WTA 250 is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.[1] [2] Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments.
At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2024, this has risen to approximately $267,082.
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning a WTA 500 tournament.[3]
1990–2008
WTA Tier III / IV / V
2009–2020
WTA International
2021–present
WTA 250
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane |  V. Azarenka (1/5) |  K. Clijsters (1/1) |  Kvitová (2/5) | WTA Premier | |||||||||
| Auckland |  E. Dementieva (1/1) | Wickmayer (3/5) |  G. Arn (1/1) |  J. Zheng (1/1) |  A. Radwańska (1/4) |  Ivanovic (4/5) |  V. Williams (4/6) | Stephens (2/4) | L. Davis (1/2) | Görges (3/5) | Görges (5/5) | S. Williams (2/2) | |
| Shenzhen | Not an Event | N. Li (2/3) | N. Li (3/3) |  Halep (6/10) | A. Radwańska (4/4) | K. Siniaková (1/5) | Halep (8/10) | A. Sabalenka (1/3) | E. Alexandrova (1/4) | ||||
| Hobart | P. Kvitová (1/5) |  A. Bondarenko (1/1) |  Gajdošová (2/2) | M. Barthel (1/3) | E. Vesnina (1/1) |  G. Muguruza (1/3) |  Watson (2/4) |  Cornet (4/5) | E. Mertens (1/6) | Mertens (2/6) | S. Kenin (1/4) |  Rybakina (2/2) | |
| Pattaya City | V. Zvonareva (1/3) | Zvonareva (2/3) |  D. Hantuchová (1/4) | Hantuchová (2/4) | M. Kirilenko (1/1) | E. Makarova (1/2) | Hantuchová (4/4) | Not an Event | |||||
| Kaohsiung/ Taipei | Not an Event | V. Williams (6/6) | Svitolina (5/10) | Babos (3/3) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Hua Hin | Not an Event | Yastremska (2/3) | Linette (2/3) | ||||||||||
| Memphis | Azarenka (2/5) | M. Sharapova (1/3) | Rybáriková (2/4) |  S. Arvidsson (1/1) |  M. Erakovic (1/1) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | Not an Event |  K. Nara (1/1) |  Errani (6/6) | Schiavone (4/5) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Acapulco | V. Williams (1/6) | V. Williams (2/6) |  G. Dulko (1/1) | S. Errani (1/6) | Errani (5/6) | D. Cibulková (1/3) | Bacsinszky (2/4) | Stephens (3/4) | Tsurenko (3/4) | Tsurenko (4/4) | Y. Wang (1/1) | Watson (4/4) | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Not an Event | A. Kleybanova (1/2) | J. Dokic (1/1) | S-w. Hsieh (1/3) | Ka. Plíšková (1/6) | D. Vekić (1/4) | Wozniacki (8/9) | Svitolina (4/10) | A. Barty (1/3) | Not an Event | |||
| Florianópolis | Not an Event | M. Niculescu (1/3) | K. Zakopalová (1/1) |  Pereira (2/2) | Begu (3/5) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Lyon | Not an Event | Kenin (4/4) | |||||||||||
| Monterrey | M. Bartoli (1/2) | A. Pavlyuchenkova (1/10) | Pavlyuchenkova (3/10) | T. Babos (1/3) | Pavlyuchenkova (4/10) | Ivanovic (5/5) | Bacsinszky (3/4) | Watson (3/4) | Pavlyuchenkova (7/10) | Muguruza (2/3) | Muguruza (3/3) | Svitolina (7/10) | |
| Ponte Vedra Beach | C. Wozniacki (1/9) | Wozniacki (2/9) | Not an Event | ||||||||||
