WTA rankings
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WTA rankings are the official world standings system used to determine the relative positions and seedings of professional women’s tennis players based on their performance in sanctioned tournaments.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WTA rankings canonical | 7 |
| WTA Race rankings | 1 |
| WTA Rankings | 1 |
| WTA doubles ranking | 1 |
| WTA singles ranking | 1 |
| WTA singles rankings | 1 |
| WTA year-end No. 1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8317591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WTA rankings Context triple: [WTA 1000 tournaments, importanceFor, WTA rankings]
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A.
WTA
WTA is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Travel Awards, an organization that recognizes and rewards excellence across the global travel and tourism industry.
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B.
WTA 1000 tournaments
WTA 1000 tournaments are the top-tier, high-ranking professional women’s tennis events on the WTA Tour, offering significant ranking points and prize money just below the Grand Slams.
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C.
WTA Finals
The WTA Finals is the season-ending championship tournament on the women’s professional tennis tour, featuring the year’s top-ranked singles players and doubles teams competing for one of the sport’s most prestigious titles.
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D.
ATP Rankings
ATP Rankings are the official weekly standings that determine the world’s top male professional tennis players based on their performance in sanctioned tournaments.
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E.
WTA Grand Slam
WTA Grand Slam refers to the highest tier of women’s professional tennis tournaments, comprising the four major championships—Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open—that offer the most ranking points, prize money, and prestige on the WTA Tour.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WTA rankings Target entity description: WTA rankings are the official world standings system used to determine the relative positions and seedings of professional women’s tennis players based on their performance in sanctioned tournaments.
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A.
WTA
WTA is the commonly used abbreviation for the World Travel Awards, an organization that recognizes and rewards excellence across the global travel and tourism industry.
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B.
WTA 1000 tournaments
WTA 1000 tournaments are the top-tier, high-ranking professional women’s tennis events on the WTA Tour, offering significant ranking points and prize money just below the Grand Slams.
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C.
WTA Finals
The WTA Finals is the season-ending championship tournament on the women’s professional tennis tour, featuring the year’s top-ranked singles players and doubles teams competing for one of the sport’s most prestigious titles.
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D.
ATP Rankings
ATP Rankings are the official weekly standings that determine the world’s top male professional tennis players based on their performance in sanctioned tournaments.
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E.
WTA Grand Slam
WTA Grand Slam refers to the highest tier of women’s professional tennis tournaments, comprising the four major championships—Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open—that offer the most ranking points, prize money, and prestige on the WTA Tour.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tennis ranking system
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women's tennis ranking ⓘ |
| administeredBy | WTA Tour staff ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
professional women's doubles tennis
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professional women's singles tennis ⓘ professional women's team rankings ⓘ |
| basedOn |
performance in Grand Slam tournaments
ⓘ
performance in ITF events that award WTA points ⓘ performance in Olympic tennis events ⓘ performance in WTA-sanctioned tournaments ⓘ |
| calculationPeriod | 52-week rolling period ⓘ |
| dataSource | official match results ⓘ |
| determinesStatus |
world No. 1 doubles team
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world No. 1 singles player ⓘ |
| eligibility | players with WTA ranking points ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Women's Tennis Association
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linked to:
Women’s Tennis Association
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| governingBody |
Women's Tennis Association
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linked to:
Women’s Tennis Association
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| hasComponent |
WTA Race rankings
ⓘ
linked to:
WTA rankings
WTA doubles rankings ⓘ WTA singles rankings ⓘ
linked to:
WTA rankings
|
| higherPointsFrom |
Grand Slam tournaments
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Slam tennis tournaments
WTA 1000 tournaments ⓘ WTA Finals ⓘ |
| lowerPointsFrom |
ITF tournaments with WTA points
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WTA 250 tournaments ⓘ WTA 500 tournaments ⓘ |
| pointsSystem | ranking points awarded by tournament round reached ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
tournament acceptance lists
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tournament seedings ⓘ |
| rankingType |
doubles rankings
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singles rankings ⓘ team rankings ⓘ |
| region | worldwide ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | ATP rankings ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| startYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| typicalUpdateDay | Monday ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Grand Slam tournaments
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Slam tennis tournaments
Olympic tennis event organizers ⓘ WTA Tour tournaments ⓘ
linked to:
WTA Tour
|
| usedFor |
determining world No. 1 in women's tennis
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entry into WTA tournaments ⓘ qualification for WTA Finals ⓘ seeding in WTA tournaments ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wtatennis.com/rankings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: WTA rankings Description of subject: WTA rankings are the official world standings system used to determine the relative positions and seedings of professional women’s tennis players based on their performance in sanctioned tournaments.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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