2023 WTA Tour

The 2023 WTA Tour (branded as the 2023 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2023 tennis season. The 2023 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the 2023 WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy), and the team events United Cup (combined event with ATP) and Hopman Cup (sanctioned by the ITF). 2023 also marked the return of the WTA to China, after strict COVID-19 protocols in the country and the disappearance of former tennis player Peng Shuai.

Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2023 calendar.
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Cancelled tournaments
The following tournaments were cancelled due to various reasons.

Statistical information
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 2022 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Finals), the WTA Premier tournaments (WTA 1000 and WTA 500), and the WTA 250. 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 WTA 1000 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half WTA 1000 win, one WTA 1000 win equalling two WTA 500 wins, one WTA 500 win equalling two WTA 250 wins);
 * 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
 * 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
 * Singles


 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin – Hua Hin (draw)
 * 🇺🇸 Alycia Parks – Lyon (draw)
 * 🇺🇦 Marta Kostyuk – Austin (draw)
 * 🇮🇹 Lucia Bronzetti – Rabat (draw)
 * 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter – Nottingham (draw)
 * Maria Timofeeva – Budapest (draw)
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Qinwen – Palermo (draw)
 * Arantxa Rus – Hamburg (draw)
 * 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Cocciaretto – Lausanne (draw)
 * 🇺🇸 Ashlyn Krueger – Osaka (draw)
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu – Guangzhou (draw)
 * 🇩🇪 Tamara Korpatsch – Cluj-Napoca (draw)


 * Doubles


 * 🇪🇸 Cristina Bucșa – Lyon (draw)
 * Wu Fang-hsien – Hua Hin (draw)
 * Liudmila Samsonova – Dubai (draw)
 * 🇫🇷 Diane Parry – Mérida (draw)
 * 🇨🇴 Yuliana Lizarazo – Monterrey (draw)
 * 🇨🇴 María Paulina Pérez – Monterrey (draw)
 * Iryna Shymanovich – Bogotá (draw)
 * 🇺🇸 Danielle Collins – Charleston (draw)
 * 🇧🇷 Ingrid Gamarra Martins – Bad Homburg (draw)
 * 🇨🇳 Guo Hanyu – Guangzhou (draw)
 * Tsao Chia-yi – Hong Kong (draw)
 * 🇬🇧 Jodie Burrage – Cluj-Napoca (draw)


 * Mixed


 * 🇧🇷 Luisa Stefani – Australian Open (draw)
 * 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato – French Open (draw)
 * 🇺🇦 Lyudmyla Kichenok – Wimbledon (draw)
 * 🇰🇿 Anna Danilina – US Open (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
 * Singles


 * 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek – Doha (draw), Stuttgart (draw), French Open (draw)
 * 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria – Bogotá (draw)
 * Ekaterina Alexandrova – 's-Hertogenbosch (draw)
 * 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens – Monastir (draw)


 * Doubles


 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková – Australian Open (draw)
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková – Australian Open (draw)
 * Natela Dzalamidze – Linz (draw)
 * 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff – Doha (draw)
 * 🇺🇸 Jessica Pegula – Doha (draw)
 * Veronika Kudermetova – Dubai (draw)
 * 🇺🇸 Desirae Krawczyk – Stuttgart (draw)
 * Demi Schuurs – Stuttgart (draw)
 * 🇧🇪 Kimberley Zimmermann – Palermo (draw)
 * 🇦🇺 Storm Hunter – Guadalajara (draw)

Best ranking
The following players achieved their career-high ranking in this season inside top 50 (players who made their top 10 debut indicated in bold):


 * Singles


 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu (reached place No. 49 on January 9)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (reached place No. 22 on January 16)
 * Ekaterina Alexandrova (reached place No. 16 on February 20)
 * Liudmila Samsonova (reached place No. 12 on February 27)
 * 🇵🇱 Magda Linette (reached place No. 19 on March 20)
 * 🇦🇺 Ajla Tomljanović (reached place No. 32 on April 3)
 * 🇮🇹 Martina Trevisan (reached place No. 18 on May 8)
 * 🇺🇦 Anhelina Kalinina (reached place No. 25 on May 22)
 * 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (reached place No. 3 on June 12)
 * 🇧🇷 Beatriz Haddad Maia (reached place No. 10 on June 12)
 * 🇺🇸 Bernarda Pera (reached place No. 27 on June 12)
 * Anastasia Potapova (reached place No. 21 on June 19)
 * 🇪🇬 Mayar Sherif (reached place No. 31 on June 19)
 * 🇨🇿 Linda Fruhvirtová (reached place No. 49 on June 26)
 * 🇮🇹 Lucia Bronzetti (reached place No. 47 on July 3)
 * 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan (reached place No. 39 on July 24)
 * 🇺🇦 Marta Kostyuk (reached place No. 32 on August 7)
 * Anna Blinkova (reached place No. 34 on August 7)
 * 🇫🇷 Varvara Gracheva (reached place No. 40 on August 7)
 * 🇺🇸 Alycia Parks (reached place No. 40 on August 14)
 * Arantxa Rus (reached place No. 41 on August 14)
 * 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Cocciaretto (reached place No. 29 on August 21)
 * Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 1 on September 11)
 * 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff (reached place No. 3 on September 11)
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová (reached place No. 6 on September 11)
 * 🇨🇿 Karolína Muchová (reached place No. 8 on September 11)
 * 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter (reached place No. 50 on September 11)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin (reached place No. 31 on September 18)
 * 🇺🇸 Peyton Stearns (reached place No. 43 on September 18)
 * 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide (reached place No. 41 on October 2)
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu (reached place No. 32 on October 9)
 * 🇨🇿 Linda Nosková (reached place No. 40 on October 9)
 * 🇮🇹 Jasmine Paolini (reached place No. 29 on October 23)
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Qinwen (reached place No. 15 on November 6)
 * Mirra Andreeva (reached place No. 46 on November 6)
 * 🇺🇸 Emma Navarro (reached place No. 32 on November 20)


