WTA 1000 is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour organized by the Women's Tennis Association.
The Series was initially called WTA Tier I which began in 1988 and lasted until 2008. 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.
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: two of them being Premier Mandatory and Premier 5, comprising nine events being held with Wuhan, which replaced Tokyo in 2014, as the only exception.[2]
WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier and it is implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.[3][4]
In 2024 the WTA expanded to ten WTA 1000 tournaments, up from nine in 2023, with both Doha and Dubai becoming 1000 events every year instead of alternating.[5] There are ten WTA 1000 tournaments: Doha, Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati, Beijing and Wuhan.[6]
These tournaments offer 1000 ranking points for the winner.[5]
Only three tournaments were held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Doha, Rome and Cincinnati.[7][8]
Guadalajara replaced Wuhan and Beijing in 2022 due to the disappearance of Peng Shuai.[9][10]
On 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Belarus will not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
Active tournaments
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Defunct tournaments
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Year | Tournaments[a] | |||||||||
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Chicago | Tier II | Miami | Hilton Head | Berlin | Rome | Tier III | Canada | not an event | Tier II | |
1990[12] | Navratilova (1/3) | Seles (1/9) | Navratilova (2/3) | Seles (3/9) | Seles (2/9) | Graf (1/15) | ||||
Boca Raton | Miami | Hilton Head | Berlin | Rome | Canada | Tier II | ||||
1991[13] | Sabatini (1/5) | Seles (4/9) | Sabatini (2/5) | Graf (2/15) | Sabatini (3/5) | Capriati (1/2) | ||||
1992[14] | Graf (3/15) | Sánchez Vicario (1/6) | Sabatini (4/5) | Graf (4/15) | Sabatini (5/5) | Sánchez Vicario (2/6) | ||||
Tokyo[b] | Miami | Hilton Head | Berlin | Rome | Canada | Philadelphia | Zürich | |||
1993[15] | Navratilova (3/3) | Sánchez Vicario (3/6) | Graf (5/15) | Graf (6/15) | Martínez (1/9) | Tier II | Graf (7/15) | Martínez (2/9) | Man. Maleeva (1/1) | |
1994[16] | Graf (8/15) | Graf (9/15) | Martínez (3/9) | Graf (10/15) | Martínez (4/9) | Sánchez Vicario (4/6) | Huber (1/1) | Mag. Maleeva (1/2) | ||
1995[17] | Date (1/1) | Graf (11/15) | Martínez (5/9) | Sánchez Vicario (5/6) | Martínez (6/9) | Seles (5/9) | Graf (12/15) | Majoli (1/3) | ||
Tokyo | Indian Wells | Miami | Hilton Head | Berlin | Rome | Canada | Tier II | Zürich | ||
1996[18] | Majoli (2/3) | Graf (13/15) | Graf (14/15) | Sánchez Vicario (6/6) | Graf (15/15) | Martínez (7/9) | Seles (6/9) | Novotná (1/2) | ||
Tokyo | Indian Wells | Miami | Hilton Head | Berlin | Rome | Canada | Moscow | Zürich | ||
1997[19] | Hingis (1/17) | Davenport (1/11) | Hingis (2/17) | Hingis (3/17) | Fernández (1/1) | Pierce (1/5) | Seles (7/9) | Novotná (2/2) | Davenport (2/11) | |
1998[20] | Davenport (3/11) | Hingis (4/17) | V. Williams (1/9) | Coetzer (1/1) | Martínez (8/9) | Hingis (5/17) | Seles (8/9) | Pierce (2/5) | Davenport (4/11) | |
1999[21] | Hingis (6/17) | S. Williams (1/23) | V. Williams (2/9) | Hingis (7/17) | Hingis (8/17) | V. Williams (3/9) | Hingis (9/17) | Tauziat (1/1) | V. Williams (4/9) | |
2000[22] | Hingis (10/17) | Davenport (5/11) | Hingis (11/17) | Pierce (3/5) | Martínez (9/9) | Seles (9/9) | Hingis (12/17) | Hingis (14/17) | Hingis (13/17) | |
