WTA 125 tournaments

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 Tour),^[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 overall WTA ranking points to become eligible for the main draw or qualifying draw entry of WTA Tour tournaments. Results such as titles won at a WTA 125 event are separately counted from the same player's achievements at WTA Tour level tournaments. However match results from WTA 125 events are counted and added into WTA players' overall head-to-head win/loss statistics.

Tournament locations

Asia

China: Anning (2018–2019), Dalian (2015–2017), Nanchang (2014–2015), Nanjing (2013), Ningbo (2013–2014), Suzhou (2013–2014), Zhengzhou (2017–2018)
Hong Kong: Hong Kong (2024–present)
India: Pune (2012), Mumbai (2017–2018, 2024–present)
South Korea: Seoul (2021)
Taiwan: Taipei (2012–2019)
Thailand: Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
Turkey: Antalya (2024–present)

Europe

Andorra: Andorra la Vella (2022–2023)
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 (2022–2023), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
Germany: Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022), Hamburg (2024)
Hungary: Budapest (2022)
Italy: Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–2024), Grado (2025–present), Florence (2023), Palermo (2025–present), Parma (2023–present), Rome (2025–present)
Poland: Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023), Warsaw (2024–present)
Portugal: Oeiras (2024–present), Porto (2025–present)
Romania: Bucharest (2022–2024), Iași (2022–2023)
Serbia: Belgrade (2021)
Slovenia: Ljubljana (2023–present)
Spain: La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Lleida (2024), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023), Valencia (2022–present), Vic (2025)
Sweden: Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
Switzerland: Montreux (2024–present)
United Kingdom: Birmingham (2025–present), Ilkley (2025–present)^[3]

North America

Canada: Vancouver (2022)
Mexico: Cancún (2025), Guadalajara (2019, 2024), Puerto Vallarta (2024–present), San Luis Potosí (2023–2024), Tampico (2022–present)
United States: Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021, 2024), 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 (2025–present), Newport Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016), Stanford (2023)

Oceania

Australia : Canberra (2024-present)

South America

Argentina: Buenos Aires (2021–present)
Bolivia: Santa Cruz (2024–present)
Brazil: Florianópolis (2023–present)
Chile: Colina (2022–present)
Colombia: Barranquilla (2023–present), Cali (2013, 2023–present)
Uruguay: Montevideo (2021–2023)

Historic names

2012–2020
WTA 125K Series

2021–present
WTA 125

Prize money

The tournaments offer total prize money of $125,000–$200,000. 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				27	1	—
Doubles (8D)				1	—

Singles champions

WTA 125K Series

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Newport Beach	Not an event						Collins	Andreescu	Brengle
Cali	ITF Women's Circuit	Arruabarrena Vecino	Not an Event
Indian Wells	Not an event						Errani	Golubic	Begu
San Antonio	Not an event				Doi	Not an event
Guadalajara	Not an event							Kudermetova	Cancelled
Zhengzhou	Not an event		ITF Women's Circuit			Q Wang	S Zheng	WTA Premier
Xi'an	Not an event		ITF Women's Circuit	Not an event					Cancelled
Anning	Not an event		ITF Women's Circuit				Khromacheva	S Zheng	Cancelled
West Hempstead	Not an event				Cancelled	Not an event
Bol	Not an event				Minella	Krunić	Zidanšek	Zidanšek	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
Båstad	WTA International							Doi
Karlsruhe	Not an event							Țig
Chicago/New Haven	Not an event						Martić	Blinkova
Nanchang	Not an event		Peng	Janković	WTA International
Prague	Not an event			ITF Women's Circuit				ITF Women's Tour	Kučová
Suzhou	ITF Women's Circuit	Pe'er	Friedsam	ITF Women's Circuit				ITF Women's Tour	Not an event
Portschach	WTA International				Not an event				Cancelled
Dalian	Not an event			S Zheng	Kr Plíšková	Kozlova	Not an event
Ningbo	ITF Women's Circuit	Jovanovski	Linette	Not an event
Warsaw	Not an event								Cancelled
Nanjing	Not an event	Zhang	Not an event	ITF Women's Circuit	Not an event
Pune or Mumbai	Svitolina	Not an Event				Sabalenka	Kumkhum	Not an Event
Hua Hin	Not an event			Shvedova	Cancelled	Bencic	Not an event	WTA International
Taipei	Mladenovic	Van Uytvanck	Diatchenko	Babos	Rodina	Bencic	Kumkhum	Diatchenko	Cancelled
Houston	Not an event						Peng	Flipkens
Limoges	ITF Women's Circuit		Smitková	Garcia	Alexandrova	Niculescu	Alexandrova	Alexandrova
Carlsbad or Honolulu	WTA Premier		Not an event	Wickmayer	Bellis	Zhang	Exhibition event		Not an event

