Tournament category in women's tennis 2009–2020
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
Asia
Europe
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–present), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
Germany : Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022)
Hungary : Budapest (2022)
Italy : Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023–present)
Poland : Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023–present)
Portugal : Oeiras (starting in 2024)
Romania : Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–present)
Serbia : Belgrade (2021)
Slovenia : Ljubljana (2023–present)
Spain : La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023–present), Valencia (2022–present)
Sweden : Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
North America
Canada : Vancouver (2022)
Mexico : Guadalajara (2019), San Luis Potosí (2023–present), Tampico (2022–present)
United States : Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021), 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–present)
Oceania
South America
Historic names
2012–2020
WTA 125K Series
2021–present
WTA 125
Prize money
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
Event
W
F
SF
QF
R16
R32
Q
Q2
Q1
Singles
125
81
49
27
15
1
6
4
1
Doubles (16D)
125
81
49
27
1
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—
—
—
Doubles (8D)
125
81
49
1
—
—
—
—
—
Singles champions
WTA 125K Series
WTA 125
a Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Records
Most titles by player
Most finals by player
Youngest champions
Singles
#
Player
Age
Title
1.
CiCi Bellis
17 years, 233 days
Honolulu 2016
2.
Sára Bejlek
17 years, 292 days
Colina 2023
3.
Elina Svitolina
18 years, 60 days
Pune 2012
4.
Bianca Andreescu
18 years, 225 days
Newport Beach 2019
5.
Diana Shnaider [a]
18 years, 239 days
Montevideo 2022
6.
Clara Tauson
18 years, 244 days
Chicago 2021
7.
Ashlyn Krueger
19 years, 49 days
Gaiba 2023
8.
Diane Parry
19 years, 81 days
Montevideo 2021
9.
Kristina Mladenovic
19 years, 174 days
Taipei 2012
10.
Aryna Sabalenka
19 years, 205 days
Mumbai 2017
Doubles
#
Player
Age
Title
1.
Céline Naef
18 years, 160 days
Andorra la Vella 2023
2.
Kateřina Siniaková
18 years, 183 days
Limoges 2014
3.
Chan Hao-ching
19 years, 46 days
Taipei 2012
4.
Diana Shnaider [a]
19 years, 69 days
La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023
5.
Erika Andreeva [a]
19 years, 161 days
Andorra la Vella 2023
6.
Kristina Mladenovic
19 years, 174 days
Taipei 2012
7.
Aryna Sabalenka
19 years, 198 days
Taipei 2017
8.
Veronika Kudermetova
19 years, 210 days
Taipei 2016
9.
Barbora Krejčíková
19 years, 332 days
Limoges 2015
10.
Wang Xinyu
19 years, 364 days
Columbus 2021
Oldest champions
Singles
#
Player
Age
Title
1.
Tatjana Maria
36 years, 12 days
Barranquilla 2023
2.
Varvara Lepchenko
35 years, 72 days
Charleston 2021
Sara Errani
35 years, 72 days
Contrexéville 2022
4.
Kirsten Flipkens
33 years, 311 days
Houston 2019
5.
Sorana Cîrstea
33 years, 30 days
Reus 2023
6.
Peng Shuai
32 years, 315 days
Houston 2018
7.
Arantxa Rus
32 years, 215 days
Contrexéville 2023
8.
Arantxa Rus
32 years, 180 days
La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023
9.
Nuria Párrizas Díaz
32 years, 175 days
Canberra 2024
10.
Irina-Camelia Begu
32 years, 23 days
Bucharest 2022
Doubles
#
Player
Age
Title
1.
Vera Zvonareva [a]
38 years, 255 days
Paris 2023
2.
Vera Zvonareva
37 years, 103 days
Limoges 2021
3.
Sara Errani
36 years, 210 days
Florianópolis 2023
4.
Renata Voráčová
35 years, 302 days
Karlsruhe 2019
5.
Sara Errani
35 years, 205 days
Buenos Aires 2022
6.
Monica Niculescu
36 years, 76 days
Angers 2023
7.
Bibiane Schoofs
34 years, 359 days
Saint-Malo 2023
8.
Monica Niculescu
34 years, 85 days
Limoges 2021
9.
Alena Fomina-Klotz [a]
34 years, 11 days
Contrexéville 2023
10.
Galina Voskoboeva
33 years, 328 days
Limoges 2018
Others
Highest ranked players to win a singles title
Highest ranked players to win a doubles title
Lowest ranked players to win a singles title
Lowest ranked players to win a doubles title
Most titles by nation
updated as of 8 January 2024
See also
References