Tournament category in women's tennis 2009–2024
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
Asia
Europe
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 (2022–2023), Saint-Malo (2021–present)
Germany : Karlsruhe (2019, 2021–2022), Hamburg (2024–present)
Hungary : Budapest (2022)
Italy : Bari (2022–present), Gaiba (2022–present), Florence (2023), Parma (2023–present)
Poland : Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023), Warsaw (2024)
Portugal : Oeiras (2024)
Romania : Bucharest (2022–present), Iași (2022–2023)
Serbia : Belgrade (2021)
Slovenia : Ljubljana (2023–present)
Spain : La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–present), Lleida (2024), Marbella (2022), Reus (2023), Valencia (2022–present)
Sweden : Båstad (2019, 2021–present)
Switzerland : Montreux (2024)
United Kingdom : Birmingham (2025)
North America
Canada : Vancouver (2022)
Mexico : Guadalajara (2019, 2024), 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)
Oceania
South America
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 .
Points distribution
Event
W
F
SF
QF
R16
R32
Q
Q2
Q1
Singles
125
81
49
27
15
1
6
4
1
Doubles
1
—
Doubles (8D)
1
—
Singles champions
WTA 125K Series
WTA 125
Records
Most titles by player
Most finals by player
Most titles by country
Youngest champions
Singles
Age
Player
Title
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
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
Singles
Age
Player
Title
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
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
Lowest-ranked winners
See also
Notes
References