WTA 500 tournaments

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. Since then, prize money awarded by WTA 500 events has grown less uniform, with one tournament's prize money rising to as much as $1.7 million.

The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 500. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 250 for winning a WTA 250 tournament.^[3]

Events

Current

Tournament	Officially known as	City(ies)	Country	Surface	Current singles champion	Current doubles champions
Brisbane	Brisbane International presented by Evie	Brisbane	Australia	Hard	Elena Rybakina (2024)	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko (2024)
Adelaide	Adelaide International	Adelaide	Australia	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko (2024)	Beatriz Haddad Maia Taylor Townsend (2024)
Linz	Upper Austria Ladies Linz	Linz	Austria	Hard (i)	Jeļena Ostapenko (2024)	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini (2024)
Abu Dhabi	Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Hard	Elena Rybakina (2024)	Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2024)
San Diego	Cymbiotika San Diego Open	San Diego	United States	Hard	Katie Boulter (2024)	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez (2024)
Charleston	Credit One Charleston Open	Charleston	United States	Clay	Danielle Collins (2024)	Ashlyn Krueger Sloane Stephens (2024)
Stuttgart	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Stuttgart	Germany	Clay (i)	Elena Rybakina (2024)	Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova (2024)
Strasbourg	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	France	Clay	Madison Keys (2024)	Cristina Bucșa Monica Niculescu (2024)
Berlin	ecotrans Ladies Open	Berlin	Germany	Grass	Jessica Pegula (2024)	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai (2024)
Bad Homburg	Bad Homburg Open powered by Solarwatt	Bad Homburg	Germany	Grass	Diana Shnaider (2024)	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez (2024)
Eastbourne	Rothesay International	Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Grass	Daria Kasatkina (2024)	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko (2024)
San Jose / Washington	Silicon Valley Classic / Mubadala Citi DC Open	San Jose / Washington, D.C.	United States	Hard	Paula Badosa (2024)	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend (2024)
Monterrey	Abierto GNP Seguros	Monterrey	Mexico	Hard	Linda Nosková (2024)	Guo Hanyu Monica Niculescu (2024)
Guadalajara	Guadalajara Open Akron	Guadalajara	Mexico	Hard	Magdalena Fręch (2024)	Anna Danilina Irina Khromacheva (2024)
Seoul	Korea Open	Seoul	South Korea	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia (2024)	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Liudmila Samsonova (2024)
Ningbo	Ningbo Open	Ningbo	China	Hard	Daria Kasatkina (2024)	Demi Schuurs Yuan Yue (2024)
Tokyo	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo	Japan	Hard	Zheng Qinwen (2024)	Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi (2024)

Defunct

Tournament	Officially known as	City(ies)	Country	Surface	Final singles champion	Final doubles champions	Last held
Doha / Dubai	Qatar TotalEnergies Open / Dubai Tennis Championships	Doha / Dubai	Qatar / United Arab Emirates	Hard	Iga Świątek	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	2023
Sydney	Sydney Tennis Classic	Sydney	Australia	Hard	Paula Badosa	Anna Danilina Beatriz Haddad Maia	2022
St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit	Anna Kalinskaya Caty McNally	2022
Ostrava	AGEL Open	Ostrava	Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Barbora Krejčíková	Caty McNally Alycia Parks	2022
Chicago	Chicago Fall Tennis Classic	Chicago	United States	Hard	Garbiñe Muguruza	Květa Peschke Andrea Petkovic	2021
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit	Jeļena Ostapenko Kateřina Siniaková	2021
Zhengzhou	Bank of Communications Zhengzhou Open	Zhengzhou	China	Hard	Zheng Qinwen (2023)	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe (2023)	2023

