2014 WTA Tour
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the number one tier professional tennis tour for a women's tennis competition. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar consists of the four Grand Slam tournaments (organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), and fifty regular tournaments, the Fed Cup (organised by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF.[2] The season begins on 30 December 2013 and will end on 9 November 2014.
The tournaments are played on a squared flat surface, called a tennis court. The measurements of a tennis court are described and monitored by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches.[3][4] Tennis is played on a variety of court types and each type has its own aspects that control how the sport is played. There are four main types of courts based on what's used to build the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF rating five different speed ratings from slow to fast.[5]
Schedule
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Team events |
January
February
March
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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3 March 10 March |
BNP Paribas Open (report) Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Prize money: $5,946,740 – Court type: Hard |
Flavia Pennetta[35] | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6–2, 6–1 |
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai[36] |
Cara Black Sania Mirza |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ||
17 March 24 March |
Sony Open Tennis (report) Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Prize money: $5,427,105 – Court type: Hard |
Serena Williams[37] | Li Na | 7–5, 6–1 |
Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki[38] |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina |
4–6, 6–4, [10–5] | ||
31 March | Family Circle Cup (report)[39] Charleston, United States WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – Court type: Clay (Green) |
Andrea Petkovic[40] | Jana Čepelová | 7–5, 6–2 |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova |
Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 | ||
Monterrey Open (report) Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Prize money: $500,000 – Court type: Hard |
Ana Ivanovic[41] | Jovana Jakšić | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy[42] |
Tímea Babos Olga Govortsova |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9] |
April
May
June
July
August
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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4 August | Rogers Cup (report) Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Prize money: $2,369,000 – Court type: Hard |
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11 August | Western & Southern Open (report) Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Prize money: $2,369,000 – Court type: Hard |
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18 August | Connecticut Open (report) New Haven, United States WTA Premier Prize money: $795,707 – Court type: Hard |
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25 August 1 September |
US Open (report) New York City, United States Grand Slam Prize money: $11,517,008 – Court type: Hard |
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September
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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October
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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November
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Other websites
- WTA Tour's 2014 match-facts statistics
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website