WTA Tennis

Map showing the location WTA (Women's) Tennis Tournament Stadiums in the world.



WTA Tennis refers to the tennis events held under the supervision of the Women’s Tennis Association or the WTA Tour. The Women’s Tennis Association is the supreme authority in the domain of women’s tennis.

The WTA is affiliated to the international governing body of tennis, the International Tennis Federation or the ITF. WTA Tennis consists of numerous tennis tournaments held every year in the women’s circuit. WTA is a similar organization to the Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP, which governs men’s circuit in the international domain of tennis.

The Women’s Tennis Association or the WTA was established in the month of September in 1973. Since then, the organization has been holding a number of tennis tournaments every year. At present WTA is known as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. The tournaments organized under the WTA tennis can be categorized in various groups. The main groups of WTA Tennis tournaments are Grand Slams, Season-ending championships and Tier tournaments. The Tier tournaments are again divided into four sub-categories named Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV. Players participating in the WTA Tennis tournaments are awarded points on their performance during the competition. These points are calculated to decide their places on the ITF rankings. Apart from these tournaments, there are also some ITF events included in the schedule of WTA Tennis.

Many female players have become famous for their performance in various tournaments held under the WTA Tennis. Justine Henin, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Margaret Smith Court, Virginia Wade, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Billie Jean King, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Tracy Austin, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Conchita Martinez and Helena Sukova are some of the famous tennis players, who have become famous winning various tournaments scheduled under WTA Tennis.

2013 Women’s Tennis WTA Tournament Schedule

Event Date ATP Tournament Name City/Location Country
Jan 7 – Jan 11 WTA Apia International Sydney Sydney Australia
Jan 7 – Jan 12 WTA Moorilla Hobart International Hobart Australia
Jan 14 – Jan 27 Australian Open Melbourne Australia
Jan 28 – Feb 3 WTA OPEN GDF SUEZ Paris France
Jan 28 – Feb 3 WTA PTT Pattaya Women’s Open Pattaya City Thailand
Feb 11 – Feb 17 WTA Qatar Total Open Doha Qatar
Feb 17 – Feb 23 WTA XIX COPA BBVA COLSANITAS Bogota Colombia
Feb 18 – Feb 23 WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai UAE
Feb 18 – Feb 23 WTA Memphis International Event Memphis Tennessee
Feb 25 – Mar 2 WTA Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Presentado por HSBC Acapulco Mexico
Feb 25 – Mar 3 WTA BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Feb 25 – Mar 2 WTA Correios Brasil Florianapiolis Brazil
Mar 4 – Mar 17 WTA BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, California USA
Mar 18 – Mar 30 WTA Sony Open Tennis Miami, Florida USA
Apr 1 – Apr 7 WTA Tour Family Circle Cup Charleston, South Carolina USA
Apr 1 – Apr 7 WTA Whirlpool Monterrey Open Monterrey Mexico
Apr 8 – Apr 14 WTA Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona Spain
Apr 8 – Apr 14 WTA e-Boks Open Copenhagen Denmark
Apr 22 – Apr 28 WTA Grand Prix S.A.R La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes Morocco
Apr 22 – Apr 28 WTA Tour Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart Germany
Apr 29 – May 4 WTA Estoril Open Estoril Portugal
May 6 – May 12 WTA Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open Madrid Spain
May 13 – May 19 WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia Rome Italy
May 20 – May 25 WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
May 20 – May 26 WTA Brussels Open presented by BNP Paribas Fortis Brussels Belgium
May 27 – Jun 9 French Open Roland Garros, Paris France
Jun 10 – Jun 16 WTA AEGON Classic Edgbaston Birmingham
Jun 17 – Jun 22 WTA AEGON International Eastbourne England
Jun 17 – Jun 22 WTA UNICEF Open s-Hertogenbosch Netherlands
Jun 24 – Jul 7 Wimbledon Wimbledon England
Jul 8 – Jul 14 WTA Budapset Grand Prix Budapest Hungary
Jul 8 – Jul 14 WTA Tour XXVI Italia Open – Internazionali femminilli di tennis di Palermo Palermo Italy
Jul 15 – Jul 21 WTA Sony Swedish Open Women Bastad Sweden
Jul 15 – Jul 21 WTA NURNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein Austria
Jul 22 – Jul 28 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic Stanford, California USA
Jul 22 – Jul 28 WTA Baku Cup Baku Azerbaijan
Jul 29 – Aug 4 WTA Mercury Insurance Open Carlsbad, California USA
Jul 29 – Aug 4 WTA Citi Open Washington D.C. USA USA
Aug 5 – Aug 11 WTA Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal Canada
Aug 12 – Aug 18 WTA Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Aug 19 – Aug 24 WTA New Haven Open at Yale Connecticut USA
Aug 19 – Aug 23 WTA Texas Open Dallas, Texas USA
Aug 26 – Sep 8 US Open Flushing Meadows, New York USA
Sep 9 – Sep 15 WTA Tour Bell Challenge Quebec City Canada
Sep 9 – Sep 14 WTA Tour Tashkent Open Tashkent Uzbekistan
Sep 16 – Sep 21 WTA GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women’s Open Guangzhou China
Sep 16 – Sep 22 WTA Korea Open Seoul Korea
Sep 22 – Sep 28 WTA Tour Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo Japan
Sep 30 – Oct 6 WTA Tour China Open Beijing China
Oct 7 – Oct 13 WTA Generali Ladies Linz presented by voestalpine Linz Austria
Oct 7 – Oct 13 WTA HP Japan Women’s Open Tennis Osaka Japan
Oct 14 – Oct 20 WTA BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg USA
Oct 14 – Oct 20 WTA Kremlin Cup Moscow Russia
Oct 22 – Oct 27 TEB BNP PARIBAS WTA Championships Istanbul Turkey
Oct 29 – Nov 3 WTA Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions Sofia Bulgaria

2012 Women’s Tennis WTA Tournament Schedule

Event Date ATP Tournament Name City/Location Country
30th – 5th Jan 2012 WTA Brisbane International Brisbane Australia
31st – 6th Jan 2012 WTA Shenzhen Open Shenzhen China
31st – 6th Jan 2012 WTA ASB Classic Auckland New Zealand

 

Tennis (Women’s) WTA Player Ranking

ATP Rankings Player Name Country Ranking Points
1 Serena Williams United States 9,400
2 Agnieszka Radwanska Poland 7,425
3 Angelique Kerber Germany 5,550
4 Sara Errani Italy 5,100
5 Na Li China 5,095
6 Petra Kvitova Czech Republic 5,085
7 Samantha Stosur Australia 4,135
8 Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 3,765
9 Marion Bartoli France 3,740
10 Nadia Petrova Russia 3,040
11 Ana Ivanovic Serbia 2,900
12 Maria Kirilenko Russia 2,540
13 Dominika Cibulkova Slovakia 2,495
14 Roberta Vinci Italy 2,475
15 Lucie Safarova Czech Republic 2,125
16 Victoria Azarenka Belarus 10,595
17 Maria Sharapova Russia 10,045
18 Julia Goerges Germany 1,965
19 Kaia Kanepi Estonia 1,929
20 Ekaterina Makarova Russia 1,841

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