2026 WTA Tour Calendar

Once Wimbledon is over the WTA season moves to the North American hard courts, with the events in Washington, Toronto and Cincinnati serving as preparation for the US Open. The full order of play and the exact dates are in the “WTA 2026 calendar, month by month” section above.

In 2026 the Grand Slams are the Australian Open (January, hard), Roland Garros (May–June, clay), Wimbledon (June–July, grass) and the US Open (August–September, hard). You will find the exact dates in the table above.

The Australian Open 2026 ran from 18 January to 1 February 2026 at Melbourne Park in Australia. Madison Keys came in as the defending champion. The title went to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, confirming the form she had found at the end of 2025, when she won the WTA Finals.

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan won the Australian Open 2026 – her second Grand Slam title after Wimbledon 2022.

The women’s Roland Garros 2026 ran from 24 May to 7 June 2026 on the clay courts of Stade Roland-Garros in Paris. Mirra Andreeva beat Maja Chwalińska in the final.

The women’s Wimbledon 2026 ran from 29 June to 12 July 2026 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London. Linda Nosková beat her compatriot Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.

The women’s US Open 2026 runs from 30 August to 13 September 2026 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Aryna Sabalenka is the defending champion, and in 2026 she has the chance to win in New York for the third year in a row.

As of 28 September 2026 Elena Rybakina leads the WTA rankings with 9,901 points, ahead of Aryna Sabalenka (7,810) and Jessica Pegula (7,265). Coco Gauff is fourth and Mirra Andreeva fifth. The full top 10 is in the rankings section above.

The WTA Finals 2026 run from 8 to 15 November 2026 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, USA. The eight best singles players of the season qualify. Elena Rybakina is the defending champion.

The 2026 WTA season has ten WTA 1000 tournaments: the Qatar Open (Doha), Dubai, Indian Wells, the Miami Open, Madrid, Rome, the Canadian Open, Cincinnati, the China Open (Beijing) and the Wuhan Open. A WTA 1000 title is worth 1000 ranking points.

Winning a Grand Slam is worth 2000 WTA ranking points. A WTA 1000 title carries 1000 points, a WTA 500 title 500 points and a WTA 250 title 250 points.

The WTA 1000 events are played with a 96-player draw, matches are best of three sets, and a tournament usually runs for 10 to 12 days. They are treated as the most important events of the season after the Grand Slams.

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan won the WTA Finals 2025. She is the defending champion for the 2026 edition, which will be played in Indian Wells.

London hosts two WTA tournaments, both on grass: the HSBC Championships (WTA 500) in June, and Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at the turn of June and July. You will find both sets of dates in the table above.

The Sunshine Double is winning both back-to-back WTA 1000 tournaments in March: Indian Wells in California and the Miami Open in Florida. Both are played on hard courts and count among the most important events on the WTA calendar. Indian Wells is often called the fifth Grand Slam.