Women's Tennis Association

WTA Tour
Current season or competition:; 2014 WTA Tour
Sport	Tennis
Founded	June 1973
Founder	Billie Jean King

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), formed in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the main organizing body of women's professional tennis. It organizes the WTA Tour, the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. The WTA's counterpart organization for men's professional tennis is the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

The WTA was formed in the month of June 1973, and is able to trace its beginnings back to Houston, Texas, with the first Virginia Slims tournament, which was organized by Gladys Heldman and held in September 1970. The WTA gives out awards every year for players who have done well during the season. The WTA is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

WTA rankings

Rankings as of 4 August 2014.^[1]^[2]

Singles

#	Player	Previous
1	Serena Williams (USA)	1
2	Li Na (CHN)	2
3	Simona Halep (ROU)	3
4	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4
5	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	5
6	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	6
7	Angelique Kerber (GER)	8
8	Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)	7
9	Jelena Janković (SRB)	9
10	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)	11
11	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	10
12	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	12
13	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	13
14	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	14
15	Sara Errani (ITA)	15
16	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	16
17	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	17
18	Andrea Petkovic (GER)	18
19	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	20
20	Sloane Stephens (USA)	22

Doubles

#	Player	Previous
1	Sara Errani (ITA)	1
1	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	1
3	Peng Shuai (CHN)	3
4	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	4
5	Sania Mirza (IND)	5
6	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)	6
7	Květa Peschke (CZE)	7
8	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	8
9	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	9
10	Cara Black (ZIM)	10
11	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	11
12	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)	12
13	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)	13
13	Abigail Spears (USA)	13
15	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	15
16	Tímea Babos (HUN)	16
17	Zheng Jie (CHN)	17
18	Casey Dellacqua (AUS)	18
19	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER)	19
20	Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)	20
20	Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)	20