| Marbella | J. Janković (1/4) | Pennetta (2/2) | Azarenka (3/5) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Katowice | Not an Event | Vinci (7/8) | Cornet (3/5) | A.K. Schmiedlová (1/3) | Cibulková (2/3) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Barcelona | R. Vinci (1/8) | F. Schiavone (1/5) | Vinci (3/8) | Errani (2/6) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Biel/ Lugano | Not an Event | M. Vondroušová (1/1) | Mertens (3/6) | Hercog (3/3) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Estoril | Y. Wickmayer (1/5) | A. Sevastova (1/4) | Medina Garrigues (2/3) |  Kanepi (2/2) | Pavlyuchenkova (5/10) | C. Suárez Navarro (1/1) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Strasbourg | A. Rezaï (1/3) | Sharapova (2/3) | Petkovic (2/5) | Schiavone (2/5) | Cornet (2/5) | M. Puig (1/1) | Stosur (4/6) | Garcia (2/7) | Stosur (6/6) | Pavlyuchenkova (10/10) | Yastremska (3/3) | Svitolina (8/10) | |
| Bogotá | MJ. Martínez Sánchez (1/4) |  M. Duque-Mariño (1/1) | L. Domínguez Lino (1/1) | L. Arruabarrena (1/2) | Janković (2/4) | C. Garcia (1/7) | T. Pereira (1/2) | I. Falconi (1/1) | Schiavone (5/5) | Schmiedlová (3/3) | A. Anisimova (1/2) | < | --2020-->Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| Fez/ Marrakech/ Rabat | A. Medina Garrigues (1/3) | I. Benešová (1/1) | A. Brianti (1/1) | K. Bertens (1/5) | Schiavone (3/5) | MT. Torró Flor (1/1) | Svitolina (3/10) | Bacsinszky (4/4) | Pavlyuchenkova (8/10) | Mertens (4/6) | M. Sakkari (1/1) | ||
| Nottingham | Not an Event | A. Konjuh (1/1) | Ka. Plíšková (5/6) | Vekić (2/4) | Barty (2/3) | Garcia (5/7) | |||||||
| 's-Hertogenbosch |  T. Tanasugarn (1/2) | J. Henin (1/1) | Vinci (4/8) | Petrova (2/3) | Halep (2/10) | C. Vandeweghe (1/2) | C. Giorgi (1/3) | Vandeweghe (2/2) | A. Kontaveit (1/3) | A. Krunić (1/1) | Riske (2/3) | ||
| Birmingham | M. Rybáriková (1/4) | N. Li (1/3) | S. Lisicki (1/3) | M. Oudin (1/1) | Hantuchová (3/4) | WTA Premier | |||||||
| Nürnberg/ Bad Homburg | Not an Event | S. Halep (1/10) |  E. Bouchard (1/1) | Knapp (2/2) | Bertens (2/5) | Bertens (3/5) | Larsson (2/2) | Y. Putintseva (1/3) | |||||
| Bucharest | Not an Event | Halep (5/10) | Schmiedlová (2/3) | Halep (7/10) | Begu (4/5) | Sevastova (3/4) | E. Rybakina (1/2) | ||||||
| Gstaad/ Lausanne | Not an Event | V. Golubic (1/2) | Bertens (4/5) | Cornet (5/5) | F. Ferro (1/2) | ||||||||
| Jūrmala | Not an Event | Sevastova (4/4) | |||||||||||
| Washington, D.C. | Not an Event | N. Petrova (1/3) | Rybáriková (3/4) | Rybáriková (4/4) | S. Kuznetsova (1/2) | S. Stephens (1/4) | Wickmayer (5/5) | Makarova (2/2) | Kuznetsova (2/2) | J. Pegula (1/2) | |||
| Mallorca | Not an Event | Garcia (3/7) | Sevastova (2/4) | T. Maria (1/3) | Kenin (2/4) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Budapest | Á. Szávay (1/3) | Szávay (2/3) | Vinci (5/8) | Errani (3/6) | Halep (3/10) | Not an Event | Babos (2/3) | Van Uytvanck (2/5) | Van Uytvanck (3/5) | Not an Event | |||
| Båstad | Martínez Sánchez (2/4) | Rezaï (3/3) | P. Hercog (1/3) | Hercog (2/3) | S. Williams (1/2) | Barthel (2/3) | J. Larsson (1/2) | L. Siegemund (1/1) | Siniaková (2/5) | Not an Event | |||
| Prague |  S. Bammer (1/1) | Szávay (3/3) | ITF Women's Circuit | Ka. Plíšková (4/6) | Šafářová (2/2) | Barthel (3/3) | Kvitová (5/5) | J. Teichmann (1/2) | Halep (9/10) | ||||
| Palermo | F. Pennetta (1/2) | K. Kanepi (1/2) | Medina Garrigues (3/3) | Errani (4/6) | Vinci (8/8) | Not an Event | Teichmann (2/2) | Ferro (2/2) | |||||
