Global InformationWTA 1000 Series singles records and statistics information
WTA 1000 is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour organized by the Women's Tennis Association.
The Series was initially called WTA Tier I which began in 1988 and lasted until 2008. Records before 1990 are excluded from this list.[1] When the WTA Tour was established in 1990 there were initially six Tier I tournaments held annually in the first three years. The list thereafter expanded to eight events in 1993, nine in 1997 and ten in 2004, before being scaled back to nine for 2008.
In 2009 the WTA changed the tournament categories, so that the majority of Tier I and Tier II tournaments were in one category, Premier Tournaments, split into three categories: two of them being Premier Mandatory and Premier 5, comprising nine events being held with Wuhan, which replaced Tokyo in 2014, as the only exception.[2]
WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier and it is implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.[3][4]
In 2024 the WTA expanded to ten WTA 1000 tournaments, up from nine in 2023, with both Doha and Dubai becoming 1000 events every year instead of alternating.[5] There are ten WTA 1000 tournaments: Doha, Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati, Beijing and Wuhan.[6]
These tournaments offer 1000 ranking points for the winner.[5]
Only three tournaments were held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Doha, Rome and Cincinnati.[7][8]
Guadalajara replaced Wuhan and Beijing in 2022 due to the disappearance of Peng Shuai.[9][10]
On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
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- ^ "Toray Pan Pacific Open WTA 2023". tennisuptodate.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "WTA unveils comprehensive rebrand". WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association (WTA). December 2, 2020.
- ^ "WTA will align tournament categories with ATP from 2021 season". Sky Sports. December 2, 2020. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022.
- ^ a b "WTA confirms 2024 calendar with increase in prize money for players". Women's Tennis Association. January 14, 2024. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ^ "2024 WTA Tour Calendar". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023.
- ^ "WTA announces further suspension of four tournaments". WTA Tennis. May 15, 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020.
- ^ "WTA tournaments in China cancelled for 2020". WTA. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021.
- ^ Shyam Kamal (December 9, 2021). "Peng Shuai: Everything you need to know about the saga – A complete timeline of events". sportskeeda. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022.
- ^ "WTA officially cancels 2021 fall Asian swing". Open Court. July 1, 2021. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022.
- ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA Tour. March 1, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.