2022 French Open – Women's singlesQualification← 2021·French Open·2023 →Iga Świątek defeated Coco Gauff in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open. It was her second French Open title and second major title overall. With the win, Świątek extended her winning streak to 35 matches (dating to the Qatar Open in February). Świątek was the youngest winner of multiple majors since Maria Sharapova in 2006.
2023 US Open – Women's singlesTennis championship← 2022 ·US Open· 2024 →2023 tennis event resultsCoco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 US Open. It was her first major singles title. Gauff was the first American teenager to win the title since Serena Williams in 1999, and one of three teenagers to win the title within five years (following Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and Emma Raducanu in 2021).
Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singlesChina's Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia's Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gold medal in the women's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was China's first gold medal in the women's singles, its first gold medal in Olympic tennis since the women's doubles in 2004, the first singles gold medal for an Asian country in Olympic tennis, and also the first women's singles medal for Croatia.
Simona HalepRomanian tennis player (born 1991)Simona Halep (Romanian pronunciation:; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 64 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. Halep won 25 WTA Tour–level titles, including two majors at the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles← 2019 ·Pan Pacific Open· 2023 →2022 tennis event resultsLiudmila Samsonova defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 7–5, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 2022 Pan Pacific Open. She did not drop a set en route to her third title of the season. By reaching her first WTA Tour final as a 19-year-old, Zheng became the first Chinese teenager to contest a WTA singles final.
WTA rankingsWomen's Tennis Association rankings of playersThe PIF WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), introduced in November 1975. The computer that calculates the ranking is nicknamed "Medusa".
Li NaChinese tennis player ). Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, achieved in February 2014. Li won nine WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two majors at the 2011 French Open (defeating the defending champion Francesca Schiavone) and 2014 Australian Open. She is the first major singles champion born in Asia, male or female.2023 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – SinglesZheng Qinwen defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2023 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. It was Zheng's first WTA Tour singles title, and she was the first Chinese player to win the singles title at Palermo. Irina-Camelia Begu was the reigning champion, but she chose to compete at the WTA 125 event in Iași instead.
Grand Slam (tennis)Tennis term for winning all four major championshipsThe Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners.
TennisRacket sportTennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The objective is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.
Women's Tennis AssociationInternational organization for women's tennisThe 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 are in St. Petersburg, Florida, with its European headquarters in London and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing.
WTA TourThe WTA Tour (also known as the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz 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 Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. Season format2024–presentIn 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory.
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