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WTA 250 is a category oftennis tournaments in theWomen's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021.[1][2] Earlier these events were classified asWTA International Tournaments.
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning aGrand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning theWTA Finals, 1000 points for winning aWTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning aWTA 500 tournament.[3]
At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of2025 season, this has risen to $275,094. All tournaments have a 32 player main draw for singles and a 16 team main draw for doubles.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles[4] | 250 | 163 | 98 | 54 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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| Doubles | 163 | 98 | 54 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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| Brisbane |  V. Azarenka (1/5) |  K. Clijsters (1/1) |  Kvitová (2/5) | WTA Premier | ||||||||
| Auckland |  E. Dementieva (1/1) | Wickmayer (3/5) |  G. Arn (1/1) |  J. Zheng (1/1) |  A. Radwańska (1/4) |  Ivanovic (4/5) |  V. Williams (4/6) | Stephens (2/4) | L. Davis (1/2) |  Görges (3/5) | Görges (5/5) | S. Williams (2/2) |
| Shenzhen | Not an Event | N. Li (2/3) | N. Li (3/3) |  Halep (6/10) | A. Radwańska (4/4) | K. Siniaková (1/5) | Halep (8/10) | A. Sabalenka (1/3) | E. Alexandrova (1/4) | |||
| Hobart | P. Kvitová (1/5) |  A. Bondarenko (1/1) |  Gajdošová (2/2) | M. Barthel (1/3) | E. Vesnina (1/1) |  G. Muguruza (1/3) |  Watson (2/4) |  Cornet (4/5) | E. Mertens (1/8) | Mertens (2/8) | S. Kenin (1/4) |  Rybakina (2/2) |
| Pattaya City | V. Zvonareva (1/3) | Zvonareva (2/3) |  D. Hantuchová (1/4) | Hantuchová (2/4) | M. Kirilenko (1/1) | E. Makarova (1/2) | Hantuchová (4/4) | Not an Event | ||||
| Kaohsiung/ Taipei | Not an Event | V. Williams (6/6) | Svitolina (5/11) | Babos (3/3) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Hua Hin | Not an Event | Yastremska (2/3) | Linette (2/3) | |||||||||
| Memphis | Azarenka (2/5) | M. Sharapova (1/3) | Rybáriková (2/4) |  S. Arvidsson (1/1) |  M. Erakovic (1/1) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | Not an Event |  K. Nara (1/1) |  Errani (6/6) | Schiavone (4/5) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Acapulco | V. Williams (1/6) | V. Williams (2/6) |  G. Dulko (1/1) | S. Errani (1/6) | Errani (5/6) | D. Cibulková (1/3) |  Bacsinszky (2/4) | Stephens (3/4) | Tsurenko (3/4) | Tsurenko (4/4) | Y. Wang (1/1) | Watson (4/4) |
| Kuala Lumpur | Not an Event | A. Kleybanova (1/2) | J. Dokic (1/1) |  S-w. Hsieh (1/3) | Ka. Plíšková (1/6) |  D. Vekić (1/4) |  Wozniacki (8/9) | Svitolina (4/11) | A. Barty (1/3) | Not an Event | ||
| Florianópolis | Not an Event | M. Niculescu (1/3) | K. Zakopalová (1/1) |  Pereira (2/2) | Begu (3/6) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Lyon | Not an Event | Kenin (4/4) | ||||||||||
