Tournament category in women's tennis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WTA International tournaments was a category for tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. As of 2021 these events have been reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments. The winner of a WTA 250 tournament adds 250 points to her WTA ranking.
For the 2025 season, there were 21 WTA 250, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,094.
Tournament | Sponsored name | City | Country | Surface | Draw | First Edition |
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Auckland Open | ASB Classic | Auckland | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 |
Hobart International | Hobart International | Hobart | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 |
Singapore Open | Singapore Tennis Open | Singapore | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2025 |
Transylvania Open | Transylvania Open | Cluj-Napoca | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2021 |
ATX Open | ATX Open | Austin, Texas | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2023 |
Copa Colsanitas | Copa Colsanitas presentado por Zürich | Bogotá | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 |
Open de Rouen | Open Rouen Capfinances Métropole | Rouen | ![]() |
Clay (i) | 32 | 2024 |
Morocco Open | Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem | Rabat | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 |
Nottingham Open | Rothesay Open Nottingham | Nottingham | ![]() |
Grass | 32 | 2015 |
Rosmalen Championships | Libema Open | 's-Hertogenbosch | ![]() |
Grass | 32 | 2009 |
Birmingham Classic | Rothesay Classic Birmingham | Birmingham | ![]() |
Grass | 56 | 2009 |
Hamburg European Open | Hamburg Open | Hamburg | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2021 |
Budapest Grand Prix | Hungarian Grand Prix | Budapest | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 |
Prague Open | Livesport Prague Open | Prague | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2015 |
Tennis in the Land | Tennis in the Land | Cleveland | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2021 |
Jasmin Open | Jasmin Open | Monastir, Tunisia | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2022 |
Ningbo Open | Ningbo Open | Ningbo | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2025 |
Japan Open | Japan Women's Open | Osaka | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 |
Jiangxi Open | Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open | Nanchang | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2016 |
Guangzhou Open | Guangzhou International Women's Open | Guangzhou | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 |
Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2014 |
Tournament | Sponsored name | City | Country | Surface | Draw | First Edition | Last Edition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amelia Island Championships | MPS Group Championships | Ponte Vedra Beach | ![]() |
Clay (green) | 32 | 2009 | 2010 |
Brisbane International | Brisbane International | Brisbane | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2011 |
Marbella Open | Andalucia Tennis Experience | Marbella | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2011 |
Barcelona Open | Barcelona Ladies Open | Barcelona | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2012 |
Danish Open | e-Boks Danish Open | Copenhagen | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2010 | 2012 |
Texas Tennis Open | Texas Tennis Open | Dallas | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2011 | 2012 |
U.S. Indoors | Cellular South Cup | Memphis | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2009 | 2013 |
WTA Tournament of Champions | Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions | Sofia | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 8 | 2012 | 2014 |
Portugal Open | Estoril Open | Estoril | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2014 |
Thailand Open | PTT Pattaya Open | Pattaya City | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2015 |
Gastein Ladies | Nurnberger Gastein Ladies | Bad Gastein | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2015 |
Baku Cup | Baku Cup | Baku | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2011 | 2015 |
Rio Open | Rio Open | Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2014 | 2016 |
Katowice Open | BNP Paribas Katowice Open | Katowice | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2013 | 2016 |
Brasil Tennis Cup | Brasil Tennis Cup | Florianópolis | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2013 | 2016 |
Malaysian Open | Alya Malaysian Open | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2010 | 2017 |
Swedish Open | Swedish Open | Båstad | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2017 |
Taiwan Open | Taiwan Open | Taipei | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2016 | 2018 |
Moscow River Cup | Moscow River Cup | Moscow | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2018 | 2018 |
Tournoi de Québec | Coupe Banque Nationale | Quebec City | ![]() |
Carpet (i) | 32 | 2009 | 2018 |
Bucharest Open | BRD Bucharest Open | Bucharest | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2014 | 2019 |
Ladies Open Lugano | Ladies Open Lugano | Lugano | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2017 | 2019 |
Nuremberg Cup | Nürnberger Versicherungscup | Nürnberg | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2013 | 2019 |
Mallorca Open | Mallorca Open | Mallorca | ![]() |
Grass | 32 | 2016 | 2019 |
Baltic Open | Baltic Open | Jūrmala | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2019 | 2019 |
Bronx Open | NYJTL Bronx Open | The Bronx, New York City | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2019 | 2019 |
Tashkent Open | Tashkent Open | Tashkent | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2019 |
Tianjin Open | Tianjin Open | Tianjin | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2014 | 2019 |
Shenzhen Open | Shenzhen Longhua Open | Shenzhen | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2013 | 2020 |
Mexican Open | Abierto Mexicano TELCEL | Acapulco | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2020 |
Luxembourg Open | BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open | Luxembourg City | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2009 | 2021 |
