The WTA Tour (currently known as the Hologic 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 125 series , and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour . The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour .
5-498: The Toyota Princess Cup was a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament held annually from 1997-2002. It was played in Tokyo , Japan and was categorized as a Tier II event. Competitors played their matches on outdoor hardcourts . Monica Seles and Serena Williams each won the event twice, with Seles collecting a further two titles in the doubles event. Ai Sugiyama was the only winner from Japan, with her two triumphs coming in
10-487: 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: All WTA players also have a Universal Tennis Rating , based on head-to-head results. The points distribution for tournaments in 2024 is shown below: S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players. * Assumes undefeated round robin match record. Note that if
15-497: A player or team receives one or more byes and then loses their first match of the tournament, they will only receive points for the first round of that tournament. For example, if a player receives a bye in R64 and then loses her match in R32, she will only receive points for R64 despite having advanced (via bye) to R32. Similarly, if a player or team withdraws from their first match after receiving
20-405: The 2021 reorganization: WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players. [ vedit · edit source ] [ vedit · edit source ] 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 18 tournaments for singles and 12 for doubles. Points are awarded based on how far
25-449: The doubles in 1997 and 2000. These were the total prize funds for each tournament. WTA Tour In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return: 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 : The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to
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