| Week |
Name |
City |
Prize |
Court |
Draw M/Q/D |
| Dec 31 |
Women's Hardcourts*! |
Gold Coast, AUS |
$175,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 29 Na Li CHN d # 30 Victoria Azarenka BLR 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
cdr40 s3 Dinara Safina & Agnes Szavay d cdr36 s2 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-1, 6-2
Na Li, in her first tourney since recovering from a rib fracture, won her
2nd WTA singles title, in her 4th final, on Saturday, January 5, 2008. |
|
| Dec 31 |
ASB Bank Classic * |
Auckland, NZL |
$145,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 72 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 90 Aravane Rezai FRA 6-2, 6-2
cdr244 Mariya Koryttseva & Lilia Osterloh d cdr145 Martina Muller & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 6-4
Lindsay Davenport won her 54th WTA singles title,
in her 90th final, on Saturday, January 5, 2008. |
|
| Jan 7 |
Medibank International !** |
Sydney, AUS |
$600,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Justine Henin BEL d # 2 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
cdr36 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng d cdr99 Tatiana Perebiynis & Tatiana Poutchek 6-4, 7-6(5)
Justine Henin won her 40th WTA singles title,
in her 56th final, on Friday, January 11, 2008. |
|
| Jan 7 |
Moorilla International !* |
Hobart, AUS |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 42 Eleni Daniilidou GRE d # 22 s2 Vera Zvonareva RUS walkover--left ankle injury
cdr55 s2 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual d cdr111 E Daniilidou & J Woehr 6-2, 6-4
Eleni Daniilidou won her 5th WTA singles title,
in her 6th final, on Friday, January 11, 2008. |
|
| Jan 14 |
-28 Australian Open * |
Melbourne, AUS |
˝ $20,600,000 AU |
HO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draws, .pdf
# 5 s5 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 4 s4 Ana Ivanovic SRB 7-5, 6-3
d55 Alona Bondarenko & d52 Kateryna Bondarenko
d s12 d31 Victoria Azarenka & d29 Shahar Peer 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
s5 d16 Tiantian Sun & Nenad Zimonjic d d18 Sania Mirza & Mahesh Bhupathi 7-6(4), 6-4
Maria Sharapova won her 3rd Grand Slam tourney singles title,
and her 17th WTA singles title, on Saturday, January 26, 2007. |
|
| Jan 28 |
FED CUP I (QFs) ^ |
Feb 2-3 (USA rain ppd-Feb 4) |
|
|
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full World Group results with photos & quotes
World Group I Results:
home teams in italics
Russia d Israel 4-1
USA d Germany 4-1
China d France 3-2
Spain d Italy 3-2
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World Group II results:
home teams in italics
Argentina d Austria 4-1
Japan d Croatia 4-1
Czech Republic d Slovak Republic 3-2
Ukraine d Belgium 3-2
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Zonal Group Winners:
Serbia
Switzerland
Uzbekistan
Colombia
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The 2007 Fed Cup World Group I semifinals and World Group I & II playoffs will be held on April 26-27.
Maria Sharapova is shown playing in the first Fed Cup match of her career on Sat, Feb 2 in
Israel, defeating Tzipora Obziler 6-0, 6-4. On Sunday, Maria defeated Shahar Peer, 6-1, 6-1. |
|
| Feb 4 |
Open Gaz de France |
Paris, FRA |
$600,000 |
GSI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 7 s1 Anna Chakvetadze RUS d # 20 s7 Agnes Szavay HUN 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
cdr39 s3 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko d cdr136 Vladimira Uhlirova & Eva Hrdinova 6-1, 6-4
Anna Chakvetadze won her 7th WTA singles title, in her 7th final, on Sunday, February 10, 2008.
