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The 2021 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2021 tennis season. The 2021 WTA Tour calendar comprises 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), and the ...
The WTA 1000 Mandatory and non-Mandatory tournaments, which are part of the WTA 1000 tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four 1000 Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five non-Mandatory tournaments: Dubai, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati ...
WTA 500 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At their introduction in 2021, WTA 500 tournaments' prize money was approximately $500,000.
The Chicago Fall Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament held in Chicago, Illinois for female professional tennis players, with its first edition being a part of the 2021 WTA Tour. [1] It was held on outdoor hard courts during the time of Autumn in late September.
The 2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic was a WTA tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
From 2021-2023, Doha and Dubai switched off, with one being a WTA 1000 event and the other being a WTA 500 event. WTA 500 tournaments : 12 events with prize money from US$700,000 to US$900,000. WTA 250 tournaments : 30 events, with prize money at US$250,000.
While at the WTA, Scott put together the largest sponsorship in the history of women's sports, a six-year, $88 million sponsorship deal with Sony Ericsson. [19] [20] [21] On 24 March 2009, Scott announced that he was resigning as WTA chief to take up a new position as the commissioner of the Pac-10 Conference, on 1 July 2009. [20] [21] [22]
The old WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier implemented in the 2021 schedule reorganization. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Until 2024, only four of the nine WTA 1000 tournaments were mandatory, when the category expanded to ten mandatory tournaments.