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2024 WTA Tour
The 2024 WTA Tour (branded as the 2024 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2024 tennis season. The 2024 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam (tennis), 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 WTA Finals), the team events United Cup (combined event with Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP) and the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games. 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 These tables present the number of singles (tennis), singles (S), doubles (tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aryna Sabalenka Trophy US Open 2024
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a former world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, doubles. Sabalenka has won 20 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2023 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2023 Australian Open, 2024 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2024 Australian Open, and 2024 US Open – Women's singles, 2024 US Open, as well as nine WTA 1000 events. She has also won six doubles titles, including two majors at the 2019 US Open – Women's doubles, 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2021 Australian Open, both partnering with Elise Mertens. Sabalenka came to prominence in 2017 when, together with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, they led the Belarus F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmine Paolini
Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is ranked world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the joint-highest-ranked Italian woman in singles (alongside Francesca Schiavone). She is a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion in doubles at the 2025 French Open – Women's doubles, 2025 French Open, partnering compatriot Sara Errani. Representing her country, Paolini won an Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, Olympic gold medal in doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Errani. Paolini has won three WTA Tour-level singles titles and nine in doubles, including two singles and four doubles WTA 1000 titles. Paolini is also a three-time major runner-up, contesting the 2024 French Open – Women's singles, singles and 2024 French Open – Women's doubles, doubles finals of the 2024 French Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, singles final of the 2024 Wimbledon Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 French Open – Women's Singles
Two-time defending champion Iga Świątek defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 French Open. It was her fourth French Open and fifth major title overall. Świątek saved a match point en route to the title, in the second round against Naomi Osaka. She was the third woman in the Open Era to win three consecutive French Open titles (after Monica Seles and Justine Henin). Świątek joined Seles and Roger Federer as only the third player to win all of their first five major singles finals. The victory completed a calendar sweep for Świątek of the Madrid Open, Italian Open, and French Open clay tournaments. Mirra Andreeva was the youngest player to reach a major semifinal since Martina Hingis at the 1997 US Open. Alizé Cornet made her 69th and last consecutive major main draw appearance, the longest consecutive streak of major appearances by any woman. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first president. Since 1990 the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT). The ATP's global headquarters are in London. ATP Americas is base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 250 Tournaments
WTA 250 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 International Tournaments. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2025 WTA Tour, 2025 season, this has risen to $275,094. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. Events Current Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 500 tournaments' prize money was approximately $500,000. Since then, prize money awarded by WTA 500 events has grown less uniform, with one tournament's prize money rising to as much as $1.5 million. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 500. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 250 for winning a WTA 250 tournament. Events Current Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier II'' 2009–2020 ''WTA Premier'' 2021–present ''WTA 500'' Singles results 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Singles champions WTA Tier II WTA Premier WTA 500 Statistics Most titles Bold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up the ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes annual team competitions for men (Davis Cup), women ( Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams ( Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. The ITF sanctions circuits th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. The association governs the WTA Tour, which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, and was founded to create a better future for women's tennis. The WTA's corporate headquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing. The Women's Tennis Association was founded in June 1973 by Billie Jean King, and traces its origins to the inaugural Virginia Slims tournament, arranged by Gladys Heldman, sponsored by Joe Cullman, CEO of Philip Morris, and held on 23 September 1970 at the Houston Racquet Club in Houston, Texas. Rosie Casals won this first event. When the Women's Tennis Association was founded, Billie Jean King was one of nine players that comprised the WTA, also referred to as the Original 9, that included Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format 2024–present In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: * Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) * WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million. * WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. *WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000. 2021–2023 The WTA Tour underwent a 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 WTA Finals (1) *Penultimate event WTA Elite Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 WTA Tour
The 2025 WTA Tour (branded as the 2025 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2025 tennis season. The 2025 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 WTA Finals) and the team event United Cup (combined event with ATP). Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2025 calendar. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2025 WTA Tour: the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 WTA Tour
The 2023 WTA Tour (branded as the 2023 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2023 tennis season. The 2023 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam (tennis), 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 2023 WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy), and the team events United Cup (combined event with Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP) and Hopman Cup (sanctioned by the ITF). 2023 also marked the return of the WTA to China, after COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, strict COVID-19 protocols in the country and the disappearance of Peng Shuai, disappearance of former tennis player Peng Shuai. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2023 calendar. ;Key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
