WTA 125 tournaments

Tournament category in women's tennis 2009–2024

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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[edit]

### Asia[edit]

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

### Europe[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Canada : Vancouver (2022)
* Mexico : Guadalajara (2019), Puerto Vallarta (2024–present), San Luis Potosí (2023–present), 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 Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016), Stanford (2023–present)

### Oceania[edit]

* Australia  : Canberra (2024)

### South America[edit]

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

## Historic names[edit]

2012–2020
WTA 125K Series

2021–present
WTA 125

## Prize money[edit]

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[edit]

Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | Q | Q2 | Q1

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Singles | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1
Doubles (16D) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | —
Doubles (8D) | 125 | 81 | 49 | 1 | — | — | — | — | —

## Singles champions[edit]

### WTA 125K Series[edit]

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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
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/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/Honolulu | WTA Premier | Not an event |  Wickmayer |  Bellis |  Zhang | Exhibition event | Not an event

### WTA 125[edit]

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Canberra | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour |  Párrizas Díaz
Cali | Not an event |  Podoroska | Not an event
Mumbai | Not an event |  Semeņistaja
Puerto Vallarta | Not an event |  Kessler
Marbella | Not an event |  Sherif  | Not an event
San Luis Potosí | Not an event |  Cocciaretto
Saint-Malo |  Golubic |  Haddad Maia |  Stephens
Reus | Not an event |  Cîrstea
Florence |  Paolini
Paris | Not an event |  Liu |  Parry
Bol/Makarska |  Paolini |  Niemeier |  Sherif
La Bisbal d'Empordà | ITF Women's Tour |  Rus
Valencia | ITF Women's Tour |  Q Zheng |  Sherif
Gaiba | Not an event |  Van Uytvanck  |  Krueger
Båstad |  Párrizas Díaz |  Jang |  Danilović
Contrexéville | ITF Women's Tour |  Errani |  Rus
Charleston |  Lepchenko | ITF Women's Tour |  Cocciaretto
Belgrade |  Schmiedlová | Not an event
Iași | Not an event |  Bogdan |  Bogdan
Concord |  Fręch |  Vandeweghe | Not an event
Kozerki | ITF Women's Tour |  Yastremska
Barranquilla | Not an event | ITF Women's Tour |  Maria
Chicago |  Tauson | Not an event |  Tomova
Vancouver | Not an event |  Grammatikopoulou | ITF Women's Tour
Stanford | Not an event |  Y Wang
Karlsruhe |  Sherif |  Sherif  | Not an event
Portorož | WTA 250 | Not an event
Columbus |  Párrizas Díaz  | Not an event
Bari | Not an event |  Grabher |  Zidanšek
Bucharest |  Begu |  Sharma
Budapest |  Korpatsch | Not an event
Ljubljana | Not an event |  Bassols Ribera
Parma | WTA 250 |  Bogdan
Rouen | Not an event |  Zanevska |  Golubic
Tampico | Not an event |  Cocciaretto |  Bektas
Midland |  Brengle |  McNally |  Kalinskaya[a]
Taipei | Cancelled | Not an event
Colina | ITF Women's Tour |  Sherif  |  Bejlek
Florianópolis | Not an event |  Tomljanović
Buenos Aires |  Bondár |  Udvardy |  Pigossi
Andorra la Vella | Not an event |  Parks |  Bassols Ribera
Montevideo |  Parry |  Shnaider[a] |  Zarazúa
Angers |  Diatchenko |  Parks  |  Burel
Limoges |  Van Uytvanck |  Kalinina |  Bucșa
Seoul |  Zhu | WTA 250

## Records[edit]

* as of 26 February 2024[update]

### Most titles by player[edit]

| No. | Singles

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6 |  Mayar Sherif
3 |  Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ana Bogdan
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Vitalia Diatchenko
Viktorija Golubic
Nuria Párrizas Díaz
Alison Van Uytvanck
Zheng Saisai
Tamara Zidanšek
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5 |  Irina Bara
Aliona Bolsova
Dalila Jakupović
4 |  Cristina Bucșa
Misaki Doi
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Katarzyna Kawa
Veronika Kudermetova
Asia Muhammad
Wang Yafan