| Monterrey | M. Bartoli (1/2) | A. Pavlyuchenkova (1/10) | Pavlyuchenkova (3/10) | T. Babos (1/3) | Pavlyuchenkova (4/10) | Ivanovic (5/5) | Bacsinszky (3/4) | Watson (3/4) | Pavlyuchenkova (7/10) | Muguruza (2/3) | Muguruza (3/3) | Svitolina (7/11) |
| Ponte Vedra Beach | C. Wozniacki (1/9) | Wozniacki (2/9) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Marbella | J. Janković (1/4) | Pennetta (2/2) | Azarenka (3/5) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| Katowice | Not an Event | Vinci (7/8) | Cornet (3/5) | A.K. Schmiedlová (1/3) | Cibulková (2/3) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Barcelona | R. Vinci (1/8) | F. Schiavone (1/5) | Vinci (3/8) | Errani (2/6) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Biel/ Lugano | Not an Event | M. Vondroušová (1/1) | Mertens (3/8) |  Hercog (3/3) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Estoril | Y. Wickmayer (1/5) |  A. Sevastova (1/4) | Medina Garrigues (2/3) |  Kanepi (2/2) | Pavlyuchenkova (5/10) | C. Suárez Navarro (1/1) | Not an Event | |||||
| Strasbourg | A. Rezaï (1/3) | Sharapova (2/3) | Petkovic (2/5) | Schiavone (2/5) | Cornet (2/5) |  M. Puig (1/1) | Stosur (4/6) | Garcia (2/7) | Stosur (6/6) | Pavlyuchenkova (10/10) | Yastremska (3/3) | Svitolina (8/11) |
| Bogotá | MJ. Martínez Sánchez (1/4) |  M. Duque-Mariño (1/1) | L. Domínguez Lino (1/1) | L. Arruabarrena (1/2) | Janković (2/4) | C. Garcia (1/7) | T. Pereira (1/2) | I. Falconi (1/1) | Schiavone (5/5) | Schmiedlová (3/3) | A. Anisimova (1/2) | Cancelled due to thecoronavirus pandemic |
| Fez/ Marrakech/ Rabat | A. Medina Garrigues (1/3) | I. Benešová (1/1) | A. Brianti (1/1) |  K. Bertens (1/5) | Schiavone (3/5) | MT. Torró Flor (1/1) | Svitolina (3/11) | Bacsinszky (4/4) | Pavlyuchenkova (8/10) | Mertens (4/8) |  M. Sakkari (1/1) | |
| Nottingham | Not an Event | A. Konjuh (1/1) | Ka. Plíšková (5/6) | Vekić (2/4) | Barty (2/3) | Garcia (5/7) | ||||||
| 's-Hertogenbosch |  T. Tanasugarn (1/2) | J. Henin (1/1) | Vinci (4/8) | Petrova (2/3) | Halep (2/10) | C. Vandeweghe (1/2) | C. Giorgi (1/3) | Vandeweghe (2/2) | A. Kontaveit (1/3) | A. Krunić (1/1) | Riske (2/3) | |
| Birmingham | M. Rybáriková (1/4) | N. Li (1/3) | S. Lisicki (1/3) | M. Oudin (1/1) | Hantuchová (3/4) | WTA Premier | ||||||
| Nürnberg/ Bad Homburg | Not an Event | S. Halep (1/10) |  E. Bouchard (1/1) | Knapp (2/2) | Bertens (2/5) | Bertens (3/5) | Larsson (2/2) | Y. Putintseva (1/3) | ||||
| Bucharest | Not an Event | Halep (5/10) | Schmiedlová (2/3) | Halep (7/10) | Begu (4/6) | Sevastova (3/4) | E. Rybakina (1/2) | |||||
| Gstaad/ Lausanne | Not an Event | V. Golubic (1/2) | Bertens (4/5) | Cornet (5/5) | F. Ferro (1/2) | |||||||
| Jūrmala | Not an Event | Sevastova (4/4) | ||||||||||
| Washington, D.C. | Not an Event | N. Petrova (1/3) | Rybáriková (3/4) | Rybáriková (4/4) | S. Kuznetsova (1/2) | S. Stephens (1/4) | Wickmayer (5/5) | Makarova (2/2) | Kuznetsova (2/2) | J. Pegula (1/3) | ||
