2024 WTA Tour
 Aryna Sabalenka finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won four tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Australian Open, as well at the US Open. She also won two WTA 1000 events. | |
| Details | |
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| Duration | 29 December 2023 – 16 November 2024 |
| Edition | 54th |
| Tournaments | 58 |
| Categories |
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| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Iga Świątek (5) |
| Most tournament finals |  Aryna Sabalenka (7) |
| Prize money leader | Aryna Sabalenka ($8,694,260)[1] |
| Points leader | Aryna Sabalenka (9,416) |
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Aryna Sabalenka won her second career major singles title at the Australian Open, defeating Zheng Qinwen in the final. Iga Świątek won her fifth major singles title at the French Open, her fourth title there, defeating Jasmine Paolini in the final. Barbora Krejčíková went on to defeat Paolini in the final at Wimbledon to win her second major singles title. Zheng defeated Donna Vekić in the final to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, claiming the first singles gold for an Asian country in Olympic tennis. Sabalenka then won the US Open, defeating Jessica Pegula in the final.
The 2024 WTA Tour (branded as the 2024 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 2024 tennis season. The 2024 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), the year-end championships (the WTA Finals), the team events United Cup (combined event with ATP) and the Summer Olympic Games.
Schedule
[edit]This is the complete schedule of events on the 2024 calendar.[2]
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Summer Olympics |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA 1000 |
| WTA 500 |
| WTA 250 |
| Team events |
January
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February
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March
[edit]| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4 Mar 11 |
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 Hard – $9,258,080 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles – Mixed |
Iga Świątek 6–4, 6–0 |
 Maria Sakkari
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 Marta Kostyuk  Coco Gauff
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 Caroline Wozniacki Anastasia Potapova  Yuan Yue Emma Navarro
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 Hsieh Su-wei  Elise Mertens 6–3, 6–4 |
 Storm Hunter  Kateřina Siniaková
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| Storm Hunter Matthew Ebden 6–3, 6–3 |
 Caroline Garcia Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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| Mar 18 Mar 25 |
Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 Hard – $8,770,480 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles |
Danielle Collins 7–5, 6–3 |
 Elena Rybakina
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Ekaterina Alexandrova Victoria Azarenka
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Jessica Pegula Caroline Garcia Maria Sakkari Yulia Putintseva
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| Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9] |
 Gabriela Dabrowski  Erin Routliffe
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April
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May
[edit]June
[edit]July
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August
[edit]September
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October
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November
[edit]| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | WTA Finals Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Year-end championships Hard (i) – $15,250,000 – 8S/8D Singles – Doubles |
Coco Gauff 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Zheng Qinwen |
Aryna Sabalenka Barbora Krejčíková
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Round robin  Jasmine Paolini Elena Rybakina Iga Świątek Daria Kasatkina Jessica Pegula
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| Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe 7–5, 6–3 |
Kateřina Siniaková Taylor Townsend
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| Nov 11 | Billie Jean King Cup Finals Málaga, Spain Hard (i) – 12 teams |
Italy 2–0 |
 Slovakia |
 Great Britain Poland |
Canada Australia Czech Republic  Japan
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Statistical information
[edit]These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2024 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Paris Summer Olympics, the year-end championships (the WTA Finals), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- cumulated point value of those titles (one Grand Slam tournament win equaling two WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equaling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equaling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equaling two WTA 250 wins);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
[edit]| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Summer Olympics |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA 1000 |
| WTA 500 |
| WTA 250 |
Titles won by player
[edit]| Total | Player | Grand Slam | Summer Olympics | Year-end | WTA 1000 | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | D | X | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
| 6 | Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) |
● ● | ● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Irina Khromacheva[a] |
● | ● | ●●●● | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) |
● | ● ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sara Errani (ITA) |
● | ● | ● ● | ● | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Iga Świątek (POL) |
● | ●●●● | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jasmine Paolini (ITA) |
● | ● | ● ● | ● | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 |  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) |
● | ● ● | ● ● | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Anna Danilina (KAZ) |
● | ● | ● ● ● | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Aryna Sabalenka[a] |
● ● | ● ● | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Coco Gauff (USA) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 |  Cristina Bucșa (ESP) |
● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Diana Shnaider[a] |
● | ● ● ● | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Elise Mertens (BEL) |
● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) |
● | ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Taylor Townsend (USA) |
● | ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Zheng Qinwen (CHN) |
● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Erin Routliffe (NZL) |
● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Asia Muhammad (USA) |
● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) |
● ● ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) |
● ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Laura Siegemund (GER) |
● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Danielle Collins (USA) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jessica Pegula (USA) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sofia Kenin (USA) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Demi Schuurs (NED) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Daria Kasatkina[a] |
● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Monica Niculescu (ROU) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Ellen Perez (AUS) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Katie Boulter (GBR) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Liudmila Samsonova[a] |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sloane Stephens (USA) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Yuan Yue (CHN) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chan Hao-ching (TPE) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Guo Hanyu (CHN) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Yana Sizikova[a] |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Caroline Dolehide (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Storm Hunter (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Desirae Krawczyk (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Luisa Stefani (BRA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Paula Badosa (ESP) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Magdalena Fręch (POL) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Madison Keys (USA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Linda Nosková (CZE) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Shuko Aoyama (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Eri Hozumi (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ashlyn Krueger (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Veronika Kudermetova[a] |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Wang Xinyu (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Zheng Saisai (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Mirra Andreeva[a] |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Olga Danilović (SRB) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Viktorija Golubic (SUI) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Sonay Kartal (GBR) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | McCartney Kessler (USA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Suzan Lamens (NED) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Magda Linette (POL) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Navarro (USA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Camila Osorio (COL) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Zeynep Sönmez (TUR) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Rebecca Šramková (SVK) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Peyton Stearns (USA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Tímea Babos (HUN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Anna Blinkova[a] |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Olivia Gadecki (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Quinn Gleason (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Viktória Hrunčáková (SVK) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Miyu Kato (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ingrid Martins (BRA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Caty McNally (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Ingrid Neel (EST) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Olivia Nicholls (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Giuliana Olmos (MEX) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Alexandra Panova[a] |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Katarzyna Piter (POL) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Kamilla Rakhimova[a] |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Bibiane Schoofs (NED) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Mayar Sherif (EGY) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ena Shibahara (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Fanny Stollár (HUN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |  Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Xu Yifan (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Zhang Shuai (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Titles won by nation
[edit]| Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Summer Olympics | Year-end | WTA 1000 | WTA 500 | WTA 250 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | D | X | S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
| 26 | United States (USA) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | China (CHN) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Poland (POL) |