The Paris indoor trophy is always one of the ugliest of the year, but Anna probably doesn't mind. |
|
| Feb 4 |
Pattaya Open |
Pattaya City, THA |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 21 s1 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d # 81 s7 Jill Craybas USA 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(4)
cdr21 s1 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr75 s2 Su-Wei Hsieh & Vania King 6-4, 6-3
Agnieszka Radwanska, shown with fine glassware, won her 2nd
WTA singles title, in her 2nd final, on Sunday, February 10, 2008. |
|
| Feb 11 |
Proximus Diamond Games |
Antwerp, BEL |
$600,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Justine Henin BEL d # 48 Karin Knapp ITA 6-3, 6-3
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Lizel Huber d cdr12 s2 Kveta Peschke & Ai Sugiyama 6-1, 6-3
Justine Henin won her 41st WTA singles title, in her 57th final, on Sunday, February 17, 2008. The
new diamond-studded trophy, worth $1.5 million, will shelved; Antwerp is not on the 2009 schedule. |
|
| Feb 11 |
Cachantun Cup |
Vina del Mar, CHI |
$200,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 33 s1 Flavia Pennetta ITA d # 70 s8 Klara Zakopalova CZE 6-4, 5-4 retired--left ankle injury
cdr223 Alicja Rosolska & Liga Dekmeijere d cdr262 Mariya Koryttseva & Julia Schruff 7-5, 6-3
Flavia Pennetta made friends with her 5th WTA singles trophy, after her 11th final, on Sun, Feb 17, 2008. |
|
| Feb 18 |
Qatar Total Open |
Doha, Qatar |
$2,500,000 |
HO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 26 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
cdr15 s3 Kveta Peschke & Rennae Stubbs d cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 6-1, 5-7, (10-7)
Maria Sharapova won her 18th WTA singles title, in her 25th final, on Sunday,
February 24, 2008. Maria is shown holding the gold falcon of the Qatar Tennis
Federation, which is conducting 3 tourneys in 2008, totaling $8,290,000 in prizes. |
|
| Feb 18 |
Copa Consanitas |
Bogota, COL |
$185,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 135 q Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d # 89 Maria Emilia Salerni ARG 6-0, 6-4
cdr74 s1 Iveta Benesova & Bethanie Mattek d cdr143 s4 Jelena Kostanic Tosic & Martina Muller 6-3, 6-3
Nuria Llagostera Vives won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 3rd final, on Sunday, February 24, 2008.
The Bogota trophy is only slightly oddly-shaped compared to the really weird ones on the Tour. |
|
| Feb 25 |
Dubai Women's Open * |
Dubai, UAE |
Tier II $1,500,000 |
HO |
28/48/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 11 s8 Elena Dementieva RUS d # 2 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber v cdr35 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 7-5, 6-2
Elena Dementieva won her 9th WTA singles title, in her 20th final, on Saturday, March 1, 2008. Elena's last two titles, both Tier I, were won on the same day her sometimes doubles partner Flavia Pennetta also won. |
|
| Feb 25 |
Abierto Mexicano Pegaso * |
Acapulco, MEX |
$180,000 |
RCO |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 30 s1 Flavia Pennetta ITA d # 49 s2 Alize Cornet FRA 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
cdr193 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martínez Sánchez d cdr158 Iveta Benesova & Petra Cetkovska 6-2, 6-4
Flavia Pennetta won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 12th final, on Saturday, March 1, 2008.
The Acapulco trophy has been a big ball for some time, but the sombrero is new this year. |
|
| Feb 25 |
Cellular South Cup !* |
Memphis, TN, USA |
$175,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 46 s4 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 50 s5 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-2, 6-1
cdr179 s3 Lindsay Davenport & Lisa Raymond d cdr383 Angela Haynes & Mashona Washington 6-3, 6-1
Lindsay Davenport won her 55th WTA singles title, in her 93rd final, on Saturday, March 1, 2008.
