🎾 The WTA 250 tournaments are the entry tier of the main women’s professional tour, sitting below the Grand Slams, the WTA Finals, the WTA 1000 and the WTA 500 events. The winner of each one earns 250 ranking points — which is where the name comes from. See below for the latest WTA 250 predictions.
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As of 2026 there are 22 WTA 250 events, the largest single group on the calendar, played on hard, clay and grass courts all over the world. The category was created in the WTA’s 2021 schedule overhaul — the same revamp that aligned the tour’s tiers with the men’s ATP system — having previously been known as WTA International tournaments.
With fields a level below the bigger events, the 250s are often where emerging players win their first tour-level titles and where established names find form and rebuild ranking points. They also bookend the season, opening the year in the first days of January and filling many of the quieter weeks between the majors. See below for WTA 250 Predictions 🔥