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Italy (ITA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Latvia (LAT) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Spain (ESP) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Japan (JPN) |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Australia (AUS) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | New Zealand (NZL) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Germany (GER) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Canada (CAN) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Romania (ROU) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Slovakia (SVK) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Colombia (COL) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Serbia (SRB) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Turkey (TUR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Estonia (EST) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Indonesia (INA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Mexico (MEX) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Norway (NOR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Titles information
[edit]The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
Emma Navarro (22 years, 240 days) – Hobart (draw)
Diana Shnaider (19 years, 308 days) – Hua Hin 1 (draw)
Yuan Yue (25 years, 160 days) – Austin (draw)- Peyton Stearns (22 years, 230 days) – Rabat (draw)
- Mirra Andreeva (17 years, 88 days) – Iași (draw)
- McCartney Kessler (25 years, 47 days) – Cleveland (draw)
Linda Nosková (19 years, 281 days) – Monterrey (draw)
Sonay Kartal (22 years, 323 days) – Monastir (draw)
Magdalena Fręch (26 years, 276 days) – Guadalajara (draw)
Rebecca Šramková (27 years, 339 days) – Hua Hin 2 (draw)
Suzan Lamens (25 years, 107 days) – Osaka (draw)
Zeynep Sönmez (22 years, 188 days) – Mérida (draw)
- Doubles
Olivia Gadecki – Austin (draw)- Ashlyn Krueger – Charleston (draw)
- Sloane Stephens – Charleston (draw)
Mayar Sherif – Monastir (draw)- Yuan Yue - Ningbo (draw)
Moyuka Uchijima – Jiangxi (draw)- Quinn Gleason – Mérida (draw)
- Mixed
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Coco Gauff – Auckland (draw)
- Aryna Sabalenka – Australian Open (draw), Wuhan (draw)
- Iga Świątek – Doha (draw), French Open (draw)
- Katie Boulter – Nottingham (draw)
- Zheng Qinwen – Palermo (draw)
- Jessica Pegula – Toronto (draw)
- Doubles
- Taylor Townsend – Adelaide (draw)
- Yana Sizikova – Rabat (draw), Palermo (draw)
- Katarzyna Piter – Budapest (draw)
Fanny Stollár – Budapest (draw)
Best ranking
[edit]The following players achieved their career-high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold):[b]
- Singles
Varvara Gracheva (reached place No. 39 on January 8)
Tatjana Maria (reached place No. 42 on January 8)- Ekaterina Alexandrova (reached place No. 15 on April 1)
Lucia Bronzetti (reached place No. 46 on April 8)- Yuan Yue (reached place No. 36 on May 20)
- Coco Gauff (reached place No. 2 on June 10)
- Clara Burel (reached place No. 42 on June 10)
Marta Kostyuk (reached place No. 16 on June 17)- Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 27 on June 24)
Viktoriya Tomova (reached place No. 46 on July 29)- Taylor Townsend (reached place No. 46 on August 19)
- Linda Nosková (reached place No. 25 on August 26)
- Emma Navarro (reached place No. 8 on September 9)
Lulu Sun (reached place No. 39 on September 9)
Donna Vekić (reached place No. 18 on October 7)- Jasmine Paolini (reached place No. 4 on October 28)
- Anna Kalinskaya (reached place No. 11 on October 28)
- Mirra Andreeva (reached place No. 16 on October 28)
- Magdalena Fręch (reached place No. 22 on October 28)
Elina Avanesyan (reached place No. 43 on October 28)- Diane Parry (reached place No. 48 on October 28)
- Diana Shnaider (reached place No. 12 on November 4)
- Katie Boulter (reached place No. 23 on November 4)
- Rebecca Šramková (reached place No. 43 on November 4)
- Zheng Qinwen (reached place No. 5 on November 11)
- Doubles
- Miyu Kato (reached place No. 26 on January 1)
Greet Minnen (reached place No. 45 on January 8)- Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 4 on January 29)
Wu Fang-hsien (reached place No. 45 on January 29)- Vera Zvonareva (reached place No. 7 on February 19)
- Ellen Perez (reached place No. 7 on April 22)
Ulrikke Eikeri (reached place No. 26 on April 22)- Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 15 on May 6)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 17 on May 6)
Ingrid Neel (reached place No. 33 on May 6)- Xinyu Wang (reached place No. 16 on May 20)
- Cristina Bucșa (reached place No. 19 on June 10)
- Erin Routliffe (reached place No. 1 on July 15)
Gabriela Dabrowski (reached place No. 3 on July 15)- Jiang Xinyu (reached place No. 39 on August 12)
- Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 7 on August 19)
- Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 9 on August 26)
- Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 3 on September 23)
- Jasmine Paolini (reached place No. 9 on October 7)
- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 22 on October 7)
- Guo Hanyu (reached place No. 34 on October 7)
- Diana Shnaider (reached place No. 48 on October 7)
Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 4 on October 28)- Asia Muhammad (reached place No. 14 on October 28)
- Irina Khromacheva (reached place No. 17 on October 28)
- Alexandra Panova (reached place No. 30 on October 28)
- Olivia Nicholls (reached place No. 38 on October 28)
- Tereza Mihalíková (reached place No. 41 on October 28)
WTA rankings
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Singles[edit]
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No. 1 ranking
[edit]| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Iga Świątek (POL)
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Year-end 2023 | 20 October 2024 |
| Aryna Sabalenka[a]
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21 October 2024 | Year-end 2024 |
Doubles[edit]
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No. 1 ranking
[edit]| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Storm Hunter (AUS)
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Year end 2023 | 28 January 2024 |
| Elise Mertens (BEL)
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29 January 2024 | 17 March 2024 |
| Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)
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18 March 2024 | 9 June 2024 |
| Elise Mertens (BEL)
