The 2024

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(WTA) for the 2024 tennis season. The 2024 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the

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), the team events

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Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2024 calendar. ;Key

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

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 *

Zheng Qinwen Zheng Qinwen ( zh, 郑钦文; born 8 October 2002 in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei 湖北, China 中国) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 24 October 2022. Zheng is the current No. 2 female Chinese ...

(reached place No. 14 on January 1) *

Emma Navarro Emma Navarro (born May 18, 2001) is an American tennis player. Navarro has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 145, achieved on 22 August 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 318, achieved ...

(reached place No. 31 on January 1) * Tatjana Maria (reached place No. 43 on January 1) ; Doubles *

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. 10 on January 1) * Miyu Kato (reached place No. 26 on January 1) * Ulrikke Eikeri (reached place No. 37 on January 1) * Ingrid Neel (reached place No. 38 on January 1)

WTA rankings

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tennis article, where they are transcluded from.

Singles

No. 1 ranking

Doubles

No. 1 ranking

Retirements

The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2024 season: * Hsieh Su-wei announced her singles retirement following the

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Inactivity

Maternity

* Belinda Bencic * Petra Kvitova

Comebacks

* Angelique Kerber made her comeback at the 2024 United Cup. *

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champio ...

made her comeback at the

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. *

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

announced her comeback in the 2024 season.

Points distribution

Points are awarded as follows: S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record

Notes

References

External links

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website

International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website

Billie Jean King Cup (BJK Cup) official website
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