In today's world, 2014 WTA Tour has become a topic of constant interest for people of all ages and walks of life. With the advancement of technology and globalization, 2014 WTA Tour has become increasingly relevant in society. From its origins to the present, 2014 WTA Tour has significantly impacted the way people relate to each other, how they function in the workplace, and even the way they perceive the world around them. This article aims to explore in detail the importance of 2014 WTA Tour today and its influence on different aspects of daily life.
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Duration | December 28, 2013 – November 9, 2014 |
Edition | 44th |
Tournaments | 58 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Tour Championships WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (31) WTA Tournament of Champions |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Serena Williams (7) |
Most tournament finals | Serena Williams (7) |
Prize money leader | Serena Williams (US$9,317,298) |
Points leader | Serena Williams (8,487) |
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Player of the year | Serena Williams |
Doubles team of the year | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci |
Most improved player of the year | Eugenie Bouchard |
Newcomer of the year | Belinda Bencic |
Comeback player of the year | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni |
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The 2014 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions). Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Nov | Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – hard (i) |
Czech Republic 3–1 |
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These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2014 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
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WTA Premier 5 |
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Total | Player | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
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7 | Serena Williams (USA) | ● | ● | ● | ● ● | ● ● | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
5 | Sara Errani (ITA) | ● ● | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Roberta Vinci (ITA) | ● ● | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Peng Shuai (CHN) | ● | ● ● | ● | ● | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) | ● ● | ● ● ● | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | ● | ● ● | ● | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | Sania Mirza (IND) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Ana Ivanovic (SRB) | ● ● | ● ● | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Andrea Petkovic (GER) | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Cara Black (ZIM) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Flavia Pennetta (ITA) | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | ● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) | ● ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) | ● ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Klára Koukalová (CZE) | ● | ● ● | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Monica Niculescu (ROU) | ● | ● ● | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Li Na (CHN) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Samantha Stosur (AUS) | ● | ● | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Sabine Lisicki (GER) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Simona Halep (ROU) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Květa Peschke (CZE) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Abigail Spears (USA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) | ● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Tímea Babos (HUN) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Chan Hao-ching (TPE) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Andreja Klepač (SLO) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Caroline Garcia (FRA) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (CRO) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Elina Svitolina (UKR) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Shuko Aoyama (JPN) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kristýna Plíšková (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Elena Vesnina (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Madison Keys (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Venus Williams (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Chan Yung-jan (TPE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lucie Šafářová (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Sílvia Soler Espinosa (ESP) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Annika Beck (GER) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Mona Barthel (GER) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Dominika Cibulková (SVK) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alizé Cornet (FRA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Karin Knapp (ITA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kurumi Nara (JPN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Monica Puig (PUR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alison Riske (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Coco Vandeweghe (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Donna Vekić (CRO) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kristina Barrois (GER) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Elena Bogdan (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alexandra Cadanțu (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Chan Hao-ching (TPE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Chuang Chia-jung (TPE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Casey Dellacqua (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Misaki Doi (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Marina Erakovic (NZL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Sharon Fichman (CAN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | María Irigoyen (ARG) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Darija Jurak (CRO) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Michaëlla Krajicek (NED) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Liang Chen (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Raluca Olaru (ROU) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Romina Oprandi (SUI) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Olga Savchuk (UKR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Maria Sanchez (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alexandra Panova (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Anna Tatishvili (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Renata Voráčová (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Heather Watson (GBR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Zhang Shuai (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | |||||
16 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | ||||
13 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
12 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
10 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
9 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
8 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
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The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
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The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:
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These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players at the current date of the 2014 season. Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.
Player has qualified for the 2014 WTA Tour Championships
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Serena Williams (USA) | Year-End 2013 | Year-End 2014 |
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Team has qualified for the 2014 WTA Tour Championships
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Sara Errani (ITA) Roberta Vinci (ITA) |
Year-end 2013 | 16 February 2014 |
Peng Shuai (CHN) | 17 February 2014 | |
Peng Shuai (CHN) Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) |
12 May 2014 |
18 May 2014 |
Peng Shuai (CHN) | 19 May 2014 | |
Peng Shuai (CHN) Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) |
9 June 2014 |
6 July 2014 |
Sara Errani (ITA) Roberta Vinci (ITA) |
7 July 2014 | Year-end 2014 |
Serena Williams lead for the 2nd consecutive year, and 5th overall, with the second highest single-season earnings. Also for the second consecutive season, top-25 players earned over $1,000,000. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci each made $1,001,168 by playing in doubles tournaments. It was the 1st time in WTA Tour history a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.
# | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Bonus Pool | Year-to-date |
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1 | Serena Williams (USA) | $8,823,749 | $43,549 | $0 | $450,000 | $9,317,298 |
2 | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | $5,439,357 | $0 | $0 | $400,000 | $5,839,357 |
3 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | $4,845,342 | $7,894 | $0 | $350,000 | $5,203,236 |
4 | Simona Halep (ROU) | $4,506,687 | $13,076 | $0 | $0 | $4,519,763 |
5 | Li Na (CHN) | $3,409,885 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,409,885 |
6 | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | $3,172,350 | $0 | $0 | $200,000 | $3,372,350 |
7 | Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) | $3,196,832 | $24,097 | $0 | $0 | $3,220,929 |
8 | Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) | $2,745,411 | $0 | $0 | $450,000 | $3,195,411 |
9 | Sara Errani (ITA) | $1,363,388 | $1,001,168 | $0 | $225,000 | $2,589,556 |
10 | Flavia Pennetta (ITA) | $2,083,590 | $314,655 | $0 | $0 | $2,398,245 |
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The points distribution was modified for the 2014 season. Main draw rounds usually give a little less points, but there is no change for the champion (W). Points for qualifying rounds (Q) have changed in both directions depending on the tournament category. Points earned in 2013 retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks.
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
WTA Championships (S) | +810 | +360 | (230 for each round robin win, 70 for each loss) | |||||||||
WTA Championships (D) | 1500 | 1050 | 780 | 460 | – | |||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (56S,48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (32S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Tournament of Champions | +195 | +75 | (60 for each round robin win, 25 for each loss) | |||||||||
WTA International (32S,32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
WTA International (32S,16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | – | 12 | 1 |
WTA International (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2014 season:
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Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2014 WTA Tour season:
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The winners of the 2014 WTA Awards were announced throughout the last two weeks of November.
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