WTA 250 tournaments is a category of

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tournaments in the

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tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WTA 250 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $250,000. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 280. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a

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tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the

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, 1000 points for winning a

WTA 1000 tournament 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 ...

, and 470 for winning a

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. This system differs slightly from that used for the men's

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, which has

ATP Tour 250 The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam tou ...

events with 250 points for the winner (similar to WTA 250 tournaments), and two higher tiers of ATP tournaments offer 1000 and 500 points for winning, respectively.

Events

Historic names

1990–2008
''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020
''WTA International'' 2021–present
''WTA 250''

Singles champions

WTA International

WTA 250

Statistics

Most titles

Bold face designates active players

Notes

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WTA International tournaments The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA Internatio ...

References

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