WTA Tier III tournaments

WTA tournaments
1988–2008 Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV and V 2009– Premier Tournaments International Tournaments Other Fed Cup

The WTA Tier III tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis third-level tournaments held from 1988 to 2008. The line-up of events varied over the years due to tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. The series resulted from a reform of the WTA Tour in 1988 which offered more prize money to champions.

From 2009 the majority of Tier III and Tier IV tournaments from previous seasons are WTA International Tournaments owing to another category change. The main reason for the changes was to ease the pressure on players in terms of the number of tournaments that they were required to play.

Events

Tournament	Complete sponsored name	City(s)	Country	Court surface	Tier III from	Years	Current/ Defunct
Eastbourne	AEGON International	Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Grass	1988	1	Current
VS of New Orleans		New Orleans	United States	Hard	1988	1	Defunct
Brighton		Brighton	United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	1988–1989	2
California	Bank of the West Classic	Oakland, California	United States	Carpet (i)	1988–1989	2	Current
Filderstadt	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Filderstadt	Germany	Hard (i)	1988–1989	2	Current
VS of Dallas		Dallas, Texas	United States	Carpet (i)	1988–1989	2
Chicago		Chicago	United States	Carpet (i)	1988–1989	2
Tokyo Indoor	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo	Japan	Carpet (i)	1988–1989	2	Current
VS of Houston		Houston	United States	Clay	1988–1990	3
Indian Wells	BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells, California	United States	Hard	1989	1	Current
Zurich		Zürich	Switzerland	Carpet (i)	1989	1
Cincinnati	Western & Southern Open	Cincinnati	United States	Hard	1989 2004–2008	6	Current
Tampa		Tampa, Florida	United States	Clay	1990	1
Newport		Newport	United States	Grass	1990	1
San Diego		San Diego	United States	Hard	1990–91	2
San Antonio		San Antonio	United States	Hard	1990–92	3
Leipzig		Leipzig	Germany	Carpet (i)	1990–92	3
Barcelona	Barcelona Ladies Open	Barcelona	Spain	Clay	1991–92	2	Current
Lucerne		Lucerne	Switzerland	Clay	1992–94	3
Osaka		Osaka	Japan	Carpet (i)	1992–94	3
Budapest	GDF SUEZ Grand Prix	Budapest	Hungary	Carpet (i) (1993) Clay (2007–08)	1993 2007–08	3	Current
Kitzbühel		Kitzbühel	Austria	Clay	1993	1
Schenectady		Schenectady	United States	Hard	1993–94	2
Linz	Generali Ladies Linz	Linz	Austria	Carpet (i)	1993–97	5	Current
Oklahoma City Memphis	Cellular South Cup	Oklahoma City (1993–2001) Memphis (2002–08)	United States	Hard (i)	1993–2008	16	Current
Strasbourg	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	France	Clay	1993–2008	16	Current
Tokyo Outdoor	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships	Tokyo	Japan	Hard	1993–2008	16	Current
Birmingham	AEGON Classic	Birmingham	United Kingdom	Grass	1993–2008	16	Current
Quebec City	Bell Challenge	Quebec City	Canada	Hard (i) (1993, 1995–2008) Carpet (i) (1994)	1993–2008	16	Current
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Carpet (i)	1994–96	3	Current
San Juan		San Juan	Puerto Rico	Hard	1995	1
Zagreb Bol	Croatian Bol Ladies Open	Zagreb (1995) Bol (2000–03)	Croatia	Clay	1995 2000–2003	5	Current
Jakarta		Jakarta	Indonesia	Hard	1995–96	2
Warsaw	Warsaw Open	Warsaw	Poland	Clay	1995–98 2002	5	Current
Luxembourg City	BGL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Carpet (i) (1996–2000) Hard (i) (2001–04, 2008)	1996–2004 2008	10	Current
's-Hertegenbosch	Ordina Open	's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands	Grass	1996–2008	13	Current
Madrid		Madrid	Spain	Clay	1997–2003	7
Gold Coast		Gold Coast	Australia	Hard	1997–2008	12
Prague	ECM Prague Open	Prague	Czech Republic	Clay	1998	1	Current
VS of Boston		Boston, Massachusetts	United States	Hard	1998	1
Cairo		Cairo	Egypt	Clay	1999	1
Sopot		Sopot	Poland	Clay	1999–2004	6
Kuala Lumpur Bali		Kuala Lumpur (1999–2000) Bali (2001–08)	Malaysia Indonesia	Hard	1999–2008	10
Vienna		Klagenfurt (2000) Vienna (2001–04)	Austria	Clay	2000–04	5
Canberra		Canberra	Australia	Hard	2001	1
Doha		Doha	Qatar	Hard	2001–03	3
Bogotá	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas	Bogotá	Colombia	Clay	2001–08	8	Current
Acapulco	Abierto Mexicano Telcel HSBC	Acapulco	Mexico	Clay	2001–08	8	Current
Hasselt		Hasselt	Belgium	Hard (i)	2004–06	3
Guangzhou	Guangzhou International Women's Open	Guangzhou	China	Hard	2004–08	5	Current
Bangkok		Bangkok	Thailand	Hard	2005–07	3
Kolkata		Kolkata	India	Hard (i)	2005–07	3
Istanbul	Istanbul Cup	Istanbul	Turkey	Clay	2005–08	4	Current
Bangalore		Bangalore	India	Hard	2006–08	3
Bad Gastein	Gastein Ladies	Bad Gastein	Austria	Clay	2007–08	2	Current
Viña del Mar	Cachantún Cup	Viña del Mar	Chile	Clay	2008	1	Current

Notes

^A a Years in the "surface" or "country" columns only refer to the period that the tournament was played on the surface or in that country as a Tier III tournament.