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 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
In 2024, the WTA made all WTA 1000 events mandatory. The WTA Elite Trophy did not return:
Ten events with prize money ranging from US$2 million to US$10 million.
17 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
23 events, with prize money at US$250,000.
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:
12 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000.
30 events, with prize money at US$250,000.
The WTA Tour comprised from 2009 to the 2021 reorganization:
There were 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.
See main article: WTA rankings. WTA publishes weekly rankings of professional players.
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 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:[1]
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: