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The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF); the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier); the WTA International tournaments; the Fed Cup ...
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.
2009–2020. Premier. International. v. t. e. 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 .
WTA 500 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At their introduction in 2021, WTA 500 tournaments' prize money was approximately $500,000.
The WTA 1000 tournaments are a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour, governed by the Women's Tennis Association. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier implemented in the 2021 schedule reorganization. [ 1][ 2] Until 2024, only four of the nine WTA 1000 tournaments were mandatory, when the ...
From 1990 to 2008, the tournament was classified as a WTA Tier I event. In 2009, it was downgraded to a WTA Premier tournament. It celebrated its 40th year in 2012 [14] by naming its main stadium court in honor of Billie Jean King. [15] [16] With the reorganization of the WTA's schedule in 2021, the tournament became a WTA 500 tournament.
The WTA Finals (formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships [3] or WTA Championships) is the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour.It is the most significant tennis event in the women's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season.
The 2018 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2018 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments. They are divided into three levels: Premier Mandatory (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and ...