Historic names

1990–2008
WTA Tier II

2009–2020
WTA Premier

2021–present
WTA 500

Singles results

2021

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Brisbane	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Abu Dhabi	Aryna Sabalenka	Veronika Kudermetova	6–2, 6–2
Melbourne (1)	Ashleigh Barty	Garbiñe Muguruza	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Melbourne (2)	Elise Mertens	Kaia Kanepi	6–4, 6–1
Melbourne (3)	Anett Kontaveit vs Ann Li		abandoned
Adelaide	Iga Świątek	Belinda Bencic	6–2, 6–2
Doha	Petra Kvitová	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–2, 6–1
St. Petersburg	Daria Kasatkina	Margarita Gasparyan	6–3, 2–1, ret.
Charleston	Veronika Kudermetova	Danka Kovinić	6–4, 6–2
Stuttgart	Ashleigh Barty	Aryna Sabalenka	3–6, 6–0, 6–3
Berlin	Liudmila Samsonova	Belinda Bencic	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Eastbourne	Jeļena Ostapenko	Anett Kontaveit	6–3, 6–3
San Jose	Danielle Collins	Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–7^(10–12), 6–1
Zhengzhou	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Tokyo
Ostrava	Anett Kontaveit	Maria Sakkari	6–2, 7–5
Chicago	Garbiñe Muguruza	Ons Jabeur	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Moscow	Anett Kontaveit	Ekaterina Alexandrova	4–6, 6–4, 7–5

2022

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Brisbane	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Adelaide	Ashleigh Barty	Elena Rybakina	6–3, 6–2
Sydney	Paula Badosa	Barbora Krejčíková	6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
St. Petersburg	Anett Kontaveit	Maria Sakkari	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Dubai	Jeļena Ostapenko	Veronika Kudermetova	6–0, 6–4
Charleston	Belinda Bencic	Ons Jabeur	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Stuttgart	Iga Świątek	Aryna Sabalenka	6–2, 6–2
Berlin	Ons Jabeur	Belinda Bencic	6–3, 2–1, ret.
Eastbourne	Petra Kvitová	Jeļena Ostapenko	6–3, 6–2
San Jose	Daria Kasatkina	Shelby Rogers	6–7^(2–7), 6–1, 6–2
Tokyo	Liudmila Samsonova	Zheng Qinwen	7–5, 7–5
Ostrava	Barbora Krejčíková	Iga Świątek	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
San Diego	Iga Świątek	Donna Vekić	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Moscow	Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

2023

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Adelaide 1	Aryna Sabalenka	Linda Nosková	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Adelaide 2	Belinda Bencic	Daria Kasatkina	6–0, 6–2
Abu Dhabi	Belinda Bencic	Liudmila Samsonova	1–6, 7–6^(10–8), 6–4
Doha	Iga Świątek	Jessica Pegula	6–3, 6–0
Charleston	Ons Jabeur	Belinda Bencic	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Stuttgart	Iga Świątek	Aryna Sabalenka	6–3, 6–4
Berlin	Petra Kvitová	Donna Vekić	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Eastbourne	Madison Keys	Daria Kasatkina	6–2, 7–6^(15–13)
Washington DC	Coco Gauff	Maria Sakkari	6–2, 6–3
San Diego	Barbora Krejčíková	Sofia Kenin	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Tokyo	Veronika Kudermetova	Jessica Pegula	7–5, 6–1
Zhengzhou	Zheng Qinwen	Barbora Krejčíková	2–6, 6–2, 6–4

2024

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Brisbane	Elena Rybakina	Aryna Sabalenka	6–0, 6–3
Adelaide	Jeļena Ostapenko	Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
Linz	Jeļena Ostapenko	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6–2, 6–3
Abu Dhabi	Elena Rybakina	Daria Kasatkina	6–1, 6–4
San Diego	Katie Boulter	Marta Kostyuk	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Charleston	Danielle Collins	Daria Kasatkina	6–2, 6–1
Stuttgart	Elena Rybakina	Marta Kostyuk	6–2, 6–2
Strasbourg	Madison Keys	Danielle Collins	6–1, 6–2
Berlin	Jessica Pegula	Anna Kalinskaya	6–7^(0–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Eastbourne	Daria Kasatkina	Leylah Fernandez	6–3, 6–4
Bad Homburg	Diana Shnaider	Donna Vekić	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Washington DC	Paula Badosa	Marie Bouzková	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Monterrey	Linda Nosková	Lulu Sun	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Guadalajara	Magdalena Fręch	Olivia Gadecki	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Seoul	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Daria Kasatkina	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Ningbo	Daria Kasatkina	Mirra Andreeva	6–0, 4–6, 6–4
Tokyo	Zheng Qinwen	Sofia Kenin	7–6^(7–5), 6–3