| Portorož | D. Safina (1/1) | A. Chakvetadze (1/1) | Not an Event | ||||||||||
| Bad Gastein | A. Petkovic (1/5) | J. Görges (1/5) | Martínez Sánchez (3/4) | A. Cornet (1/5) | Y. Meusburger (1/1) | Petkovic (3/5) | Stosur (5/6) | Not an Event | |||||
| Baku | Not held | Zvonareva (3/3) | B. Jovanovski (1/2) | E. Svitolina (1/10) | Svitolina (2/10) | M. Gasparyan (1/2) | Not an Event | ||||||
| İstanbul | V. Dushevina (1/1) | Pavlyuchenkova (2/10) | Not held | Wozniacki (7/9) | L. Tsurenko (1/4) |  Ç Büyükakçay (1/1) | Svitolina (6/10) | P. Parmentier (1/2) | P. Martić (1/2) | PM. Țig (1/1) | |||
| Moscow River | Not an Event | O. Danilović (1/2) | Not an Event | ||||||||||
| Dallas | Not an Event | Lisicki (2/3) | Vinci (6/8) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| The Bronx | Not an Event | M. Linette (1/3) | Not an Event | ||||||||||
| Lexington | Not an Event | J. Brady (1/1) | |||||||||||
| Copenhagen | Not an Event | Wozniacki (3/9) | Wozniacki (4/9) | A. Kerber (1/4) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Québec City | M. Czink (1/1) | T. Paszek (1/1) | B. Záhlavová-Strýcová (1/2) | K. Flipkens (1/1) | L. Šafářová (1/2) | M. Lučić-Baroni (1/1) | Beck (2/2) | O. Dodin (1/1) | A. Van Uytvanck (1/5) | Parmentier (2/2) | Not an Event | ||
| Tashkent |  Pe'er (2/2) | A. Kudryavtseva (1/1) | K. Pervak (1/1) | IC. Begu (1/5) | Jovanovski (2/2) | K. Knapp (1/2) | N. Hibino (1/3) | Kr. Plíšková (1/1) | K. Bondarenko (1/1) | Gasparyan (2/2) | Van Uytvanck (4/5) | Not an Event | |
| Linz | Wickmayer (2/5) | A. Ivanovic (1/5) | Kvitová (3/5) | Azarenka (5/5) | Kerber (2/4) | Ka. Plíšková (3/6) | Pavlyuchenkova (6/10) | Cibulková (3/3) | Strýcová (2/2) | Giorgi (2/3) | C. Gauff (1/4) | Sabalenka (3/3) | |
| Osaka/ Tokyo/ Hiroshima | S. Stosur (1/6) | Tanasugarn (2/2) | Bartoli (2/2) | H. Watson (1/4) | Stosur (2/6) | Stosur (3/6) | Wickmayer (4/5) | C. McHale (1/1) | Z. Diyas (1/1) | Hsieh (3/3) | Hibino (2/3) | < | --2020-->Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| Nanchang | Not an Event | Y. Duan (1/1) | Peng (2/2) | Q. Wang (1/2) | R. Peterson (1/2) | ||||||||
| Seoul | K. Date-Krumm (1/1) | Kleybanova (2/2) | Martínez Sánchez (4/4) | Wozniacki (5/9) | A. Radwańska (2/4) | Ka. Plíšková (2/6) | Begu (2/5) | Arruabarrena (2/2) | J. Ostapenko (1/3) | Bertens (5/5) | K. Muchová (1/1) | ||
| Guangzhou | S. Pe'er (1/2) | J. Gajdošová (1/2) | C. Scheepers (1/1) | Hsieh (2/3) | S. Zhang (1/3) | Niculescu (2/3) | Janković (3/4) | Tsurenko (2/4) | Zhang (2/3) | Q. Wang (2/2) | Kenin (3/4) | ||
| Tianjin | Not an Event | A. Riske (1/3) | A. Radwańska (3/4) | S. Peng (1/2) | Sharapova (3/3) | Garcia (4/7) | Peterson (2/2) | ||||||
| Hong Kong | Not an Event | Lisicki (3/3) | Janković (4/4) | Wozniacki (9/9) | Pavlyuchenkova (9/10) | D. Yastremska (1/3) | Cancelled due to Hong Kong protests | ||||||
| Luxembourg | T. Bacsinszky (1/4) | Vinci (2/8) | Azarenka (4/5) | V. Williams (3/6) | Wozniacki (6/9) | A. Beck (1/2) | M. Doi (1/1) | Niculescu (3/3) | C. Witthöft (1/1) | Görges (4/5) | Ostapenko (2/3) | ||
