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.

In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger series^[1]^[2] (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series) it is the second highest level of women's competition, right below the top-tier WTA Tour, and just above the ITF Women's Circuit 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]}

Locations

Andorra : Andorra la Vella (2022–)
Argentina : Buenos Aires (2021–)
Canada : Vancouver (2022–)
Chile : Colina (2022–)
China : Anning (2018–2019), Dalian (2015–2017), Nanchang (2014–2015), Nanjing (2013), Ningbo (2013–2014), Suzhou (2013–2014), Zhengzhou (2017–2018)
Colombia : Cali (2013, 2023–)
Croatia : Bol (2016–2019, 2021), Makarska (2022–)
Czech Republic : Prague (2020)
France : Angers (2021–), Contrexéville (2022–), Limoges (2014–2019, 2021–), Paris (2022–), Rouen (2022–), Saint-Malo (2021–)
Germany : Karlsruhe (2019, 2021)
Hungary : Budapest (2022–)
India : Pune (2012), Mumbai (2017–2018)
Italy : Bari (2022–), Gaiba (2022–)
Mexico : Guadalajara (2019), San Luis Potosí (2023–), Tampico (2022–)
Romania : Bucharest (2022–), Iași (2022–)
Serbia : Belgrade (2021)
South Korea : Seoul (2021)
Spain : La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–), Marbella (2022–), Reus (2023–), Valencia (2022–)
Sweden : Båstad (2019, 2021–)
Taiwan : Taipei (2012–2019)
Thailand : Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
United States : Carlsbad (2015), Charleston (2021), Chicago (2018, 2021), Columbus (2021), Concord (2021–), Honolulu (2016–2017), Houston (2018–2019), Indian Wells (2018–2020), Midland (2021–), New Haven (2019), Newport Beach (2018–2020), San Antonio (2016)
Uruguay : Montevideo (2021–)

Historic names

2012–2020
WTA 125K series

2021–present
WTA 125

Prize money

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. Hospitality in these tournaments is included automatically.

Points distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R48/R64	R128	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles (128S)	160	95	75	57	40	30	20	2	—	—	—
Singles (48S)	160	95	57	29	15	8	1	—	4	—	1
Singles (32S)	160	95	57	29	15	1	—	—	6	4	1
Doubles (32D)	160	95	75	57	40	2	—	—	—	—	—
Doubles (16D)	160	95	57	29	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Doubles (8D)	160	95	57	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Singles champions

WTA 125K Series

	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			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/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

	2021	2022	2023
Cali	Not an event		Podoroska
Marbella	Not an event	Sherif	Not an event
San Luis Potosí	Not an event
Saint-Malo	Golubic	Haddad Maia
Reus	Not an event
Paris	Not an event	Liu
Bol/Makarska	Paolini	Niemeier
La Bisbal d'Empordà	ITF Women's Tour
Valencia	ITF Women's Tour	Q Zheng
Gaiba	Not an event	Van Uytvanck
Båstad	Párrizas Díaz	Jang
Contrexéville	ITF Women's Tour	Errani
Charleston	Lepchenko	ITF Women's Tour
Belgrade	Schmiedlová	Not an event
Iași	Not an event	Bogdan
Concord	Fręch	Vandeweghe
Chicago	Tauson	Not an event
Vancouver	Not an event	Grammatikopoulou
Karlsruhe	Sherif	Sherif
Portorož	WTA 250
Columbus	Párrizas Díaz	Not an event
Bari	Not an event	Grabher
Bucharest		Begu
Budapest		Korpatsch
San Sebastián		ITF Women's Tour
Parma	WTA 250
Rouen	Not an event	Zanevska
Tampico	Not an event	Cocciaretto
Midland	Brengle	McNally
Colina	ITF Women's Tour	Sherif
Buenos Aires	Bondár	Udvardy
Taipei	Cancelled
Montevideo	Parry	Shnaider^[a]
Andorra la Vella	Not an event	Parks
Angers	Diatchenko	Parks
Limoges	Van Uytvanck	Kalinina
Seoul	Zhu	WTA 250

