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Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ jà fǎn]; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.

Wang Yafan
王雅繁
Wang at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Born (1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 (age 30)
Nanjing, China
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachKarim Perona
Prize moneyUS$ 3,349,453
Singles
Career record348–229
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 47 (7 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 60 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2019, 2024)
US Open4R (2024)
Doubles
Career record182–141
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 49 (15 February 2016)
Current rankingNo. 84 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016, 2019, 2024)
French Open2R (2016, 2019, 2021, 2024)
Wimbledon3R (2019)
US Open2R (2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–3
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.
Wang Yafan
Chinese王雅繁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWáng Yǎfán
Bopomofoㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄈㄢˊ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhWang Yeafarn
Wade–GilesWang2 Ya3fan2
Tongyong PinyinWáng Yǎfán
Yale RomanizationWáng Yǎfán
MPS2Wáng Yǎ-fán
IPA[wǎŋ jà fǎn]

In her career, she has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, along with one singles title and four doubles titles on the Challenger Tour. In addition, she won 16 singles and seven doubles tournaments on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–3, as of September 2024.

Personal life

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She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine years old.[1]

Career

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2014: WTA Tour debut

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Wang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles.[2] The pair won their first-round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin,[2] and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova, then lost to eventual champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.[2]

In September 2014 at the Guangzhou International Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she advanced to the semifinals, upsetting Samantha Stosur in the first round,[3] and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual champion Monica Niculescu.[4]

2018: Breakthrough, Miami Open fourth round

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Wang made her career breakthrough at the 2018 Miami Open, where she reached the fourth round as a qualifier, then lost to Angelique Kerber.

2019: Maiden career title, top 50 debut

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Wang won her first ever WTA Tour singles title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin in three sets, after being down a set and a break.[5] As a result, she achieved her best ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2019.

At the Miami Open, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. In the second, she clinched her first victory against a top-10 player by defeating Elina Svitolina in straight sets. She then won against Danielle Collins in straight sets and reached the fourth round,[6] but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang, in straight sets.

2023: Back to top 100

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As a qualifier, Wang won the title at the Golden Gate Open, defeating second seed Kamilla Rakhimova in the final.[7]

Ranked No. 114 at the US Open, after four years of absence, she qualified for the main draw and upset Caroline Garcia, her second career top 10 win.[8] As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.[9][10]

2024: Australian Open third and US Open fourth rounds

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At the Australian Open, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, defeating 22nd seed Sorana Cîrstea[11] and Emma Raducanu,[12][13] before losing to 12th seed and eventual finalist Zheng Qinwen.[14] As a result, Wang returned to the top 80 on 29 January 2024.[15] At the Thailand Open, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since 2019 and seventh overall, defeating Katie Volynets in a third set tiebreak.[16][17]

At the US Open, she reached the fourth round of a major for the first time in her career, overcoming ninth seed Maria Sakkari by injury retirement for her first top 10 win for the season and second at this tournament,[18][19] before defeating Diane Parry.[20] She then upset 20th seed Viktoria Azarenka in the third round.[21] This was her fifth career top 20 win and also second in the same tournament for the first time.[22] Her run was ended by 26th seed Paula Badosa.[23]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[24]

Singles

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Current through the 2024 Italian Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 1R A Q2 2R 1R 1R A A 3R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A A A Q2 Q1 A 1R 1R A Q1 A A 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A A Q3 Q2 A 1R 2R NH 1R A A 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A A A Q2 2R Q2 2R 1R A A A 2R 4R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–4 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 7–4 0 / 17 12–17 41%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A A Z1 A Z1 A A[b] A 0 / 0 3–2 60%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[c] A A A NMS Q1 NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai[c] NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A Q1 1R NH A A A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A 4R 4R NH Q1 A A 1R 0 / 3 6–3 67%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A 1R NH Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A 2R A A A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Guadalajara Open NH A A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[d] A A Q1 Q2 Q1 1R 1R 2R NH Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
China Open Q1 A A Q2 2R 1R 1R 2R NH A 1R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 6–6 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–6 0 / 18 11–18 38%
Career statistics
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0 0 1 3 8 5 12 22 6 9 0 1 Career total: 67
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 4–9 5–5 13–13 25–21 3–6 1–9 0–0 1–1 1 / 67 56–68 45%
Year-end ranking 520 313 191 135 117 168 73 48 94 300 418 97 $2,359,815

