The WTA International tournaments was a category for tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. As of 2021, these events have been reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments. The winner of a WTA 250 tournament adds 250 points to her WTA ranking.
For the 2025 season, there were 21 WTA 250, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,094.
Events Current WTA 250 TournamentSponsored nameCityCountrySurfaceDrawFirst Edition Auckland Open ASB Classic Auckland New Zealand Hard 32 2009 Hobart International Hobart International Hobart Australia Hard 32 2009 Singapore Open Singapore Tennis Open Singapore Singapore Hard 32 2025Transylvania OpenTransylvania OpenCluj-Napoca RomaniaHard (i)322021ATX OpenATX OpenAustin, Texas USAHard322023 Copa Colsanitas Copa Colsanitas presentado por Zürich Bogotá Colombia Clay (red) 32 2009Open de RouenOpen Rouen Capfinances MétropoleRouen FranceClay (i)322024 Morocco Open Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Rabat Morocco Clay (red) 32 2009 Rosmalen Championships Libéma Open 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands Grass 32 2009 Nottingham Open Lexus Nottingham Open Nottingham Great Britain Grass 32 2015Eastbourne Open Lexus Eastbourne OpenEastbourne Great BritainGrass322025 Hamburg Open MSC Hamburg Ladies Open Hamburg Germany Clay (red) 32 2021Iași OpenUniCredit Iași OpenIași RomaniaClay (red)322024 Prague Open Livesport Prague Open Prague Czechia Clay (red) 32 2015Tennis in the LandTennis in the LandCleveland USAHard322021 SP OpenSão Paulo Open de Tênis São Paulo Brasil Hard 322025 Japan Open Japan Women's Open Osaka Japan Hard 32 2009 Jiangxi Open Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open Nanchang China Hard 32 2016 Guangzhou Open Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou China Hard 32 2009 Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Hong Kong Hard 32 2014Chennai OpenChennai OpenSDAT Tennis Stadium India Hard 32 2025
Defunct TournamentSponsored nameCityCountrySurfaceDrawFirst EditionLast Edition Amelia Island Championships MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach United States Clay (green) 32 2009 2010 Brisbane International Brisbane International Brisbane Australia Hard 32 2009 2011 Marbella Open Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella Spain Clay (red) 32 2009 2011 Barcelona Open Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona Spain Clay (red) 32 2009 2012 Danish Open e-Boks Danish Open Copenhagen Denmark Hard (i) 32 2010 2012 Texas Tennis Open Texas Tennis Open Dallas United States Hard 32 2011 2012 U.S. Indoors Cellular South Cup Memphis United States Hard (i) 32 2009 2013 WTA Tournament of Champions Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions Sofia Bulgaria Hard (i) 8 2012 2014 Portugal Open Estoril Open Estoril Portugal Clay (red) 32 2009 2014 Thailand Open PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya City Thailand Hard 32 2009 2015 Gastein Ladies Nurnberger Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein Austria Clay (red) 32 2009 2015 Baku Cup Baku Cup Baku Azerbaijan Hard 32 2011 2015 Rio Open Rio Open Rio de Janeiro Brazil Clay (red) 32 2014 2016 Katowice Open BNP Paribas Katowice Open Katowice Poland Hard (i) 32 2013 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis Brazil Hard 32 2013 2016 Malaysian Open Alya Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Hard 32 2010 2017 Swedish Open Swedish Open Båstad Sweden Clay (red) 32 2009 2017 Taiwan Open Taiwan Open Taipei Taiwan Hard 32 2016 2018 Moscow River Cup Moscow River Cup Moscow Russia Clay (red) 32 2018 2018 Tournoi de Québec Coupe