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High category tournaments equivalent to Tier 1/Premier/WTA 1000 existed before 1990, and the Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and WTA Finals have been held since 1884, 1900 and 1972, respectively. See the all-time records article for records spanning the sport's history. Totals including titles won before 1990 are in brackets.
Records before 1990 are excluded from this list. [1] When the WTA Tour was established in 1990 there were initially six Tier I tournaments held annually in the first three years. The list thereafter expanded to eight events in 1993, nine in 1997 and ten in 2004, before being scaled back to nine for 2008.
Only WTA 1000 and their predecessor (Tier 1 in 1990-2008, Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 in 2009-2020) level tournament records are included. Tier 1 tournaments were played on 3 surfaces, one of which (carpet) ceased to be used from around 1995.
There were initially 6 Tier I tournaments held annually from 1990. The list expanded to 8 events in 1993, 9 in 1997 and 10 in 2004, before being scaled back to 9 for 2008. In 2009 the WTA changed the tournament categories, so that the majority of Tier I and Tier II tournaments were in one category, Premier Tournaments, split into three categories.
The old WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 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.
The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 29 women have been ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA, of which 16 have been year-end No. 1. [1] Aryna Sabalenka is the current singles world No. 1.
This is a list of the women's doubles tennis champions at the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA championships, the Olympic Games, and the WTA Tier I/Premier (Premier Mandatory and Premier 5)/1000 tournaments since 1990.
0–9. 1990 WTA Tier I Series; 1991 WTA Tier I Series; 1992 WTA Tier I Series; 1993 WTA Tier I Series; 1994 WTA Tier I Series; 1995 WTA Tier I Series; 1996 WTA Tier I Series