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. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.

WTA Tour tournaments

Structure (2021–present)

The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were reorganized on with similar nomenclature to that used on ATP Tour: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending

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(1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trophy (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells,

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and returned in 2023. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in

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with prize money ranging from US$2.3 million to US$2.7 million. From 2020 to 2023, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, a new WTA 1000 tournament was held in

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as a replacement for Wuhan. * WTA 500 tournaments: 12 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. * WTA 250 tournaments: There are nearly 30 tournaments, with prize money at US$250,000.

Structure (2009–2020)

The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2020 reorganization: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending

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(1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trophy (From 2015 onwards) (1) * Premier tournaments (21): ** Premier Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players, with US$6.5 million in equal prize money for men and women (increased from $4.5 million in 2013). These tournaments are held in Indian Wells,

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. ** Premier: 12 events with prize money from US$799,000 to US$2.5 million. * International tournaments: There are 32 tournaments, with prize money for all except four events at US$250,000. The exceptions are the Shenzhen Open,

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, Hong Kong Tennis Open, the Tianjin Open, and the year-ending WTA Tournament of Champions, each with prize money of US$750,000.

WTA rankings

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

Current rankings

Ranking method

The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A player's ranking is determined by her results at a maximum of 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles and points are awarded based on how far a player advances in a tournament. The basis for calculating a player's ranking are those tournaments that yield the highest ranking points during the rolling 52-week period. The period must include: * the four Grand Slams * the four WTA 1000 Mandatory tournaments * the best of two results among the WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory tournaments * the best of six results from the Elite Trophy, WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 500 tournaments, WTA 250 tournaments, WTA 150 tournaments, and ITF 15s+ events * the WTA Finals as a bonus tournament if the player attended All WTA players also have a

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, based on head-to-head results. The points distribution for tournaments in 2021 is shown below: S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.
"+H" indicates that Hospitality is provided.

References

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WTA Tour tournaments

Structure (2021–present)

Structure (2009–2020)

WTA rankings

Current rankings

Ranking method

See also

References