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The WTA or “Women’s Tennis Association” is the governing body of the women’s game. This year over 2000 players representing 90 nations are competing for $79.8 million in prize money at 60 events in 34 countries.

The WTA calendar has been revamped in 2009 to include 20 premier events consisting of 4 mandatory events, the season ending championship and another 15 making up the rest. Prize money this year exceeds $86 million dollars and the off-season has been increased from 7 to 9 weeks.

Premier Events

Date Event Location Winner
Jan 10 – 15 Medibank International Sydney Sydney Elena Dementieva
Feb 08 – 14 Open GDF Suez Paris Elena Dementieva
Feb 14 – 20 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai Venus Williams
Mar 10 – 21 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells Jelena Jankovic
Mar 23 – Apr 04 Sony Ericsson Open Miami Kim Clijsters
Apr 12 – 18 Family Circle Cup Charleston Samantha Stosur
Apr 26 – May 02 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart Justine Henin
May 02 – 08 Internazionali BNL d’Italia Rome Maria Jose M-Sanchez
May 08 – 16 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open Madrid Aravane Rezai
May 17 – 22 Warsaw Open Warsaw Alexandra Dulgheru
Jun 14 – 19 AEGON International Eastbourne Ekaterina Makarova
Jul 26 – Aug 01 Bank of the West Classic Stanford
Jul 31 – Aug 08 Southern Californian Open San Diego
Aug 09 – 15 W & S Financial Group Women’s Open Cincinnati
Aug 16 – 22 Rogers Club Montreal
Aug 22 – 28 Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven
Sep 25 – Oct 02 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo
Oct 02 – 10 China Open Beijing
Oct 18 – 24 Kremlin Cup Moscow
Oct 25 – Nov 31 Sony Ericsson Championships Doha

WTA Champions

Year Champion
serena
Serena Williams (USA)
2009 Serena Williams (USA)
2008 Venus Williams (USA)
2007 Justine Henin (Bel)
2006 Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel)
2005 Amelie Mauresmo (Fra)
2004 Maria Sharapova (Rus)
2003 Kim Clijsters (Bel)
2002 Kim Clijsters (Bel)
2001 Serena Williams (USA)
2000 Martina Hingis (Sui)