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10 June 2024 | 14 July 2024 |
| Erin Routliffe (NZL)
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15 July 2024 | 8 September 2024 |
| Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)
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9 September 2024 | Year end 2024 |
Points distribution
[edit]Points are awarded as follows:[12]
| Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA Finals (S/D) | 1500* | 1000* | 600* | (+200 per round robin win) | ||||||||
| WTA 1000 (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 (64/56S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 500 (64/56/48S) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 32 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
| WTA 500 (32/30/28S) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | – | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
| WTA 500 (28D) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 500 (16D) | 500 | 325 | 195 | 108 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q) | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
| WTA 250 (16D) | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| United Cup | 500 (max) | For details, see 2024 United Cup | ||||||||||
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record
Prize money leaders
[edit]| Prize money in US$ as of 18 November 2024[update][1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Singles | Doubles | Total | |
| 1. | Aryna Sabalenka
|
$9,729,260 | $0 | $9,729,260 | |
| 2. | Coco Gauff
|
$8,800,987 | $472,860 | $9,353,847 | |
| 3. | Iga Świątek
|
$8,550,693 | $0 | $8,550,693 | |
| 4. | Jasmine Paolini
|
$5,024,205 | $796,593 | $5,820,798 | |
| 5. | Zheng Qinwen
|
$5,559,555 | $0 | $5,559,555 | |
| 6. | Barbora Krejčíková
|
$4,522,510 | $247,830 | $4,770,340 | |
| 7. | Jessica Pegula
|
$4,021,226 | $165,396 | $4,186,622 | |
| 8. | Elena Rybakina
|
$3,876,915 | $0 | $3,876,915 | |
| 9. | Elise Mertens
|
$1,186,903 | $1,596,511 | $2,783,414 | |
| 10. | Emma Navarro
|
$2,674,666 | $77,302 | $2,751,968 | |
Retirements
[edit]The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2024 season:
Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 59 in singles in January 2014. She won one doubles title. Cadanțu-Ignatik announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.[13]- Alizé Cornet joined the professional tour in 2006 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 in singles in February 2009 and No. 59 in doubles in March 2011. She has won six singles and three doubles titles. Cornet announced her retirement from tennis after the 2024 French Open, where she received a wild card.[14][15]
- Camila Giorgi joined the professional tour in 2006 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 in singles in October 2018. She won four singles titles. Giorgi became listed as a retired player on the ITIA website, with her retirement date marked as 7 May 2024.[16] She officially announced her retirement from professional tennis six days later.[17]
- Alexa Glatch became listed as a retired player on the ITIA website, with her retirement date marked as 31 May 2024. She reached a career high doubles ranking of No. 98 in October 2009.[18]
Alexa Guarachi announced her retirement in April 2024.[19]
Han Na-lae joined the professional tour in 2011 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 95 in doubles in November 2022. Han announced in May 2024 that she would retire at the end of the season.[20] She made her final appearance at the Korean National Sports Festival.[21]- Angelique Kerber announced her retirement from professional tennis in July 2024, with the 2024 Paris Olympics to be her final tournament. She is a three-time Grand Slam champion, Olympic silver medalist and former world number 1.[22] She played her last match at the Olympics where she reached the quarterfinals before losing to the final champion Zheng Qinwen in a three-set thriller.[23]
Vera Lapko announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2024.[24]- Garbiñe Muguruza announced the end of her tennis career at a press conference in Madrid in April 2024. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number 1. [25]
- Raluca Olaru joined the professional tour in 2003 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 53 in singles in July 2009 and No. 30 in doubles in January 2022. She won eleven doubles titles. Olaru announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.[26][27]
- Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove joined the professional tour in 2008 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 58 in doubles in June 2018. She won one doubles title. Pattinama Kerkhove announced her retirement from professional tennis in July 2024.[28]
- Shelby Rogers joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 30 in singles in August 2022 and No. 40 in doubles in February 2022. Rogers announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2024, with the 2024 US Open to be her final tournament.[29]
- Alison Van Uytvanck joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in singles in August 2018 and No. 66 in doubles in May 2022. She won five singles and two doubles titles. Van Uytvanck announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2024 after struggles with injury.[30]
Natalia Vikhlyantseva became listed as a retired player on the ITIA website, with her retirement date marked as 23 June 2024. She reached a career high singles ranking of No. 54 in October 2017.[18]
Inactivity
[edit]Maternity
[edit]Comebacks
[edit]
Zarina Diyas made her comeback in May on the ITF Tour in Japan after two years of absence.- Simona Halep announced her comeback at the 2024 Miami Open as a wildcard.[35]
- Angelique Kerber made her comeback at the 2024 United Cup.[36]
- Michaëlla Krajicek made her comeback at the W15 Sharm El Sheikh as a wildcard.[37]
- Alizé Lim made her comeback to the ITF circuit after close to two years of inactivity.
- Naomi Osaka made her comeback at the 2024 Brisbane International.[38]
- Alicja Rosolska planned return to the Tour to participate at the 2024 Summer Olympics in doubles.
