Weemen's Tennis Association
The Weemen's Tennis Association (WTA), foondit in 1973 bi Billie Jean King, is the principal organizin body o weemen's professional tennis. It govrens the WTA Tour which is the warldwide professional tennis tour for weemen. Its coonterpairt organisation in the men's professional gemme is the Association o Tennis Professionals (ATP).
| Women's Tennis Association WTA | |
| Sport | Professional tennis |
| Foondit | 1973 |
| Chairman | Stacey Allaster |
| Chief Exec | Stacey Allaster |
| Official website | |
| www | |
The Weemen's Tennis Association wis foondit in the month o Juin 1973, but can trace its origins back tae Houston, Texas wi the inaugural Virginia Slims toornament, arranged bi Gladys Heldman, an held on 23 September 1970. Rosie Casals wan this first event. The WTA's corporate heidquarters is in St. Petersburg, Florida. The European heidquarters is in Lunnon, an the Asie-Paceefic heidquarters is in Beijing.
WTA Rankins
Thir leets are based on the WTA Rankins.[1][2]
†Change since previous rankings
| WTA Rankins (Doobles), as o 27 Februar 2017[update][4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Pynts | Prev | Muive‡ |
| 1 |  Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) | 9,955 | 1 |  |
| 2 |  Lucie Šafářová (CZE) | 8,600 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Caroline Garcia (FRA) | 8,230 | 3 | |
| Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | ||||
| 5 |  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | 7,735 | 6 |  1 |
| 6 | Elena Vesnina (RUS) | 7,640 | 5 |  1 |
| 7 |  Sania Mirza (IND) | 6,405 | 7 | |
| 8 |  Martina Hingis (SUI) | 5,205 | 8 | |
| 9 | Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) | 4,870 | 9 | |
| 10 |  Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) | 4,585 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 |  Tímea Babos (HUN) | 4,500 | 10 | 1 |
| 12 | Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | 4,390 | 12 | |
| 13 |  Peng Shuai (CHN) | 3,920 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) | 3,635 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 |  Chan Hao-ching (TPE) | 3,510 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | Chan Yung-jan (TPE) | 3,350 | 13 | 3 |
| 17 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | 3,210 | 18 | 1 |
| 18 | Abigail Spears (USA) | 3,195 | 19 | 1 |
| 19 |  Julia Görges (GER) | 3,080 | 17 | 2 |
| 20 |  Monica Niculescu (ROU) | 3,025 | 20 | |
‡Chynge syne previous week's rankins
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