| Mallorca | Not an Event | Garcia (3/7) | Sevastova (2/4) | T. Maria (1/3) | Kenin (2/4) | Not an Event | ||||||
| Budapest | Á. Szávay (1/3) | Szávay (2/3) | Vinci (5/8) | Errani (3/6) | Halep (3/10) | Not an Event | Babos (2/3) | Van Uytvanck (2/5) | Van Uytvanck (3/5) | Not an Event | ||
| Båstad | Martínez Sánchez (2/4) | Rezaï (3/3) | P. Hercog (1/3) | Hercog (2/3) | S. Williams (1/2) | Barthel (2/3) | J. Larsson (1/2) | L. Siegemund (1/1) | Siniaková (2/5) | Not an Event | ||
| Prague |  S. Bammer (1/1) | Szávay (3/3) | ITF Women's Circuit | Ka. Plíšková (4/6) | Šafářová (2/2) | Barthel (3/3) | Kvitová (5/5) | J. Teichmann (1/2) | Halep (9/10) | |||
| Palermo | F. Pennetta (1/2) | K. Kanepi (1/2) | Medina Garrigues (3/3) | Errani (4/6) | Vinci (8/8) | Not an Event | Teichmann (2/2) | Ferro (2/2) | ||||
| Portorož | D. Safina (1/1) | A. Chakvetadze (1/1) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Bad Gastein | A. Petkovic (1/5) | J. Görges (1/5) | Martínez Sánchez (3/4) | A. Cornet (1/5) | Y. Meusburger (1/1) | Petkovic (3/5) | Stosur (5/6) | Not an Event | ||||
| Baku | Not held | Zvonareva (3/3) | B. Jovanovski (1/2) | E. Svitolina (1/11) | Svitolina (2/11) | M. Gasparyan (1/2) | Not an Event | |||||
| İstanbul | V. Dushevina (1/1) | Pavlyuchenkova (2/10) | Not held | Wozniacki (7/9) | L. Tsurenko (1/4) |  Ç Büyükakçay (1/1) | Svitolina (6/11) | P. Parmentier (1/2) | P. Martić (1/2) | PM. Țig (1/1) | ||
| Moscow River | Not an Event | O. Danilović (1/2) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Dallas | Not an Event | Lisicki (2/3) | Vinci (6/8) | Not an Event | ||||||||
| The Bronx | Not an Event | M. Linette (1/3) | Not an Event | |||||||||
| Lexington | Not an Event | J. Brady (1/1) | ||||||||||
| Copenhagen | Not an Event | Wozniacki (3/9) | Wozniacki (4/9) | A. Kerber (1/4) | Not an Event | |||||||
| Québec City | M. Czink (1/1) | T. Paszek (1/1) | B. Záhlavová-Strýcová (1/2) | K. Flipkens (1/1) | L. Šafářová (1/2) | M. Lučić-Baroni (1/1) | Beck (2/2) | O. Dodin (1/1) | A. Van Uytvanck (1/5) | Parmentier (2/2) | Not an Event | |
| Tashkent |  Pe'er (2/2) | A. Kudryavtseva (1/1) | K. Pervak (1/1) | IC. Begu (1/6) | Jovanovski (2/2) | K. Knapp (1/2) | N. Hibino (1/3) | Kr. Plíšková (1/1) | K. Bondarenko (1/1) | Gasparyan (2/2) | Van Uytvanck (4/5) | Not an Event |
| Linz | Wickmayer (2/5) | A. Ivanovic (1/5) | Kvitová (3/5) | Azarenka (5/5) | Kerber (2/4) | Ka. Plíšková (3/6) | Pavlyuchenkova (6/10) | Cibulková (3/3) | Strýcová (2/2) | Giorgi (2/3) | C. Gauff (1/4) | Sabalenka (3/3) |
| Osaka/ Tokyo/ Hiroshima | S. Stosur (1/6) | Tanasugarn (2/2) | Bartoli (2/2) | H. Watson (1/4) | Stosur (2/6) | Stosur (3/6) | Wickmayer (4/5) | C. McHale (1/1) | Z. Diyas (1/1) | Hsieh (3/3) | Hibino (2/3) | Cancelled due to thecoronavirus pandemic |
| Nanchang | Not an Event | Y. Duan (1/1) | Peng (2/2) | Q. Wang (1/2) | R. Peterson (1/2) | |||||||
