Structure (2024-present)

In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return:

• Grand Slam tournaments (4)
• Year-ending WTA Finals (1)
• WTA 1000 tournaments: Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million.
• WTA 500 tournaments: 17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
• WTA 250 tournaments: 23 events, with prize money at US$250,000.

Structure (2021–2023)

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:

• Grand Slam tournaments (4)
• Year-ending WTA Finals (1)
• Penultimate event WTA Elite Trophy (1)
• WTA 1000 tournaments (9):
  • Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing. The Beijing tournament was not held in 2021 and 2022 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and returned in 2023.
  • Non-mandatory: Five events in Doha/Dubai, Rome, Montreal/Toronto, Cincinnati, and Wuhan with prize money ranging from US$2.3 million to US$2.7 million. From 2020 to 2023, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, a new WTA 1000 tournament was held in Guadalajara as a replacement for Wuhan. From 2021-2023, Doha and Dubai switched off, with one being a WTA 1000 event and the other being a WTA 500 event.
• WTA 500 tournaments: 12 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
• WTA 250 tournaments: 30 events, with prize money at US$250,000.

Structure (2009–2020)

The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2021 reorganization:

• Grand Slam tournaments (4)
• Year-ending WTA Tour Championships (1)
• Penultimate event WTA Elite Trophy (From 2015 onwards) (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, the Tianjin Open, and the year-ending WTA Tournament of Champions, each with prize money of US$750,000.

Current rankings

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WTA rankings (singles) as of 22 April 2024[update][1][2] No. Player Points Move 1  Iga Świątek (POL) 10,560 2 Aryna Sabalenka 7,848 3  Coco Gauff (USA) 7,258 4  Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 6,293 5  Jessica Pegula (USA) 4,870 6  Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4,195 7  Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) 4,090 1 8  Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 4,000 1 9  Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3,533 10  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 3,438 11 Daria Kasatkina 3,313 12  Karolína Muchová (CZE) 2,965 13  Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 2,938 1 14  Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 2,830 1 15  Danielle Collins (USA) 2,639 16 Ekaterina Alexandrova 2,560 17 Liudmila Samsonova 2,550 18  Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2,457 19 Veronika Kudermetova 2,383 20  Madison Keys (USA) 2,298

WTA rankings (doubles) as of 22 April 2024[update][3][4] No. Player Points Move 1  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 8,565 2  Elise Mertens (BEL) 8,345 3  Storm Hunter (AUS) 7,695 4  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 6,495 5  Erin Routliffe (NZL) 6,160 6  Laura Siegemund (GER) 5,680 7  Ellen Perez (AUS) 5,275 1  Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 5,275 9  Vera Zvonareva 4,983 10  Luisa Stefani (BRA) 4,655 1 11  Taylor Townsend (USA) 4,413 1 12  Demi Schuurs (NED) 4,340 2 13  Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 4,313 14  Jessica Pegula (USA) 4,060 1 15  Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 3,960 1 16  Marie Bouzková (CZE) 3,889 17  Coco Gauff (USA) 3,735 18  Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) 3,700 19  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 3,403 20  Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 3,285

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