2019 WTA Tour
The 2019 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships. The Hopman Cup, organized by the ITF, also is included but did not distribute ranking points.
Prior to the season, the WTA announced usage of a shot clock at all Premier events. Players had have a minute to get on court, five minutes to warm up, and one minute to start the match. The time allotted to players in between points has been increased from 20 to 25 seconds. Finally, players were allowed only one toilet break in a match.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2019 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Cancelled
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments, and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:1) total number of titles ;
2) cumulated importance of those titles ;
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order.
Key
Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:;Singles
- Sofia Kenin – Hobart
- Wang Yafan – Acapulco
- Bianca Andreescu – Indian Wells
- Amanda Anisimova – Bogotá
- Petra Martić – İstanbul
- Jil Teichmann – Prague
- Maria Sakkari – Rabat
- Yulia Putintseva – Nuremberg
- Fiona Ferro – Lausanne
- Elena Rybakina – Bucharest
- Jessica Pegula – Washington DC
- Zheng Saisai – San Jose
- Magda Linette – The Bronx
- Rebecca Peterson – Nanchang
- Karolína Muchová – Seoul
- Coco Gauff – Linz
- Eugenie Bouchard – Auckland
- Sofia Kenin – Auckland
- Ekaterina Alexandrova – Budapest
- Aryna Sabalenka – Indian Wells
- Zoe Hives – Bogotá
- Astra Sharma – Bogotá
- Anna-Lena Friedsam – Stuttgart
- Anna Kalinskaya – Prague
- Viktória Kužmová – Prague
- Ellen Perez – Strasbourg
- Giuliana Olmos – Nottingham
- Yana Sizikova – Lausanne
- Cornelia Lister – Palermo
- Nina Stojanović – Jūrmala
- Coco Gauff – Washington
- Caty McNally – Washington
- Wang Xinyu – Nanchang
- Zhu Lin – Nanchang
- Veronika Kudermetova – Wuhan
- Hayley Carter – Tashkent
- Luisa Stefani – Tashkent
- Ena Shibahara – Tianjin
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
;Singles
- Julia Görges – Auckland
- Alison Van Uytvanck – Budapest
- Garbiñe Muguruza – Monterrey
- Aryna Sabalenka – Wuhan
- Ashleigh Barty – Rome
- Květa Peschke – San Jose
- Lucie Hradecká – Cincinnati
- Lyudmyla Kichenok – WTA Elite Trophy
- Tímea Babos – WTA Finals
- Kristina Mladenovic – WTA Finals
- Latisha Chan – French Open
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands – US Open
Best ranking
;Singles
;Doubles
WTA Rankings
These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2019 season.Singles
Number 1 ranking
Doubles
Number 1 ranking
Points distribution
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.WTA fan polls
Player of the month
Breakthrough of the month
Shot of the month
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2019 season:- Raquel Atawo
- Julia Boserup joined the professional tour in 2010 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 80 in singles and 277 in doubles. Boserup played the majority of her career on the ITF Women's Circuit, where she won 3 singles titles and 1 doubles title. Her greatest achievement at Grand Slam level came at Wimbledon in 2016 where she reached the third round as a qualifier. After having not played in over a year, Boserup decided to retire in May 2019, citing ongoing injury problems.
- Dominika Cibulková '' joined the professional tour in 2004 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 4 in singles and no. 59 in doubles. She won eight WTA singles titles, including her victory at the 2016 WTA Finals. She reached six Grand Slam quarterfinals, including the final at the 2014 Australian Open, which she lost to Li Na. Cibulková announced her retirement on 12 November 2019, citing injury problems.
- Mariana Duque Mariño joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 66 in singles and no. 96 in doubles. She won one WTA singles title at her home tournament in Bogotá in 2010, as well as 1 WTA doubles title and 19 singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
- Julia Glushko
- Anna-Lena Grönefeld joined the professional tour in 2003 and reached a career-high ranking of number 14 in singles and number 7 in doubles. She has won 1 WTA singles title and 17 WTA doubles titles including 2 Grand Slam titles at the 2014 French Open Mixed Doubles and 2009 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles events. Additionally she won one doubles title at the WTA 125K level, 6 ITF doubles titles and 11 ITF singles titles. She announced her retirement from the tour in December 2019 citing that she wishes to start a family.
- María Irigoyen joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 147 in singles and no. 47 in doubles. Irigoyen was primarily a doubles specialist, winning two titles at the Rio Open in 2014 and 2016, as well as two golds and one bronze medal representing Argentina in the Pan American Games.
- Emma Laine joined the professional tour in 2004 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 50 in singles and no. 64 in doubles. She won 11 singles titles and 44 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Laine announced her last tournament would be the 2019 Fed Cup.
- An-Sophie Mestach joined the professional tour in 2009 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 98 in singles and no. 64 in doubles. She won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Mestach was also the junior no. 1 in 2011 and she was the winner of the 2011 Australian Open girls' singles event. Mestach announced her retirement in January 2019 to pursue a career as a policewoman.
- Arantxa Parra Santonja joined the professional tour in 2000 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 46 in singles and no. 22 in doubles. Parra Santonja won 11 WTA doubles titles, as well as 11 singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
- Lucie Šafářová joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 5 in singles and no. 1 in doubles. She won seven singles titles and fifteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached one Grand Slam singles final at the French Open in 2015, and claimed 5 Grand Slam doubles titles alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Šafářová originally announced that the 2019 Australian Open would be her final tournament, but it would be delayed for further recovery on wrist tendinitis. She played her final competitive match alongside Dominika Cibulková in the first round of the women's doubles at the French Open.
- Barbora Štefková
Comebacks
- Tatiana Golovin joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 12 in singles and no. 91 in doubles. Golovin won two WTA singles titles and the 2004 French Open mixed doubles with compatriot Richard Gasquet. She also made quarterfinal of 2006 US Open in singles. Suffering from ankylosing spondylitis in 2008 season, she decided to walk away from the sport. Her last played tournament was the German Open in May 2008. She announced her comeback in September, 2019 and her first tournament back was Luxembourg Open in October after receiving a wildcard to compete in the qualifying draw.
- Patricia Maria Țig joined the professional tour in 2009 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 83 in singles and no. 155 in doubles. Țig reached 1 WTA singles final and 2 doubles finals during her career, losing all 3 of them. She also made first round appearances in all four majors. After a period of struggling with her performances in the second half of 2017 season, she decided to focus on her health, citing back pain as the main source of discomfort. Her last played tournament was the in September 2017. Țig became an inactive player on 24 September 2018 after not playing for 52 consecutive weeks. She announced her comeback to the tour after giving birth to a baby girl. Her first event was an W15 ITF Tournament in Cancún, Mexico, in April.