### Most finals by player[edit]

| No. | Singles

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6 |  Mayar Sherif
Zhang Shuai
5 |  Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Sara Errani
Diane Parry
Arantxa Rus
Zheng Saisai
4 |  Ana Bogdan
Misaki Doi
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Viktorija Golubic
Jasmine Paolini
Panna Udvardy
Alison Van Uytvanck
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12 |  Oksana Kalashnikova
9 |  Dalila Jakupović
8 |  Eri Hozumi
Asia Muhammad
Renata Voráčová
7 |  Irina Khromacheva
6 |  Irina Bara
Aliona Bolsova
Cristina Bucșa
Han Xinyun
Tereza Mihalíková

### Most titles by country[edit]

| No. | Singles

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14 |  United States
11 |  China
10 |  Russia ±
8 |  Romania
7 |  Italy
Spain
6 |  Belgium
Egypt
5 |  France
Switzerland
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18 |  United States
13 |  China
12 |  Chinese Taipei
11 |  Japan
Russia[b]
Spain
9 |  Romania
8 |  Georgia
7 |  Czech Republic
6 |  Belgium
France
Slovenia
Switzerland

### Youngest champions[edit]

Singles  | Age | Player | Title

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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, 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
19 years, 81 days |  Diane Parry | Montevideo 2021
19 years, 174 days |  Kristina Mladenovic | Taipei 2012
19 years, 205 days |  Aryna Sabalenka | Mumbai 2017
Doubles  | Age | Player | Title

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18 years, 160 days |  Céline Naef | Andorra la Vella 2023
18 years, 183 days |  Kateřina Siniaková | Limoges 2014
19 years, 46 days |  Chan Hao-ching | Taipei 2012
19 years, 69 days |  Diana Shnaider[a] | La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023
19 years, 161 days |  Erika Andreeva[a] | Andorra la Vella 2023
19 years, 174 days |  Kristina Mladenovic | Taipei 2012
19 years, 198 days |  Aryna Sabalenka | Taipei 2017
19 years, 210 days |  Veronika Kudermetova | Taipei 2016
19 years, 332 days |  Barbora Krejčíková | Limoges 2015
19 years, 364 days |  Wang Xinyu | Columbus 2021

### Oldest champions[edit]

Singles  | Age | Player | Title

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36 years, 12 days |  Tatjana Maria | Barranquilla 2023
35 years, 72 days |  Varvara Lepchenko | Charleston 2021
35 years, 72 days  |  Sara Errani | Contrexéville 2022
33 years, 311 days |  Kirsten Flipkens | Houston 2019
33 years, 30 days |  Sorana Cîrstea | Reus 2023
32 years, 315 days |  Peng Shuai | Houston 2018
32 years, 215 days |  Arantxa Rus | Contrexéville 2023
32 years, 180 days |  Arantxa Rus | La Bisbal d'Empordà 2023
32 years, 175 days |  Nuria Párrizas Díaz | Canberra 2024
32 years, 23 days |  Irina-Camelia Begu | Bucharest 2022
Doubles  | Age | Player | Title

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38 years, 255 days |  Vera Zvonareva[a] | Paris 2023
37 years, 103 days |  Vera Zvonareva (2) | Limoges 2021
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 | Angers 2023
34 years, 359 days |  Bibiane Schoofs | Saint-Malo 2023
34 years, 85 days |  Monica Niculescu (2) | Limoges 2021
34 years, 11 days |  Alena Fomina-Klotz[a] | Contrexéville 2023
33 years, 328 days |  Galina Voskoboeva | Limoges 2018

### Highest-ranked winners[edit]

Singles  | Rank | Player | Title

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25 |  Jelena Janković | Nanchang 2015
35 |  Caroline Garcia | Limoges 2015
36 |  Zhang Shuai | Honolulu 2017
40 |  Mayar Sherif | Valencia 2023
41 |  Bojana Jovanovski | Ningbo 2013
Irina-Camelia Begu | Bucharest 2022
42 |  Ekaterina Alexandrova | Limoges 2019
44 |  Sorana Cîrstea | Reus 2023
47 |  Anhelina Kalinina | Limoges 2022
Petra Martić | Chicago 2018
Alison Van Uytvanck | Gaiba 2022
Doubles  | Rank | Player | Title

