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2014 WTA Tour

Serena Williams finished the year as world No. 1 for the fourth time in her career. She won seven singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open, as well as the WTA Finals. She also won three Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events.
Details
Duration	December 28, 2013 – November 9, 2014
Edition	44th
Tournaments	58
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Tour Championships WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (31) WTA Tournament of Champions
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Serena Williams (7)
Most finals	Serena Williams (7)
Prize money leader	Serena Williams (US$9,317,298)
Points leader	Serena Williams (8,487)
Awards
Player of the year	Serena Williams
Doubles team of the year	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Most improved player of the year	Eugenie Bouchard
Newcomer of the year	Belinda Bencic
Comeback player of the year	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
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The 2014 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2014 tennis season. The 2014 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions).^[1] Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2014 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
30 Dec	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	France 2–1	Poland	Round robin (Group A)  Canada  Italy  Australia	Round robin (Group B)  Czech Republic  United States  Spain
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 7–5	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova Jelena Janković	Dominika Cibulková Kaia Kanepi Angelique Kerber Stefanie Vögele
Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–1	Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva
Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Li Na 6–4, 7–5	Peng Shuai	Annika Beck Vania King	Monica Niculescu Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Jana Čepelová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–4	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok
ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 5–7, 6–4	Venus Williams	Jamie Hampton Kirsten Flipkens	Lauren Davis Garbiñe Muguruza Sachie Ishizu Kurumi Nara
Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez 2–6, 6–0, [10–4]	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek
6 Jan	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $710,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–4	Angelique Kerber	Madison Keys Petra Kvitová	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Carla Suárez Navarro Sara Errani Lucie Šafářová
Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 6–4, 6–0	Klára Zakopalová	Samantha Stosur Estrella Cabeza Candela	Bojana Jovanovski Alison Riske Monica Niculescu Kirsten Flipkens
Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]	Lisa Raymond Zhang Shuai
13 Jan 20 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $12,122,762 128S/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Li Na 7–6(7–3), 6–0	Dominika Cibulková	Eugenie Bouchard Agnieszka Radwańska	Ana Ivanovic Flavia Pennetta Simona Halep Victoria Azarenka
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–4, 3–6, 7–5	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor 6–3, 6–2	Sania Mirza Horia Tecău
27 Jan	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $710,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Sara Errani	Maria Sharapova Alizé Cornet	Kirsten Flipkens Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Andrea Petkovic
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–5]	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ekaterina Makarova 6–3, 7–6(9–7)	Karolína Plíšková	Andrea Hlaváčková Julia Görges	Peng Shuai Kimiko Date-Krumm Sorana Cîrstea Elena Vesnina
Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Feb	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Cleveland, United States – hard (i) Sevilla, Spain – Clay (red) Bratislava, Slovakia – hard (i) Hobart, Australia – hard	Quarterfinals winners Italy 3–1 Czech Republic 3–2 Germany 3–1 Australia 4–0	Quarterfinals losers United States Spain Slovakia Russia
10 Feb	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,369,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–3	Angelique Kerber	Jelena Janković Agnieszka Radwańska	Petra Cetkovská Petra Kvitová Sara Errani Yanina Wickmayer
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–4, 6–0	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
17 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,000,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–3, 6–0	Alizé Cornet	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki	Jelena Janković Carla Suárez Navarro Sorana Cîrstea Flavia Pennetta
Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kurumi Nara 6–1, 4–6, 6–1	Klára Zakopalová	Teliana Pereira Nastassja Burnett	Katarzyna Piter Irina-Camelia Begu Paula Ormaechea Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen 6–2, 6–0	Johanna Larsson Chanelle Scheepers
24 Feb	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4	Christina McHale	Zhang Shuai Caroline Garcia	Marina Erakovic Ajla Tomljanović Kaia Kanepi Eugenie Bouchard
Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]	Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer
Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Klára Zakopalová 4–6, 7–5, 6–0	Garbiñe Muguruza	Carla Suárez Navarro Yaroslava Shvedova	Monica Niculescu Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Cadanțu Alison Van Uytvanck
Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–3]	Francesca Schiavone Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Mar 10 Mar	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $5,946,740 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 6–1	Agnieszka Radwańska	Li Na Simona Halep	Dominika Cibulková Sloane Stephens Casey Dellacqua Jelena Janković
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 7–6(7–5), 6–2	Cara Black Sania Mirza
17 Mar 24 Mar	Sony Open Tennis Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $5,427,105 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–1	Li Na	Maria Sharapova Dominika Cibulková	Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitová Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki
Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
31 Mar	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $710,000 (Green) – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 6–2	Jana Čepelová	Belinda Bencic Eugenie Bouchard	Daniela Hantuchová Sara Errani Lucie Šafářová Jelena Janković
Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 6–1	Jovana Jakšić	Kimiko Date-Krumm Caroline Wozniacki	Monica Puig Julia Boserup Karolína Plíšková Magdaléna Rybáriková
Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]	Tímea Babos Olga Govortsova

