WTA Tournament Calendar for the 2026 Season

11 January 07:00

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Detailed Schedule of the Women’s Tennis Tour.

In 2026, the WTA will stage 56 women’s tournaments, including four Grand Slam events and the season-ending WTA Finals in November. As usual, the campaign is split into several phases: it begins with hard-court tournaments, moves on to clay, then passes through a seven-tournament grass swing before concluding with a hard-court finish.

This guide brings together the full WTA calendar for 2026, including confirmed dates and host locations.

Contents

January-March
March-June
June-July
July-September
September-November

January-March

The season traditionally gets under way with January hard-court tournaments in Australia, where the players compete for the first Grand Slam trophy of the year. Bookmakers consider Aryna Sabalenka the favourite for the Australian Open, which comes as no surprise: the Belarusian has reached the final at three consecutive editions, winning two of them.

Who will win the Australian Open?

Sabalenka

2/1

Świątek

4/1

Gauff

7/1

After Melbourne, the tour heads out on a global hard-court swing. In February, tournaments will be played in the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Qatar, Mexico and the United States.

WTA Tournament Schedule: January–March 2026

Dates	Category	Tournament	Surface	Location
2-11 January	—	United Cup	Hard	Perth and Sydney, Australia
5-11 January	WTA 500	Brisbane International	Hard	Brisbane, Australia
5-11 January	WTA 250	Auckland Open	Hard	Auckland, New Zealand
12-18 January	WTA 500	Adelaide International	Hard	Adelaide, Australia
12-18 January	WTA 250	Hobart International	Hard	Hobart, Australia
19 January - 1 February	Grand Slam	Australian Open	Hard	Melbourne, Australia
1-7 February	WTA 500	Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open	Hard	Abu Dhabi, UAE
	WTA 250	Transylvania Open	Hard	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
	WTA 250	Ostrava Open	Hard	Ostrava, Czech Republic
8-14 February	WTA 1000	Qatar TotalEnergies Open	Hard	Doha, Qatar
15-21 February	WTA 1000	Dubai Duty Free Championships	Hard	Dubai, UAE
23 February - 1 March	WTA 500	Merida Open	Hard	Merida, Mexico
23 February - 1 March	WTA 250	ATX Open	Hard	Austin, USA
4-15 March	WTA 1000	BNP Paribas Open	Hard	Indian Wells, USA
17-29 March	WTA 1000	Miami Open	Hard	Miami, USA

March-June

Spring marks the start of the clay-court season. It begins in the Americas, including South America, before the players move on to Europe. One notable change is the tournament in Linz, which has not only been shifted from February to April but has also changed surface, with matches now set to be played on clay in Austria.

Who will win Roland Garros?

Świątek

9/4

Sabalenka

5/2

Gauff

4/1

Bookmakers rate Świątek as the leading favourite for Roland Garros, with the Polish star having won four of the last six tournaments in France.

WTA Tournament Schedule: April–June 2026

Dates	Category	Tournament	Surface	Location
30 March - 5 April	WTA 500	Credit One Charleston Open	Clay	Charleston, USA
30 March - 5 April	WTA 250	Colsanitas Cup	Clay	Bogota, Colombia
6-12 April	WTA 500	Upper Austraa Ladies Linz	Clay	Linz, Austria
13-19 April	WTA 500	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Clay	Stuttgart, Germany
13-19 April	WTA 250	Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole	Clay	Rouen, France
21 April - 3 May	WTA 1000	Mutua Madrid Open	Clay	Madrid, Spain
5-17 May	WTA 1000	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Clay	Rome, Italy
17-23 May	WTA 500	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Clay	Strasbourg, France
18-23 May	WTA 250	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem	Clay	Rabat, Morocco
24 May - 7 June	Grand Slam	Roland Garros	Clay	Paris, France

June-July

The fastest surface on the tour traditionally occupies the shortest window. The grass-court season lasts just five weeks, during which three WTA 500 and three WTA 250 tournaments will be played.

Who will win Wimbledon?

Świątek

3/1

Sabalenka

3/1

Gauff

6/1

The grass swing culminates at Wimbledon, where Świątek will be defending her title. Bookmakers give equal chances to the Polish player and to Sabalenka, who has never won a Grand Slam in London.

WTA Tournament Schedule: June-July 2026

Dates	Category	Tournament	Surface	Location
8-14 June	WTA 500	London Championships	Grass	London, UK
8-14 June	WTA 250	Libema Open	Grass	’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
15-21 June	WTA 500	Berlin Tennis Open	Grass	Berlin, Germany
15-21 June	WTA 250	Lexus Nottingham Open	Grass	Nottingham, UK
21-27 June	WTA 500	Bad Homburg Open	Grass	Bad Homburg, Germany
22-27 June	WTA 250	Lexus Eastbourne Open	Grass	Eastbourne, UK
29 June - 12 July	Grand Slam	Wimbledon	Grass	London, UK

July-September

In mid-summer, a clay-court tournament in Romania returns to the women’s calendar, while the hard-court event in Budapest will not be held in 2026. After the clay stop in Hamburg, the players turn their attention to the North American hard-court swing.

Who will win the US Open?

Sabalenka

2/1

Świątek

4/1

Gauff

11/2

Sabalenka is viewed as the clear favourite for the US Open. The Belarusian has won the last two editions, and in 2025 she dropped just one set throughout the entire tournament.

WTA Tournament Schedule: July-September 2026

Dates	Category	Tournament	Surface	Location
13-19 July	WTA 250	Unicredit lasi Open	Clay	Iași, Romania
20-26 July	WTA 250	Livesport Prague Open	Hard	Prague, Czech Republic
20-26 July	WTA 250	Hamburg Ladies Open	Clay	Hamburg, Germany
27 July - 2 August	WTA 500	Mubadala Citi DC	Hard	Washington, USA
2-13 August	WTA 1000	National Bank Open	Hard	Toronto, Canada
13-24 August	WTA 1000	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Cincinnati, USA
23-29 August	WTA 250	Tennis in the Land	Hard	Cleveland, USA
24-29 August	WTA 500	Abierto GNP Seguros 2025	Hard	Monterrey, Mexico
30 August - 13 September	Grand Slam	US Open	Hard	New York, USA

September-November

The closing phase of the season will take place without any European tournaments. Instead, the players will compete on hard courts in South America and Asia. The 2026 WTA Finals will be staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

WTA Tournament Schedule: September-November 2026

Dates	Category	Tournament	Surface	Location
14-20 September	WTA 500	Guadalajara Open	Hard	Guadalajara, Mexico
14-20 September	WTA 250	SP Open	Hard	São Paulo, Brazil
21-27 September	WTA 500	Singapore Tennis Open	Hard	Singapore
21-27 September	WTA 250	Korea Open	Hard	Seoul, South Korea
30 September - 11 October	WTA 1000	China	Hard	Beijing, China
12-18 October	WTA 1000	Wuhan Open	Hard	Wuhan, China
19-25 October	WTA 500	Ningbo Open	Hard	Ningbo, China
19-25 October	WTA 250	Japan Open	Hard	Osaka, Japan
26 October - 1 November	WTA 500	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Hard	Tokyo, Japan
26 October - 1 November	WTA 250	Guangzhou Open	Hard	Guangzhou, China
2-8 November	WTA 250	Prudential Hong Kong Open	Hard	Hong Kong, China
	WTA 250	Jiangxi Open	Hard	Jiujiang, China
	WTA 250	Prudential Hong Kong Open	Hard	Hong Kong, China
7-15 November	Finals	WTA Finals	Hard	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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