On Monday, the WTA announced the first half of the 2022 WTA season schedule. The 2022 season will begin with the Australian Tennis Summer Championship in January to the end of the Wimbledon Championship in July.
The 49th year of the WTA will start in Australia, with Adelaide International and two 250 tournaments in Melbourne in the first week. In the second week, the tour goes to the Sydney Tennis Classic, while the second Adelaide International Tournament is held before the start of the Australian Open on17 January.
The WTA Tour will then continue its traditional structure for the coming months until the end grass-court swing at Wimbledon. The details of the rest of the schedule will be announced in due course.
In the first half of this season, WTA 1000 events will be held in Qatar TotalEnergies Open (Doha), BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells), Miami Open held in itaú, Madrid Open and Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome), and eight WTA 500 events and at least 15 WTA 250 events.
WTA President and CEO Steve Simon said the 2022 WTA Tour schedule once again gives a high-status arena for the world's best female tennis players. We look forward to starting the new season and consolidating the fame and legacy of our tournament tournaments as we watch our stars and emerging talent demonstrate their skills to more than 850 million fans globally.
Start Date | End Date | Events | Category | Surface |
3 January 2022 | 9 January 2022 | Adelaide International | WTA 500 | Hard |
4 January 2022 | 9 January 2022 | Gippsland Trophy (Melbourne) | WTA 250 | Hard |
4 January 2022 | 9 January 2022 | Yarra Valley Classic (Melbourne) | WTA 250 | Hard |
10 January 2022 | 15 January 2022 | Sydney International | WTA 500 | Hard |
10 January 2022 | 15 January 2022 | Adelaide International 2 | WTA 250 | Hard |
17 January 2022 | 30 January 2022 | Australian Open | Grand Slam | Hard |
14 February 2022 | 19 February 2022 | Dubai Tennis Championships | WTA 1000 | Hard |
20 February 2022 | 26 February 2022 | Qatar Open | WTA 500 | Hard |
28 February 2022 | 6 March 2022 | Lyon Open | WTA 250 | Hard |
28 February 2022 | 6 March 2022 | Monterrey Open | WTA 250 | Hard |
9 March 2022 | 20 March 2022 | BNP Paribas Open | WTA 1000 | Hard |
22 March 2022 | 2 April 2022 | Miami Open | WTA 1000 | Hard |
4 April 2022 | 10 April 2022 | Charleston Open | WTA 500 | Clay |
TBA | TBA | Copa Colsanitas (Bogota) | WTA 250 | Clay |
18 April 2022 | 24 April 2022 | Stuttgart Open | WTA 500 | Clay |
1 May 2022 | 8 May 2022 | Madrid Open | WTA 1000 | Clay |
8 May 2022 | 15 May 2022 | Italian Open | WTA 1000 | Clay |
15 May 2022 | 21 May 2022 | Internationaux de Strasbourg | WTA 250 | Clay |
22 May 2022 | 5 June 2022 | French Open | Grand Slam | Clay |
6 June 2022 | 12 June 2022 | Nottingham Open | WTA 250 | Grass |
6 June 2022 | 12 June 2022 | Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | WTA 250 | Grass |
13 June 2022 | 19 June 2022 | Bett1 Open (Berlin) | WTA 500 | Grass |
13 June 2022 | 19 June 2022 | Birmingham Open | WTA 250 | Grass |
19 June 2022 | 25 June 2022 | Eastbourne International | WTA 500 | Grass |
19 June 2022 | 25 June 2022 | Bad Homburg Open | WTA 250 | Grass |
27 June 2022 | 10 July 2022 | Wimbledon | Grand Slam | Grass |