Tokyo | Indian Wells | Miami | Charleston | Berlin | Rome | Canada | Moscow | Zürich | ||
2001[23] | Davenport (6/11) | S. Williams (2/23) | V. Williams (5/9) | Capriati (2/2) | Mauresmo (1/6) | Dokic (1/2) | S. Williams (3/23) | Dokic (2/2) | Davenport (7/11) | |
2002[24] | Hingis (15/17) | Hantuchová (1/2) | S. Williams (4/23) | Majoli (3/3) | Henin (1/10) | S. Williams (5/23) | Mauresmo (2/6) | Mag. Maleeva (2/2) | Schnyder (1/1) | |
2003[25] | Davenport (8/11) | Clijsters (1/7) | S. Williams (6/23) | Henin (2/10) | Henin (3/10) | Clijsters (2/7) | Henin (4/10) | Myskina (1/2) | Henin (5/10) | |
Tokyo | Indian Wells | Miami | Charleston | Berlin | Rome | San Diego | Canada | Moscow | Zürich | |
2004[26] | Davenport (9/11) | Henin (6/10) | S. Williams (7/23) | V. Williams (6/9) | Mauresmo (3/6) | Mauresmo (4/6) | Davenport (10/11) | Mauresmo (5/6) | Myskina (2/2) | Molik (1/1) |
2005[27] | Sharapova (1/14) | Clijsters (3/7) | Clijsters (4/7) | Henin (7/10) | Henin (8/10) | Mauresmo (6/6) | Pierce (4/5) | Clijsters (5/7) | Pierce (5/5) | Davenport (11/11) |
2006[28] | Dementieva (1/3) | Sharapova (2/14) | Kuznetsova (1/2) | Petrova (1/3) | Petrova (2/3) | Hingis (16/17) | Sharapova (3/14) | Ivanovic (1/3) | Chakvetadze (1/1) | Sharapova (4/14) |
2007[29] | Hingis (17/17) | Hantuchová (2/2) | S. Williams (8/23) | Janković (1/6) | Ivanovic (2/3) | Janković (2/6) | Sharapova (5/14) | Henin (9/10) | Dementieva (2/3) | Henin (10/10) |
Doha[c] | Indian Wells | Miami | Charleston | Berlin | Rome | not an event | Canada | Moscow | Tokyo[c] | |
2008[30] | Sharapova (6/14) | Ivanovic (3/3) | S. Williams (9/23) | S. Williams (10/23) | Safina (1/5) | Janković (3/6) | Safina (2/5) | Janković (4/6) | Safina (3/5) |
Active tournaments
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Mandatory tournaments
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Defunct tournaments
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Year | Dubai | Indian Wells | Miami | Madrid | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Tokyo | Beijing |
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2009[31] | V. Williams (7/9) | Zvonareva (1/1) | Azarenka (1/10) | Safina (5/5) | Safina (4/5) | Dementieva (3/3) | Janković (5/6) | Sharapova (7/14) | Kuznetsova (2/2) |
2010[32] | V. Williams (8/9) | Janković (6/6) | Clijsters (6/7) | Rezaï (1/1) | Martínez Sánchez (1/1) | Wozniacki (1/6) | Clijsters (7/7) | Wozniacki (2/6) | Wozniacki (3/6) |
2011[33] | Wozniacki (4/6) | Wozniacki (5/6) | Azarenka (2/10) | Kvitová (1/9) | Sharapova (8/14) | S. Williams (11/23) | Sharapova (9/14) | Radwańska (1/5) | Radwańska (2/5) |
Doha | Indian Wells | Miami | Madrid | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Tokyo | Beijing | |
2012[34] | Azarenka (3/10) | Azarenka (4/10) | Radwańska (3/5) | S. Williams (12/23) | Sharapova (10/14) | Kvitová (2/9) | Li (1/1) | Petrova (3/3) | Azarenka (5/10) |
2013[35] | Azarenka (6/10) | Sharapova (11/14) | S. Williams (13/23) | S. Williams (14/23) | S. Williams (15/23) | S. Williams (16/23) | Azarenka (7/10) | Kvitová (3/9) | S. Williams (17/23) |
Doha | Indian Wells | Miami | Madrid | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Wuhan | Beijing | |
2014[36] | Halep (1/9) | Pennetta (1/1) | S. Williams (18/23) | Sharapova (12/14) | S. Williams (19/23) | Radwańska (4/5) | S. Williams (20/23) | Kvitová (4/9) | Sharapova (13/14) |
Dubai / Doha[d] | Indian Wells | Miami | Madrid | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Wuhan | Beijing | |
