2024 WTA Tour
The 2024 WTA Tour was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association for the 2024 tennis season. The 2024 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup, the year-end championships, the team events United Cup and the Summer Olympic Games.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2024 calendar.;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Summer Olympics |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA 1000 |
| WTA 500 |
| WTA 250 |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and doubles tennis|mixed doubles] titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2024 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Paris Summer Olympics, the year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments, and the WTA 250. The players/nations are sorted by:- total number of titles ;
- cumulated point value of those titles ;
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order.
Key
Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:;Singles
- Emma Navarro – Hobart International|Hobart]
- Diana Shnaider – Hua Hin 1
- Yuan Yue – Austin
- Peyton Stearns – 2024 [Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem|Rabat]
- Mirra Andreeva – Iași Open|Iași]
- McCartney Kessler – Cleveland
- Linda Nosková – Monterrey Open|Monterrey]
- Sonay Kartal – Monastir
- Magdalena Fręch – Guadalajara Open Akron|Guadalajara]
- Rebecca Šramková – Hua Hin 2
- Suzan Lamens – Osaka
- Zeynep Sönmez – Mérida Open|Mérida]
- Olivia Gadecki – Austin
- Ashlyn Krueger – Charleston Open|Charleston]
- Sloane Stephens – Charleston
- Mayar Sherif – Monastir
- Yuan Yue - Ningbo Open|Ningbo]
- Moyuka Uchijima – Jiangxi Open|Jiangxi]
- Quinn Gleason – Mérida
- Hsieh Su-wei – Australian Open
- Kateřina Siniaková – 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sara Errani – US Open (tennis)|US Open]
; Singles
- Coco Gauff – Auckland
- Aryna Sabalenka – Australian Open, Wuhan Open|Wuhan]
- Iga Świątek – Doha, French Open
- Katie Boulter – Nottingham Open|Nottingham]
- Zheng Qinwen – Palermo Ladies Open|Palermo]
- Jessica Pegula – 2024 [National Bank Open|Toronto]
- Taylor Townsend – Adelaide International|Adelaide]
- Yana Sizikova – Rabat, Palermo
- Katarzyna Piter – Budapest Grand Prix|Budapest]
- Fanny Stollár – Budapest
Best ranking
; Singles
- Varvara Gracheva
- Tatjana Maria
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Lucia Bronzetti
- Yuan Yue
- Coco Gauff
- Clara Burel
- Marta Kostyuk
- Kateřina Siniaková
- Viktoriya Tomova
- Taylor Townsend
- Linda Nosková
- Emma Navarro
- Lulu Sun
- Donna Vekić
- Jasmine Paolini
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Mirra Andreeva
- Magdalena Fręch
- Elina Avanesyan
- Diane Parry
- Diana Shnaider
- Katie Boulter
- Rebecca Šramková
- Zheng Qinwen
- Miyu Kato
- Greet Minnen
- Laura Siegemund
- Wu Fang-hsien
- Vera Zvonareva
- Ellen Perez
- Ulrikke Eikeri
- Marie Bouzková
- Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Ingrid Neel
- Xinyu Wang
- Cristina Bucșa
- Erin Routliffe
- Gabriela Dabrowski
- Jiang Xinyu
- Desirae Krawczyk
- Caroline Dolehide
- Lyudmyla Kichenok
- Jasmine Paolini
- Sofia Kenin
- Guo Hanyu
- Diana Shnaider
- Jeļena Ostapenko
- Asia Muhammad
- Irina Khromacheva
- Alexandra Panova
- Olivia Nicholls
- Tereza Mihalíková
WTA rankings
Singles
No. 1 ranking
Doubles
No. 1 ranking
Points distribution
Points are awarded as follows:S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players
Prize money leaders
Retirements
The following is a list of notable players who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2024 season:- Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 59 in singles in January 2014. She won one doubles title. Cadanțu-Ignatik announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.
