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Ai Sugiyama. She also led Belgium to the 2001 Fed Cup title alongside Justine Henin; this is, to date, Belgium's only title at the Fed Cup. Clijsters was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017.
* Jovana Jović ''(born 30 September 1993 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia; now Serbia)'' turned professional in June 2009. Jović reached one WTA singles final in her career, at the 2014 Monterrey Open, and won 17 singles titles on the ITF circuit; she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 102 in the world on 12 May 2014. Jović also won four doubles titles on the ITF circuit, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of No. 204 in the world on 31 July 2017. Jović announced her retirement on 5 March 2022, a year after playing her final competitive match, beginning a career as a tennis coach.
* Cornelia Lister ''(born 26 May 1994 in Oslo, Norway)'' turned professional in November 2010. Lister won one singles title on the ITF circuit, reaching a career-high singles ranking of No. 383 in the world on 7 May 2018. Known for her doubles prowess, Lister won one WTA Tour doubles title, at the 2019 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles, 2019 Palermo International, and 25 ITF doubles titles, peaking at No. 72 in the doubles rankings on 3 February 2020. Lister announced her retirement on 10 January 2022, citing a lack of motivation and desire to compete.
* Sania Mirza ''(born 19 November 1986 in Mumbai, India)'' turned professional in February 2003. Mirza reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 27 in the world, achieved on 27 August 2007, becoming the highest-ranked Indian female player in history. She won one WTA Tour singles title, at the 2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, 2005 Hyderabad Open, and also won 14 singles titles on the ITF Tour. In 2005, she reached the third round of the 2005 Australian Open, Australian Open, and the fourth round of the 2005 US Open (tennis), US Open in singles, becoming the first Indian woman to ever progress past the second round of a Grand Slam tournament in this discipline. Known primarily for her doubles success, Mirza is a former doubles World No. 1, first achieving the ranking on 13 April 2015, winning 43 WTA Tour doubles titles. This included three Grand Slam titles, at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, 2015 US Open (tennis), 2015 US Open, and 2016 Australian Open, all partnering Martina Hingis; she also won three Grand Slam Mixed doubles titles, at the 2009 Australian Open and the 2012 French Open, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi, and at the 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open, partnering Bruno Soares. Mirza's partnership with Hingis was one of the most successful of the 2010s, with the pair winning 15 titles between 2015 and 2016, including the Miami Open (tennis)#Sunshine Double, Sunshine Double in 2015; in addition, Hingis and Mirza won 41 consecutive matches between 2015 and 2016, the second longest doubles winning streak in WTA history. Mirza announced her retirement after a first round loss at the 2022 Australian Open, Australian Open, stating that 2022 will be her last season on tour.
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Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...
''(born 8 January 1986 in Xiangtan, China)'' turned professional in June 2001. Peng had a career-high singles ranking of No. 14 in the world, achieved on 22 August 2011, and was a former doubles World No. 1, first attaining the ranking on 17 February 2014. She won two WTA singles titles, and reached the semifinals of the 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open. In addition, Peng also won 23 doubles titles, including two Grand Slams, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and the 2014 French Open, both partnering Hsieh Su-wei. In November 2021, Peng made an allegation of sexual assault against retired Chinese politician
Zhang Gaoli
Zhang Gaoli or Chang Kao-li ( zh, 张高丽; ; born 1 November 1946) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the senior Vice Premier of the State Council between 2013 and 2018 and as a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo ...
on Sina Weibo, Weibo, and subsequently disappeared from the public eye, with her post being subject to censorship in China, blanket censorship in China. In February 2022, in an interview with French publication L'Équipe, conducted in the presence of officials from the Chinese Olympic Committee, Peng retracted her allegation of sexual assault, describing the events as a "misunderstanding". She also announced her retirement from the sport at the conclusion of the 2022 Winter Olympics, citing injuries and the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
as reasons for her decision.
* Květa Peschke ''(born 9 July 1975 in Bílovec, Czechoslovakia)'' turned professional in April 1993. Peschke, née Hrdličková, had a career-high singles ranking of No. 26 in the world, achieved on 7 November 2005, and was a former doubles World No. 1, first attaining the ranking on 4 July 2011. Peschke won one WTA singles title, at the 1998 Makarska International Championships – Singles, 1998 Makarska Open, and also won 10 singles titles on the ITF circuit. She also reached the fourth round of the 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 1999 Wimbledon Championships, her best result at a Grand Slam tournament in singles. Peschke was best known for her doubles prowess, winning 36 titles, including one Grand Slam title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and seven titles at WTA 1000 level. Peschke announced her retirement on 8 April 2022, playing her final match at the 2022 Credit One Charleston Open – Doubles, Charleston Open.
* Anastasija Sevastova ''(born 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union; now Latvia)'' turned professional in April 2006. Known as a junior prodigy, Sevastova quickly rose through the rankings, reaching No. 36 in the world by February 2011, winning her maiden title at the 2010 Estoril Open – Women's singles, 2010 Estoril Open, and reached the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2011 Australian Open. Despite this, she retired in May 2013 due to a series of injuries and depression. Following a period of recovery, Sevastova returned to the sport in January 2015, and experienced increased levels of success. In total, she won four WTA Tour singles titles, including one on home soil at the 2019 Baltic Open – Singles, 2019 Baltic Open, and reached the final of the 2018 China Open – Women's singles, 2018 China Open, a Premier Mandatory event; she also won 13 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Later in her career, she was known for her success at the US Open (tennis), US Open, reaching the quarterfinals in 2016 US Open – Women's singles, 2016 and 2017 US Open – Women's singles, 2017, and the semifinals in 2018 US Open – Women's singles, 2018; she also reached the fourth round of the 2019 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2019 Australian Open and the 2019 French Open – Women's singles, 2019 French Open. Sevastova reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 in the world on 15 October 2018. Sevastova announced in an interview on Latvijas Televīzija on 3 February 2022 that she would take an indefinite hiatus from the sport due to injuries and a lack of confidence, with no guarantee of return.
* Samantha Stosur ''(born 30 March 1984 in Brisbane, Australia)'' turned professional in October 1998. Stosur had a career-high singles ranking of No. 4 in the world, achieved on 21 February 2011, and was a former doubles World No. 1, first attaining the ranking on 6 February 2006. She won nine WTA singles titles, including the 2011 US Open (tennis), 2011 US Open, and also reached the final of the 2010 French Open. Known for her doubles prowess, Stosur won 28 WTA doubles titles, including Grand Slam titles at the 2005 US Open (tennis), 2005 US Open, 2006 French Open, 2019 Australian Open, and the 2021 US Open (tennis), 2021 US Open; she also won Grand Slam titles in Mixed doubles at the 2005 Australian Open, and the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, 2008 and 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Stosur announced on 29 December 2021 that the 2022 Australian Open will be her last singles event, retiring from singles after a second-round loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and that 2022 will be her final year on the doubles circuit.
See also
* 2022 WTA 125 tournaments
* 2022 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
* 2022 ATP Tour
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International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ...
Notes
References
External links
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