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|
| Mar 3 |
Bangalore Open |
Bangalore, IND |
$600,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 10 s3 Serena Williams USA d # 12 s4 Patty Schnyder SUI 7-5, 6-3
cdr52 s3 Shuai Peng & Tiantian Sun d cdr19 s1 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang 6-4, 5-7, (10-8)
Serena Williams won her 29th WTA singles title, in her 40th final, on
Sunday, March 9, 2008. It was Serena's first title since Miami in March of last year. |
|
| Mar 10 |
-23 Pacific Life Open !!! |
Indian Wells,CA,USA |
$2,100,000 |
HO |
96/48/32 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 2 s1 Ana Ivanovic SRB d # 3 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-4, 6-3
cdr70 Dinara Safina & Elena Vesnina d cdr31 s3 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-1, 1-6, (10-8)
Ana Ivanovic won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 9th final, on Sunday, March 23, 2008.
It was Ana's 3rd Tier I tourney title. The Pacific Life Open hardware, once again, is in the
shape of a aquatic mammal of the genus Cetacea, not, as some reporters call it, a fish. |
|
| Mar 24 |
-Apr 6 Sony Ericsson Open !!!* |
Miami, FL, USA |
$3,770,000 |
HO |
96/48/32 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 9 s8 Serena Williams USA d # 4 s4 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
cdr7 s2 Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama d cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 7-5, 4-6 (10-3)
Serena Williams won her 30th WTA singles title, in her 41st final, on Saturday,
April 5, 2008. It was Serena's 5th Miami title; nowhere else has she won so many. |
|
| Apr 7 |
Bausch & Lomb Champ's |
Amelia Island,FL,USA |
$600,000 |
GCO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 5 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 38 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-6(7), 6-3
cdr56 Bethanie Mattek & Vladimira Uhlirova d cdr62 Victoria Azarenka & Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-1
Maria Sharapova won her 19th WTA singles title, in her 26th final, on
Sunday, April 13, 2008. It was Maria's first WTA title in a clay court tourney. |
|
| Apr 14 |
Family Circle Cup |
Charleston,SC,USA |
$1,340,000 |
GCO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 9 s5 Serena Williams USA d # 14 s9 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
cdr7 s2 Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama d cdr344 Edina Gallovits & Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2
Serena Williams won her 31st WTA singles title, in her 42nd
final, on Sunday, April 20, 2008. It was Serena's third title in a row. |
|
| Apr 14 |
Estoril Open |
Estroil, POR |
$145,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 32 s2 Maria Kirilenko RUS d # 132 Iveta Benesova CZE 6-4, 6-2
cdr111 s1 Maria Kirilenko & Flavia Pennetta d Mervana Jugic-Salkic & Ipek Senoglu 6-4, 6-4
Maria Kirilenko won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 5th final, on Sunday,
April 20, 2008. Maria, with Flavia Pennetta, won the doubles on Saturday, too. |
|
| Apr 21 |
FED CUP II (SFs) ^ |
Apr 26-27 |
|
|
|
full results with photos & quotes Russia will travel to play at Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup final, Sep 13-14.
Nuria Llagostera Vives is shown driving a forehand against Jie Zheng on April 26.
