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2023 WTA Tour
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The 2023 WTA Tour (branded as the 2023 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2023 tennis season. The 2023 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the 2023 WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy), and the team events United Cup (combined event with ATP) and Hopman Cup (sanctioned by the ITF). 2023 also marked the return of the WTA to China, after strict COVID-19 protocols in the country and the disappearance of former tennis player Peng Shuai.[3][4]

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Schedule

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This is the complete schedule of events on the 2023 calendar.[5]

Key
Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA 1000[a]
WTA 500[a]
WTA 250[a]
Team events

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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Cancelled tournaments

The following tournaments were cancelled due to various reasons.

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Statistical information

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These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2022 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Finals), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:

  1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
  2. cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equalling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equalling two WTA 250 wins);
  3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA 1000 (Mandatory)
WTA 1000 (Non-mandatory)
WTA 500
WTA 250

Titles won by player

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Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
Doubles
Mixed

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

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Best ranking

The following players achieved their career-high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold):[c]

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Doubles
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WTA rankings

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Below are the tables for the yearly WTA Race rankings[d] and the WTA rankings[e] of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and doubles teams.

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Points distribution

Points are awarded as follows:[12]

CategoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128QQ3Q2Q1
Grand Slam (S)2000130078043024013070104030202
Grand Slam (D)200013007804302401301040
WTA Finals (S)1500*1080*750*(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)15001080750375
WTA 1000 (96S)100065039021512065351030202
WTA 1000 (64/60S)1000650390215120651030202
WTA 1000 (28/32D)100065039021512010
WTA 1000 (56S, 48Q/32Q)90058535019010560130201
WTA 1000 (28D)9005853501901051
WTA 500 (64/56S)4703051851005530125131
WTA 500 (32/30/28S)4703051851005512518131
WTA 500 (28D)470305185100551
WTA 500 (16D)4703051851001
WTA 250 (32S, 32Q)280180110603011814101
WTA 250 (32S, 24/16Q)2801801106030118121
WTA 250 (28D)28018011060301
WTA 250 (16D)280180110601
United Cup500 (max)For details, see 2023 United Cup

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record

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Prize money leaders

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Retirements

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The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2023 season:

  • Slovakia Jana Čepelová (born 29 May 1993 in Košice, Slovakia) joined the professional tour in 2012. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 50 in singles in May 2014. Čepelová announced her retirement in June and played her last professional match at the 2023 US Open.[13]
  • Japan Misaki Doi announced in August that she will play the final tournaments of her career on home soil in Osaka and Tokyo.
  • United States Irina Falconi (born 4 May 1990 in Portoviejo, Ecuador) joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 63 in singles in May 2016 and No. 70 in doubles in June 2013. She won one singles title. Falconi announced her retirement in August 2023 and played her last professional match at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[14]
  • Belgium Kirsten Flipkens (born 10 January 1986 in Geel, Belgium) joined the professional tour in 2003 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in singles in August 2013 and No. 23 in doubles in July 2019. She won one singles title and seven doubles titles. Flipkens announced her retirement in July 2023 and played her last professional match at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[15]
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Kontaveit (pictured in 2019) reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 2 and won six singles titles.
  • Estonia Anett Kontaveit (born 24 December 1995 in Tallinn, Estonia) joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 in singles in June 2022 to become the highest-ranked Estonian player in history. She won six singles titles and reached the final of the 2021 WTA Finals. Kontaveit produced her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2020 Australian Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. She announced her retirement on 20 June following her diagnosis of lumbar disc degeneration and played her last professional matches in the singles and mixed doubles tournaments at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.[16][17]
  • India Sania Mirza (born 15 November 1986 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) announced her retirement on 7 January after the Dubai Tennis Championships in February.[18][19]
  • Japan Ayumi Morita (born 11 March 1990 in Ōta, Gunma, Japan) joined the professional tour in 2005. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles in October 2011 and world No. 65 in doubles in February 2009, and was a two-time doubles finalist on the WTA Tour. She produced her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open in 2011 and 2013 when she reached the third round on both occasions. She played her last professional match in November 2022 at an event in Tokyo on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, where she lost to Han Na-lae. Morita announced her retirement on 4 August 2023 following a string of injuries and will receive a ceremony at the Ariake Coliseum in September 2023.[20]
  • Australia Anastasia Rodionova (born 12 May 1982 in Tambov, Soviet Union) joined the professional tour in 1997 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 62 in singles in August 2010 and No. 15 in doubles in September 2014. She won eleven doubles titles. Her greatest career achievements have come in doubles, having reached the finals of the mixed-doubles event at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships with Andy Ram and the semifinals of the women's doubles event at the 2010 US Open with Cara Black. Rodionova announced her retirement in August 2023.[14]
  • Australia Samantha Stosur (born 30 March 1984 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) announced on 14 January on her Instagram that the 2023 Australian Open will be the last tournament of her career.[21][22]
  • Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová played her last professional match in September 2023 at the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Santiago Gonzalez.[23]
  • United States CoCo Vandeweghe (born 6 December 1991 in Rancho Santa Fe, California) joined the professional tour in 2008. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 9 in singles in January 2018 and world No. 14 in doubles in October 2018. Vandeweghe won two singles titles and four doubles titles. In singles, she reached the semifinals of the 2017 Australian Open and 2017 US Open. Vandeweghe announced her retirement in August 2023 and made her last professional appearance at the 2023 San Diego Open.[24][25]
  • Belgium Maryna Zanevska (born 24 August 1993 in Odesa, Ukraine) joined the professional tour in 2009. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 62 in singles in May 2022 and world No. 86 in doubles in June 2014. She is a one-time WTA singles titleholder and has been runner-up in four additional doubles finals. Zanevska produced her best performances at the Grand Slam tournaments all in 2022. In singles, she reached the second round at both the Australian Open and US Open, and in doubles, she achieved a quarterfinal berth at the French Open. Zanevska announced her retirement on 8 August 2023 after revealing her struggles with chronic back pain and made her last professional appearance at the 2023 US Open.[26]

Inactivity

  • Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • Romania Simona Halep became inactive after not playing for more than a year. In September, she further received a four-year ban from tennis after her suspension was upheld.
  • France Alizé Lim became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • Romania Raluca Olaru became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • China Wang Qiang became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • Croatia Darija Jurak became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • Slovenia Andreja Klepač became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
  • Spain Garbiñe Muguruza announced in February she was taking an indefinite break from tennis, not competing in any tournaments for the rest of the year. In an interview later in October, she stated that she had "no intention" to return to the WTA Tour, as she was enjoying her hiatus.[27]

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Notes

  1. These points are still distributed by tournaments:
    • 1000 points (WTA 1000; Mandatory)
    • 900 points (WTA 1000; non-Mandatory)
    • 470 points (WTA 500)
    • 280 points (WTA 250)
  2. As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete in tournaments under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  3. Name and ranking in bold means the player entered the top 10 or became world No. 1 for the first time, and only the ranking in bold means the player had entered the top 10 previously but reached a new career-high ranking.
  4. The WTA Race rankings measure the points a player (for singles) or team (for doubles) has accumulated over the season leading up to the year-end WTA Finals.
  5. The WTA rankings are the weekly computer ratings defined by the WTA and are based on a rolling, 52-week cumulative system.

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