WTA 125

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Canberra	Not an event		ITF Women's Tour	Párrizas Díaz	Ito
Cali	Not an event		Podoroska	Begu	Not held
Mumbai	Not an event			Semeņistaja	Teichmann
Cancún	Not an event				Arango
Puerto Vallarta	Not an event			Kessler	Cristian
Marbella	Not an event	Sherif	Not an event
San Luis Potosí	Not an event		Cocciaretto	Podoroska	Not an event
Antalya	Not an event			Bouzas Maneiro	Todoni
Antalya 2	Not an event				Danilović
Antalya 3	Not an event				Sierra
Oeiras	ITF Women's Tour			Lamens	Gálfi
Saint-Malo	Golubic	Haddad Maia	Stephens	Boisson	Osaka
Reus/Lleida/Vic	Not an event		Cîrstea	Siniaková	Gálfi
Florence	Not an event		Paolini	Not an event
Paris	Not an event	Liu	Parry	Shnaider^[a]	Boulter
Bol/Makarska	Paolini	Niemeier	Sherif	Volynets	Bejlek
La Bisbal d'Empordà	ITF Women's Tour		Rus	Carlé	Semeņistaja
Birmingham	WTA 250				Minnen
Ilkley	Not held	ITF Women's Tour			Jovic
Valencia	ITF Women's Tour	Q Zheng	Sherif	Li	Párrizas Díaz
Grado	ITF Women's Tour				Valentová
Gaiba	Not an event	Van Uytvanck	Krueger	Parks	Not an event
Newport	Not an event				McNally
Båstad	Párrizas Díaz	Jang	Danilović	Trevisan	Cocciaretto
Contrexéville	ITF Women's Tour	Errani	Rus	Bronzetti	Jones
Charleston	Lepchenko	ITF Women's Tour		Cocciaretto	Not an event
Belgrade	Schmiedlová	Not an event
Iași	Not an event	Bogdan	Bogdan	WTA 250
Porto	ITF Women's Tour				Valentová
Rome	Cancelled	ITF Women's Tour			Marčinko
Palermo	WTA 250				Jones
Concord	Fręch	Vandeweghe	Not an event
Kozerki/Warsaw	ITF Women's Tour		Yastremska	Parks	Siniaková
Hamburg	WTA 250			Bondár	WTA 250
Barranquilla	Not an event	ITF Women's Tour	Maria	Podoroska	Not an event
Chicago	Tauson	Not an event	Tomova	Not an event
Vancouver	Not an event	Grammatikopoulou	ITF Women's Tour	Not an event
Stanford	Not an event		Y Wang	Not an event
Guadalajara	WTA 250		Not an event	Rakhimova^[a]
Montreux	Not an event			Begu
Karlsruhe	Sherif	Sherif	Not an event
Portorož	WTA 250		Not an event
Columbus	Párrizas Díaz	Not an event
Bari	Not an event	Grabher	Zidanšek	Todoni	Todoni
Bucharest		Begu	Sharma	Bulgaru
Budapest		Korpatsch	Not an event
Ljubljana	Not an event		Bassols Ribera	Teichmann
Parma	WTA 250		Bogdan	Schmiedlová	Sherif
Rouen	Not an event	Zanevska	Golubic	WTA 250
Hong Kong	Not an event			Tomljanović
Tampico	Not an event	Cocciaretto	Bektas	Stakusic
Santa Cruz	Not an event			Todoni
Midland	Brengle	McNally	Kalinskaya^[a]	Marino
Taipei	Cancelled		Not an event
Charleston 2	ITF Women's Tour			Zarazúa
Colina	ITF Women's Tour	Sherif	Bejlek	Stojanović
Florianópolis	Not an event		Tomljanović	Chwalińska
Buenos Aires	Bondár	Udvardy	Pigossi	Sherif
Andorra la Vella	Not an event	Parks	Bassols Ribera	Not an event
Montevideo	Parry	Shnaider^[a]	Zarazúa	Not an event
Angers	Diatchenko	Parks	Burel	Parks
Limoges	Van Uytvanck	Kalinina	Bucșa	Golubic
Seoul	Zhu	WTA 250		WTA 500