Banque Nationale Quebec City Canada Carpet (i) 32 2009 2018 Bucharest Open BRD Bucharest Open Bucharest Romania Clay (red) 32 2014 2019 Ladies Open Lugano Ladies Open Lugano Lugano Switzerland Clay (red) 32 2017 2019 Nuremberg Cup Nürnberger Versicherungscup Nürnberg Germany Clay (red) 32 2013 2019 Mallorca Open Mallorca Open Mallorca Spain Grass 32 2016 2019 Baltic Open Baltic Open Jūrmala Latvia Clay (red) 32 2019 2019 Bronx Open NYJTL Bronx Open The Bronx, New York City United States Hard 32 2019 2019 Tashkent Open Tashkent Open Tashkent Uzbekistan Hard 32 2009 2019 Tianjin Open Tianjin Open Tianjin China Hard 32 20142019 Shenzhen Open Shenzhen Longhua Open Shenzhen China Hard 32 20132020 Mexican Open Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco Mexico Hard 32 20092020 Luxembourg Open BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City Luxembourg Hard (i) 32 20092021 İstanbul Cup TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup Istanbul Turkey Clay (red) 32 20092022 Abierto Zapopan Abierto Akron Zapopan Zapopan Mexico Hard 32 20212022 Slovenia Open Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož Slovenia Hard 32 2009 2022 Tallinn Open Tallinn Open Tallinn Estonia Hard 32 20222022 Swiss Open Ladies Open Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland Clay (red) 32 20162023 WTA Lyon Open Open 6ème Sens Métropole de Lyon Lyon France Hard (i) 32 20202023 Hua Hin Thailand Open Hua Hin Thailand Hard 32 20242024 Budapest Grand Prix Hungarian Grand Prix Budapest Hungary Clay (red) 32 20092024Jasmin OpenJasmin OpenMonastir, Tunisia TunisiaHard3220222024
Upgraded to WTA 500 TournamentSponsored nameCityCountrySurfaceDrawFirst EditionLast Edition Washington Open Citi Open Washington D.C. United States Hard 32 20112022 Linz Open Upper Austria Ladies Linz Linz Austria Hard (i) 32 20092023 Internationaux de Strasbourg Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg France Clay (red) 32 19872023 Bad Homburg Open Bad Homburg Open presented by Engel & Volkers Bad Homburg Germany Grass 32 20202023 Monterrey Open Abierto GNP Seguros Monterrey Mexico Hard 32 20092023 Korea Open Hana Bank Korea Open Seoul South Korea Hard 32 20092023Ningbo OpenNingbo International Tennis OpenNingbo ChinaHard3220232023 Mérida Open Mérida Open AkronMérida, Yucatán MexicoHard3220232024
Downgraded to WTA 125
TournamentSponsored nameCityCountrySurfaceDrawFirst EditionLast Edition Birmingham Classic Rothesay Classic Birmingham Birmingham United Kingdom Grass 56 20092024 Hamburg European Open Hamburg Open Hamburg Germany Clay (red) 32 20212023 WTA Poland Open BNP Paribas Warsaw OpenWarsaw Poland Hard 32 20212023 Palermo Open Palermo Ladies Open Palermo Italy Clay (red) 32 20092024
Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Auckland E. Dementieva (1/1) Wickmayer (3/5) G. Arn (1/1) J. Zheng (1/1) A. Radwańska (1/4) Ivanovic (4/5) V. Williams (4/6) Stephens (2/3) L. Davis (1/1) Görges (3/5) Görges (5/5) S. Williams (2/2) Shenzhen Not an Event Li (2/3) Li (3/3) Halep (6/9) A. Radwańska (4/4) K. Siniaková (1/2) Halep (8/9) A. Sabalenka (1/3) E. Alexandrova (1/1) Hobart P. Kvitová (1/5) A. Bondarenko (1/1) Gajdošová (2/2) M. Barthel (1/3) E. Vesnina (1/1) G. Muguruza (1/3) Watson (2/4) Cornet (4/5) E. Mertens (1/4) Mertens (2/4) S. Kenin (1/4) Rybakina (2/2) Hua Hin Not an Event Yastremska (2/3) Linette (2/2) Acapulco V. Williams (1/6) V. Williams (2/6) G. Dulko (1/1) S. Errani (1/6) Errani (5/6) D. Cibulková (1/3) Bacsinszky (2/4) Stephens (3/3) Tsurenko (3/4) Tsurenko (4/4) Y. Wang (1/1) Watson (4/4) Lyon Not an Event Kenin (4/4) Monterrey M. Bartoli (1/2) A. Pavlyuchenkova (1/10) Pavlyuchenkova (3/10) T. Babos (1/3) Pavlyuchenkova (4/10) Ivanovic (5/5) Bacsinszky (3/4) Watson (3/4) Pavlyuchenkova (7/10) Muguruza (2/3) Muguruza (3/3) Svitolina (7/8) Bogotá MJ. Martínez Sánchez (1/4) M. Duque-Mariño (1/1) L. Domínguez Lino (1/1) L. Arruabarrena (1/2) Janković (2/4) C. Garcia (1/5) T. Pereira (1/2) I. Falconi (1/1) Schiavone (5/5) Schmiedlová (3/3) A. Anisimova (1/1) Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic Marrakech/Rabat A. Medina Garrigues (1/3) I. Benešová (1/1) A. Brianti (1/1) K. Bertens (1/5) Schiavone (3/5) MT. Torró Flor (1/1) Svitolina (3/8) Bacsinszky (4/4) Pavlyuchenkova (8/10) Mertens (4/4) M. Sakkari (1/1) Nottingham Not an Event A. Konjuh (1/1) Ka. Plíšková (5/5) Vekić (2/2) Barty (2/3) Garcia (5/5) 's-Hertogenbosch T. Tanasugarn (1/2) J. Henin (1/1) Vinci (4/8) Petrova (2/3) Halep (2/9) C. Vandeweghe (1/2) C. Giorgi (1/2) Vandeweghe (2/2) A. Kontaveit (1/1) A. Krunić (1/1) Riske (2/2) Birmingham M. Rybáriková (1/4) N. Li (1/3) S. Lisicki (1/3) M. Oudin (1/1) Hantuchová (3/4) WTA Premier Event Bad Homburg Not an Event Bucharest Not an Event Halep (5/9) Schmiedlová (2/3) Halep (7/9) Begu (4/4) Sevastova (3/4) E. Rybakina (1/2) Gstaad/Lausanne Not an Event V. Golubic (1/1) Bertens (4/5) Cornet (5/5) F. Ferro (1/2) Jūrmala Not an Event Sevastova (4/4) Washington D.C. Not an Event N. Petrova (1/3) Rybáriková (3/4) Rybáriková (4/4) S. Kuznetsova (1/2) S. Stephens (1/3) Wickmayer (5/5) Makarova (2/2) Kuznetsova (2/2) J. Pegula (1/1) Palermo F. Pennetta (1/2) K. Kanepi (1/2) Medina Garrigues (3/3) Errani (4/6) Vinci (8/8) Not an Event Teichmann (2/2) Ferro (2/2) Prague Not an Event Ka. Plíšková (4/5) Šafářová (2/2) Barthel (3/3) Kvitová (5/5) J. Teichmann (1/2) Halep (9/9) Lexington Not an Event J. Brady (1/1) Istanbul V. Dushevina (1/1) Pavlyuchenkova (2/10) Not held Wozniacki (7/9) L. Tsurenko (1/4) Ç Büyükakçay (1/1) Svitolina (6/8) P. Parmentier (1/2) P. Martić (1/1) PM. Țig (1/1) Strasbourg A. Rezaï (1/3) Sharapova (2/3) Petkovic (2/4) Schiavone (2/5) Cornet (2/5) M. Puig (1/1) Stosur (4/6) Garcia (2/5) Stosur (6/6) Pavlyuchenkova (10/10) Yastremska (3/3) Svitolina (8/8) Osaka/Tokyo/Hiroshima S. Stosur (1/6) Tanasugarn (2/2) Bartoli (2/2) H. Watson (1/4) Stosur (2/6) Stosur (3/6) Wickmayer (4/5) C. McHale (1/1) Z. Diyas (1/1) Hsieh (3/3) Hibino (2/2) Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic Nanchang Not an Event Y. Duan (1/1) Peng (2/2) Q. Wang (1/2) R. Peterson (1/2) Linz Wickmayer (2/5) A. Ivanovic (1/5) Kvitová (3/5) Azarenka (5/5) Kerber (2/2) Ka. Plíšková (3/5) Pavlyuchenkova (6/10) Cibulková (3/3) Strýcová (2/2) Giorgi (2/2) C. Gauff (1/1) Sabalenka (3/3) Seoul K. Date-Krumm (1/1) Kleybanova (2/2) Martínez Sánchez (4/4) Wozniacki (5/9) A. Radwańska (2/4) Ka. Plíšková (2/5) Begu (2/4) Arruabarrena (2/2) J. Ostapenko (1/2) Bertens (5/5) K. Muchová (1/1) Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic Guangzhou S. Pe'er (1/2) J. Gajdošová (1/2) C. Scheepers (1/1) Hsieh (2/3) S. Zhang (1/2) Niculescu (2/3) Janković (3/4) Tsurenko (2/4) Zhang (2/2) Q. Wang (2/2) Kenin (3/4) Tianjin Not an Event A. Riske (1/2) A. Radwańska (3/4) S. Peng (1/2) Sharapova (3/3) Garcia (4/5) Peterson (2/2) Hong Kong Not an Event Lisicki (3/3) Janković (4/4) Wozniacki (9/9) Pavlyuchenkova (9/10) D. Yastremska (1/3) Canceled due to 2019–20 Hong Kong protests Luxembourg City T. Bacsinszky (1/4) Vinci (2/8) Azarenka (4/5) V. Williams (3/6) Wozniacki (6/9) A. Beck (1/2) M. Doi (1/1) Niculescu (3/3) C. Witthöft (1/1) Görges (4/5) Ostapenko (2/2) Zhuhai Not an Event V. Williams (5/6) Kvitová (4/5) Görges (2/5) Barty (3/3) Sabalenka (2/3)
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