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WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series), [1] [2] it is the second highest level of women's competition, below the top-tier WTA Tour, and above the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournaments.
Players who succeed in the WTA 125s earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for the main draw or qualifying draw entry of WTA Tour tournaments. Titles and losses at a WTA 125 event are separately counted from a player's WTA Tour results and corresponding head-to-head statistics.[ citation needed ]
2012–2020
WTA 125K Series
2021–present
WTA 125
The tournaments offer total prize money of $125,000–$162,480. An exception was made in case of 2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open which had a prize money of $3,125,000 which was funded by 2020 US Open organizers to make up for the lack of a qualifying draw as many low ranked players, mainly from Europe were unable to travel to New York due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
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Singles | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Doubles (16D) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles (8D) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Newport Beach | Not an event | Collins | Andreescu | Brengle | |||||
Cali | ITF Women's Circuit | Arruabarrena Vecino | Not an Event | ||||||
Indian Wells | Not an event | Errani | Golubic | Begu | |||||
San Antonio | Not an event | Doi | Not an event | ||||||
Guadalajara | Not an event | Kudermetova | Cancelled | ||||||
Zhengzhou | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Q Wang | S Zheng | WTA Premier | ||||
Xi'an | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Not an event | Cancelled | |||||
Anning | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Khromacheva | S Zheng | |||||
West Hempstead | Not an event | Cancelled | Not an event | ||||||
Bol | Not an event | Minella | Krunić | Zidanšek | Zidanšek | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||
Båstad | WTA International | Doi | |||||||
Karlsruhe | Not an event | Țig | |||||||
Chicago/New Haven | Not an event | Martić | Blinkova | ||||||
Nanchang | Not an event | Peng | Janković | WTA International | |||||
Prague | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | ITF Women's Tour | Kučová | |||||
Suzhou | ITF Women's Circuit | Pe'er | Friedsam | ITF Women's Circuit | ITF Women's Tour | Not an event | |||
Portschach | WTA International | Not an event | Cancelled | ||||||
Dalian | Not an event | S Zheng | Kr Plíšková | Kozlova | Not an event | ||||
Ningbo | ITF Women's Circuit | Jovanovski | Linette | Not an event | |||||
Warsaw | Not an event | Cancelled | |||||||
Nanjing | Not an event | Zhang | Not an event | ITF Women's Circuit | Not an event | ||||
Pune/Mumbai | Svitolina | Not an Event | Sabalenka | Kumkhum | Not an Event | ||||
Hua Hin | Not an event | Shvedova | Cancelled | Bencic | Not an event | WTA International | |||
Taipei | Mladenovic | Van Uytvanck | Diatchenko | Babos | Rodina | Bencic | Kumkhum | Diatchenko | Cancelled |
Houston | Not an event | Peng | Flipkens | ||||||
Limoges | ITF Women's Circuit | Smitková | Garcia | Alexandrova | Niculescu | Alexandrova | Alexandrova | ||
Carlsbad/Honolulu | WTA Premier | Not an event | Wickmayer | Bellis | Zhang | Exhibition event | Not an event |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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Canberra | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour | Párrizas Díaz | |
Cali | Not an event | Podoroska | Not an event | |
Mumbai | Not an event | Semeņistaja | ||
Puerto Vallarta | Not an event | Kessler | ||
Marbella | Not an event | Sherif | Not an event | |
San Luis Potosí | Not an event | Cocciaretto | Podoroska | |
Antalya | Not an event | Bouzas Maneiro | ||
Oeiras | ITF Women's Tour | Lamens | ||
Saint-Malo | Golubic | Haddad Maia | Stephens | Boisson |
Reus/Lleida | Not an event | Cîrstea | Siniaková | |
Florence | Paolini | |||
Paris | Not an event | Liu | Parry | Shnaider [lower-alpha 1] |
Bol/Makarska | Paolini | Niemeier | Sherif | |
La Bisbal d'Empordà | ITF Women's Tour | Rus | Carlé | |
Valencia | ITF Women's Tour | Q Zheng | Sherif | |
Gaiba | Not an event | Van Uytvanck | Krueger | |
Båstad | Párrizas Díaz | Jang | Danilović | |
Contrexéville | ITF Women's Tour | Errani | Rus | |
Charleston | Lepchenko | ITF Women's Tour | Cocciaretto | |
Belgrade | Schmiedlová | Not an event | ||
Iași | Not an event | Bogdan | Bogdan | |
Concord | Fręch | Vandeweghe | Not an event | |
Kozerki | ITF Women's Tour | Yastremska | ||
Barranquilla | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour | Maria | |
Chicago | Tauson | Not an event | Tomova | |
Vancouver | Not an event | Grammatikopoulou | ITF Women's Tour | |
Stanford | Not an event | Y Wang | ||
Karlsruhe | Sherif | Sherif | Not an event | |
Portorož | WTA 250 | Not an event | ||
Columbus | Párrizas Díaz | Not an event | ||
Bari | Not an event | Grabher | Zidanšek | |
Bucharest | Begu | Sharma | ||
Budapest | Korpatsch | Not an event | ||
Ljubljana | Not an event | Bassols Ribera | ||
Parma | WTA 250 | Bogdan | Schmiedlová | |
Rouen | Not an event | Zanevska | Golubic | |
Tampico | Not an event | Cocciaretto | Bektas | |
Midland | Brengle | McNally | Kalinskaya [lower-alpha 1] | |
Taipei | Cancelled | Not an event | ||
Colina | ITF Women's Tour | Sherif | Bejlek | |
Florianópolis | Not an event | Tomljanović | ||
Buenos Aires | Bondár | Udvardy | Pigossi | |
Andorra la Vella | Not an event | Parks | Bassols Ribera | |
Montevideo | Parry | Shnaider [lower-alpha 1] | Zarazúa | |
Angers | Diatchenko | Parks | Burel | |
Limoges | Van Uytvanck | Kalinina | Bucșa | |
Seoul | Zhu | WTA 250 |
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