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Apr	BNP Paribas Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Alizé Cornet 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–5	Camila Giorgi	Agnieszka Radwańska Carla Suárez Navarro	Yvonne Meusburger Klára Koukalová Magdaléna Rybáriková Shahar Pe'er
Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk 6–4, 5–7, [10–7]	Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu
Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Chanelle Scheepers Vania King	Lara Arruabarrena Lourdes Domínguez Lino Romina Oprandi Mariana Duque Mariño
Lara Arruabarrena Caroline Garcia 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Vania King Chanelle Scheepers
14 Apr	Fed Cup Semifinals Brisbane, Australia – hard Ostrava, Czech Republic – hard (i)	Semifinals winners  Czech Republic 4–0  Germany 3–1	Semifinals losers  Italy  Australia
Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Donna Vekić 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)	Dominika Cibulková	Karolína Plíšková Zhang Shuai	Zarina Diyas Çağla Büyükakçay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Magda Linette
Tímea Babos Chan Hao-ching 6–3, 6–4	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Saisai
21 Apr	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $710,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Ana Ivanovic	Sara Errani Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Carla Suárez Navarro Alisa Kleybanova Svetlana Kuznetsova
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–3	Cara Black Sania Mirza
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Marrakesh, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	María Teresa Torró Flor 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Romina Oprandi	Daniela Hantuchová Garbiñe Muguruza	Peng Shuai Yvonne Meusburger Polona Hercog Shahar Pe'er
Garbiñe Muguruza Romina Oprandi 4–6, 6–2, [11–9]	Katarzyna Piter Maryna Zanevska
28 Apr	Portugal Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Carla Suárez Navarro 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Vesnina	Polona Hercog Timea Bacsinszky Roberta Vinci Eugenie Bouchard
Cara Black Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–3	Eva Hrdinová Valeria Solovyeva

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – $4,942,700 – 64S/28D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 1–6, 6–2, 6–3	Simona Halep	Petra Kvitová Agnieszka Radwańska	Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic Caroline Garcia Li Na
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
12 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $2,369,000– 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–0	Sara Errani	Ana Ivanovic Jelena Janković	Zhang Shuai Carla Suárez Navarro Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 4–0, retired	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
19 May	Nürnberger Versicherungscup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Eugenie Bouchard 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Elina Svitolina Karin Knapp	Angelique Kerber Mona Barthel Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova
Michaëlla Krajicek Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 4–6, [10–6]	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Monica Puig 6–4, 6–3	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Madison Keys Christina McHale	Julia Görges Andrea Petkovic Zarina Diyas Camila Giorgi
Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel
26 May 2 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $11,315,740 128S/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4	Simona Halep	Eugenie Bouchard Andrea Petkovic	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro Svetlana Kuznetsova Sara Errani
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–4, 6–1	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Jean-Julien Rojer 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]	Julia Görges Nenad Zimonjić

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Jun	Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $710,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic 6–3, 6–2	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Zhang Shuai Casey Dellacqua	Klára Koukalová Sloane Stephens Kirsten Flipkens Kimiko Date-Krumm
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 7–6(7–1), 6–1	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
16 Jun	Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $710,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Madison Keys 6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Angelique Kerber	Caroline Wozniacki Heather Watson	Ekaterina Makarova Camila Giorgi Lauren Davis Petra Kvitová
Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 5–7, [10–7]	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta
Topshelf Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–4	Zheng Jie	Magdaléna Rybáriková Klára Koukalová	Annika Beck Elina Svitolina Garbiñe Muguruza Yaroslava Shvedova
Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja 0–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]	Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic
23 Jun 30 Jun	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $11,174,883 128S/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–0	Eugenie Bouchard	Simona Halep Lucie Šafářová	Angelique Kerber Sabine Lisicki Ekaterina Makarova Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–3	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
Samantha Stosur Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–2	Chan Hao-ching Max Mirnyi

