Women’s tennis has a history of teenage prodigies. At the Australian Open, Mirra Andreeva stood alone
In January 2000, 17 of the WTA top 100 were under 20. In 2025, Mirra Andreeva is the sole teenager with a ranking under three ...
Emma Raducanu and Iga Swiatek’s Australian Open match reunites two teenage Grand Slam winners
Their Australian Open third-round match is an illustration of how divergent tennis' paths to and from glory can be ...
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WTA Tour distributes record prize money for 2024
The WTA Tour announced it administered a record $221M in prize money during the 2024 tennis season, a $42M increase from 2023. The Tour also said its total attendance increased 15% year-over-year, to ...
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Iga Swiatek felt she ‘didn’t belong’ on WTA Tour and ‘literally’ wanted to go back to ITFs after playing her first tournament
She won her first Grand Slam title at the 2020 French Open and lifted four more Majors. Swiatek, who is now dominating on the tour, played her first tournament on the WTA Tour in 2019, at the ASB ...
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Iga Swiatek reveals shocking truth about the time she almost quit the WTA Tour
Iga Swiatek has already arrived at Melbourne in order to begin her 2025 campaign on the WTA Tour. The Polish player ... to gain confidence by winning the 2020 French Open. That victory led the ...
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Sabalenka Increases Lead Over Swiatek In Latest WTA Rankings, Gauff Closes Up
The 2025 season started with an exciting week of tennis across all tournaments played on the WTA Tour. At the ASB Classic in Auckland, which was the lowest-tier event out of all played, Naomi Osaka ...
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Tauson claims Auckland title after injured Osaka retires from final
Clara Tauson of Denmark won her third career Hologic WTA Tour title, and first since 2021 ... She saved a match point in her second-round win over 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, then ...
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Rybakina defends former coach Vukov after he’s suspended by WTA
(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) SYDNEY (AP) — Sixth-ranked Elena Rybakina has defended her former coach Stefano Vukov after he was provisionally suspended by the WTA as the governing body investigates a ...
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Naomi Osaka seals huge rankings breakthrough as she ends 1,008-day wait for WTA final
Naomi Osaka will return to the top 5o of the WTA Rankings after reaching her first WTA final in three years at the Auckland Open. Producing arguably her best performance of the week, the former world ...
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Naomi Osaka reaches ASB Classic final to be in her first WTA final since 2022 and her return to sport since birth of first child
Naomi Osaka defeated Alycia Parks in straight sets at the ASB Classic in New Zealand to reach her first WTA final since 2022 ... final exit to world No 293 ATP Tour schedule 2025: Where could ...
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Elena Rybakina denies mistreatment by coach Stefano Vukov and criticises WTA suspension
I tried to find out if there is official information that he is banned from the WTA tour, because we discussed this several months ago, that a report was allegedly written on him and he was suspended ...