Tournament category in women's tennis 2009–2024
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series),[1][2] it is the second highest level of women's competition, below the top-tier WTA Tour, and above the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournaments.
Players who succeed in the WTA 125s earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for the main draw or qualifying draw entry of WTA Tour tournaments. Titles and losses at a WTA 125 event are separately counted from a player's WTA Tour results and corresponding head-to-head statistics.[citation needed]
Tournament locations
Asia
- China: Anning (2018–2019), Chengdu (2024), Dalian (2015–2017), Nanchang (2014–2015), Nanjing (2013), Ningbo (2013–2014), Suzhou (2013–2014), Zhengzhou (2017–2018)
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong (2024)
- India: Pune (2012), Mumbai (2017–2018, 2024)
- South Korea: Seoul (2021)
- Taiwan: Taipei (2012–2019)
- Thailand: Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
- Turkey: Antalya (2024)
Europe
- Andorra: Andorra la Vella (2022–present)
- Croatia: Bol (2016–2019, 2021), Makarska (2022–present)
- Czech Republic: Prague (2020)
- France: Angers (2021–present), Contrexéville (2022–present), Limoges (2014–2019, 2021–present), Paris (2022–present), Rouen (2022–2023), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
- Germany: Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022), Hamburg (2024)
- Hungary: Budapest (2022)
- Italy: Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023), Parma (2023–present)
- Poland: Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023), Warsaw (2024)
- Portugal: Oeiras (2024)
- Romania: Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–2023)
- Serbia: Belgrade (2021)
- Slovenia: Ljubljana (2023–present)
- Spain: La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Lleida (2024), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023), Valencia (2022–present)
- Sweden: Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
- Switzerland: Montreux (2024)
- United Kingdom: Birmingham (2025)
North America
- Canada: Vancouver (2022)
- Mexico: Guadalajara (2019, 2024), Mazatlán (2024), Puerto Vallarta (2024–present), San Luis Potosí (2023–present), Tampico (2022–present)
- United States: Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021, 2024), Chicago (2018, 2021, 2023), Columbus (2021), Concord (2021–2022), Honolulu (2016–2017), Houston (2018–2019), Indian Wells (2018–2020), Midland (2021–present), New Haven (2019), Newport Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016), Stanford (2023)
Oceania
South America
Historic names
2012–2020
WTA 125K Series
2021–present
WTA 125
Prize money
The tournaments offer total prize money of $125,000–$162,480. An exception was made in case of 2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open which had a prize money of $3,125,000 which was funded by 2020 US Open organizers to make up for the lack of a qualifying draw as many low ranked players, mainly from Europe were unable to travel to New York due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Points distribution
Singles champions
WTA 125K Series
WTA 125
Records
- as of 16 September 2024[update]
Most titles by player
Most finals by player
Most titles by country
Youngest champions
Oldest champions
Highest-ranked winners
Lowest-ranked winners
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
- ^ Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
References
- ^ OEC WTA Challenger, 2015
- ^ "Taipei to host first WTA tennis challenger event". 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
