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The 2023 WTA Tour (branded as the 2023 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 2023 tennis season. The 2023 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA ...
The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. [1] The computer that calculates the ranking is nicknamed "Medusa". [2] Aryna Sabalenka is the current world No. 1 in women's singles. Aryna Sabalenka, women's singles No. 1. Iga Świątek, women's singles No. 2. Coco Gauff, women's singles ...
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked singles player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of ...
The ATP and WTA rankings are updated weekly on Mondays (UTC) or at the conclusion of a two-week tournament.. As of 1 March 2022, the ATP and WTA announced that Russian and Belarusian players continue to be allowed to compete in international tennis events on Tour and at the Grand Slams.
Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 24 April 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 8 May 2023. Because the women's tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are defending points from the 2022 Italian Open , as well as tournaments that took place during the week of 16 May 2022 ( Rabat and Strasbourg ).
Świątek started 2023 as only the fourth woman in WTA history to be ranked world No. 1 for 40 or more consecutive weeks in their first stint as the top-ranked player. [4] In her first tournament of the year representing Poland at the United Cup in Brisbane, Świątek defeated Yulia Putintseva , Belinda Bencic and Martina Trevisan on the way to ...
From 2020 to 2023, the tournament in Wuhan was suspended due to Covid–19 Pandemic. In 2022 and 2023, a new WTA 1000 tournament was held in Guadalajara as a replacement for Wuhan. From 2021-2023, Doha and Dubai switched off, with one being a WTA 1000 event and the other being a WTA 500 event.
The boycott was lifted in 2023 after 16 months, citing financial losses due to the suspension of operations in China as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 27 ] In March 2022, medical technology firm Hologic reached an agreement to become title sponsor and "official health partner" of the WTA Tour, marking its first title sponsorship agreement ...