2015[37] | Halep (2/9) | Halep (3/9) | S. Williams (21/23) | Kvitová (5/9) | Sharapova (14/14) | Bencic (1/2) | S. Williams (22/23) | V. Williams (9/9) | Muguruza (1/3) |
2016[38] | Suárez Navarro (1/1) | Azarenka (8/10) | Azarenka (9/10) | Halep (4/9) | S. Williams (23/23) | Halep (5/9) | Plíšková (1/2) | Kvitová (6/9) | Radwańska (5/5) |
2017[39] | Svitolina (1/4) | Vesnina (1/1) | Konta (1/1) | Halep (6/9) | Svitolina (2/4) | Svitolina (3/4) | Muguruza (2/3) | Garcia (1/3) | Garcia (2/3) |
2018[40] | Kvitová (7/9) | Osaka (1/2) | Stephens (1/1) | Kvitová (8/9) | Svitolina (4/4) | Halep (7/9) | Bertens (1/2) | Sabalenka (1/5) | Wozniacki (6/6) |
2019[41] | Bencic (2/2) | Andreescu (1/2) | Barty (1/3) | Bertens (2/2) | Plíšková (2/2) | Andreescu (2/2) | Keys (1/1) | Sabalenka (2/5) | Osaka (2/2) |
2020[42][e] | Sabalenka (3/5) | not held[f] | Halep (8/9) | not held[f] | Azarenka (10/10) | not held[f] | |||
2021[44] | Muguruza (3/3) | Badosa (1/1) | Barty (2/3) | Sabalenka (4/5) | Świątek (1/8) | Giorgi (1/1) | Barty (3/3) | ||
Doha / Dubai | Indian Wells | Miami | Madrid | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Guadalajara | not held[f] | |
2022[45] | Świątek (2/8) | Świątek (3/8) | Świątek (4/8) | Jabeur (1/1) | Świątek (5/8) | Halep (9/9) | Garcia (3/3) | Pegula (1/2) | |
2023[46] | Krejčíková (1/1) | Rybakina (1/2) | Kvitová (9/9) | Sabalenka (5/5) | Rybakina (2/2) | Pegula (2/2) | Gauff (1/1) | Sakkari (1/1) | Świątek (6/8) |
Year | Doha | Dubai | Indian Wells | Miami | Madrid | Rome | Canada | Cincinnati | Beijing | Wuhan |
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2024[6] | Świątek (7/8) | Paolini (1/1) | Świątek (8/8) |
Boc (Boca Raton) | Dub (Dubai) | Doh (Doha) | Ind (Indian Wells) | Mia (Miami) | Cha (Charleston) |
Mad (Madrid) | Ber (Berlin) | Rom (Rome) | Can (Canada) | San (San Diego) | Cin (Cincinnati) |
Phi (Philadelphia) | Mos (Moscow) | Tok (Tokyo) | Wuh (Wuhan) | Zur (Zürich) | Bei (Beijing) |
Titles | Player | Boc | Dub | Doh | Ind | Mia | Cha | Mad | Ber | Rom | Can | San | Cin | Phi | Mos | Tok | Wuh | Zur | Bei | Years |
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23 | Serena Williams | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1999–2016 |
17 | Martina Hingis | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1997–2007 |
15 | Steffi Graf | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1990–1996 |
14 | Maria Sharapova | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2005–2015 |
11 | Lindsay Davenport | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | 1997–2005 |
10 | Justine Henin | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2002–2007 |
Victoria Azarenka | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2009–2020 | |
9 | Conchita Martínez | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1993–2000 |
Monica Seles | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1990–2000 | |
Venus Williams | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1998–2015 | |
Simona Halep | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2014–2022 | |
Petra Kvitová | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2011–2023 | |
8 | Iga Świątek | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2021–2024 |
7 | Kim Clijsters | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2003–2010 |
6 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1992–1996 |
Amélie Mauresmo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2001–2005 | |