^a Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Records

Most titles by player

	Singles	#
1.	Mayar Sherif	4
2.	Ekaterina Alexandrova	3
	Vitalia Diatchenko
	Alison Van Uytvanck
	Zheng Saisai
6.	Irina-Camelia Begu	2
	Belinda Bencic
	Madison Brengle
	Misaki Doi
	Sara Errani
	Viktorija Golubic
	Luksika Kumkhum
	Alycia Parks
	Nuria Párrizas Díaz
	Peng Shuai
	Zhang Shuai
	Tamara Zidanšek

	Doubles	#
1.	Irina Bara	5
2.	Misaki Doi	4
	Ekaterine Gorgodze
	Veronika Kudermetova
	Asia Muhammad
	Wang Yafan
7.	Aliona Bolsova	3
	Chuang Chia-jung
	/ Natela Dzalamidze
	Eri Hozumi
	Oksana Kalashnikova
	Tereza Mihalíková
	Mandy Minella
	Luisa Stefani
	Renata Voráčová
	Zheng Saisai

Most finals by player

	Singles	#
1.	Zhang Shuai	6
2.	Zheng Saisai	5
3.	Misaki Doi	4
	Anna-Lena Friedsam
	Mayar Sherif
	Alison Van Uytvanck
7.	Ekaterina Alexandrova	3
	Chang Kai-chen
	Elisabetta Cocciaretto
	Vitalia Diatchenko
	Sara Errani
	Viktorija Golubic
	Magda Linette
	Kristina Mladenovic
	Peng Shuai
	Arantxa Rus
	Panna Udvardy

	Doubles	#
1.	Oksana Kalashnikova	10
2.	Asia Muhammad	7
2.	Renata Voráčová	7
4.	Han Xinyun	6
	Eri Hozumi
	Dalila Jakupović
7.	Irina Bara	5
	Chuang Chia-jung
	Misaki Doi
	Ekaterine Gorgodze
	Tereza Mihalíková
	Wang Yafan

Youngest champions

Singles

#	Player	Age	Title
1.	CiCi Bellis	17 years, 233 days	Honolulu 2016
2.	Elina Svitolina	18 years, 60 days	Pune 2012
3.	Bianca Andreescu	18 years, 225 days	Newport Beach 2019
4.	Diana Shnaider^[a]	18 years, 239 days	Montevideo 2022
5.	Clara Tauson	18 years, 244 days	Chicago 2021
6.	Diane Parry	19 years, 81 days	Montevideo 2021
7.	Kristina Mladenovic	19 years, 174 days	Taipei 2012
8.	Aryna Sabalenka	19 years, 205 days	Mumbai 2017
9.	Alison Van Uytvanck	19 years, 229 days	Taipei 2013
10.	Zheng Qinwen	19 years, 247 days	Valencia 2022

Doubles

#	Player	Age	Title
1.	Kateřina Siniaková	18 years, 183 days	Limoges 2014
2.	Chan Hao-ching	19 years, 46 days	Taipei 2012
3.	Kristina Mladenovic	19 years, 174 days	Taipei 2012
4.	Aryna Sabalenka	19 years, 198 days	Taipei 2017
5.	Veronika Kudermetova	19 years, 210 days	Taipei 2016
6.	Barbora Krejčíková	19 years, 332 days	Limoges 2015
7.	Wang Xinyu	19 years, 364 days	Columbus 2021
8.	Caroline Garcia	20 years, 25 days	Taipei 2013
9.	Tímea Babos	20 years, 92 days	Suzhou 2013
10.	Fanny Stollár	20 years, 125 days	Guadalajara 2019

Oldest champions

Singles

#	Player	Age	Title
1.	Varvara Lepchenko	35 years, 72 days	Charleston 2021
1.	Sara Errani	35 years, 72 days	Contrexéville 2022
3.	Kirsten Flipkens	33 years, 311 days	Houston 2019
4.	Peng Shuai	32 years, 315 days	Houston 2018
5.	Irina-Camelia Begu	32 years, 23 days	Bucharest 2022
6.	Madison Brengle	31 years, 218 days	Midland 2021
7.	Vitalia Diatchenko	31 years, 132 days	Angers 2021
8.	CoCo Vandeweghe	30 years, 251 days	Concord 2022
9.	Mandy Minella	30 years, 196 days	Bol 2016
10.	Jelena Janković	30 years, 155 days	Nanchang 2015