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11 |  Storm Hunter | Reus 2023
16 |  Ellen Perez
25 |  Zhang Shuai | Angers 2022
26 |  Anna Danilina | Paris 2023
27 |  Chan Hao-ching | Taipei 2014
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | San Antonio 2016
28 |  Kristina Mladenovic | Taipei 2012
Asia Muhammad | Midland 2022
32 |  Hsieh Su-wei | Honolulu 2017
33 |  Yang Zhaoxuan | Anning 2019

### Lowest-ranked winners[edit]

Singles  | Rank | Player | Title

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543 |  Ajla Tomljanović | Florianópolis 2023
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
194 |  Sára Bejlek | Colina 2023
192 |  CoCo Vandeweghe | Concord 2022
186 |  Mandy Minella | Bol 2016
173 |  Kristína Kučová | Prague 2020
Doubles  | Rank | Player | Title

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unranked |  Varvara Flink[a] | Concord 2022
1014 |  Elisabetta Cocciaretto | Bari 2022
944 |  Mirjam Björklund | Båstad 2021
826 |  Wang Xinyu | Columbus 2021
809 |  Hsieh Shu-ying | Honolulu 2017
550 |  Jodie Burrage | Stanford 2023
515 |  Claire Liu | Gaiba 2022
491 |  Madison Brengle | Gaiba 2022
458 |  Maegan Manasse | Houston 2018
457 |  Erika Andreeva[a] | Andorra la Vella 2023

## See also[edit]

* WTA Tour
* ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
* ATP Challenger Tour
* ATP 125 tournaments
* ATP 175 tournaments

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.[3]
2. ^ Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

## References[edit]

1. ^ OEC WTA Challenger, 2015
2. ^ "Taipei to host first WTA tennis challenger event". 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
3. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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WTA 125 tournaments (since 2012)

* Andorra la Vella (2022–current)
* Angers (2021–current)
* Anning (2018–2019)
* Bari (2022–current)
* Barranquilla (2023–current)
* Båstad (2019; 2021–current)
* Belgrade (2021)
* Bucharest (2022–current)
* Budapest (2022)
* Buenos Aires (2021–current)
* Bol (2016–2019; 2021)
* Cali (2013; 2023)
* Canberra (2024–current)
* Carlsbad (2015)
* Charleston (2021)
* Chicago (2018; 2021; 2023)
* Colina (2022–current)
* Columbus (2021)
* Concord (2021–2022)
* Contrexéville (2022–current)
* Dalian (2015–2017)
* Florence (2023–current)
* Florianópolis (2023–current)
* Gaiba (2022–current)
* Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023–current)
* Guadalajara (2019)
* Honolulu (2016–2017)
* Houston (2018–2019)
* Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
* Iași (2022–current)
* Indian Wells (2018–2020)
* Karlsruhe (2019; 2021–2022)
* La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–current)
* Limoges (2014–2019; 2021–current)
* Ljubljana (2023–current)
* Lleida (2024)
* Makarska (2022–current)
* Marbella (2022)
* Midland (2021–current)
* Montevideo (2021–current)
* Mumbai (2017–2018, 2024–current)
* Nanchang (2014–2015)
* Nanjing (2013)
* New Haven (2019)
* Newport Beach (2018–2020)
* Ningbo (2013–2014)
* Paris (2022–current)
* Parma (2023–current)
* Prague (2020)
* Pune (2012)
* Reus (2023)
* Rouen (2022–2023)
* Saint-Malo (2021–current)
* San Antonio (2016)
* San Luis Potosí (2023–current)
* Seoul (2021)
* Stanford (2023–current)
* Suzhou (2013–2014)
* Taipei (2012–2019)
* Tampico (2022–current)
* Valencia (2022–current)
* Vancouver (2022)
* Zhengzhou (2017–2018)

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