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Jul	BRD Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–1, 6–3	Roberta Vinci	Monica Niculescu Kristína Kučová	Lara Arruabarrena Polona Hercog Danka Kovinić Petra Cetkovská
Elena Bogdan Alexandra Cadanțu 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	Çağla Büyükakçay Karin Knapp
Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Petkovic 6–3, 6–3	Shelby Rogers	Grace Min Sara Errani	Karolína Plíšková Stefanie Vögele Camila Giorgi Chanelle Scheepers
Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor
14 Jul	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Mona Barthel 6–3, 7–6(7–3)	Chanelle Scheepers	Jana Čepelová Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Yulia Putintseva Lara Arruabarrena Kaia Kanepi Alexandra Panova
Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor 6–1, 6–1	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith
İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–1	Roberta Vinci	Kristina Mladenovic Ana Konjuh	Karolína Plíšková Francesca Schiavone Elina Svitolina Kurumi Nara
Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–0	Oksana Kalashnikova Paula Kania
21 Jul	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–1, 7–6(7–2)	Bojana Jovanovski	Stefanie Vögele Francesca Schiavone	Shahar Pe'er Misa Eguchi Kristina Mladenovic Pauline Parmentier
Alexandra Panova Heather Watson 6–2, 7–6(7–3)	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er
28 Jul	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $710,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 7–6(7–1), 6–3	Angelique Kerber	Andrea Petkovic Varvara Lepchenko	Ana Ivanovic Venus Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Sachia Vickery
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	Paula Kania Kateřina Siniaková
Citi Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Kurumi Nara	Marina Erakovic Ekaterina Makarova	Kristina Mladenovic Bojana Jovanovski Vania King Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Shuko Aoyama Gabriela Dabrowski 6–1, 6–2	Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Aug	Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,369,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–2	Venus Williams	Serena Williams Ekaterina Makarova	Caroline Wozniacki Carla Suárez Navarro Victoria Azarenka CoCo Vandeweghe
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 7–6(7–4), 6–3	Cara Black Sania Mirza
11 Aug	Western & Southern Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,369,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–4, 6–1	Ana Ivanovic	Caroline Wozniacki Maria Sharapova	Jelena Janković Agnieszka Radwańska Elina Svitolina Simona Halep
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–1, 2–0 retired	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
18 Aug	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $710,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–2	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Camila Giorgi Samantha Stosur	Alison Riske Garbiñe Muguruza Kirsten Flipkens Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Andreja Klepač Sílvia Soler Espinosa 7–5, 4–6, [10–7]	Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja
25 Aug 1 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $11,517,008 128S/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Ekaterina Makarova Peng Shuai	Flavia Pennetta Victoria Azarenka Belinda Bencic Sara Errani
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–3, 6–2	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta
Sania Mirza Bruno Soares 6–1, 2–6, [11–9]	Abigail Spears Santiago González

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Sep	Coupe Banque Nationale Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 6–4, 6–3	Venus Williams	Shelby Rogers Julia Görges	Lucie Hradecká Tatjana Maria Sesil Karatantcheva Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 6–3, 7–6(10–8)	Julia Görges Andrea Hlaváčková
Prudential Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sabine Lisicki 7–5, 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Francesca Schiavone Alison Van Uytvanck	Zheng Saisai Jana Čepelová Zheng Jie Jarmila Gajdošová
Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková 6–2, 2–6, [12–10]	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Arina Rodionova
Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Karin Knapp 6–2, 7–6(7–4)	Bojana Jovanovski	Nigina Abduraimova Lesia Tsurenko	Urszula Radwańska Akgul Amanmuradova Olga Govortsova Ksenia Pervak
Aleksandra Krunić Kateřina Siniaková 6–2, 6–1	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova
15 Sep	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 7–6(7–2)	Caroline Wozniacki	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza	Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová Casey Dellacqua Carla Suárez Navarro
Cara Black Sania Mirza 6–2, 7–5	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
Kia Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2	Varvara Lepchenko	Christina McHale Maria Kirilenko	Agnieszka Radwańska Magdaléna Rybáriková Kaia Kanepi Nicole Gibbs
Lara Arruabarrena Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 6–3	Mona Barthel Mandy Minella
Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Monica Niculescu 6–4, 6–0	Alizé Cornet	Wang Yafan Timea Bacsinszky	Zhang Kailin Monica Puig María Teresa Torró Flor Hsieh Su-wei
Chuang Chia-jung Liang Chen 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7]	Alizé Cornet Magda Linette
22 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,440,070 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–4	Eugenie Bouchard	Caroline Wozniacki Elina Svitolina	Alizé Cornet Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia Angelique Kerber
Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 5–7, [12–10]	Cara Black Caroline Garcia
29 Sep	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $5,427,105 – 60S/28D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–4, 2–6, 6–3	Petra Kvitová	Samantha Stosur Ana Ivanovic	Serena Williams Roberta Vinci Svetlana Kuznetsova Simona Halep
Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 6–4, 6–4	Cara Black Sania Mirza