Doubles

#	Player	Age	Title
1.	Vera Zvonareva	37 years, 103 days	Limoges 2021
2.	Renata Voráčová	35 years, 302 days	Karlsruhe 2019
3.	Sara Errani	35 years, 205 days	Buenos Aires 2022
4.	Monica Niculescu	34 years, 85 days	Limoges 2021
5.	Galina Voskoboeva	33 years, 328 days	Limoges 2018
6.	Zhang Shuai	33 years, 324 days	Angers 2022
7.	Renata Voráčová	33 years, 248 days	Bol 2017
8.	Catalina Castaño	33 years, 224 days	Cali 2013
9.	Mandy Minella	33 years, 198 days	Bol 2019
10.	Peng Shuai	33 years, 110 days	Anning 2019

Others

Highest ranked players to win a singles title

#	Player	Rank	Title
1.	Jelena Janković	25	Nanchang 2015
2.	Caroline Garcia	35	Limoges 2015
3.	Zhang Shuai	36	Honolulu 2017
4.	Bojana Jovanovski	41	Ningbo 2013
4.	Irina-Camelia Begu	41	Bucharest 2022
6.	Ekaterina Alexandrova	42	Limoges 2019
7.	Anhelina Kalinina	47	Limoges 2022
	Petra Martić		Chicago 2018
	Alison Van Uytvanck		Gaiba 2022
10.	Yanina Wickmayer	49	Carlsbad 2015
10.	Zheng Saisai	49	Anning 2019

Highest ranked players to win a doubles title

#	Player	Rank	Title
1.	Zhang Shuai	25	Angers 2022
2.	Chan Hao-ching	27	Taipei 2014
2.	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	27	San Antonio 2016
4.	Kristina Mladenovic	28	Taipei 2012
4.	Asia Muhammad	28	Midland 2022
6.	Hsieh Su-wei	32	Honolulu 2017
7.	Yang Zhaoxuan	33	Anning 2019
8.	Asia Muhammad	34	Vancouver 2022
9.	Liang Chen	35	Hua Hin 2015
10.	Chan Yung-jan	36	Taipei 2014
10.	Beatriz Haddad Maia	36	Paris 2022

Lowest ranked players to win a singles title

#	Player	Rank	Title
1.	Peng Shuai	296	Houston 2018
2.	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	239	Vancouver 2022
3.	Patricia Maria Țig	223	Karlsruhe 2019
4.	Irina Khromacheva	210	Anning 2018
5.	CoCo Vandeweghe	192	Concord 2022
6.	Mandy Minella	186	Bol 2016
7.	Kristína Kučová	173	Prague 2020
8.	Belinda Bencic	165	Hua Hin 2017
8.	Vitalia Diatchenko	165	Angers 2021
10.	Danielle Collins	162	Newport Beach 2018

Lowest ranked players to win a doubles title

#	Player	Rank	Title
1.	Varvara Flink^[a]	unranked	Concord 2022
2.	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	1014	Bari 2022
3.	Mirjam Björklund	944	Båstad 2021
4.	Wang Xinyu	826	Columbus 2021
5.	Hsieh Shu-ying	809	Honolulu 2017
6.	Claire Liu	515	Gaiba 2022
7.	Madison Brengle	491	Gaiba 2022
8.	Maegan Manasse	458	Houston 2018
9.	Tena Lukas	450	Makarska 2022
10.	Aryna Sabalenka	449	Taipei 2017

Most titles by nation

	Singles	#
1.	China	10
	Russia ±
	United States
4.	Belgium	6
5.	Romania	5
6.	Egypt	4
	Italy
	Switzerland
9.	France	3
	Germany
	Hungary
	Serbia
	Spain
	Ukraine

	Doubles	#
1.	United States	14
2.	China	13
3.	Chinese Taipei	11
	Japan
	Russia ±
6.	Georgia	8
6.	Romania	8
8.	Czech Republic	6
8.	Spain	6
10.	Belgium	5
10.	Brazil	5

Notes

^ ^a ^b 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]

± Titles won by Russian athletes were not counted in their official tally since 1 March 2022 due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

updated as of 19 December 2022

Seasons

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

[rus-4] 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]

[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.

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

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