- Alizé Cornet joined the professional tour in 2006 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 in singles in February 2009 and No. 59 in doubles in March 2011. She has won six singles and three doubles titles. Cornet announced her retirement from tennis after the 2024 French Open, where she received a wild card.
- Camila Giorgi joined the professional tour in 2006 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 in singles in October 2018. She won four singles titles. Giorgi became listed as a retired player on the ITIA website, with her retirement date marked as 7 May 2024. She officially announced her retirement from professional tennis six days later.
- Alexa Glatch became listed as a retired player on the ITIA website, with her retirement date marked as 31 May 2024. She reached a career high doubles ranking of No. 98 in October 2009.
- Alexa Guarachi announced her retirement in April 2024.
- Han Na-lae joined the professional tour in 2011 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 95 in doubles in November 2022. Han announced in May 2024 that she would retire at the end of the season. She made her final appearance at the Korean National Sports Festival.
- Angelique Kerber announced her retirement from professional tennis in July 2024, with the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2024 Paris Olympics] to be her final tournament. She is a three-time Grand Slam champion, Olympic silver medalist and former world number 1. She played her last match at the Olympics where she reached the quarterfinals before losing to the final champion Zheng Qinwen in a three-set thriller.
- Vera Lapko announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2024.
- Garbiñe Muguruza announced the end of her tennis career at a press conference in Madrid in April 2024. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number 1.
- Raluca Olaru joined the professional tour in 2003 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 53 in singles in July 2009 and No. 30 in doubles in January 2022. She won eleven doubles titles. Olaru announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2024.
- Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove joined the professional tour in 2008 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 58 in doubles in June 2018. She won one doubles title. Pattinama Kerkhove announced her retirement from professional tennis in July 2024.
- Shelby Rogers joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 30 in singles in August 2022 and No. 40 in doubles in February 2022. Rogers announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2024, with the 2024 US Open to be her final tournament.
- Alison Van Uytvanck joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in singles in August 2018 and No. 66 in doubles in May 2022. She won five singles and two doubles titles. Van Uytvanck announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2024 after struggles with injury.
- Elena Vesnina announced her retirement from professional tennis in November 2024. She is a five-time major doubles champion, Olympic gold medalist and former doubles world No. 1. She also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 13 and won three singles titles. Vesnina made her final appearance at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
- Natalia Vikhlyantseva became listed as a retired player on the ITIA website, with her retirement date marked as 23 June 2024. She reached a career high singles ranking of No. 54 in October 2017.
Inactivity
Maternity
- Belinda Bencic
- Petra Kvitová
- Sabine Lisicki
- '''Alison Riske-Amritraj'''
Comebacks
- Belinda Bencic made her comeback to the ITF circuit at an event in Hamburg in October.
- Zarina Diyas made her comeback in May on the ITF Tour in Japan after two years of absence.
- Simona Halep announced her comeback at the 2024 Miami Open as a wildcard.
- Angelique Kerber made her comeback at the 2024 United Cup.
- Michaëlla Krajicek made her comeback at the W15 Sharm El Sheikh as a wildcard.
- Alizé Lim made her comeback in March to the ITF circuit after close to two years of inactivity.
- Christina McHale made her comeback in November to the ITF circuit after more than two years of inactivity, following her retirement in September 2022.
- Naomi Osaka made her comeback at the 2024 Brisbane International.
- Alicja Rosolska planned to return to the Tour to participate at the Summer Olympics – Qualification|2024 Summer Olympics] in doubles.
- Lucie Šafářová announced her comeback on the WTA tour in doubles in March 2024 at the Prague Open where she received a wildcard together with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
- Elena Vesnina announced her comeback in the 2024 season, returning at the 2024 [Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles|2024 Mutua Madrid Open].
- Wang Qiang made her comeback at the 2024 Thailand Open.
- Zheng Saisai made her comeback at the 2024 Thailand Open as a wildcard in qualifying.