2014 WTA Tour facts for kids

Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in 2014.

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the top professional tennis competition for women. The 2014 WTA Tour included four major tournaments called Grand Slams. These are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The tour also featured fifty regular tournaments and the Fed Cup. At the end of the year, there were special championships. The Hopman Cup was also part of the calendar. This event did not give out ranking points. The 2014 tennis season started on December 30, 2013, and finished on November 9, 2014.

Tennis matches happen on a flat, rectangular area called a tennis court. The ITF sets the rules for court sizes. A court is about 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long. It is 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide for doubles matches. For single player matches, it is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) wide.

There are four main types of tennis courts. They are named after the material used for their surface. These include clay, hard, grass, and carpet courts. Each type of court affects how the game is played. The ITF rates court speeds from slow to fast.

Tournaments and Winners

The 2014 WTA Tour had many exciting tournaments. Here is a key to understand the different types of events:

January Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
30 December	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Court type: Hard (indoor)	France Alizé Cornet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Grzegorz Panfil	2–1
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Court type: Hard	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka	6–4, 7–5
		Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 6–1
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China Court type: Hard	Li Na	Peng Shuai	6–4, 7–5
		Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–3, 6–4
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Court type: Hard	Ana Ivanović	Venus Williams	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
		Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek	2–6, 6–0, [10–4]
6 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia Court type: Hard	Tsvetana Pironkova	Angelique Kerber	6–4, 6–4
		Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia Court type: Hard	Garbiñe Muguruza	Klára Zakopalová	6–4, 6–0
		Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	Lisa Raymond Zhang Shuai	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
13 January 20 January	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Court type: Hard	Li Na	Dominika Cibulková	7–6(7–3), 6–0
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
		Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor	Sania Mirza Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–2
27 January	Open GDF Suez Paris, France Court type: Hard (indoor)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Sara Errani	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–5]
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand Court type: Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
		Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]

February Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
3 February	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Various locations Court types: Hard (indoor), Clay (Red)	Italy  Czech Republic  Germany  Australia	United States  Spain  Slovakia  Russia	3–1 3–2 3–1 4–0
10 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Court type: Hard	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber	6–2, 6–3
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–0
17 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates Court type: Hard	Venus Williams	Alizé Cornet	6–3, 6–0
		Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Court type: Clay (Red)	Kurumi Nara	Klára Zakopalová	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
		Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	Johanna Larsson Chanelle Scheepers	6–2, 6–0
24 February	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Court type: Hard	Dominika Cibulková	Christina McHale	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
		Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva	Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil Court type: Hard	Klára Zakopalová	Garbiñe Muguruza	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	Francesca Schiavone Silvia Soler Espinosa	7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–3]

March Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
3 March 10 March	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States Court type: Hard	Flavia Pennetta	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–2, 6–1
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Cara Black Sania Mirza	7–6(7–5), 6–2
17 March 24 March	Sony Open Tennis Miami, United States Court type: Hard	Serena Williams	Li Na	7–5, 6–1
		Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
31 March	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States Court type: Clay (Green)	Andrea Petkovic	Jana Čepelová	7–5, 6–2
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	7–6(7–4), 6–2
	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico Court type: Hard	Ana Ivanović	Jovana Jakšić	6–2, 6–1
		Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy	Tímea Babos Olga Govortsova	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]

April Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
7 April	BNP Paribas Katowice Open Katowice, Poland Court type: Hard (indoor)	Alizé Cornet	Camila Giorgi	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5
		Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia Court type: Clay (Red)	Caroline Garcia	Jelena Janković	6–3, 6–4
		Lara Arruabarrena Caroline Garcia	Vania King Chanelle Scheepers	–6(7–5), 6–4
14 April	Fed Cup Semifinals Brisbane, Australia & Ostrava, Czech Republic Court types: Hard, Hard (indoor)	Germany  Czech Republic	Australia  Italy	3–1 4–0
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Court type: Hard	Donna Vekić	Dominika Cibulková	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
		Tímea Babos Chan Hao-ching	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Saisai	6–3, 6–4
21 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Court type: Clay (Red)	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanović	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–3
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Marrakesh, Morocco Court type: Clay (Red)	María Teresa Torró Flor	Romina Oprandi	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
		Garbiñe Muguruza Romina Oprandi	Katarzyna Piter Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
28 April	Portugal Open Estoril, Portugal Court type: Clay (Red)	Carla Suárez Navarro	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
		Cara Black Sania Mirza	Eva Hrdinová Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 6–3

May Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
5 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain Court type: Clay (Red)	Maria Sharapova	Simona Halep	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–4, 6–3
12 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Court type: Clay (Red)	Serena Williams	Sara Errani	6–3, 6–0
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–0, retired
19 May	Nürnberger Versicherungscup Nuremberg, Germany Court type: Clay (Red)	Eugenie Bouchard	Karolína Plíšková	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
		Michaëlla Krajicek Karolína Plíšková	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er	6–0, 4–6, [10–6]
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Court type: Clay (Red)	Monica Puig	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6–4, 6–3
		Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
26 May 2 June	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Court type: Clay (Red)	Maria Sharapova	Simona Halep	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6–4, 6–1
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Jean-Julien Rojer	Julia Görges Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

June Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
9 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Court type: Grass	Ana Ivanović	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 6–2
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7–6(7–1), 6–1
16 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, United Kingdom Court type: Grass	Madison Keys	Angelique Kerber	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
	Topshelf Open Rosmalen, Netherlands Court type: Grass	CoCo Vandeweghe	Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
		Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja	Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic	0–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
23 June 30 June	The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Court type: Grass	Petra Kvitová	Eugenie Bouchard	6–3, 6–0
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6–1, 6–3
		Samantha Stosur Nenad Zimonjić	Chan Hao-ching Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–2

July Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
7 July	BRD Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania Court type: Clay (Red)	Simona Halep	Roberta Vinci	6–1, 6–3
		Elena Bogdan Alexandra Cadanțu	Çağla Büyükakçay Karin Knapp	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria Court type: Clay (Red)	Andrea Petkovic	Shelby Rogers	6–3, 6–3
		Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
14 July	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Court type: Clay (Red)	Mona Barthel	Chanelle Scheepers	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
		Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–1, 6–1
	İstanbul Cup Bad Gastein, Austria Court type: Hard	Caroline Wozniacki	Roberta Vinci	6–1, 6–1
		Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina	Oksana Kalashnikova Paula Kania	6–4, 6–0
21 July	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan Court type: Hard	Elina Svitolina	Bojana Jovanovski	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
		Alexandra Panova Heather Watson	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er	6-2, 7–6(7–3)
28 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States Court type: Hard	Serena Williams	Angelique Kerber	7–6(7–1), 6–3
		Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Paula Kania Kateřina Siniaková	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
	Citi Open Washington, D.C., United States Court type: Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
		Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski	Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2

August Tournaments

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
4 August	Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada Court type: Hard
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11 August	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States Court type: Hard
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18 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States Court type: Hard
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25 August 1 September	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Court type: Hard
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See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Torneos WTA en 2014 para niños