Jelena Janković | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2007–2010 | |
Caroline Wozniacki | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2010–2018 | |
5 | Gabriela Sabatini | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1991–1992 |
Mary Pierce | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1997–2005 | |
Dinara Safina | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2008–2009 | |
Agnieszka Radwańska | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2011–2016 | |
Aryna Sabalenka | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2018–2023 | |
Titles | Player | Boc | Dub | Doh | Ind | Mia | Cha | Mad | Ber | Rom | Can | San | Cin | Phi | Mos | Tok | Wuh | Zur | Bei | Years |
No. | Semifinals |
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43 | Serena Williams |
38 | Martina Hingis |
37 | Maria Sharapova |
29 | Simona Halep |
28 | Conchita Martínez |
Venus Williams | |
26 | Steffi Graf |
Lindsay Davenport | |
25 | Monica Seles |
Victoria Azarenka |
No. | Quarterfinals |
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59 | Serena Williams |
47 | Martina Hingis |
Maria Sharapova | |
Venus Williams | |
46 | Agnieszka Radwańska |
44 | Conchita Martínez |
40 | Lindsay Davenport |
39 | Simona Halep |
Victoria Azarenka | |
38 | Jelena Janković |
Caroline Wozniacki |
% | W–L | Match record |
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88.4 | 130–17 | Steffi Graf |
84.0 | 263–50 | Serena Williams |
81.6 | 111–25 | Justine Henin |
81.1 | 189–44 | Martina Hingis |
80.5 | 120–29 | Monica Seles |
77.6 | 152–44 | Lindsay Davenport |
75.9 | 220–70 | Maria Sharapova |
75.7 | 109–35 | Gabriela Sabatini |
75.6 | 99–32 | Kim Clijsters |
72.0 | 219–85 | Victoria Azarenka |
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No. | Player[47] | Events |
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7 | Martina Hingis | Indian Wells (1998), Charleston (1999), Berlin (1999), Canada (1999), Miami (2000), Tokyo (2000, 2007) |
6 | Monica Seles | Miami (1990), Berlin (1990), Rome (1990), Canada (1995, 1996, 1997) |
5 | Lindsay Davenport | Zürich (1997, 1998), Tokyo (1998, 2004), San Diego (2004) |
Serena Williams | Miami (2002), Canada (2013), Beijing (2013), Rome (2013, 2016) | |
4 | Gabriela Sabatini | Boca Raton (1991), Rome (1991, 1992), Charleston (1992) |
Steffi Graf | Charleston (1993), Tokyo (1994), Miami (1995, 1996) | |
Iga Świątek | Miami (2022), Rome (2022), Doha (2024), Indian Wells (2024) | |
3 | Conchita Martínez | Rome (1993, 1994), Berlin (2000) |
Justine Henin | Zürich (2003), Indian Wells (2004), Canada (2007) | |
Maria Sharapova | San Diego (2006), Indian Wells (2006, 2013) | |
Victoria Azarenka | Doha (2012), Beijing (2012), Miami (2016) | |
2 | Martina Navratilova | Chicago (1990), Charleston (1990) |
Mary Pierce | Charleston (2000), San Diego (2005) | |
Kim Clijsters | Miami (2005), Canada (2005) | |
Caroline Wozniacki | Dubai (2011), Beijing (2018) | |
Agnieszka Radwańska | Miami (2012), Beijing (2016) | |
1 | Jennifer Capriati | Canada (1991) |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Miami (1992) | |
Manuela Maleeva | Zürich (1993) | |
Jana Novotná | Moscow (1997) | |
Amélie Mauresmo | Canada (2002) | |
Anastasia Myskina | Moscow (2003) | |
Jelena Janković | Rome (2007) | |
Vera Zvonareva | Indian Wells (2009) | |
Venus Williams | Dubai (2010) | |
Kiki Bertens | Madrid (2019) | |
Ashleigh Barty | Cincinnati (2021) | |
Maria Sakkari | Guadalajara (2023) |
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Combination | Winner | Year |