Nuria led Spain to victory over China; winning both her singles and the doubles as well. |
|
| |
| Apr 28 |
ECM Prague Open |
Prague, CZE |
$145,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 14 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 26 s3 Victoria Azarenka BLR 7-6(2), 6-2
cdr185 Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecká d cdr122 s4 M Krajicek & J Craybas 1-6, 6-3, (10-6)
Vera Zvonareva won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 14th final, on
Sunday, May 4, 2008. It was Vera's first title since Cincinnati in 2006. |
|
| Apr 28 |
Grand Prix La Princesse |
Fes, MAR |
$145,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 47 s2 Gisela Dulko ARG d # 34 s1 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 7-6(2), 7-6(5)
cdr384 Sorana Cirstea & Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d cdr262 s3 E Makarova & A Kleybanova 6-2, 6-2
Gisela Dulko won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 5th final, on Sunday,
May 4, 2008. All 3 of Gisela's titles were won in the past year--plus 1 week. |
|
| May 5 |
Qatar Telecom German Open |
Berlin, GER |
$1,340,000 |
RCO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 17 s13 Dinara Safina RUS d # 9 s7 Elena Dementieva RUS 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr150 N Llagostera Vives & MJ Martínez Sánchez 3-6, 6-2, (10-2)
Dinara Safina won her 6th WTA singles title (and her 1st Tier I), in her 10th final, on Sunday,
May 11, 2008. The gold falcon of the Qatar Tennis Federation flew all the way from Doha for this event. |
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| May 12 |
Internazionali d' Italia |
Rome, ITA |
$1,340,000 |
RCO |
56/48/28 |
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| May 19 |
Istanbul Cup * |
Istanbul, TUR |
$200,000 |
RCO |
30/32/16 |
| May 19 |
Internationaux * |
Strasbourg, FRA |
$175,000 |
RCO |
30/32/16 |
| |
| May 25 |
- Jun 8 Roland Garros !* |
Paris, FRA |
TBA |
RCO |
128/96/64 |
| |
| Jun 9 |
DFS Classic |
Birmingham, GBR |
$200,000 |
GO |
56/32/16 |
| Jun 9 |
Barcelona KIA * |
Barcelona, ESP |
$145,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
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| Jun 16 |
H D Int'l Champ's * |
Eastbourne, GBR |
$600,000 |
GO |
28/32/16 |
| Jun 16 |
Ordina Open *! |
's-Hertogenbosch, NED |
$175,000 |
GO |
30/16/16 |
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| Jun 23 |
-Jul 5 The Championships * |
Wimbledon, GBR |
TBA |
GO |
128/96/64 |
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| Jul 7 |
Budapest Grand Prix |
Budapest, HUN |
$175,000 |
RCO |
30/32/16 |
| Jul 7 |
Internazionali Femminili |
Palermo, ITA |
$145,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
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| Jul 14 |
Bank of the West Classic |
Stanford, CA, USA |
$600,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
| Jul 14 |
Gastein Ladies |
Bad Gastein, AUT |
$175,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
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| Jul 21 |
East West Bank Classic |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
$600,000 |
HO |
56/32/16 |
| Jul 21 |
Slovenia Open |
Portoroz, SLO |
$145,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
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| Jul 28 |
Rogers Cup (Canadian Open) |
Montreal, CAN |
$1,340,000 |
HO |
56/32/28 |
| Jul 28 |
Nordea Nordic Light Open |
Stockholm, SWE |
$145,000 |
HO |
32/16/16 |
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| Aug 4 |
no event scheduled |
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| Aug 11 |
2008 Summer Olympics |
Beijing, CHN; Tennis: Aug 10-17 |
$0 |
HO |
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| Aug 11 |
W&S Financial Open |
Cincinnati, OH |
$175,000 |
HO |
32/16/16 |
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| Aug 18 |
Pilot Pen Tennis !* |
New Haven, CT, USA |
$600,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
| Aug 18 |
Forest Hills !!* |
NY, USA |
$74,800 |
HO |
16/--/-- |
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| Aug 25 |
-Sep 7 US Open * |
Flushing Meadows, NY |
TBA |
HO |
128/128/64 |
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| Sep 8 |
FED CUP Final ^ |
Sep 13-14 |
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| Sep 8 |
Commonwealth Bank Classic |
Bali, INA |
$225,000 |
HO |
30/16/16 |
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| Sep 15 |
Toray Pan Pacific Open !! |
Tokyo, JPN |
$1,340,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
| Sep 15 |
Guangzhou Open |
Guangzhou, CHN |
$175,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
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| Sep 22 |
China Open |
Beijing, CHN |
$600,000 |
HO |
28/16/16 |
| Sep 22 |
Hansol Korea Open |
Seoul, KOR |
$145,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
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| Sep 29 |
Porsche Grand Prix |
Stuttgart, GER |
$650,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
| Sep 29 |
AIG Japan Open * |
Tokyo, JPN |
$175,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
| Sep 29 |
Tashkent Open |
Tashkent, UZB |
$145,000 |
HO |
32/16/16 |
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| Oct 6 |
Ladies Kremlin Cup |
Moscow, RUS |
$1,340,000 |
SI |
28/32/16 |
| Oct 6 |
Sunfeast Open |
Mumbai, IND |
$175,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
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| Oct 13 |
Zurich Open |
Zurich, SUI |
$600,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
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| Oct 20 |
Generali Ladies Linz |
Linz, AUT |
$600,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
| Oct 20 |
FORTIS Championships |
Luxembourg, LUX |
$225,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
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| Oct 27 |
Bell Challenge |
Quebec City, CAN |
$175,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
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| Nov 3 |
WTA Tour Championships |
Doha, QAT |
$4,450,000 |
HO |
8/--/4 |
All events are subject to change.
