WTA Press Release, May 15, 2025 Steve Simon, WTA Chairman, has informed the WTA Board of Directors of his intention to retire after a decade of service to the WTA and will step down from his role in December. Since […]
FORT WORTH, TEXAS/WASHINGTON, September 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA has announced that Fort Worth, Texas, will host the 2022 season-ending WTA Finals. The year-end event, which features the top eight singles players and doubles teams in the Race […]
WASHINGTON, December 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Women’s Tennis Association has immediately suspended all of its tournaments in China, including Hong Kong, in response to ongoing concerns about the safety and well-being of Chinese professional tennis player Peng Shuai. […]
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Pro tennis has been decimated by the forced shutdown of the sport due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected much if not all of the sports world this year. Like the ATP, […]
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The WTA Tour has announced it will restart its 2020 season beginning on August 3 with the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy. The Palermo event on red clay is the first of 20 […]
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) WTA CEO Steve Simon appeared on Tennis Channel Live Thursday to talk about where women’s tennis stands in regard to safety and when the season might start again. “Obviously, the WTA family is […]
LINZ, October 15, 2017 “The tournament in Linz has become a proper event. This is the best thing you can say about a tournament,” told Steve Simon, CEO of the WTA, on Sunday at the final press conference in the VIP club […]
