WTA Tour launches  schedule to July
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The partial WTA schedule – reflecting the ongoing uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic – features 31 tournaments, including the first three Grand Slam showpieces of the year and four WTA 1000 events in Dubai, Miami, Madrid and Rome

Ashleigh Barty
Finished 2020 as year-end World No.1 for second consecutive season
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TOURNAMENTS
Grand Slam WTA 500 
WTA 1000 WTA 250
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JAN 6  Abu Dhabi Open Abu Dhabi
JAN 31 Yarra Valley Classic  Melbourne
JAN 31 Gippsland Trophy Melbourne
FEB 8  Australian Open  Melbourne, Australia
 
2020 maiden champion Sofia Kenin

FEB 13 Phillip Island Trophy Melbourne
FEB 21 Adelaide International Adelaide
MAR 1 Qatar Total Open Doha
MAR 1 Métropole de Lyon Lyon
MAR 7 Dubai Duty Free Ch’ships Dubai
MAR 8 Abierto de Guadalajara Mexico
MAR 15 Abierto GNP Seguros  Monterrey
MAR 15 St. Petersburg Trophy St. P’burg
MAR 23 Miami Open Miami
APR 5  Volvo Car Open Charleston
APR 5  Copa Colsanitas Bogota
APR 12 Kunming Open Anning
APR 19 Porsche Tennis GP Stuttgart
APR 19 Tennis Ch’Ship Istanbul Istanbul
APR 26 Mutua Madrid Open Madrid
MAY 10 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome
MAY 17 Princesse Lalla GP Rabat
MAY 17 Cologne Open Cologne 
MAY 17 Int’l de Strasbourg Strasbourg
MAY 23 Roland Garros Paris, France

2020 winner Iga Swiatek – lowest-ranked woman to claim title at Roland Garros

JUN 7 Libema Open s-Hertogenbosch
JUN 7 Nature Valley Open Nottingham
JUN 14 Nature Valley Classic Birmingham
JUN 14 Bett1Open Berlin 
JUN 21 Bad Homburg Open B. Homburg
JUN 21 Nature Valley Int’l Eastbourne
JUN 28 Wimbledon London, England

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Schedule as of Jan 15, subject to change. © GRAPHIC NEWS