Tournament Categories
by Minimum Prize Money (US dollars)
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Grand Slams
WTA Championships
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
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TBA
$4,450,000
$1,340,000
$ 600,000
$ 175,000
$ 145,000
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!!
!!!
*
**
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Tour Affiliated Event
Sunday Main Draw Start
Tuesday Main Draw Start
Wednesday Main Draw Start
Saturday Singles Final
Friday Singles Final
cdr=combined doubles rankings
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Court Surfaces
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HO
GCO
RCO
GO
SI
CI
HI
GSI
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Hardcourt Outdoors
Green Clay Outdoors
Red Clay Outdoors
Grass Court Outdoors
Supreme Indoors
Carpet Indoors
Hardcourt Indoors
Greenset Indoors
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(Dec 11, 2007 revised) Additional revision to the 2008 WTA schedule (earlier changes are described at the bottom of this page):
- The Warsaw J&S Cup has been deleted, and the ECM Prague Open has been moved from May 5 to April 28.
- The Bangalore Open has been promoted to Tier II, and moved from Feb 11 to fill the empty week of Mar 3, and a new Tier III tourney, the Cachantun Cup in Vina del Mar, Chile, has been placed at Feb 11.
- The Oct 13 Zurich Open has been demoted from a $1.34 million Tier I tourney to a $600,000 Tier II, and the following week's Fortis Championships in Luxembourg has been demoted from a $600,000 Tier II to a $225,000 Tier III. This reduces the payout to players at these two tournaments by well over a million dollars.
2008 WTA Calendar official .pdf version
For info on WTA rankings and the full point scales, see the 4-page WTA .pdf, How Rankings Work.
Also available: 2008 WTA Tour Official Rules, 398-page 2MB .pdf
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(Oct 14, 2007) The WTA has posted their 2008 schedule (.pdf version), which is reproduced below with links to most tourney websites. There are massive changes from the 2007 schedule, as the WTA Tour is moving toward their Roadmap 2010 goals. Some of the notable differences from 2007:
- Many tourneys have been repositioned in the schedule, the largest move being by the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, which has moved from a February indoor tourney to a September outdoor event--just two weeks before the AIG Japan Open, also in Tokyo.
- Fed Cup play has been moved up in the calendar; Fed Cup I (World Group quarterfinals) is now Feb 2-3, immediately following the Australian Open, and Fed Cup II (World Group semis) is now April 26-27. The Fed Cup finals will still follow the US Open, as they have in recent years.
- The San Diego (Tier I Acura Classic ) and Bangkok (Thailand Open ) tourneys have been dropped from the schedule. The never-yet-played Anda Open slated for Tel Aviv, Israel, which scheduled and dropped due to security concerns in both 2006 and 2007, is not on the schedule.
- The Doha Qatar Total Open has been elevated to a Tier I tourney, with $2.5 million in prize money. The Qatar Tennis Federation is now practically a Tour unto itself; the WTA Championships will be in Doha in 2008 and 2009, with the prize money raised from $3 million to $4.45 million , and they also run the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin.
- There are two dead weeks in the calendar, with no tourneys scheduled: March 3 and August 4 [Mar 3 was later filled].
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