WTA Tour

Ash Barty Hits Career High Ranking Of World No. 9

TA Press Release, April 1, 2019 Australia’s Ashleigh Barty (Qld) has broken into the top 10 for the first time, hitting a career-high ranking of world No.9 following her impressive title win in Miami.  The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) official rankings were […]

Dream Team Mertens And Sabalenka Happy With Sunshine Double Victory

MIAMI, April 1, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Going into the women’s doubles final of the Miami Open presented by Itaú Sunday afternoon, Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka had strung together nine consecutive wins, including a title victory two weeks ago at […]

A Party For Barty At The Miami Open

MIAMI, March 30, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Entering Saturday afternoon’s women’s singles final of the Miami Open presented by Itaú, there had been 13 different champions crowned during the first 13 WTA tournaments of 2019. If the Czech Republic’s Karolína […]

Pliskova Powers Her Way Into Miami Open Finals

MIAMI, March 29, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) Neither rain nor Simona Halep’s quest to recapture the World No. 1 ranking could deny Karolina Pliskova from earning her first Miami Open presented by Itaú final. She came ready to play. In […]

Barty Advances To First WTA Premier Mandatory Final At Miami Open

MIAMI, March 29, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) The Miami Open presented by Itaú has been a breakthrough tournament for both Ashleigh Barty of Australia and Annet Kontaveit of Estonia. Kontaveit’s confidence in her ability to beat top-level competition has lifted […]

Halep One Win Away From Regaining World No. 1

MIAMI, March 28, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) When Simona Halep faced Wang Qiang in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open presented by Itaú on Wednesday afternoon, her focus not only was on reaching the semifinals. It also included the Romanian’s […]

Larsson To Defend Nürnberg Crown

NÜRNBERG, March 26, 2019 Johanna Larsson of Sweden will return to the Nürnberger Versicherungscup for the fourth consecutive time this year. In 2018, the 30-year-old Boden native won her first title in three years at the WTA International Event with […]