Tournament category in women's tennis 2009–2024
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), 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.
Tournament locations
Asia
- China: Anning (2018–2019), Chengdu (2024), Dalian (2015–2017), Nanchang (2014–2015), Nanjing (2013), Ningbo (2013–2014), Suzhou (2013–2014), Zhengzhou (2017–2018)
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong (2024)
- India: Pune (2012), Mumbai (2017–2018, 2024)
- South Korea: Seoul (2021)
- Taiwan: Taipei (2012–2019)
- Thailand: Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
- Turkey: Antalya (2024)
Europe
- Andorra: Andorra la Vella (2022–present)
- Croatia: Bol (2016–2019, 2021), Makarska (2022–present)
- Czech Republic: Prague (2020)
- France: Angers (2021–present), Contrexéville (2022–present), Limoges (2014–2019, 2021–present), Paris (2022–present), Rouen (2022–2023), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
- Germany: Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022), Hamburg (2024)
- Hungary: Budapest (2022)
- Italy: Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023), Parma (2023–present)
- Poland: Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023), Warsaw (2024)
- Portugal: Oeiras (2024)
- Romania: Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–2023)
- Serbia: Belgrade (2021)
- Slovenia: Ljubljana (2023–present)
- Spain: La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Lleida (2024), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023), Valencia (2022–present)
- Sweden: Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
- Switzerland: Montreux (2024)
- United Kingdom: Birmingham (2025)
North America
- Canada: Vancouver (2022)
- Mexico: Guadalajara (2019, 2024), Mazatlán (2024), Puerto Vallarta (2024–present), San Luis Potosà (2023–present), Tampico (2022–present)
- United States: Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021, 2024), Chicago (2018, 2021, 2023), Columbus (2021), Concord (2021–2022), Honolulu (2016–2017), Houston (2018–2019), Indian Wells (2018–2020), Midland (2021–present), New Haven (2019), Newport Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016), Stanford (2023)
Oceania
South America
Historic names
2012–2020
WTA 125K Series
2021–present
WTA 125
Prize money
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.
Points distribution
Event
|
W
|
F
|
SF
|
QF
|
R16
|
R32
|
Q
|
Q2
|
Q1
|
Singles
|
125 |
81 |
49 |
27 |
15 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
1
|
Doubles
|
1 |
—
|
Doubles (8D)
|
1 |
—
|
Singles champions
WTA 125K Series
WTA 125
Records
Most titles by player
Most finals by player
Most titles by country
Youngest champions
Singles
Age |
Player |
Title
|
17 years, 233 days |
CiCi Bellis |
Honolulu 2016
|
17 years, 292 days |
Sára Bejlek |
Colina 2023
|
18 years, 60 days |
Elina Svitolina |
Pune 2012
|
18 years, 225 days |
Bianca Andreescu |
Newport Beach 2019
|
18 years, 239 days |
Diana Shnaider |
Montevideo 2022
|
18 years, 244 days |
Clara Tauson |
Chicago 2021
|
19 years, 49 days |
Ashlyn Krueger |
Gaiba 2023
|
19 years, 81 days |
Diane Parry |
Montevideo 2021
|
19 years, 174 days |
Kristina Mladenovic |
Taipei 2012
|
19 years, 205 days |
Aryna Sabalenka |
Mumbai 2017
|
|
Doubles
Age |
Player |
Title
|
18 years, 160 days |
CĂ©line Naef |
Andorra la Vella 2023
|
18 years, 183 days |
Kateřina Siniaková |
Limoges 2014
|
19 years, 46 days |
Chan Hao-ching |
Taipei 2012
|
19 years, 69 days |
Diana Shnaider |
La Bisbal d'EmpordĂ 2023
|
19 years, 161 days |
Erika Andreeva |
Andorra la Vella 2023
|
19 years, 174 days |
Kristina Mladenovic |
Taipei 2012
|
19 years, 198 days |
Aryna Sabalenka |
Taipei 2017
|
19 years, 210 days |
Veronika Kudermetova |
Taipei 2016
|
19 years, 332 days |
Barbora KrejÄŤĂková |
Limoges 2015
|
19 years, 364 days |
Wang Xinyu |
Columbus 2021
|
|
Oldest champions
Singles
Age |
Player |
Title
|
36 years, 12 days |
Tatjana Maria |
Barranquilla 2023
|
35 years, 72 days |
Varvara Lepchenko |
Charleston 2021
|
35 years, 72 days
|
Sara Errani |
Contrexéville 2022
|
34 years, 13 days |
Irina-Camelia Begu |
Montteux 2024
|
33 years, 311 days |
Kirsten Flipkens |
Houston 2019
|
33 years, 30 days |
Sorana Cîrstea |
Reus 2023
|
32 years, 315 days |
Peng Shuai |
Houston 2018
|
32 years, 215 days |
Arantxa Rus |
Contrexéville 2023
|
32 years, 180 days |
Arantxa Rus |
La Bisbal d'EmpordĂ 2023
|
32 years, 175 days |
Nuria Párrizas DĂaz |
Canberra 2024
|
|
Doubles
Age |
Player |
Title
|
38 years, 255 days |
Vera Zvonareva |
Paris 2023
|
37 years, 103 days |
Vera Zvonareva (2) |
Limoges 2021
|
36 years, 210 days |
Sara Errani |
FlorianĂłpolis 2023
|
35 years, 302 days |
Renata Voráčová |
Karlsruhe 2019
|
35 years, 205 days |
Sara Errani (2) |
Buenos Aires 2022
|
36 years, 76 days |
Monica Niculescu |
Angers 2023
|
34 years, 359 days |
Bibiane Schoofs |
Saint-Malo 2023
|
34 years, 85 days |
Monica Niculescu (2) |
Limoges 2021
|
34 years, 11 days |
Alena Fomina-Klotz |
Contrexéville 2023
|
33 years, 328 days |
Galina Voskoboeva |
Limoges 2018
|
|
Highest-ranked winners
Lowest-ranked winners
See also
Notes
- ^ As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
References