 * Doubles


 * 🇰🇿 Anna Danilina (reached place No. 10 on January 9)
 * 🇺🇸 Asia Muhammad (reached place No. 26 on January 9)
 * Tamara Zidanšek (reached place No. 47 on January 16)
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan (reached place No. 9 on January 30)
 * 🇸🇰 Tereza Mihalíková (reached place No. 42 on January 30)
 * 🇭🇺 Anna Bondár (reached place No. 43 on January 30)
 * Anna Kalinskaya (reached place No. 49 on February 6)
 * 🇧🇪 Kimberley Zimmermann (reached place No. 37 on March 6)
 * 🇺🇦 Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 7 on March 20)
 * 🇲🇽 Giuliana Olmos (reached place No. 6 on April 10)
 * 🇧🇷 Beatriz Haddad Maia (reached place No. 10 on May 8)
 * 🇺🇦 Marta Kostyuk (reached place No. 27 on May 8)
 * 🇷🇴 Elena-Gabriela Ruse (reached place No. 32 on May 8)
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend (reached place No. 5 on June 12)
 * 🇦🇺 Ellen Perez (reached place No. 9 on June 12)
 * Liudmila Samsonova (reached place No. 40 on June 12)
 * Yana Sizikova (reached place No. 42 on June 12)
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Melichar-Martinez (reached place No. 6 on July 3)
 * 🇺🇸 Desirae Krawczyk (reached place No. 8 on August 14)
 * 🇺🇸 Jessica Pegula (reached place No. 1 on September 11)
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu (reached place No. 18 on September 11)
 * 🇺🇸 Alycia Parks (reached place No. 27 on September 11)
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová (reached place No. 38 on September 11)
 * 🇨🇿 Miriam Kolodziejová (reached place No. 41 on September 11)
 * Oksana Kalashnikova (reached place No. 42 on September 11)
 * 🇳🇴 Ulrikke Eikeri (reached place No. 38 on October 2)
 * 🇪🇪 Ingrid Neel (reached place No. 39 on October 2)
 * 🇨🇦 Leylah Fernandez (reached place No. 17 on October 23)
 * 🇨🇿 Marie Bouzková (reached place No. 23 on October 23)
 * Aldila Sutjiadi (reached place No. 26 on October 23)
 * 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato (reached place No. 27 on October 23)
 * 🇪🇸 Sara Sorribes Tormo (reached place No. 33 on October 23)
 * 🇦🇺 Storm Hunter (reached place No. 1 on November 6)
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Siegemund (reached place No. 5 on November 6)
 * 🇳🇿 Erin Routliffe (reached place No. 11 on November 6)
 * 🇧🇷 Ingrid Gamarra Martins (reached place No. 47 on November 6)

WTA rankings
Below are the tables for the yearly WTA Race rankings and the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and doubles teams.

Points distribution
Points are awarded as follows: S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players

