WTA Tour Predictions & Tips

The WTA Tour is a professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the organising body of women's professional tennis. The WTA Tour has more than 2500 players from almost 100 countries and the 2019 WTA Tour features 63 tournaments.

The WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open), WTA Premier tournaments, Premier 5, WTA International tournaments, Fed Cup, WTA Tour Championships, WTA Elite Trophy and the Hopman Cup.

The WTA headquarters are located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States with its European headquarters in London, England and its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Beijing, China.

The 2019 WTA Tour competitive season includes 63 tournaments including the four Grand Slams (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organised by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). 

These events take place in 30 countries. The season concludes with the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy. The Hopman Cup is also organised by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.

The Grand Slam tennis tournaments are also called majors and are the four most significant tournaments in tennis. The Grand Slams offer the most ranking points, prize money, strength and size of field. 

The Grand Slam’s start with the Australian Open in January, the French Open in late May to early June, Wimbledon Championships in June and July and the US Open in August and September. Each Grand Slam is contested over two weeks.

The Australian Open and US Open are played on hard courts, the French Open on clay and Wimbledon on grass. Wimbledon is the oldest followed by the US Open, French Open and the Australian Open.

The women’s Grand Slam tournaments are not organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), but by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The WTA does award ranking points based on a performances at each Grand Slam.

WTA Premier Tournaments include four "Premier Mandatory" events in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing, five "Premier 5" events in Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati, Toronto/Montreal and Wuhan and twelve "Premier" events including Brisbane, Sydney, St. Petersburg, Doha, Charleston, Stuttgart, Birmingham, Eastbourne International, San Jose, Zhengzhou, Tokyo and Moscow.

The WTA International Tournaments replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The 2019 WTA Tour features 32 tournaments including the Auckland Open, Shenzhen Open, Hobart International, Hua Hin Championships, Budapest Grand Prix, Mexican Open, Monterrey Open, Ladies Open Lugano, Copa Colsanitas, İstanbul Cup, Morocco Open, Prague Open, Internationaux de Strasbourg, Nuremberg Cup, Nottingham Open, Rosmalen Championships, Mallorca Open, Bucharest Open, Swiss Open, Baltic Open, Palermo International, Washington Open, Tournoi de Québec, Japan Open, Jiangxi Open, Korea Open, Guangzhou Open, Tashkent Open, Tianjin Open, Hong Kong Open, Linz Open and Luxembourg Open.

The Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, the world's largest yearly women's international team sports competition in terms of the quantity of nations competing. The men's equivalent of the Fed Cup is the Davis Cup. 

The WTA Finals were formerly known as the WTA Tour Championships and is contested at the conclusion of the tennis season for the top-ranked players. Since 2003 the WTA Finals features the top eight ranked singles players divided into two round-robin groups and eight doubles teams.

The WTA Finals has the largest prize money and ranking points after the four Grand Slams.

The WTA Elite Trophy is the second-tier women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It succeeded the WTA Tournament of Champions which took place from 2009 to 2014. The singles event features 12 players (9th to 19th on the WTA rankings and one wildcard).

Stay up to date with all the results at the WTA Tour tournaments at the WTA Tour website. This is a great way to stay on top of which players are climbing the rankings and going under the radar. Increase your knowledge of all the players on the WTA Tour to icrease your chances of beating the bookmakers and building your bankroll.

There are thousands of matches on the WTA Tour which means it is impossible to watch every one. Subscribe to the WTA Youtube Channel to watch highlights, player features and interviews, documentaries and best shots of the day.

Stay up to date with all the latest news from the WTA Tour at the WTA Tour website. You can find all the relevant news for every tournament, player HTH statistics and information to help you stay on top of all the players and tournaments.

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