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[[23 Eylül]] [[1970]]'te [[Houston]], Texas'ta ilk Virginia Slims turnuvasının kazanılmasıyla kurulmuştur. Ünlü tenisçi [[Billie Jean King]] WTA'nin kurulmasının öncülerindendir. King ve arkadaşları, kadın tenisçilerin turnuvalarda erkeklerden çok daha düşük (1/8 oranında) ödüller almasına tepki göstererek kendi tenis organizasyonlarını oluşturmaya karar vermişlerdir. Bugün kadın tenisçiler dünyanın en çok kazanan sporcuları arasındadır.
=== WTA RankingsSıralaması===
{|
{| class="wikitable"
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
|-
{{Current Women's Singles WTA Rankings}}
! colspan="5" | WTA Tekler sıralaması (12 Ekim 2009)
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
|-
{{Current Women's Doubles Individual WTA Rankings}}
! Rk
! width="150" | Name
! width="60" | Nation
! Points
! width="30" | +/-
|-
| 1
| [[Serena Williams]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="right" | 7,945
| align="center" |{{increase}} 1
|-
| 2
| [[Dinara Safina]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 7,940
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 3
| [[Venus Williams]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="right" | 6,445
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 4
| [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 5,981
| align="center" |{{increase}} 2
|-
| 5
| [[Elena Dementieva]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 5,875
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 6
| [[Caroline Wozniacki]]
| {{flag|DEN}}
| align="right" | 5,575
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 7
| [[Vera Zvonareva]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 4,810
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 8
| [[Victoria Azarenka]]
| {{flag|BLR}}
| align="right" | 4,590
| align="center" |{{increase}} 1
|-
| 9
| [[Jelena Janković]]
| {{flag|SRB}}
| align="right" | 3,965
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 10
| [[Agnieszka Radwańska]]
| {{flag|POL}}
| align="right" | 3,710
| align="center" |{{increase}} 1
|-
| 11
| [[Flavia Pennetta]]
| {{flag|ITA}}
| align="right" | 3,410
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 12
| [[Marion Bartoli]]
| {{flag|FRA}}
| align="right" | 3,245
| align="center" |{{increase}} 1
|-
| 13
| [[Ana Ivanović]]
| {{flag|SRB}}
| align="right" | 3,015
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 14
| [[Maria Sharapova]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 2,820
| align="center" |{{increase}} 1
|-
| 15
| [[Samantha Stosur]]
| {{flag|AUS}}
| align="right" | 2,695
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 1
|-
| 16
| [[Li Na (tennis)|Li Na]]
| {{flag|CHN}}
| align="right" | 2,690
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 17
| [[Nadia Petrova]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 2,670
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 18
| [[Kim Clijsters]]
| {{flag|BEL}}
| align="right" | 2,310
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 19
| [[Virginie Razzano]]
| {{flag|FRA}}
| align="right" | 2,300
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 20
| [[Amelie Mauresmo]]
| {{flag|FRA}}
| align="right" | 2,159
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="5" | WTA Çiftler Sıralaması (12 Ekim 2009)
|-
! Rk
! width="190" | Name
! width="60" | Nation
! Points
! width="30" | +/-
|-
| 1
| [[Cara Black]]
| {{flag|ZIM}}
| align="right" | 9,200
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| =
| [[Liezel Huber]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="right" | 9,200
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 3
| [[Serena Williams]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="right" | 6,750
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| =
| [[Venus Williams]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="right" | 6,750
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 5
| [[Rennae Stubbs]]
| {{flag|AUS}}
| align="right" | 6,080
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 6
| [[Ai Sugiyama]]
| {{flag|JPN}}
| align="right" | 5,620
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 7
| [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]
| {{flag|ESP}}
| align="right" | 5,500
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 8
| [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]]
| {{flag|ESP}}
| align="right" | 5,305
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 9
| [[Samantha Stosur]]
| {{flag|AUS}}
| align="right" | 5,060
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 10
| [[Nuria Llagostera Vives]]
| {{flag|ESP}}
| align="right" | 4,960
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 11
| [[Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez]]
| {{flag|ESP}}
| align="right" | 4,960
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 12
| [[Su-Wei Hsieh]]
| {{flag|TPE}}
| align="right" | 4,770
| align="center" |{{increase}} 4
|-
| 13
| [[Shuai Peng]]
| {{flag|CHN}}
| align="right" | 4,620
| align="center" |{{increase}} 5
|-
| 14
| [[Kveta Peschke]]
| {{flag|CZE}}
| align="right" | 4,380
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 2
|-
| 15
| [[Daniela Hantuchova]]
| {{flag|SVK}}
| align="right" | 4,180
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 2
|-
| 16
| [[Alisa Kleybanova]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 4,150
| align="center" |{{increase}} 1
|-
| 17
| [[Victoria Azarenka]]
| {{flag|BLR}}
| align="right" | 3,940
| align="center" |{{decrease}} 2
|-
| 18
| [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| align="right" | 3,620
| align="center" |{{steady}} =
|-
| 19
| [[Anna-Lena Groenefeld]]
| {{flag|GER}}
| align="right" | 3,605
| align="center" |{{increase}} 4
|-
| 20
| [[Francesca Schiavone]]
| {{flag|RUS}}
| align="right" | 3,540
| align="center" |{{increase}} 4
|}
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