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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 ]
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 ...
WTA year-end No. 1. [168] WTA Player of the Year. [164] Bud Collins. [125] Lance Tingay, World of Tennis. [126] 1979 Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA) Evert: Judith Elian, L'Équipe. [citation needed] Navratilova: WTA year-end No. 1. [169] ITF World Champion. [165] WTA Player of the Year. [164] Jeffrey Bairstow and Peter Bodo, Tennis ...
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most WTA rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments and the category of those ...
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.
The WTA Tour (currently known as the Hologic WTA Tour) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series , and third-tier is the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour .
It was her ninth career WTA Tour singles title. Gauff was the first American to win the title since Serena Williams in 2014 , the youngest player to win the title since Maria Sharapova in 2004 , and the youngest player to defeat both the world No. 1 and No. 2 at the same tournament since Sharapova at the 2006 US Open . [ 2 ]
The WTA 1000 tournaments are a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour, governed by the Women's Tennis Association. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 ...