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Doha–Indian Wells—Miami
"Season first triple" |
Iga Świątek | 2022 |
Combination | Winner | Year(s) | |
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Indian Wells—Miami[48] | Steffi Graf | 2 | 1994, 96 |
Kim Clijsters | 2005 | ||
Victoria Azarenka | 2016 | ||
Iga Świątek | 2022 | ||
Madrid—Rome[49]
"Clay double" |
Dinara Safina | 2009 | |
Serena Williams | 2013 | ||
Wuhan–Beijing (Tokyo)[a]
"Fall double" |
Caroline Wozniacki | 2010[50] | |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 2011[51] | ||
Caroline Garcia | 2017[52] |
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Finals | Players | Result | |
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6 | Victoria Azarenka | Serena Williams | 4–2 |
Martina Hingis | Lindsay Davenport | 3–3 | |
5 | Steffi Graf | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3–2 |
4 | Martina Hingis | Monica Seles | 4–0 |
Justine Henin | Serena Williams | 2–2 |
Year | Event | Seeds | |||
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1991 | Miami | 1. Steffi Graf | 2. Monica Seles | 3. Gabriela Sabatini | 4. Mary Joe Fernández |
Canada | 1. Gabriela Sabatini | 2. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 3. Jennifer Capriati | 4. Katerina Maleeva | |
1992 | Berlin | 1. Steffi Graf | 2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3. Jennifer Capriati | 4. Mary Joe Fernández |
1993 | Charleston | 1. Steffi Graf | 2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3. Gabriela Sabatini | 4. Jennifer Capriati |
1994 | Canada | 1. Steffi Graf | 2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3. Kimiko Date | 4. Mary Pierce |
1998 | Tokyo | 1. Martina Hingis | 2. Lindsay Davenport | 3. Amanda Coetzer | 4. Iva Majoli |
2000 | Charleston | 1. Mary Pierce | 2. Conchita Martínez | 3. Monica Seles | 4. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
2008 | Indian Wells | 1. Ana Ivanovic | 2. Svetlana Kuznetsova | 3. Jelena Janković | 4. Maria Sharapova |
2013 | Doha | 1. Victoria Azarenka | 2. Serena Williams | 3. Maria Sharapova | 4. Agnieszka Radwańska |
Year | Event | Seeds | |||
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1996 | Rome | 1. Steffi Graf | 2. Conchita Martínez | 3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4. Iva Majoli |
5. Magdalena Maleeva | 6. Martina Hingis | 7. Irina Spîrlea | 8. Nathalie Tauziat | ||
1999 | Tokyo | 1. Lindsay Davenport | 2. Martina Hingis | 3. Jana Novotná | 4. Monica Seles |
5. Steffi Graf | 6. Anna Kournikova | 7. Amanda Coetzer | 8. Natasha Zvereva |
Year | Event | Qualifiers | W/L | Opponents |
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1998 | Berlin | Amélie Mauresmo | L | Conchita Martínez |
2008 | Rome | Alizé Cornet | L | Jelena Janković |
2022 | Cincinnati[53] | Caroline Garcia | W | Petra Kvitová |
2024 | Dubai | Anna Kalinskaya | L | Jasmine Paolini |
Year | Event | Winner | Runner-up |
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2017 | Wuhan | Caroline Garcia | Ashleigh Barty |
2018 | Wuhan | Aryna Sabalenka | Anett Kontaveit |
2024 | Dubai | Jasmine Paolini | Anna Kalinskaya |
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Year | Event | Country | Finalists | Semifinalists |
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2002 | Miami | USA | Jennifer Capriati | Monica Seles |
Serena Williams | Venus Williams | |||
2003 | Tokyo | USA | Monica Seles | Chanda Rubin |
Lindsay Davenport | Lisa Raymond |