WTA Tour News

Pironkova Announces Return To Professional Tennis

STARNBERG, March 15, 2020 Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria has announced her return to the tennis courts after a break of three years. The 32-year-old woman from Plovdiv reached a career-high at World No. 31  in the WTA […]

Suspension of Pro Tennis Season Had To Happen Now

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) As the tennis world grapples with the domino effect of the coronavirus pandemic, an issue full of enormous scale and human impact – where the current situation is very fluid – its various […]

Svitolina Secures Monterrey Title

MONTERREY, March 9, 2020 Top seed Elina Svitolina claimed her first title of the 2020 season, outlasting No.9 seed Marie Bouzkova for the Abierto GNP Seguros trophy in Monterrey. Svitolina, champion of the 2018 WTA Finals, battled through the top […]

Maria Sharapova Waves Goodbye To Professional Tennis

STARNBERG, March 2, 2020 After almost 19 years of plying her trade as one of the top female tennis players in the world, Russian born Maria Sharapova has quietly announced she will exit stage left from a solid tennis career. […]

Two-Time Champion Kim Clijsters To Continue Comeback At Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, February 27, 2020 (Press Release) Former World No. 1, four-time Grand Slam Champion and two-time BNP Paribas Open Champion Kim Clijsters was awarded a wild card into the 2020 event and will continue her comeback at the largest WTA and […]

Rhineland Region Takes Over Nürnberg WTA Lincense

STARNBERG, January 20, 2020 Oliver Mueller, former manager of Germany’s ice hockey club Kölner Haie, and his license company have successfully acquired the license for the WTA tournament the week before the French Open. “We are pleased that we were […]

Rublev And Barty Win Adelaide International

ADELAIDE, January 18, 2020 World No.1 Ashleigh Barty from Australia and World No.18 Andrey Rublev of Russia have won the first Adelaide International, after playing in front of a sell-out crowd at Memorial Drive on Saturday. Barty defeated Dayana Yastremska from the […]

Pliskova Wins Brisbane International

BRISBANE, January 12, 2020 World No. 2 Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic has won the Evonne Goolagong Cawley Trophy for a third time after beating World No. 13 Madison Keys of the United States 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in Sunday’s singles final […]

Alexandrova Wins Maiden WTA Title At Shenzhen Open

SHENZHEN, January 11, 2020 (Press Release) Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova become the first WTA Tour champion of the new decade as she defeated Kazakh rising star Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 in 73 minutes to win the Shenzhen Open and claim her […]