İstanbul Cup | TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup | Istanbul | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2022 |
Abierto Zapopan | Abierto Akron Zapopan | Zapopan | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2021 | 2022 |
Slovenia Open | Banka Koper Slovenia Open | Portorož | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2022 |
Tallinn Open | Tallinn Open | Tallinn | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2022 | 2022 |
Swiss Open | Ladies Open Lausanne | Lausanne | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2016 | 2023 |
WTA Lyon Open | Open 6ème Sens Métropole de Lyon | Lyon | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2020 | 2023 |
WTA Poland Open | BNP Paribas Warsaw Open | Warsaw | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2021 | 2023 |
Hua Hin | Thailand Open | Hua Hin | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2024 | 2024 |
Palermo Open | Palermo Ladies Open | Palermo | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2009 | 2024 |
Iași Open | UniCredit Iași Open | Iași | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 2024 | 2024 |
Tournament | Sponsored name | City | Country | Surface | Draw | First Edition | Last Edition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington Open | Citi Open | Washington D.C. | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2011 | 2022 |
Linz Open | Upper Austria Ladies Linz | Linz | ![]() |
Hard (i) | 32 | 2009 | 2023 |
Internationaux de Strasbourg | Internationaux de Strasbourg | Strasbourg | ![]() |
Clay (red) | 32 | 1987 | 2023 |
Bad Homburg Open | Bad Homburg Open presented by Engel & Volkers | Bad Homburg | ![]() |
Grass | 32 | 2020 | 2023 |
Monterrey Open | Abierto GNP Seguros | Monterrey | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2023 |
Korea Open | Hana Bank Korea Open | Seoul | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2009 | 2023 |
Ningbo Open | Ningbo International Tennis Open | Ningbo | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2023 | 2023 |
Mérida Open | Mérida Open Akron | Mérida, Yucatán | ![]() |
Hard | 32 | 2023 | 2024 |
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Auckland | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Shenzhen | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Hobart | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Hua Hin | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||||
Acapulco | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Lyon | Not an Event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Monterrey | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Bogotá | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Marrakech/Rabat | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Nottingham | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||
's-Hertogenbosch | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Birmingham | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA Premier Event | ||||||
Bad Homburg | Not an Event | |||||||||||
Bucharest | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Gstaad/Lausanne | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||
Jūrmala | Not an Event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Washington D.C. | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Palermo | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Prague | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Lexington | Not an Event | ![]() | ||||||||||
Istanbul | ![]() | ![]() | Not held | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Strasbourg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Osaka/Tokyo/Hiroshima | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Nanchang | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||
Linz | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Seoul | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Guangzhou | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Tianjin | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
Hong Kong | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Canceled due to 2019–20 Hong Kong protests | |||||
Luxembourg City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Zhuhai | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Ponte Vedra Beach | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Portorož | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Brisbane | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | WTA Premier Event | ||||||||
Marbella | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||||
Barcelona | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Copenhagen | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Dallas | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||||
Memphis | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Budapest | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Estoril | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||
Pattaya City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||
Bad Gastein | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||
Baku | Not held | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||
Rio de Janeiro | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Katowice | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Florianópolis | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
Kuala Lumpur | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||
Båstad | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||
Kaohsiung/Taipei | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Moscow | Not an Event | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Québec City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |
Budapest | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Provisional move to Debrecen cancelled | |||||||
Biel/Lugano | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||
Nürnberg | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | |||
Mallorca | Not an Event | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event | ||||||
The Bronx | Not an Event | ![]() | Not an Event | |||||||||
Tashkent | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event |
Bali Sofia | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Not an Event |
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