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.
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 $1.5 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.
Events
Current
Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded
Historic names
1990–2008
WTA Tier II
2009–2020
WTA Premier
2021–present
WTA 500
Singles results
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Singles champions
WTA Tier II
WTA Premier
WTA 500
Statistics
Most titles
Bold face designates active players
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
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