{"id":2341,"date":"2025-12-23T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:47:09","slug":"2026-wta-tour-tentative-schedule-and-defending-womens-singles-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/2026-wta-tour-tentative-schedule-and-defending-womens-singles-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 WTA Tour tentative schedule and defending women\u2019s singles champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 WTA Tour arrives with high expectations and tremendous promise after an exceptionally balanced 2025 season for women\u2019s singles. In one of the most competitive campaigns in recent years, five different players captured the four Grand Slams and the WTA Finals trophy, and no player finished the year with more than four titles, highlighting the remarkable depth at the top of the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>With upgraded events and a more globally expansive calendar, the 2026 season sets the stage for an even more dramatic and wide-open battle for supremacy. Here\u2019s an overview of the upcoming tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5HmcDmdrSg?si=nkt9APRVclxlnmfS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>JANUARY 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4 Jan<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Brisbane International<\/td>\n<td>Aryna Sabalenka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 Jan<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Auckland Open<\/td>\n<td>Clara Tauson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12 Jan<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Adelaide International<\/td>\n<td>Madison Keys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12 Jan<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Hobart International<\/td>\n<td>McCartney Kessler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19 Jan<\/td>\n<td>Grand Slam<\/td>\n<td>Australian Open<\/td>\n<td>Madison Keys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= FEBRUARY ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>FEBRUARY 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Abu Dhabi Open<\/td>\n<td>Belinda Bencic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Transylvania Open<\/td>\n<td>Anastasia Potapova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Ostrava Open<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Qatar Open<\/td>\n<td>Amanda Anisimova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Dubai Tennis Championships<\/td>\n<td>Mirra Andreeva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Merida Open<\/td>\n<td>Emma Navarro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23 Feb<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>ATX Open<\/td>\n<td>Jessica Pegula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= MARCH ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>MARCH 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Mar<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Indian Wells Masters<\/td>\n<td>Mirra Andreeva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16 Mar<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Miami Open<\/td>\n<td>Aryna Sabalenka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30 Mar<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Charleston Open<\/td>\n<td>Jessica Pegula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30 Mar<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Copa Colsanitas<\/td>\n<td>Camila Osorio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= APRIL ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>APRIL 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 Apr<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Linz Open<\/td>\n<td>Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13 Apr<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Stuttgart Open<\/td>\n<td>Jelena Ostapenko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13 Apr<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Open de Rouen<\/td>\n<td>Elina Svitolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20 Apr<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Madrid Open<\/td>\n<td>Aryna Sabalenka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= MAY ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>MAY 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4 May<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Italian Open<\/td>\n<td>Jasmine Paolini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18 May<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Internationaux de Strasbourg<\/td>\n<td>Elena Rybakina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18 May<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Morocco Open<\/td>\n<td>Maya Joint<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25 May<\/td>\n<td>Grand Slam<\/td>\n<td>French Open, Roland Garros<\/td>\n<td>Coco Gauff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G_gAodKKcEM?si=55agoLj13tsJztkq\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- ================= JUNE ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>JUNE 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jun<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Queen&#8217;s Club Championships<\/td>\n<td>Tatjana Maria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 Jun<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Libema Open<\/td>\n<td>Elise Mertens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15 Jun<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Berlin Open<\/td>\n<td>Marketa Vondrousova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15 Jun<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Nottingham Open<\/td>\n<td>McCartney Kessler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22 Jun<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Bad Homburg Open<\/td>\n<td>Jessica Pegula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22 Jun<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Eastbourne International<\/td>\n<td>Maya Joint<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29 Jun<\/td>\n<td>Grand Slam<\/td>\n<td>Wimbledon<\/td>\n<td>Iga Swiatek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= JULY ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>JULY 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13 Jul<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Ia\u0219i Open<\/td>\n<td>Irina-Camelia Begu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20 Jul<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Hamburg Open<\/td>\n<td>Lois Boisson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20 Jul<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Prague Open<\/td>\n<td>Marie Bouzkova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27 Jul<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Washington Open<\/td>\n<td>Leylah Fernandez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= AUGUST ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>AUGUST 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3 Aug<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Canadian Open<\/td>\n<td>Victoria Mboko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13 Aug<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Cincinnati Masters<\/td>\n<td>Iga Swiatek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24 Aug<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Monterrey Open<\/td>\n<td>Diana Shnaider<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24 Aug<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Tennis in the Land<\/td>\n<td>Sorana Cirstea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31 Aug<\/td>\n<td>Grand Slam<\/td>\n<td>US Open<\/td>\n<td>Aryna Sabalenka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wpSrhrqYjwQ?si=nirpJftjTc5_aSDn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- ================= SEPTEMBER ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>SEPTEMBER 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14 Sep<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Guadalajara Open<\/td>\n<td>Iva Jovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14 Sep<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>SP Open<\/td>\n<td>Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21 Sep<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Singapore Open<\/td>\n<td>Elise Mertens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21 Sep<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Korea Open<\/td>\n<td>Iga Swiatek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30 Sep<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>China Open<\/td>\n<td>Amanda Anisimova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= OCTOBER ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>OCTOBER 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12 Oct<\/td>\n<td>WTA 1000<\/td>\n<td>Wuhan Open<\/td>\n<td>Coco Gauff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19 Oct<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Ningbo Open<\/td>\n<td>Elena Rybakina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19 Oct<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Japan Open<\/td>\n<td>Leylah Fernandez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26 Oct<\/td>\n<td>WTA 500<\/td>\n<td>Pan Pacific Open<\/td>\n<td>Belinda Bencic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26 Oct<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Guangzhou Open<\/td>\n<td>Ann Li<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- ================= NOVEMBER ================= --><\/p>\n<h3>NOVEMBER 2026<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Level<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>2025 Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Nov<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Chennai Open<\/td>\n<td>Janice Tjen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Nov<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Jiangxi Open<\/td>\n<td>Anna Blinkova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 Nov<\/td>\n<td>WTA 250<\/td>\n<td>Hong Kong Open<\/td>\n<td>Victoria Mboko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7 Nov<\/td>\n<td>WTA Finals<\/td>\n<td>WTA Finals<\/td>\n<td>Elena Rybakina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKeFdQBrnyU?si=W8c2i4RiH14q21bs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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In one of the most competitive campaigns in recent years, five different players captured the four Grand Slams and the WTA Finals trophy, and no player finished the year with more than four titles, highlighting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/2026-wta-tour-tentative-schedule-and-defending-womens-singles-champions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026 WTA Tour tentative schedule and defending women\u2019s singles champions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[264,364,375],"class_list":["post-2341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-tennis-en","tag-us-open","tag-wimbledon-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2345,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions\/2345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}