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The Women's Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It organizes the WTA Tour, the worldwide professional tennis tour for women, which has (for sponsorship reasons) been known since 2005 as The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the ATP.
The Women's Tennis Association can trace its origins back to Houston, Texas when the inaugural Virginia Slims event was won on 23 September 1970. Billie Jean King was a major figure in the early days of the WTA.
1. Grand Slam Events
Ranking points are also available at certain International Tennis Federation (ITF) events below Tier IV (see next section).
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Ranking
The organization releases a weekly ranking of the players's performance in the tour. Players' ranking points are counted how they fare on individual rounds of a tournament (round points). The following table gives the distribution of "round points" (note that these values were changed for the 2007 season):
| Description | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | QLFR | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam (Singles) | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 140 | 90 | 60 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 2 |
| Grand Slam (Doubles) | 1000 | 700 | 450 | 250 | 140 | 90 | 2 | - | 24 | - | - | - |
| SE Champs (Singles) | 750 | 525 | 335 | 185 | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SE Champs (Doubles) | 750 | 525 | 335 | 185 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier I $3,000,000 (Singles) | 500 | 350 | 225 | 125 | 70 | 45 | 30 | 1 | 20 | - | 10 | 1 |
| Tier I $3,000,000 (Doubles) | 500 | 350 | 225 | 125 | 70 | 1 | - | - | 15 | - | 10 | 1 |
| Tier I $2,000,000 (Singles) | 465 | 325 | 210 | 115 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 1 | 15 | - | 10 | 1 |
| Tier I $2,000,000 (Doubles) | 465 | 325 | 210 | 115 | 65 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier I $1,340,000 (56S) | 430 | 300 | 195 | 110 | 60 | 35 | 1 | - | 15 | - | 10 | 1 |
| Tier I $1,340,000 (28S/32D) | 430 | 300 | 195 | 110 | 60 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| Tier I $1,340,000 (16D) | 430 | 300 | 195 | 110 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier II $650,000 (28S) | 300 | 215 | 140 | 75 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Tier II $650,000 (16D) | 300 | 215 | 140 | 75 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier II $600,000 (56S) | 275 | 190 | 125 | 70 | 35 | 20 | 1 | - | 10 | - | 5 | 1 |
| Tier II $600,000 (28S) | 275 | 190 | 125 | 70 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Tier II $600,000 (16D) | 275 | 190 | 125 | 70 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier III $225,000 (32S) | 165 | 115 | 75 | 40 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Tier III $225,000 (16D) | 165 | 115 | 75 | 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier III $175,000 (56S) | 140 | 100 | 65 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Tier III $175,000 (30/32S, 32Q) | 140 | 100 | 65 | 35 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Tier III $175,000 (30/32S, 16Q) | 140 | 100 | 65 | 35 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Tier III $175,000 (16D) | 140 | 100 | 65 | 35 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier IV $145,000 (32S, 32Q) | 115 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Tier IV $145,000 (32S, 16Q) | 115 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Tier IV $145,000 (16S, 16D) | 115 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $100,000 + H* (32) | 75 | 55 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ITF $100,000 + H* (16) | 75 | 55 | 40 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $100,000 (32) | 70 | 50 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ITF $100,000 (16) | 70 | 50 | 35 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $75,000 (32) + H* | 65 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ITF $75,000 (16) + H* | 65 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $75,000 (32) | 55 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ITF $75,000 (16) | 55 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $50,000 + H* (32) | 45 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ITF $50,000 + H* (16) | 45 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $50,000 (32) | 35 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| ITF $50,000 (16) | 35 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $25,000 (32) | 25 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| ITF $25,000 (16) | 25 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $10,000 (32) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITF $10,000 (16) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(*) “+H” indicates that Hospitality is provided
A player's point total is calculated on a weekly basis, counting only tournaments played within the last year. The top 17 tournaments of the past year count toward a player's point total, with the lowest of the player's scores being dropped from the total. The exceptions are the four grand slam tournaments the mandatory Tier I tournament, which always count toward the player's point total, even if their score in the slam is lower than another score achieved in a non-slam tournament. All players who qualify by ranking for acceptance into the main draw of a Grand Slam or the mandatory Tier I tournament will be entered automatically. Any player who is accepted into one of these tournaments and subsequently withdraws will automatically receive zero points for the tournament and will have it count as one of their best 17 tournament results.
In 1996, the WTA started awarding players "quality points", which were calculated based on the rankings of players they defeated in tournaments. This would give more points to a player who beat a top ranked player than one who beat a lower ranked player. Quality points were discontinued after the 2005 season and are no longer used.
WTA Rankings
As of 20 August, 2007
| No | Player | Nation | Points | +/− |
| 1 | Justine Henin |  Belgium |
4887 | = |
| 2 | Maria Sharapova |  Russia |
3845 | = |
| 3 | Jelena Janković |  Serbia |
3429 | = |
| 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia |
3000 | +1 |
| 5 | Ana Ivanović | Serbia |
2847 | -1 |
| 6 | Anna Chakvetadze | Russia |
2586 | = |
| 7 | Amélie Mauresmo |  France |
2424 | = |
| 8 | Nadia Petrova | Russia |
2228 | +1 |
| 9 | Serena Williams |  United States |
2237 | -1 |
| 10 | Daniela Hantuchová |  Slovakia |
1968 | = |
| 11 | Marion Bartoli | France |
1968 | = |
| 12 | Patty Schnyder |  Switzerland |
1774 | +4 |
| 13 | Venus Williams | United States |
1765 | = |
| 14 | Nicole Vaidišová |  Czech Republic |
1708 | +1 |
| 15 | Elena Dementieva | Russia |
1694 | +2 |
| 16 | Dinara Safina | Russia |
1678 | -2 |
| 17 | Martina Hingis | Switzerland |
1621 | -5 |
| 18 | Tatiana Golovin | France |
1610 | +1 |
| 19 | Shahar Pe'er |  Israel |
1524 | -1 |
| 20 | Sybille Bammer |  Austria |
1196 | = |
| 21 | Li Na |  China |
1136 | = |
| 22 | Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic |
1076 | +1 |
| 23 | Alona Bondarenko |  Ukraine |
1055.75 | +1 |
| 24 | Katarina Srebotnik |  Slovenia |
1051 | -2 |
| 25 | Tathiana Garbin |  Italy |
977.5 | = |
| 26 | Francesca Schiavone | Italy |
974 | = |
| 27 | Mara Santangelo | Italy |
918 | +1 |
| 28 | Sania Mirza |  India |
915 | +1 |
| 29 | Vera Zvonareva | Russia |
903 | +1 |
| 30 | Ai Sugiyama |  Japan |
881 | -3 |
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