Records

as of 4 August 2025^[update]

Most titles by player

No.	Singles
8	Mayar Sherif
5	Alycia Parks
4	Irina-Camelia Begu
	Elisabetta Cocciaretto
	Viktorija Golubic
	Nuria Párrizas Díaz
	Anca Todoni
3	Ekaterina Alexandrova
	Ana Bogdan
	Vitalia Diatchenko
	Nadia Podoroska
	Alison Van Uytvanck
	Zheng Saisai
	Tamara Zidanšek

No.	Doubles
6	Irina Khromacheva
5	Irina Bara
	Aliona Bolsova
	Cristina Bucșa
	Dalila Jakupović
	Katarzyna Kawa
	Asia Muhammad
	Iryna Shymanovich
4	Anna Bondár
	Misaki Doi
	Weronika Falkowska
	Quinn Gleason
	Ekaterine Gorgodze
	Oksana Kalashnikova
	Veronika Kudermetova
	Ingrid Martins
	Monica Niculescu
	Miriam Škoch
	Fanny Stollár
	Aldila Sutjiadi
	Wang Yafan

Most finals by player

No.	Singles
12	Mayar Sherif
6	Irina-Camelia Begu
	Elisabetta Cocciaretto
	Viktorija Golubic
	Alycia Parks
	Arantxa Rus
	Zhang Shuai
5	Sara Errani
	Tatjana Maria
	Nuria Párrizas Díaz
	Diane Parry
	Panna Udvardy
	Zheng Saisai

No.	Doubles
16	Oksana Kalashnikova
10	Irina Khromacheva
9	Aliona Bolsova
	Dalila Jakupović
	Asia Muhammad
8	Eri Hozumi
8	Renata Voráčová
7	Cristina Bucșa
	Quinn Gleason
	Katarzyna Kawa
	Ingrid Martins
	Tereza Mihalíková
	Katarzyna Piter
	Monica Niculescu
	Miriam Škoch

Most titles by country

No.	Singles
21	United States
16	Romania
11	China
10	Italy
10	Russia
9	Spain
8	Czech Republic
	Egypt
	Switzerland
7	Belgium

No.	Doubles
30	United States
15	Czech Republic
15	Spain
14	China
14	Chinese Taipei
13	Japan
12	Poland
11	Hungary
	Romania
	Russia^[b]

Youngest champions

Singles
Age	Player	Title
17 years, 191 days	Iva Jovic	Ilkley 2025
17 years, 233 days	CiCi Bellis	Honolulu 2016
17 years, 292 days	Sára Bejlek	Colina 2023
18 years, 60 days	Elina Svitolina	Pune 2012
18 years, 115 days	Tereza Valentová	Grado 2025
18 years, 150 days	Tereza Valentová (2)	Porto 2025
18 years, 225 days	Bianca Andreescu	Newport Beach 2019
18 years, 239 days	Diana Shnaider^[a]	Montevideo 2022
18 years, 244 days	Clara Tauson	Chicago 2021
19 years, 49 days	Ashlyn Krueger	Gaiba 2023

Doubles
Age	Player	Title
18 years, 160 days	Céline Naef	Andorra la Vella 2023
18 years, 183 days	Kateřina Siniaková	Limoges 2014
18 years, 305 days	Maya Joint	Cancún 2025
19 years, 46 days	Chan Hao-ching	Taipei 2012
19 years, 69 days	Diana Shnaider^[a]	La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023
19 years, 111 days	Taylah Preston	Cancún 2025
19 years, 161 days	Erika Andreeva^[a]	Andorra la Vella 2023
19 years, 163 days	Elena Pridankina^[a]	Mumbai 2025
19 years, 174 days	Kristina Mladenovic	Taipei 2012
19 years, 198 days	Aryna Sabalenka	Taipei 2017