* Assumes undefeated round robin match record

Retirements
The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in 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 2023 season:
 * 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová (born 29 May 1993 in Košice, Slovakia) joined the professional tour in 2012. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 50 in singles in May 2014. Čepelová announced her retirement in June and played her last professional match at the 2023 US Open.
 * 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi announced in August that she will play the final tournaments of her career on home soil in Osaka and Tokyo.
 * 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi (born 4 May 1990 in Portoviejo, Ecuador) joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 63 in singles in May 2016 and No. 70 in doubles in June 2013. She won one singles title. Falconi announced her retirement in August 2023 and played her last professional match at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
 * 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens (born 10 January 1986 in Geel, Belgium) joined the professional tour in 2003 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in singles in August 2013 and No. 23 in doubles in July 2019. She won one singles title and seven doubles titles. Flipkens announced her retirement in July 2023 and played her last professional match at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
 * 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit (born 24 December 1995 in Tallinn, Estonia) joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 in singles in June 2022 to become the highest-ranked Estonian player in history. She won six singles titles and reached the final of the 2021 WTA Finals. Kontaveit produced her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2020 Australian Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. She announced her retirement on 20 June following her diagnosis of lumbar disc degeneration and played her last professional matches in the singles and mixed doubles tournaments at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
 * 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza (born 15 November 1986 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) announced her retirement on 7 January after the Dubai Tennis Championships in February.
 * 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita (born 11 March 1990 in Ōta, Gunma, Japan) joined the professional tour in 2005. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles in October 2011 and world No. 65 in doubles in February 2009, and was a two-time doubles finalist on the WTA Tour. She produced her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open in 2011 and 2013 when she reached the third round on both occasions. She played her last professional match in November 2022 at an event in Tokyo on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, where she lost to Han Na-lae. Morita announced her retirement on 4 August 2023 following a string of injuries and will receive a ceremony at the Ariake Coliseum in September 2023.
 * 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova (born 12 May 1982 in Tambov, Soviet Union) joined the professional tour in 1997 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 62 in singles in August 2010 and No. 15 in doubles in September 2014. She won eleven doubles titles. Her greatest career achievements have come in doubles, having reached the finals of the mixed-doubles event at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships with Andy Ram and the semifinals of the women's doubles event at the 2010 US Open with Cara Black. Rodionova announced her retirement in August 2023.
 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (born 30 March 1984 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) announced on 14 January on her Instagram that the 2023 Australian Open will be the last tournament of her career.
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová played her last professional match in September 2023 at the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Santiago Gonzalez.
 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (born 6 December 1991 in Rancho Santa Fe, California) joined the professional tour in 2008. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 9 in singles in January 2018 and world No. 14 in doubles in October 2018. Vandeweghe won two singles titles and four doubles titles. In singles, she reached the semifinals of the 2017 Australian Open and 2017 US Open. Vandeweghe announced her retirement in August 2023 and made her last professional appearance at the 2023 San Diego Open.
 * 🇧🇪 Maryna Zanevska (born 24 August 1993 in Odesa, Ukraine) joined the professional tour in 2009. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 62 in singles in May 2022 and world No. 86 in doubles in June 2014. She is a one-time WTA singles titleholder and has been runner-up in four additional doubles finals. Zanevska produced her best performances at the Grand Slam tournaments all in 2022. In singles, she reached the second round at both the Australian Open and US Open, and in doubles, she achieved a quarterfinal berth at the French Open. Zanevska announced her retirement on 8 August 2023 after revealing her struggles with chronic back pain and made her last professional appearance at the 2023 US Open.

Inactivity

 * Mihaela Buzărnescu became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 * Simona Halep became inactive after not playing for more than a year. In September, she further received a four-year ban from tennis after her suspension was upheld.
 * 🇷🇸 Ivana Jorović became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Lim became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 * Raluca Olaru became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 * 🇨🇳  Wang Qiang became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 * Darija Jurak became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 *  Andreja Klepač became inactive after not playing for more than a year.
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza  announced in February she was taking an indefinite break from tennis, not competing in any tournaments for the rest of the year. In an interview later in October, she stated that she had "no intention" to return to the WTA Tour, as she was enjoying her hiatus.

 Maternity 
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber became inactive after not playing for more than a year due to pregnancy.
 *  Naomi Osaka became inactive after not playing for more than a year due to pregnancy.
 * 🇵🇱 Alicja Rosolska

Comebacks

 *  Margarita Betova came back in February and played her first qualifying matches at the Abu Dhabi Open and at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
 * 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady made her comeback in July at ITF 100K Granby.
 *  Anna Chakvetadze made her comeback in August at ITF 15K Duffel in doubles.
 *  Polona Hercog made her comeback in May in the qualification for French Open.
 *  Hsieh Su-wei made her comeback in April at the Madrid Open in doubles.
 * 🇧🇬 Sesil Karatancheva made her comeback in April at ITF 80K Zaragoza in singles.
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko made her comeback in May at ITF 15K Málaga in singles.
 * 🇫🇷 Aravane Rezaï made her comeback in July at ITF 60K Montpellier in singles.
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová made her comeback in October at ITF 25K Reims in singles and doubles, although she did not call it a comeback herself.
 *  Anastasija Sevastova made her comeback in November at the Creand Andorrà Open in singles.
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová made her comeback in April at the Madrid Open in singles and doubles.
 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina made her return to the tour at the Charleston Open in April with a wild card.
 *  Caroline Wozniacki made her comeback in August at the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal.
 *  Vera Zvonareva made her comeback in February and played her first qualifying matches at the Abu Dhabi Open.