2025

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Brisbane
Adelaide
Linz
Abu Dhabi
Merida
Charleston
Stuttgart
Strasbourg
Berlin
Eastbourne
Bad Homburg
Washington DC
Monterrey
Guadalajara
Seoul
Ningbo
Tokyo

Singles champions

WTA Tier II

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Sydney	WTA Tier III			Capriati	Date	Sabatini	Seles	Hingis	Sánchez Vicario	Davenport
Tokyo (Pan Pacific)	Graf	Sabatini	Sabatini	WTA Tier I
Paris	Not an event			Navratilova	Navratilova	Graf	Halard-Decugis	Hingis	Pierce	S. Williams
Essen/ Hanover	Not an event		Seles	Medvedeva	Novotná	Not an event	Majoli	Majoli	Schnyder	Novotná
Washington D.C.	Navratilova	Sánchez Vicario	Not an event
Indian Wells/ Palm Springs	Navratilova	Navratilova	Seles	Fernández	Graf	Fernández	Graf	WTA Tier I
Boca Raton/ Delray Beach	Sabatini	WTA Tier I		Graf	Graf	Graf	Not an event
Amelia Island	Graf	Sabatini	Sabatini	Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Martínez	Spîrlea	Davenport	Pierce	Seles
Houston	WTA Tier III	Seles	Seles	Martínez	Hack	Graf	Not an event
Barcelona/ Madrid	WTA Tier IV	WTA Tier III		Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Novotná	WTA Tier III
Hamburg	Graf	Graf	Graf	Sánchez Vicario	Sánchez Vicario	Martínez	Sánchez Vicario	Majoli	Hingis	V. Williams
Eastbourne	Navratilova	Navratilova	McNeil	Navratilova	McGrath	Tauziat	Seles	Abandoned'[a]	Novotná	Zvereva
Oakland/ Stanford	Seles	Navratilova	Seles	Navratilova	Sánchez Vicario	Mag. Maleeva	Hingis	Hingis	Davenport	Davenport
San Diego	WTA Tier III			Graf	Graf	Martínez	Date	Hingis	Davenport	Hingis
Los Angeles	Seles	Seles	Navratilova	Navratilova	Frazier	Martínez	Davenport	Seles	Davenport	S. Williams
Stratton Mt./ Atlanta/ New Haven	WTA Tier III			Martínez	Martínez	Not an event		Davenport	Graf	V. Williams
Tokyo (Nichirei/ Princess)	Fernández	Seles	Seles	Coetzer	Sánchez Vicario	Pierce	Seles	Seles	Seles	Davenport
Filderstadt/ Stuttgart	Fernández	Huber	Navratilova	Pierce	Huber	Majoli	Hingis	Hingis	Testud	Hingis
Zurich	Graf	Graf	Graf	WTA Tier I
Linz	ITF Women's Circuit	WTA Tier V		WTA Tier III					Novotná	Pierce
Leipzig	WTA Tier III			Graf	Novotná	Huber	Huber	Novotná	Graf	Tauziat
Brighton	Graf	Graf	Graf	Novotná	Novotná	Fernández	Not an event
Chicago	WTA Tier I	Navratilova	Navratilova	Seles	Zvereva	Mag. Maleeva	Novotná	Davenport	Not an event
Worcester	Graf	Not an event
Philadelphia	Not an event	Seles	Graf	WTA Tier I			Novotná	Hingis	Graf	Davenport

