WTA 1000 tournaments
WTA 1000 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier and it is implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.[1][2]
| WTA Tour tournaments |
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| 1990–2008 |
| 2009–2020 |
| 2021–present |
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WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 |
| Other |
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Billie Jean King Cup WTA 125 |
As of 2021, WTA 1000 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $1,000,000.
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 1,000 (mandatory: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing) or 900 (non-mandatory: Dubai/Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan).
This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 470 points for winning a WTA 500 tournament, and 280 for winning a WTA 250 tournament.
Events
| Legend |
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| WTA 1000 (Mandatory) |
| WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory) |
| Tournament | City | Country | Surface | Current singles champion | Current doubles champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai or Qatar Open* |
Dubai Doha |
Hard | |||
| Indian Wells Open | Indian Wells | Hard | |||
| Miami Open | Miami Gardens | Hard | |||
| Madrid Open | Madrid | Clay | |||
| Italian Open | Rome | Clay | |||
| Canadian Open | Toronto or Montreal ‡ | Hard | |||
| Cincinnati Open | Mason | Hard | |||
| Wuhan Open | Wuhan | Hard | |||
| China Open | Beijing | Hard |
* — Both tournaments take place annually, but each season has only one of them as WTA 1000 status, while the other one becomes WTA 500 (alternates every year).
‡ — The WTA tournament alternates between the two Canadian locations annually.
Historic names
1990–2008
WTA Tier I
2009–2020
WTA Premier Mandatory / Premier 5
2021–present
WTA 1000
Singles champions
WTA Tier I
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | WTA Tier II | |||||||||
| Indian Wells | WTA Tier II | |||||||||
| Miami | ||||||||||
| Charleston | ||||||||||
| Berlin | ||||||||||
| Rome | ||||||||||
| Canada | ||||||||||
| Moscow | Not an event | WTA Tier III | ||||||||
| Zurich | WTA Tier II | Fragnière | ||||||||
| Chicago | WTA Tier II | Not an event | ||||||||
| Boca Raton | WTA Tier II | WTA Tier II | Not an event | |||||||
| Philadelphia | Not an event | WTA Tier II | WTA Tier II | |||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha | Not an event | WTA Tier III | WTA Tier II | ||||||
| Tokyo | |||||||||
| Indian Wells | |||||||||
| Miami | |||||||||
| Charleston | |||||||||
| Berlin | |||||||||
| Rome | |||||||||
| San Diego | WTA Tier II | Not an event | |||||||
| Canada | |||||||||
| Moscow | |||||||||
| Zurich | WTA Tier II | ||||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory / Premier 5
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | WTA Premier | WTA Premier | WTA Premier | WTA Premier | ||||||||
| Doha | Not an event | WTA Premier | WTA Premier | WTA Premier | WTA Premier | |||||||
| Indian Wells | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
| Miami | ||||||||||||
| Madrid | ||||||||||||
| Rome | ||||||||||||
| Canada | Cancelled | |||||||||||
| Cincinnati | ||||||||||||
| Tokyo | WTA Premier | |||||||||||
| Wuhan | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||||||
| Beijing | ||||||||||||
Statistics
Most titles
Bold face designates active players.
| Rank | Player | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | |
| 2 | 17 | |
| 3 | 14 | |
| 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | 10 | |
| 8 | 9 | |
References
- "WTA unveils comprehensive rebrand". WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 2 December 2020.
- "WTA will align tournament categories with ATP from 2021 season". Sky Sports. 2 December 2020.
- "WTA announces 2021 calendar update". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
