Tournament category in women's tennis 2009–2024
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 [ edit ] Andorra : Andorra la Vella (2022–present) Croatia : Bol (2016–2019, 2021), Makarska (2022–present) Czech Republic : Prague (2020) France : Angers (2021–present), Contrexéville (2022–present), Limoges (2014–2019, 2021–present), Paris (2022–present), Rouen (2022–2023), Saint-Malo (2021–present) Germany : Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022), Hamburg (2024–present) Hungary : Budapest (2022) Italy : Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023), Parma (2023–present) Poland : Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023), Warsaw (2024) Portugal : Oeiras (2024) Romania : Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–2023) Serbia : Belgrade (2021) Slovenia : Ljubljana (2023–present) Spain : La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Lleida (2024), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023), Valencia (2022–present) Sweden : Båstad (2019, 2021–present) Switzerland : Montreux (2024) United Kingdom : Birmingham (2025) Canada : Vancouver (2022) Mexico : Guadalajara (2019, 2024), Puerto Vallarta (2024–present), San Luis Potosí (2023–present), Tampico (2022–present) United States : Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021, 2024), Chicago (2018, 2021, 2023), Columbus (2021), Concord (2021–2022), Honolulu (2016–2017), Houston (2018–2019), Indian Wells (2018–2020), Midland (2021–present), New Haven (2019), Newport Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016), Stanford (2023) 2012–2020 WTA 125K Series
2021–present WTA 125
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 [ edit ] 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 —
Most titles by player [ edit ] Most finals by player [ edit ] Most titles by country [ edit ] Singles Age Player Title 17 years, 233 days CiCi Bellis Honolulu 2016 17 years, 292 days Sára Bejlek Colina 2023 18 years, 60 days Elina Svitolina Pune 2012 18 years, 225 days Bianca Andreescu Newport Beach 2019 18 years, 239 days Diana Shnaider [ a] Montevideo 2022 18 years, 244 days Clara Tauson Chicago 2021 19 years, 49 days Ashlyn Krueger Gaiba 2023 19 years, 81 days Diane Parry Montevideo 2021 19 years, 174 days Kristina Mladenovic Taipei 2012 19 years, 205 days Aryna Sabalenka Mumbai 2017
Doubles Age Player Title 18 years, 160 days Céline Naef Andorra la Vella 2023 18 years, 183 days Kateřina Siniaková Limoges 2014 19 years, 46 days Chan Hao-ching Taipei 2012 19 years, 69 days Diana Shnaider [ a] La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023 19 years, 161 days Erika Andreeva [ a] Andorra la Vella 2023 19 years, 174 days Kristina Mladenovic Taipei 2012 19 years, 198 days Aryna Sabalenka Taipei 2017 19 years, 210 days Veronika Kudermetova Taipei 2016 19 years, 332 days Barbora Krejčíková Limoges 2015 19 years, 364 days Wang Xinyu Columbus 2021
Singles Age Player Title 36 years, 12 days Tatjana Maria Barranquilla 2023 35 years, 72 days Varvara Lepchenko Charleston 2021 35 years, 72 days Sara Errani Contrexéville 2022 33 years, 311 days Kirsten Flipkens Houston 2019 33 years, 30 days Sorana Cîrstea Reus 2023 32 years, 315 days Peng Shuai Houston 2018 32 years, 215 days Arantxa Rus Contrexéville 2023 32 years, 180 days Arantxa Rus La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023 32 years, 175 days Nuria Párrizas Díaz Canberra 2024 32 years, 23 days Irina-Camelia Begu Bucharest 2022
Doubles Age Player Title 38 years, 255 days Vera Zvonareva [ a] Paris 2023 37 years, 103 days Vera Zvonareva (2) Limoges 2021 36 years, 210 days Sara Errani Florianópolis 2023 35 years, 302 days Renata Voráčová Karlsruhe 2019 35 years, 205 days Sara Errani (2) Buenos Aires 2022 36 years, 76 days Monica Niculescu Angers 2023 34 years, 359 days Bibiane Schoofs Saint-Malo 2023 34 years, 85 days Monica Niculescu (2) Limoges 2021 34 years, 11 days Alena Fomina-Klotz [ a] Contrexéville 2023 33 years, 328 days Galina Voskoboeva Limoges 2018
Highest-ranked winners [ edit ] Lowest-ranked winners [ edit ]