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Sydney	Mauresmo	Hingis	Hingis	Clijsters	Henin	Molik	Henin	Clijsters	Henin
Paris	Tauziat	Mauresmo	V. Williams	S. Williams	Clijsters	Safina	Mauresmo	Petrova	Chakvetadze
Hanover	S. Williams	Not an event
Nice	Not an event	Mauresmo	Not an event
Antwerp	Not an event		V. Williams	V. Williams	Clijsters	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Henin
Dubai	Not an event	Hingis	Mauresmo	Henin	Henin	Davenport	Henin	Henin	Dementieva
Doha	Not an event	WTA Tier III			Myskina	Sharapova	Petrova	Henin	WTA Tier I
Bangalore	Not an event			WTA Tier IV			WTA Tier III		S. Williams
Scottsdale	Abandoned[b]	Davenport	S. Williams	Sugiyama	Not an event
Amelia Island	Seles	Mauresmo	V. Williams	Dementieva	Davenport	Davenport	Petrova	Golovin	Sharapova
Hamburg	Hingis	V. Williams	Clijsters	Not an event
Warsaw	WTA Tier IV	Not an event	WTA Tier III	Mauresmo	V. Williams	Henin	Clijsters	Henin	Not an event
Eastbourne	Halard-Decugis	Davenport	Rubin	Rubin	Kuznetsova	Clijsters	Henin	Henin	Radwańska
Stanford	V. Williams	Clijsters	V. Williams	Clijsters	Davenport	Clijsters	Clijsters	Chakvetadze	Wozniak
San Diego	V. Williams	V. Williams	V. Williams	Henin	WTA Tier I				Not an event
Los Angeles	S. Williams	Davenport	Rubin	Clijsters	Davenport	Clijsters	Dementieva	Ivanovic	Safina
New Haven	V. Williams	V. Williams	V. Williams	Capriati	Bovina	Davenport	Henin	Kuznetsova	Wozniacki
Bahia	WTA Tier IV	Seles	Myskina	Not an event
Tokyo (Princess)	S. Williams	Dokić	S. Williams	Not an event
Shanghai/ Beijing	WTA Tier IV			Dementieva	S. Williams	Kirilenko	Kuznetsova	Szávay	Janković
Luxembourg	WTA Tier III					Clijsters	Bondarenko	Ivanovic	WTA Tier III
Filderstadt/ Stuttgart	Hingis	Davenport	Clijsters	Clijsters	Davenport	Davenport	Petrova	Henin	Janković
Zurich	WTA Tier I								V. Williams
Linz	Davenport	Davenport	Henin	Sugiyama	Mauresmo	Petrova	Sharapova	Hantuchová	Ivanovic
Leipzig	Clijsters	Clijsters	S. Williams	Myskina	Not an event
Philadelphia	Davenport	Not an event		Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Mauresmo	Not an event

WTA Premier

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Brisbane	WTA International			Kanepi	S. Williams	S. Williams	Sharapova	Azarenka	Plíšková	Svitolina	Plíšková	Plíšková
Sydney	Dementieva	Dementieva	Li	Azarenka	Radwańska	Pironkova	Kvitová	Kuznetsova	Konta	Kerber	Kvitová	Not an event
Adelaide	Not an event											Barty
Paris	Mauresmo	Dementieva	Kvitová	Kerber	Barthel	Pavlyuchenkova	Not an event
Antwerp	Exhibition event						Petkovic	Not an event
St. Petersburg	Not an event						ITF Women's Circuit	Vinci	Mladenovic	Kvitová	Bertens	Bertens
Doha	Not an event		Zvonareva	WTA Premier 5			Šafářová	WTA Premier 5	Plíšková	WTA Premier 5	Mertens	WTA Premier 5
Dubai	WTA Premier 5			Radwańska	Kvitová	V. Williams	WTA Premier 5	Errani	WTA Premier 5	Svitolina	WTA Premier 5	Halep
Charleston	Lisicki	Stosur	Wozniacki	S. Williams	S. Williams	Petkovic	Kerber	Stephens	Kasatkina	Bertens	Keys	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Stuttgart	Kuznetsova	Henin	Görges	Sharapova	Sharapova	Sharapova	Kerber	Kerber	Siegemund	Plíšková	Kvitová
Warsaw	Dulgheru	Dulgheru	Not an event
Brussels	Not an event		Wozniacki	Radwańska	Kanepi	Not an event
Birmingham	WTA International					Ivanovic	Kerber	Keys	Kvitová	Kvitová	Barty	WTA International
Berlin	Not an event											Cancelled
Eastbourne	Wozniacki	Makarova	Bartoli	Paszek	Vesnina	Keys	Bencic	Cibulková	Plíšková	Wozniacki	Plíšková
Stanford/ San Jose	Bartoli	Azarenka	S. Williams	S. Williams	Cibulková	S. Williams	Kerber	Konta	Keys	Buzărnescu	S. Zheng
Los Angeles	Pennetta	Not an event
San Diego/ Carlsbad	Not an event	Kuznetsova	Radwańska	Cibulková	Stosur	Not an event	WTA 125K	Not an event
New Haven	Wozniacki	Wozniacki	Wozniacki	Kvitová	Halep	Kvitová	Kvitová	Radwańska	Gavrilova	Sabalenka	Not an event
Zhengzhou	Not an event					ITF Women's Circuit			WTA 125K		Plíšková	Cancelled
Tokyo	WTA Premier 5					Ivanovic	Radwańska	Wozniacki	Wozniacki	Plíšková	Osaka
Ostrava	Not an event											Sabalenka
Moscow	Schiavone	Azarenka	Cibulková	Wozniacki	Halep	Pavlyuchenkova	Kuznetsova	Kuznetsova	Görges	Kasatkina	Bencic	Cancelled

