2014 WTA Tour facts for kids

Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title, and her fifth grand slam tournament.

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the number one tier professional tennis tour for a women's tennis competition. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar consists of the four Grand Slam tournaments (organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), and fifty regular tournaments, the Fed Cup (organised by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF. The season begins on 30 December 2013 and will end on 9 November 2014.

The tournaments are played on a squared flat surface, called a tennis court. The measurements of a tennis court are described and monitored by the ITF and the court is 23.78 meters (78.0 feet) long, 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) wide. Its width is 8.23 meters (27.0 feet) for singles matches and 10.97 meters (36.0 feet) for doubles matches. Tennis is played on a variety of court types and each type has its own aspects that control how the sport is played. There are four main types of courts based on what's used to build the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF rating five different speed ratings from slow to fast.

Schedule

Key

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
30 December	Hopman Cup (report) Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Prize money: $1,000,000 – Court type: Hard (i)	France Alizé Cornet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Grzegorz Panfil	2–1
	Brisbane International (report) Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Prize money: $1,000,000 – 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 (report) Shenzhen, China WTA International Prize money: $500,000 – 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 (report) Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – Court type: Hard	Ana Ivanovic	Venus Williams	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
		Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	Lucie Hradecká Michaella Krajicek	2–6, 6–0, [10–4]
6 January	Apia International Sydney (report) Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – 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 (report) Hobart, Australia WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Prize money: $12,122,762 – 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 (report) Paris, France WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – Court type: Hard (i)	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 (report) Pattaya City, Thailand WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
3 February	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Cleveland, United States – Court type: Hard (i) Seville, Spain – Court type: Clay (Red) Bratislava, Slovakia – Court type: Hard (i) Hobart, Australia – Court type: Hard	Italy  Czech Republic  Germany  Australia	United States  Spain  Slovakia  Russia	3–1 3–2 3–1 4–0
10 February	Qatar Total Open (report) Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Prize money: $2,369,000 – 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 (report) Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Prize money: $2,000,000 – 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 (report) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
3 March 10 March	BNP Paribas Open (report) Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Prize money: $5,946,740 – 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 (report) Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Prize money: $5,427,105 – 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 (report) Charleston, United States WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – 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 (report) Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Prize money: $500,000 – Court type: Hard	Ana Ivanovic	Jovana Jakšić	6–2, 6–1
		Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy	Tímea Babos Olga Govortsova	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
7 April	BNP Paribas Katowice Open (report) Katowice, Poland WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – Court type: Hard (i)	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 (report) Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 – Court type: Hard Ostrava, Czech Republic – Court type: Hard (i)	Germany  Czech Republic	Australia  Italy	3–1 4–0
	Malaysian Open (report) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – Court type: Clay (Red)	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanovic	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 (report) Marrakesh, Morocco WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Estoril, Portugal WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
5 May	Mutua Madrid Open (report) Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Prize money: €4,033,254 – 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 (report) Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Prize money: $2,369,000 – 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 (report) Nuremberg, Germany WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Strasbourg, France WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – Court type: Clay (Red)	Mónica 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 (report) Paris, France Grand Slam Prize money: $11,315,740 – 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
9 June	Aegon Classic (report) Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – Court type: Grass	Ana Ivanovic	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 (report) Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – 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 (report) Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Prize money: $11,174,883 – 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
7 July	BRD Bucharest Open (report) Bucharest, Romania WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Båstad, Sweden WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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 (report) Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – Court type: Hard	Elina Svitolina	Bojana Jovanovski	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
		Alexandra Panova Heather Watson	Raluca Olaru Shahar Peer	6-2, 7–6(7–3)
28 July	Bank of the West Classic (report) Stanford, United States WTA Premier Prize money: $710,000 – 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 (report) Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Prize money: $250,000 – 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

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Score
4 August	Rogers Cup (report) Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Prize money: $2,369,000 – Court type: Hard
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11 August	Western & Southern Open (report) Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Prize money: $2,369,000 – Court type: Hard
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18 August	Connecticut Open (report) New Haven, United States WTA Premier Prize money: $795,707 – Court type: Hard
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25 August 1 September	US Open (report) New York City, United States Grand Slam Prize money: $11,517,008 – Court type: Hard
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September

October

November

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Torneos WTA en 2014 para niños