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]

Tournament locations

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Asia

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Europe

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North America

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Oceania

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South America

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Historic names

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2012–2020
WTA 125K Series

2021–present
WTA 125

Prize money

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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

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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

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WTA 125K Series

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Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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 or 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 or Honolulu WTA Premier Not an event   Wickmayer   Bellis   Zhang Exhibition event Not an event

WTA 125

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Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Canberra Not an event ITF Women's Tour   Párrizas Díaz
Cali Not an event   Podoroska   Begu
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 Not an event
Paris Not an event   Liu   Parry   Shnaider [a]
Bol/Makarska   Paolini   Niemeier   Sherif   Volynets
La Bisbal d'Empordà ITF Women's Tour   Rus   Carlé
Valencia ITF Women's Tour   Q Zheng   Sherif   Li
Gaiba Not an event   Van Uytvanck   Krueger   Parks
Båstad   Párrizas Díaz   Jang   Danilović   Trevisan
Contrexéville ITF Women's Tour   Errani   Rus   Bronzetti
Charleston   Lepchenko ITF Women's Tour   Cocciaretto
Belgrade   Schmiedlová Not an event
Iași Not an event   Bogdan   Bogdan WTA 250
Concord   Fręch   Vandeweghe Not an event
Kozerki/Warsaw ITF Women's Tour   Yastremska   Parks
Hamburg WTA 250   Bondár
Barranquilla Not an event ITF Women's Tour   Maria   Podoroska
Chicago   Tauson Not an event   Tomova Not an event
Vancouver Not an event   Grammatikopoulou ITF Women's Tour Not an event
Stanford Not an event   Y Wang Not an event
Guadalajara WTA 250 Not an event   Rakhimova[a]
Montreux Not an event   Begu
Karlsruhe   Sherif   Sherif Not an event
Portorož WTA 250 Not an event
Columbus   Párrizas Díaz Not an event
Bari Not an event   Grabher   Zidanšek   Todoni
Bucharest   Begu   Sharma   Bulgaru
Budapest   Korpatsch Not an event
Ljubljana Not an event   Bassols Ribera   Teichmann
Parma WTA 250   Bogdan   Schmiedlová
Rouen Not an event   Zanevska   Golubic WTA 250
Hong Kong Not an event   Tomljanović
Tampico not an event   Cocciaretto   Bektas   Stakusic
Santa Cruz Not an event   Todoni
Midland   Brengle   McNally   Kalinskaya[a]   Marino
Taipei Cancelled Not an event
Charleston 2 ITF Women's Tour   Zarazúa
Colina ITF Women's Tour   Sherif   Bejlek   Stojanović
Florianópolis Not an event   Tomljanović   Chwalińska
Buenos Aires   Bondár   Udvardy   Pigossi   Sherif
Andorra la Vella Not an event   Parks   Bassols Ribera Not an event
Montevideo   Parry   Shnaider[a]   Zarazúa Not an event
Angers   Diatchenko   Parks   Burel   Parks
Limoges   Van Uytvanck   Kalinina   Bucșa   Golubic
Seoul   Zhu WTA 250 WTA 500

Records

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Most titles by player

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Most finals by player

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Most titles by country

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Youngest champions

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Oldest champions

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Highest-ranked winners

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Lowest-ranked winners

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.[3]
  2. ^ Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ OEC WTA Challenger, 2015
  2. ^ "Taipei to host first WTA tennis challenger event". 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.