| Seoul | K. Date-Krumm (1/1) | Kleybanova (2/2) | Martínez Sánchez (4/4) | Wozniacki (5/9) | A. Radwańska (2/4) | Ka. Plíšková (2/6) | Begu (2/6) | Arruabarrena (2/2) | J. Ostapenko (1/3) | Bertens (5/5) | K. Muchová (1/1) | |
| Guangzhou | S. Pe'er (1/2) | J. Gajdošová (1/2) |  C. Scheepers (1/1) | Hsieh (2/3) | S. Zhang (1/3) | Niculescu (2/3) | Janković (3/4) | Tsurenko (2/4) | Zhang (2/3) | Q. Wang (2/2) | Kenin (3/4) | |
| Tianjin | Not an Event | A. Riske (1/3) | A. Radwańska (3/4) | S. Peng (1/2) | Sharapova (3/3) | Garcia (4/7) | Peterson (2/2) | |||||
| Hong Kong | Not an Event | Lisicki (3/3) | Janković (4/4) | Wozniacki (9/9) | Pavlyuchenkova (9/10) | D. Yastremska (1/3) | Cancelled due toHong Kong protests | |||||
| Luxembourg | T. Bacsinszky (1/4) | Vinci (2/8) | Azarenka (4/5) | V. Williams (3/6) | Wozniacki (6/9) | A. Beck (1/2) | M. Doi (1/1) | Niculescu (3/3) | C. Witthöft (1/1) | Görges (4/5) | Ostapenko (2/3) | |
| Bali/ Sofia/ Zhuhai | Rezaï (2/3) | Ivanovic (2/5) | Ivanovic (3/5) | Petrova (3/3) | Halep (4/10) | Petkovic (4/5) | V. Williams (5/6) | Kvitová (4/5) | Görges (2/5) | Barty (3/3) | Sabalenka (2/3) | |
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| Auckland | Cancelled due toCOVID-19[6] | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Gauff (3/4) | Gauff (4/4) | Tauson (3/3) | |||
| Shenzhen | Suspended due to Peng Shuai allegation[7] | Suspended | Not an event | |||||
| Melbourne 1 | WTA 500 | S. Halep (10/10) | Not an event | |||||
| Melbourne 2 | WTA 500 | A. Anisimova (2/2) | Not an event | |||||
| Hobart | Cancelled | L. Davis (2/2) | E. Navarro (1/1) | Kessler (2/3) | ||||
| Adelaide 2 | Not an event | M. Keys (1/1) | WTA 500 | Not an event | ||||
| Melbourne 4 | D. Kasatkina (1/2) | Not an event | ||||||
| Singapore | Not an event | Mertens (7/8) | ||||||
| Hua Hin | Cancelled | Cancelled | L. Zhu (1/1) |  D. Shnaider (1/3)[a]R. Šramková (1/1) | Not an event | |||
| Acapulco | Not an event | |||||||
| Cluj-Napoca 2 | Kontaveit (3/3) | A. Blinkova (1/1)[a] | T. Korpatsch (1/1) | Ka. Plíšková (6/6) | Potapova (3/3)[a] | |||
| Austin | Not an event | M. Kostyuk (1/1) | Y. Yuan (1/1) | Pegula (3/3) | ||||
| Lyon | C. Tauson (1/3) | S. Zhang (3/3) | A. Parks (1/1) | Not an event | ||||
| Guadalajara | S. Sorribes Tormo (1/2) | S. Stephens (4/5) | Not an event | WTA 125 | ||||
| Bogotá | C. Osorio (1/3) | T. Maria (2/3) | Maria (3/3) | Osorio (2/3) | Osorio (3/3) | |||
| Rouen | Not an event | WTA 125 | Stephens (5/5) | Svitolina (11/11) | ||||
| Rabat | Cancelled | M. Trevisan (1/1) | L. Bronzetti (1/1) | P. Stearns (1/1) | M. Joint (1/2) | |||
| Cologne | Not an event | |||||||
| Nottingham | J. Konta (1/1) | B. Haddad Maia (1/2) | K. Boulter (1/2) | Boulter (2/2) | Kessler (3/3) | |||
| 's-Hertogenbosch | Cancelled | E. Alexandrova (2/4)[a] | Alexandrova (4/4)[a] | Samsonova (3/3)[a] | Mertens (8/8) | |||
| Birmingham |  O. Jabeur (1/2) | Haddad Maia (2/2) | J. Ostapenko (3/3) | Putintseva (3/3) | WTA 125 | |||