| Bali/ Sofia/ Zhuhai | Rezaï (2/3) | Ivanovic (2/5) | Ivanovic (3/5) | Petrova (3/3) | Halep (4/10) | Petkovic (4/5) | V. Williams (5/6) | Kvitová (4/5) | Görges (2/5) | Barty (3/3) | Sabalenka (2/3) | ||
| Auckland | Cancelled due to COVID-19[5] | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Gauff (3/4) | Gauff (4/4) | |||
| Shenzhen | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation[6] | Suspended | bgcolor=#ececec rowspan=1 align=center | Not an event | |||
| Melbourne 1 | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | S. Halep (10/10) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | ||
| Melbourne 2 | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | A. Anisimova (2/2) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | ||
| Hobart | Cancelled | L. Davis (2/2) | E. Navarro (1/1) | ||||
| Adelaide 2 | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Not an event | M. Keys (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | bgcolor=#ececec rowspan=1 align=center | Not an event |
| Melbourne 4 | D. Kasatkina (1/2) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=center | Not an event | ||||
| Hua Hin | Cancelled | Cancelled | L. Zhu (1/1) | D. Shnaider (1/3) R. Šramková (1/1) | |||
| Acapulco | Not an event | ||||||
| Cluj-Napoca 2 | Kontaveit (3/3) | A. Blinkova (1/1) | T. Korpatsch (1/1) | Ka. Plíšková (6/6) | |||
| Austin | Not an event | M. Kostyuk (1/1) | Y. Yuan (1/1) | ||||
| Lyon | C. Tauson (1/2) | S. Zhang (3/3) | A. Parks (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec align=center | Not an event | ||
| Guadalajara | S. Sorribes Tormo (1/2) | S. Stephens (4/5) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | |||
| Bogotá | C. Osorio (1/2) | T. Maria (2/3) | Maria (3/3) | Osorio (2/2) | |||
| Rouen | bgcolor=#ececec align=center | Not an event | WTA 125 | Stephens (5/5) | |||
| Rabat | Cancelled | M. Trevisan (1/1) | L. Bronzetti (1/1) | P. Stearns (1/1) | |||
| Cologne | Not an event | ||||||
| Nottingham | J. Konta (1/1) | B. Haddad Maia (1/2) | K. Boulter (1/2) | Boulter (2/2) | |||
| 's-Hertogenbosch | Cancelled | E. Alexandrova (2/4) | Alexandrova (4/4) | Samsonova (3/3) | |||
| Birmingham |  O. Jabeur (1/2) | Haddad Maia (2/2) | J. Ostapenko (3/3) | Putintseva (3/3) | |||
| Budapest | Y. Putintseva (2/3) | B. Pera (1/2) | M. Timofeeva (1/1) | Shnaider (2/3) | |||
| Palermo | D. Collins (1/1) | IC. Begu (5/5) | Q. Zheng (1/2) | Q. Zheng (2/2) | |||
| Iași | Not an event | WTA 125 | M. Andreeva (1/1) | ||||
| Prague | Krejčíková (2/3) | M. Bouzková (1/1) | N. Hibino (3/3) | M. Linette (3/3) | |||
| Cleveland | A. Kontaveit (2/3) | Samsonova (2/3) | Sorribes Tormo (2/2) | M. Kessler (1/1) | |||
| Monastir | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Not an event | E. Mertens (5/6) | Mertens (6/6) | S. Kartal (1/1) | ||
| Ningbo | Not an event | Jabeur (2/2) | |||||
| Granby | Cancelled | Kasatkina (2/2) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | |||
| Osaka | Cancelled | A. Krueger (1/1) | S. Lamens (1/1) | ||||
| Guangzhou | Cancelled | Suspended | X. Wang (1/1) | O. Danilović (2/2) | |||
| Hong Kong | Cancelled | Suspended | Fernandez (3/3) | Shnaider (3/3) | |||
