WTA Tour

The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit.

WTA Tour tournaments

The WTA Tour comprises:

Grand Slam tournaments (4)
Year-ending WTA Tour Championships (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, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing.
- Premier Five: Five $2.8 million events in Doha/Dubai, Rome, Montreal/Toronto, Cincinnati, and Wuhan.
- 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, Moscow River Cup, Hong Kong Tennis Open and the Tianjin Open, each with prize money of US$750,000; and the year-ending WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai which has prize money of US$2.3 million.

WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 28 December 2020[1]
No.	Player	Points	Move^†
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	8,717
2	Simona Halep (ROU)	7,255
3	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	5,780
4	Sofia Kenin (USA)	5,760
5	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	5,260
6	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	5,205
7	Bianca Andreescu (CAN)	4,555
8	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,516
9	Kiki Bertens (NED)	4,505
10	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	4,220
11	Serena Williams (USA)	4,080
12	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	4,010
13	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	3,426
14	Johanna Konta (GBR)	3,152
15	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	3,016
16	Madison Keys (USA)	2,962
17	Iga Świątek (POL)	2,960
18	Petra Martić (CRO)	2,850
19	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	2,696
20	Elise Mertens (BEL)	2,650

^†Change since previous rankings

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 28 December 2020[2]
No.	Player	Points	Move^‡
1	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	9,010
2	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	8,945
3	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	8,115
4	Tímea Babos (HUN)	7,955
5	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	7,575
6	Elise Mertens (BEL)	7,490
7	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	5,955
8	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	5,865
9	Xu Yifan (CHN)	5,820
10	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	5,675
11	Nicole Melichar (USA)	4,730
12	Demi Schuurs (NED)	4,730
13	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER)	4,495
14	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	4,060
15	Latisha Chan (TPE)	3,905
15	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)	3,905
17	Květa Peschke (CZE)	3,820
18	Duan Yingying (CHN)	3,810
19	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	3,680
20	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	3,640

^‡Change since previous week's rankings

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Women's tennis tour seasons
Pre Open era tournaments	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Open era (before WTA)	1968 1969
Independent tournaments	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
ILTF Women's International Grand Prix circuit	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Virginia Slims Circuit	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Virginia Slims Series / Colgate Series	1976 1977 1978
Avon Series / Colgate Series	1979 1980
Avon Series / Toyota Series	1981 1982
Virginia Slims World Championship Series	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
WTA Tour	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

International sports world tours and series
Ball sports	Badminton Beach volleyball Golf Racquetball men women Rugby sevens men women Squash Table tennis Tennis men women
Summer sports	Archery Athletics outdoor indoor Bodyboarding Canoe slalom Chess Cue sports pool Euro Tour Women's snooker Diving high diving Fencing Gymnastics artistic rhythmic World Cup Grand Prix Modern pentathlon Shooting Skyrunning Surfing
Winter sports	Biathlon Figure skating Skiing alpine cross-country freestyle nordic combined ski jumping Sledding bobsleigh luge skeleton Snowboarding Speed skating long track short track
Racing sports	Automobile racing electric endurance karting open wheel rally touring Cycling bicycle motocross cyclo-cross mountain biking men's road women's road track six-day racing Motorcycle racing grand prix superbike motocross speedway sidecar Mountain running Rowing Sailing Swimming marathon Triathlon