Iga Świątek finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won eight tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and US Open. She also won four WTA 1000 events.
Details
Duration
3 January – 13 November 2022
Edition
52nd
Categories
Grand Slam (4)
WTA Finals
WTA 1000 (8)
WTA 500 (12)
WTA 250 (30)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles
Iga Świątek (8)
Most tournament finals
Iga Świątek (9)
Prize money leader
Iga Świątek ($9,875,525)
Points leader
Iga Świątek (11,085)
Awards
Player of the year
Iga Świątek
Doubles team of the year
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
Most improved player of the year
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Newcomer of the year
Zheng Qinwen
Comeback player of the year
Tatjana Maria
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Ashleigh Barty won her third major singles title at the Australian Open, defeating Danielle Collins in the final. She announced her retirement from professional tennis in March. Iga Świątek won her second major singles title at the French Open, her second title there, defeating Coco Gauff in the final. Świątek would go on to win the US Open defeating Ons Jabeur in the final. Elena Rybakina won her first major singles title at Wimbledon, becoming the first Kazakhstani to win a major, also defeating Jabeur in the final.
The 2022 WTA Tour (branded as the 2022 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals).[1][2]
On December 1, 2021, WTA chairman Steve Simon announced that all tournaments scheduled to be held in both China and Hong Kong were suspended beginning in 2022, due to concerns regarding the security and well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai after her allegations of sexual assault against Zhang Gaoli, a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party.[3][4]
As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the WTA, the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals), the ITF, and the four Grand Slam tournaments jointly decided that players from Belarus and Russia would not be allowed to play under the names or flags of their countries, but would remain eligible to play events until further notice.[5] On 20 May 2022, the ATP and WTA also announced that ranking points would not be awarded for Wimbledon, due to a decision by the All England Club to prohibit players representing Belarus or Russia from participating in the tournament.[6]
In March 2022, Hologic, an American medical diagnostics and technology company, signed a multi-year deal to become the first WTA Tour title sponsor since 2010 after the WTA's partnership with Sony Ericsson had ended. Hologic cited the WTA's stance on withholding events in China in the wake of Peng's allegations as one of its factors in deciding to sponsor the circuit.[7][8]
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^Tennis 2021–2022 events calendar: grand slams, ATP and WTA
^Simon, Steve (December 2, 2021). "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^Futterman, Matthew (December 2, 2021). "WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^"Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^"Wimbledon to lose ranking points over player ban". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
^Clarey, Christopher (3 March 2022). "Strong Stance on China and Peng Shuai Helps Land WTA a New Title Sponsor". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Hologic partners with WTA Tour in landmark title sponsorship" (Press release). Women's Tennis Association. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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