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WTA Premier tournaments was a category of tennis tournaments in the WTA Tour, implemented from the reorganization of the schedule in 2009 until 2020. In 2020, Premier events included: Four "Premier Mandatory" events in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing with prize money of $4.5 million.
The WTA 1000 tournaments are a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour, governed by the Women's Tennis Association. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier implemented in the 2021 schedule reorganization.
The WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments, which are part of the WTA Premier tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four Premier Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five Premier 5 tournaments: Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati ...
Traditionally, the WTA Rankings are based on a 52-week system with results from a player’s best 16 tournaments for singles and 11 for doubles. Points from the Grand Slams, the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, and WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments yield the highest ranking points.
The tournament level was originally introduced to the Tour in 2009 as Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments and later changed to WTA 1000 in 2021. Doha and Dubai share the rights to host the WTA 1000 level tournament in February.
A total of 43 different players won titles in 2017, including nine different players winning the nine biggest events of 2017 across the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory events and WTA Finals. As a result, five different players held the WTA World No.1 Ranking during the season including first time No.1s Karolina Pliskova, Garbiñe Muguruza and ...
Jan 26, 2022 · All players who are accepted into the Main Draw of a WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament as a direct acceptance (or would have been a direct acceptance but for a period of ineligibility), as a Qualifier, as a Special Exempt, as a Lucky Loser, or by Special Ranking must play that WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament. b.1000 Non-Mandatory Tournaments WTA