Doubles

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A 1R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
French Open A 1R 2R A 1R 2R A 2R A 2R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R A 1R 3R NH 1R A 2R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
US Open A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A 1R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 0–4 4–4 0–1 1–3 0–0 3–4 0 / 23 11–23 32%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy[e] DNQ W RR DNQ NH 1 / 2 3–2 60%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A 1R A 1R A A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Cincinnati Open A A 1R A A A A A A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[d] 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 1R NH 0 / 6 2–6 25%
China Open A SF 1R 1R 1R 2R NH 2R 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Career statistics
Tournaments 4 11 16 5 11 15 4 11 0 Career total: 77
Titles 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 3
Finals 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Career total: 7
Overall win–loss 4–4 14–9 11–17 1–5 7–10 16–15 5–4 6–11 0–0 3 / 77 64–75 46%
Year-end ranking 158 57 70 361 79 68 79 114 826

Significant finals

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WTA Elite Trophy

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Venue Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i)   Liang Chen   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2019 Abierto Mexicano International[f] Hard   Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Elite Trophy (1–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2015 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard   Liang Chen   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Nadiia Kichenok
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Mar 2015 Malaysian Open International Hard   Liang Chen   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Olga Savchuk
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 2–1 Nov 2015 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Trophy Hard   Liang Chen   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Mar 2016 Malaysian Open International Hard   Liang Chen   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 3–2 Feb 2018 Taipei Open, Taiwan International Hard (i)   Duan Yingying   Nao Hibino
  Oksana Kalashnikova
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–3 Feb 2019 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard   Anna Blinkova   Irina-Camelia Begu
  Monica Niculescu
6–2, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss 3–4 Mar 2020 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard   Miyu Kato   Kateryna Bondarenko
  Sharon Fichman
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard   Zheng Saisai 7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2023 Golden Gate Open, United States Hard   Kamilla Rakhimova 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 Jiangxi International, China Hard   Chan Chin-wei   Chang Kai-chen
  Zheng Saisai
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win 1–1 Nov 2015 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard (i)   Liang Chen   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Nov 2017 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand (2) Hard (i)   Duan Yingying   Dalila Jakupović
  Irina Khromacheva
6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 Apr 2018 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard   Duan Yingying   Naomi Broady
  Yanina Wickmayer
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 4–1 Jun 2018 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Mariana Duque Mariño   Silvia Soler Espinosa
  Barbora Štefková
6–3, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments (3–3)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (7–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–6)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2012 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 10,000 Hard   Yang Zi 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Dec 2012 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Nungnadda Wannasuk 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Mar 2013 ITF Sydney, Australia 10,000 Hard   Misa Eguchi 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–1 Sep 2013 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea 10,000 Hard   Kim Sun-jung 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2013 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea (2) 10,000 Hard   Lee Pei-chi 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Feb 2014 ITF Salisbury, Australia 15,000 