Oldest champions

Singles
Age	Player	Title
36 years, 12 days	Tatjana Maria	Barranquilla 2023
35 years, 72 days	Varvara Lepchenko	Charleston 2021
35 years, 72 days	Sara Errani	Contrexéville 2022
34 years, 75 days	Irina-Camelia Begu	Cali 2024
34 years, 13 days	Irina-Camelia Begu (2)	Montreux 2024
33 years, 335 days	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	Valencia 2025
33 years, 330 days	Rebecca Marino	Midland 2024
33 years, 311 days	Kirsten Flipkens	Houston 2019
33 years, 30 days	Sorana Cîrstea	Reus 2023
32 years, 315 days	Peng Shuai	Houston 2018

Doubles
Age	Player	Title
38 years, 255 days	Vera Zvonareva^[a]	Paris 2023
37 years, 103 days	Vera Zvonareva (2)	Limoges 2021
37 years, 74 days	Monica Niculescu	Angers 2024
37 years, 11 days	Monica Niculescu (2)	Hong Kong 2024
36 years, 210 days	Sara Errani	Florianópolis 2023
35 years, 302 days	Renata Voráčová	Karlsruhe 2019
35 years, 205 days	Sara Errani (2)	Buenos Aires 2022
36 years, 76 days	Monica Niculescu (3)	Angers 2023
34 years, 359 days	Bibiane Schoofs	Saint-Malo 2023
34 years, 85 days	Monica Niculescu (4)	Limoges 2021

Highest-ranked winners

Singles
Rank	Player	Title
25	Jelena Janković	Nanchang 2015
35	Caroline Garcia	Limoges 2015
36	Zhang Shuai	Honolulu 2017
40	Katie Boulter	Paris 2025
	Mayar Sherif	Valencia 2023
	Kateřina Siniaková	Lleida 2024
41	Olga Danilović	Antalya 2025
	Bojana Jovanovski	Ningbo 2013
	Irina-Camelia Begu	Bucharest 2022
42	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Limoges 2019

Doubles
Rank	Player	Title
7	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Lleida 2024
7	Ellen Perez	Lleida 2024
11	Storm Hunter	Reus 2023
15	Irina Khromacheva^[a]	Paris 2025
16	Ellen Perez (2)	Reus 2023
25	Zhang Shuai	Angers 2022
26	Anna Danilina	Paris 2023
27	Chan Hao-ching	Taipei 2014
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	San Antonio 2016
	Kristina Mladenovic	Cali 2024

Lowest-ranked winners

Singles
Rank	Player	Title
543	Ajla Tomljanović	Florianópolis 2023
432	Nina Stojanović	Colina 2024
296	Peng Shuai	Houston 2018
239	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Vancouver 2022
223	Patricia Maria Țig	Karlsruhe 2019
216	Astra Sharma	Bucharest 2023
210	Irina Khromacheva	Anning 2018
208	Caty McNally	Newport 2025
202	Miriam Bulgaru	Bucharest 2024
194	Sára Bejlek	Colina 2023

Doubles
Rank	Player	Title
unranked	Bianca Andreescu	Vic 2025
unranked	Varvara Flink^[a]	Concord 2022
1436	Christina McHale	Puerto Vallarta 2025
1014	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	Bari 2022
944	Mirjam Björklund	Båstad 2021
826	Wang Xinyu	Columbus 2021
809	Hsieh Shu-ying	Honolulu 2017
770	Elsa Jacquemot	Limoges 2024
632	Tamara Zidanšek	San Luis Potosí 2024
571	Hanna Chang	Puerto Vallarta 2025

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]
^ Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

References

^ OEC WTA Challenger, 2015
^ "Taipei to host first WTA tennis challenger event". 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
^ "LTA and Lexus extend their partnership to cover tournaments at Nottingham and Eastbourne". 17 February 2025.
^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[rus-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k As of 1 March 2022, the WTA announced that players from Russia and Belarus will not compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]

[rus2-6] Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

[1] OEC WTA Challenger, 2015

[Challenger_series-2] "Taipei to host first WTA tennis challenger event". 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

[LexusGrass-3] "LTA and Lexus extend their partnership to cover tournaments at Nottingham and Eastbourne". 17 February 2025.

[5] "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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