- Lucie Šafářová announced her comeback on the WTA tour in doubles in March 2024 at the Prague Open where she received a wildcard together with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.[39]
- Elena Vesnina announced her comeback in the 2024 season, returning at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open.[40]
- Wang Qiang made her comeback at the 2024 Thailand Open.[41]
- Zheng Saisai made her comeback at the 2024 Thailand Open as a wildcard in qualifying.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete in tournaments under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
- ^ Name and ranking in bold means the player entered the top 10 or became world No. 1 for the first time this year, and only the ranking in bold means the player had entered the top 10 in a previous season (before 2024) but reached a new career-high ranking this year.
References
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- ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Current WTA Singles Race". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Live WTA Singles Race". live-tennis.eu.
- ^ "Current WTA Singles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Year-end rankings wrap: A look at the new No.1, Top 10 shifts and much more". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Current WTA Doubles Race". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Live WTA Doubles Race". live-tennis.eu.
- ^ "Current WTA Doubles Ranking". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Official WTA Doubles". live-tennis.eu.
- ^ "WTA ranking point chart" (PDF). itftennis.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Dinu, Remus (23 June 2024). "Tenismena din România, fost număr 59 WTA, și-a anunțat retragerea: "E oficial! Mi-e greu, sunt atâtea amintiri frumoase!"". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Alizé Cornet announces that she'll retire from tennis after Roland Garros". Tennis.com. 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Retiring Cornet leads Roland Garros wild cards". 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Camila Giorgi "apparently" retired without any announcement". Tennis Tonic. 8 May 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Maine, D'Arcy (13 May 2024). "Camila Giorgi confirms retirement, won four WTA titles". ESPN. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "ITIA - Retired Players List". ITIA. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Cornejo, Aquiles (April 24, 2024). "Alexa Guarachi sorprende y anuncia su retiro del tenis". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ ""올해가 마지막 시즌" 여자 테니스 대들보 한나래, 시즌 종료 후 은퇴한다". Tennis Korea (in Korean). 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Dong-chan, Kim (17 October 2024). ""올해가 마지막 시즌" 여자 테니스 대들보 한나래, 시즌 종료 후 은퇴한다". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Angelique Kerber ends tennis career". faz.net. 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Angelique Kerber, late-blooming contender turned champion, plays her last tennis match". Tennis.com. 31 July 2024.
- ^ "«Горжусь тем, что я белоруска!» 25-летняя теннисистка объявила о завершении карьеры". Nasha Niva (in Russian). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Hansen, James. "Garbine Muguruza: Former Wimbledon champion announces retirement from tennis". The Athletic.
- ^ Kiarash, Amir (28 June 2024). "Lovitură pentru tenisul românesc: Raluca Olaru, retragere oficială după o carieră cu lacrimi în ochi". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Elena Gabriela Ruse and Miriam Bulgaru qualified for the eighth at the UniCredit Iași Open". 22 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Dagevos, Jan (11 July 2024). "Lesley Pattinama-Kerkhove stopt met proftennis: 'Enorm dankbaar dat ik dit heb mogen doen in mijn leven'". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ McGrogan, Ed (23 August 2024). "Shelby Rogers to retire from professional tennis after US Open". Tennis.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Berger, Maxime (19 August 2024). "Alison Van Uytvanck, 30 ans, met un terme à sa carrière". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "'Expecting our little miracle soon!': Belinda Bencic announces pregnancy". Tennis.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Happy New Year! Petra Kvitova reveals she's pregnant with first child". Tennis.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Sabine Lisicki promises 'one more comeback' after announcing pregnancy". Tennis.com. 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Alison Riske-Amritraj announces she's expecting a baby girl this summer". Tennis.com. 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Halep receives main-draw wild card, set to return at Miami Open". Women's Tennis Association. March 7, 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "New mom Kerber taking a more relaxed approach in comeback". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Michaëlla Krajicek (35) wint bij internationale rentree na vijf jaar". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Naomi Osaka stresses positives despite exit at Brisbane comeback". The Guardian. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Šafářo avá se vrací k tenisu. S kamarádkou oživí pár, který slavil pět grandslamů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). March 7, 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Vesnina announces comeback after birth of second child". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Thailand Open: Wang moves into second round". Tennis Majors. January 29, 2024.