| Eastbourne | WTA 500 | Joint (2/2) | ||||||
| Budapest | Y. Putintseva (2/3) | B. Pera (1/2) | M. Timofeeva (1/1)[a] | Shnaider (2/3)[a] | Not an event | |||
| Palermo | D. Collins (1/1) | IC. Begu (5/6) | Q. Zheng (1/2) | Q. Zheng (2/2) | WTA 125 | |||
| Iași | Not an event | WTA 125 | M. Andreeva (1/1)[a] | Begu (6/6) | ||||
| Prague | Krejčíková (2/3) | M. Bouzková (1/2) | N. Hibino (3/3) | M. Linette (3/3) | Bouzková (2/2) | |||
| Cleveland | A. Kontaveit (2/3) | Samsonova (2/3)[a] | Sorribes Tormo (2/2) | M. Kessler (1/3) | Cîrstea (2/2) | |||
| Monastir | Not an event | E. Mertens (5/8) | Mertens (6/8) | S. Kartal (1/1) | Not an event | |||
| Ningbo | Not an event | Jabeur (2/2) | WTA 500 | |||||
| Granby | Cancelled | Kasatkina (2/2)[a] | Not an event | |||||
| Sao Paulo | Not an event | TS. Rakotomanga Rajaonah (1/1) | ||||||
| Osaka | Cancelled | A. Krueger (1/1) | S. Lamens (1/1) | Fernandez (4/4) | ||||
| Guangzhou | Cancelled | Suspended | X. Wang (1/1) | O. Danilović (2/2) | Li (2/2) | |||
| Hong Kong | Cancelled | Suspended | Fernandez (3/4) | Shnaider (3/3)[a] | ||||
| Mérida | Not an event | C. Giorgi (3/3) | Z. Sönmez (1/1) | WTA 500 | ||||
| Tianjin | Cancelled | Suspended | Not an event | |||||
| Nanchang Jiujiang | Siniaková (5/5) | V. Golubic (2/2) | ||||||
| Monterrey | L. Fernandez (1/4) | Fernandez (2/4) | Vekić (4/4) | WTA 500 | ||||
| Anning | Cancelled | Suspended | Not an event | |||||
| Charleston 2 | A. Sharma (1/1) | Not an event | ||||||
| İstanbul | S. Cîrstea (1/2) | A. Potapova (1/3)[a] | Cancelled due to earthquake | Not an event | ||||
| Belgrade | P. Badosa (1/1) | Not an event | ||||||
| Strasbourg | B. Krejcikova (1/3) | Kerber (4/4) | Svitolina (10/11) | WTA 500 | ||||
| Bad Homburg | A. Kerber (3/4) | C. Garcia (6/7) | Siniaková (4/5) | WTA 500 | ||||
| Lausanne | T. Zidanšek (1/1) | P. Martić (2/2) | E. Cocciaretto (1/1) | Not an event | ||||
| Hamburg | EG. Ruse (1/1) | Pera (2/2) | A. Rus (1/1) | WTA 125 | L. Boisson (1/1) | |||
| Gdynia/Warsaw | M. Zanevska (1/1) | Garcia (7/7) | I. Świątek (1/1) | WTA 125 | ||||
| Washington, D.C. | Exhibition | L. Samsonova (1/3)[a] | WTA 500 | |||||
| Cluj-Napoca | A. Petkovic (5/5) | Not an event | ||||||
| Chicago | E. Svitolina (9/11) | Not an event | ||||||
| Luxembourg | Tauson (2/3) | Not an event | ||||||
| Portorož | J. Paolini (1/1) | K. Siniaková (3/5) | Not an event | |||||
| Chennai | Not an event | L. Fruhvirtová (1/1) | Not an event | |||||
| Seoul | WTA 125 | Alexandrova (3/4)[a] | J. Pegula (2/3) | WTA 500 | ||||
| Astana | A. Van Uytvanck (5/5) | Not an event | ||||||
| Parma | C. Gauff (2/4) |  M. Sherif (1/1) | WTA 125 | |||||
| Tallinn | Not an event | Krejčíková (3/3) | Not an event | |||||
| Linz | A. Riske (3/3) | Not an event | Potapova (2/3)[a] | WTA 500 | ||||
| Tenerife | A. Li (1/2) | Not an event | ||||||
| Courmayeur | D. Vekić (3/4) | Not an event | ||||||
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