WTA 500

	2021	2022	2023	2024
Brisbane	Cancelled		United Cup	Rybakina
Sydney	Cancelled	Badosa	United Cup
Melbourne 1	Barty	WTA 250	Not an event
Melbourne 2	Mertens	WTA 250	Not an event
Melbourne 3	Abandoned[c]	Not an event
Adelaide	Świątek	Barty	Sabalenka[d]	Ostapenko
Adelaide 2	Not an event	WTA 250	Bencic	Not an event
Linz	WTA 250			Ostapenko
Abu Dhabi	Sabalenka	Not an event	Bencic	Rybakina
St. Petersburg	Kasatkina	Kontaveit	Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine[6]
Doha	Kvitová	WTA 1000	Świątek	WTA 1000
Dubai	WTA 1000	Ostapenko	WTA 1000
San Diego	Not an event	Świątek	Krejčíková	Boulter
Charleston	Kudermetova	Bencic	Jabeur	Collins
Stuttgart	Barty	Świątek	Świątek	Rybakina
Strasbourg	WTA 250			Keys
Berlin	Samsonova	Jabeur	Kvitová	Pegula
Eastbourne	Ostapenko	Kvitová	Keys	Kasatkina[d]
Bad Homburg	WTA 250			Shnaider[d]
San Jose/ Washington	Collins	Kasatkina[d]	Gauff	Badosa
Monterrey	WTA 250			Nosková
Guadalajara	Not an event	WTA 1000		Fręch
Seoul	WTA 125	WTA 250		Haddad Maia
Zhengzhou	Cancelled due to COVID-19[10]	Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation[11]	Q. Zheng	Not an event
Ningbo		Cancelled due to COVID-19	WTA 250	Kasatkina[d]
Tokyo	Samsonova[d]		Kudermetova[d]	Q. Zheng
Ostrava	Kontaveit	Krejčíková	Not an event
Chicago (Fall)	Muguruza	Not an event
Moscow	Kontaveit	Suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine[6]

Statistics

Most titles

Bold face designates active players

Titles	Player
26	Lindsay Davenport
	Steffi Graf
22	/ Monica Seles
18	Kim Clijsters
	Justine Henin
	Serena Williams
	Venus Williams
16	Martina Hingis
15	Amélie Mauresmo
	Martina Navratilova

See also

• WTA Tour
• WTA 1000 tournaments
• WTA 250 tournaments
• WTA 125 tournaments
• ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
• WTA Premier tournaments
• WTA International tournaments
• ATP Tour 500

Notes

1. The final between Jana Novotná vs. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was abandoned at 6-5 due to rain.^[7]
2. The final between Martina Hingis vs. Lindsay Davenport was abandoned due to rain.^[8]
3. The final between Anett Kontaveit vs. Ann Li was abandoned due to a delay in schedule.^[9]
4. Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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