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Women's Tennis Association

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).

WTA Tour
Current season or competition:
2014 WTA Tour
SportTennis
FoundedJune 1973
FounderBillie Jean King

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 Movement
1 22x20px Serena Williams (USA) 1 Steady
2 22x20px Li Na (CHN) 2 Steady
3 22x20px Simona Halep (ROU) 3 Steady
4 22x20px Petra Kvitová (CZE) 4 Steady
5 22x20px Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) 5 Steady
6 22x20px Maria Sharapova (RUS) 6 Steady
7 22x20px Angelique Kerber (GER) 8 Increase
8 File:Flag of Canada.svg Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 7 11px
9 22x20px Jelena Janković (SRB) 9 Steady
10 22x20px Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 11 Increase
11 22x20px Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 10 11px
12 22x20px Dominika Cibulková (SVK) 12 Steady
13 22x20px Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 13 Steady
14 22x20px Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 14 Steady
15 22x20px Sara Errani (ITA) 15 Steady
16 22x20px Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 16 Steady
17 22x20px Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 17 Steady
18 22x20px Andrea Petkovic (GER) 18 Steady
19 22x20px Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 20 Increase
20 22x20px Sloane Stephens (USA) 22 Increase

Doubles

# Player Previous Movement
1 22x20px Sara Errani (ITA) 1 Steady
1 22x20px Roberta Vinci (ITA) 1 Steady
3 22x20px Peng Shuai (CHN) 3 Steady
4 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic Games.svg Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 4 Steady
5 File:Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza (IND) 5 Steady
6 22x20px Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 6 Steady
7 22x20px Květa Peschke (CZE) 7 Steady
8 22x20px Elena Vesnina (RUS) 8 Steady
9 22x20px Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 9 Steady
10  Cara Black (ZIM) 10 Steady
11 22x20px Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 11 Steady
12 22x20px Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) 12 Steady
13 22x20px Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 13 Steady
13 22x20px Abigail Spears (USA) 13 Steady
15 22x20px Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 15 Steady
16  Tímea Babos (HUN) 16 Steady
17 22x20px Zheng Jie (CHN) 17 Steady
18 22x20px Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 18 Steady
19 22x20px Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER) 19 Steady
20 22x20px Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 20 Steady
20 22x20px Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 20 Steady

Women's Tennis Association Media

  • WTA logo 2010.svg

    This is the logo of w:Women's_Tennis_Association

References

  1. ↑ "WTA Rankings (singles)". WTATennis.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ "WTA Rankings (doubles)". WTATennis.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

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