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Women's Tennis Association


 

WTA stands for Women's Tennis Association, and is also known as the WTA Tour, and is to women's tennis what the ATP is to men's tennis. In 2005 the WTA changed its name into The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

Tournament categories

  • Grand Slam Events
  • Season-ending championships (WTA Tour Championships): with Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) prize money.
  • Tier tournaments:
  • Tier I (minimum prize money of $1,300,000): There are ten (10) Tier I Tournaments.
  • Tier II (minimum prize money of $585,000): There are sixteen (16) Tier II Tournaments
  • Tier III (minimum prize money of $170,000): There are seventeen (17) Tournaments in this Tier.
  • Tier IV (minimum prize money of $140,000): There are twelve (12) in this Tier.
  • Tier V (minimum prize money of $110,000): There are two (2) in this Tier.