Hard   Jang Su-jeong 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 5–2 Jul 2014 ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2) 10,000 Hard   Sabina Sharipova 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 Jul 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand 25,000 Hard (i)   Xu Yifan 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 7–2 Jul 2015 ITF Zhengzhou, China 25,000 Hard   Duan Yingying 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–3 Apr 2016 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard   Jang Su-jeong 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 7–4 Oct 2016 Suzhou Ladies Open, China 50,000 Hard   Chang Kai-chen 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win 8–4 Jul 2017 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard   Zhu Lin 6–4, 6–2
Win 9–4 Oct 2017 Liuzhou Open, China 60,000 Hard   Nao Hibino 3–6, 6–4, 3–3 ret.
Loss 9–5 Aug 2018 Jinan International Open, China 60,000 Hard   Zhu Lin 4–6, 1–6
Win 10–5 Nov 2018 Liuzhou Challenger, China 60,000 Hard   Han Na-lae 6–4, 6–2
Win 11–5 Feb 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay   Katharina Hobgarski 7–5, 6–3
Loss 11–6 Feb 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay   Réka Luca Jani 4–6, 3–6
Loss 11–7 Mar 2023 ITF Swan Hill, Australia 25,000 Grass   Joanna Garland 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7)
Win 12–7 Mar 2023 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay   Olivia Gadecki 3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 13–7 May 2023 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass   Haruka Kaji 6–0, 6–1
Win 14–7 Jun 2023 ITF Tokyo, Japan 25,000 Hard   Johanne Svendsen 6–1, 6–0
Win 15–7 Jun 2023 ITF Luzhou, China 25,000 Hard   You Xiaodi 7–5, 6–2
Win 16–7 Jul 2023 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR 40,000 Hard   Eudice Chong 6–2, 6–3
Loss 16–8 Jul 2023 Dallas Summer Series, United States 60,000 Hard (i)   Yulia Starodubtseva 6–3, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2010 ITF Ningbo, China 10,000 Hard   Yang Zhaoxuan   Lu Jiaxiang
  Yang Zi-Jun
1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss 1–1 Jul 2012 ITF Huzhu, China 15,000 Clay   Tian Ran   Li Yihong
  Zhang Kailin
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 2–1 Dec 2012 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Wen Xin   Kim Na-ri
  Lee Ye-ra
7–5, 7–5
Win 3–1 Dec 2012 ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2) 10,000 Hard   Wen Xin   Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang
  Li Yihong
6–0, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Mar 2013 ITF Sydney, Australia 10,000 Hard   Tamara Čurović   Misa Eguchi
  Mari Tanaka
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win 4–2 Jun 2014 ITF Xi'an, China 50,000 Hard   Lu Jiajing   Liang Chen
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 4–3 Feb 2015 Launceston International,
Australia
50,000 Hard   Yang Zhaoxuan   Han Xinyun
  Junri Namigata
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–3 May 2015 Kangaroo Cup, Japan 75,000 Hard   Xu Yifan   An-Sophie Mestach
  Emily Webley-Smith
6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Apr 2016 Pingshan Open, China 50,000 Hard   Liang Chen   Shuko Aoyama
  Makoto Ninomiya
6–7(5), 4–6
Win 6–4 May 2016 Kunming Open, China 100,000 Clay   Zhang Kailin   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–7(3), 7–6(2), [10–1]
Loss 6–5 Feb 2023 ITF Swan Hill, Australia 25,000 Grass   Liang En-shuo   Lily Fairclough
  Olivia Gadecki
3–6, 3–6
Win 7–5 May 2023 Kurume Cup, Japan 60,000 Carpet   Talia Gibson   Funa Kozaki
  Junri Namigata
6–3, 6–3

Head-to-head record

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Top 10 wins

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Season 2019 ... 2023 2024 Total
Wins 1 1 1 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score WYR
2019
1.   Elina Svitolina No. 5 Miami Open, US Hard 2R 6–2, 6–4 No. 50
2023
2.   Caroline Garcia No. 7 US Open Hard 1R 6–4, 6–1 No. 114
2024
3.   Maria Sakkari No. 9 US Open Hard 1R 6–2, ret. No. 80

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)

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Result Year W–L Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Rank Rd WYR
Win 2023 1–0 US Open Grand Slam Hard   Sára Bejlek 213 Q1 115

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b c The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ a b In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  5. ^ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  6. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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