| Mérida | Not an event | C. Giorgi (3/3) | Z. Sönmez (1/1) | ||||
| Tianjin | Cancelled | Suspended | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | |||
| Nanchang Jiujiang | Siniaková (5/5) | V. Golubic (2/2) | |||||
| Monterrey | L. Fernandez (1/3) | Fernandez (2/3) | Vekić (4/4) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | ||
| Anning | Cancelled | Suspended | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | |||
| Charleston 2 | A. Sharma (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=center | Not an event | ||||
| İstanbul | S. Cîrstea (1/1) | A. Potapova (1/2) | Cancelled due to earthquake | Not an event | |||
| Belgrade | P. Badosa (1/1) | Not an event | |||||
| Strasbourg | B. Krejcikova (1/3) | Kerber (4/4) | Svitolina (10/10) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | ||
| Bad Homburg | A. Kerber (3/4) | C. Garcia (6/7) | Siniaková (4/5) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | ||
| Lausanne | T. Zidanšek (1/1) | P. Martić (2/2) | E. Cocciaretto (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Not an event | ||
| Hamburg | EG. Ruse (1/1) | Pera (2/2) | A. Rus (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 125 | ||
| Gdynia/Warsaw | M. Zanevska (1/1) | Garcia (7/7) | I. Świątek (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 125 | ||
| Washington, D.C. | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Exhibition | L. Samsonova (1/3) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | WTA 500 | ||
| Cluj-Napoca | A. Petkovic (5/5) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=center | Not an event | ||||
| Chicago | E. Svitolina (9/10) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=center | Not an event | ||||
| Luxembourg | Tauson (2/2) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=center | Not an event | ||||
| Portorož | J. Paolini (1/1) | K. Siniaková (3/5) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | |||
| Chennai | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Not an event | L. Fruhvirtová (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | ||
| Seoul | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 125 | Alexandrova (3/4) | J. Pegula (2/2) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | |
| Astana | A. Van Uytvanck (5/5) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=center | Not an event | ||||
| Parma | C. Gauff (2/4) |  M. Sherif (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | WTA 125 | |||
| Tallinn | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Not an event | Krejčíková (3/3) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=center | Not an event | ||
| Linz | A. Riske (3/3) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | Not an event | Potapova (2/2) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan=1 align=center | WTA 500 | |
| Tenerife | A. Li (1/1) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan="3" align=center | Not an event | ||||
| Courmayeur | D. Vekić (3/4) | bgcolor=#ececec colspan="3" align=center | Not an event | ||||
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