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Oct	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Alison Riske 6–3, 6–4	Belinda Bencic	Zheng Saisai Peng Shuai	Sorana Cîrstea Varvara Lepchenko Hsieh Su-wei Ajla Tomljanović
Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač
HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 7–6(9–7), 6–3	Zarina Diyas	Elina Svitolina Luksika Kumkhum	Yulia Putintseva Lauren Davis Ana Konjuh Madison Keys
Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová 6–1, 6–2	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria
Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Camila Giorgi	Karin Knapp Anna-Lena Friedsam	Tsvetana Pironkova Marina Erakovic Stefanie Vögele Madison Brengle
Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili 6–2, 6–1	Annika Beck Caroline Garcia
13 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $710,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 5–7, 6–1	Irina-Camelia Begu	Kateřina Siniaková Lucie Šafářová	Vitalia Diatchenko Camila Giorgi Svetlana Kuznetsova Tsvetana Pironkova
Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 7–5	Caroline Garcia Arantxa Parra Santonja
BGL Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Annika Beck 6–2, 6–1	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Denisa Allertová Mona Barthel	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Varvara Lepchenko Johanna Larsson Kiki Bertens
Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois 3–6, 6–4, [10–4]	Lucie Hradecká Barbora Krejčíková
20 Oct	BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $6,500,000 – 8S (RR)/8D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–3, 6–0	Simona Halep	Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki	Round robin losers Eugenie Bouchard Ana Ivanovic Maria Sharapova Petra Kvitová
Cara Black Sania Mirza 6–1, 6–0	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
27 Oct	WTA Tournament of Champions Sofia, Bulgaria Year-end championships Hard (i) – $750,000 – 8S Singles	Andrea Petkovic 1–6, 6–4, 6–3	Flavia Pennetta	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Round robin losers Karolína Plíšková Dominika Cibulková Alizé Cornet Tsvetana Pironkova Ekaterina Makarova (withdrew)

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Nov	Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–1	Germany

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2014 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments.^[1] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Total	Player	Grand Slam	Year-end	Premier Mandatory	Premier 5	Premier	Inter­national	Total
S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
7	Serena Williams (USA)	●			●		●		● ●		● ●				7	0	0
5	Sara Errani (ITA)		● ●					●		●		●			0	5	0
5	Roberta Vinci (ITA)		● ●					●		●		●			0	5	0
5	Peng Shuai (CHN)		●					● ●		●				●	0	5	0
5	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)												● ●	● ● ●	2	3	0
4	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	●					● ●				●				4	0	0
4	Sania Mirza (IND)			●		●						●		●	0	3	1
4	Ana Ivanovic (SRB)										● ●		● ●		4	0	0
3	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	●							●		●				3	0	0
3	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)		●					●		●					0	3	0
3	Andrea Petkovic (GER)				●						●		●		3	0	0
3	Cara Black (ZIM)					●						●		●	0	3	0
3	Flavia Pennetta (ITA)						●			●		●			1	2	0
3	Martina Hingis (SUI)							●		●		●			0	3	0
3	Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)											● ●		●	0	3	0
3	Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)											● ●		●	0	3	0
3	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)											●	●	●	1	2	0
3	Klára Koukalová (CZE)												●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Monica Niculescu (ROU)												●	● ●	1	2	0
2	Li Na (CHN)	●											●		2	0	0
2	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)		●										●		1	1	0
2	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER)			●								●			0	1	1
2	Samantha Stosur (AUS)			●									●		1	0	1
2	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)			●										●	0	1	1
2	Sabine Lisicki (GER)							●					●		1	1	0
2	Simona Halep (ROU)								●				●		2	0	0
2	Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)									●		●			0	2	0
2	Květa Peschke (CZE)									●		●			0	2	0
2	Abigail Spears (USA)									●		●			0	2	0
2	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)										● ●				2	0	0
2	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)											●	●		1	1	0
2	Tímea Babos (HUN)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Andreja Klepač (SLO)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Caroline Garcia (FRA)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (CRO)												●	●	1	1	0
2	María Teresa Torró Flor (ESP)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Elina Svitolina (UKR)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Kristýna Plíšková (CZE)													● ●	0	2	0
1	Elena Vesnina (RUS)		●												0	1	0
1	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)							●							0	1	0
1	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)								●						1	0	0
1	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)									●					0	1	0
1	Madison Keys (USA)										●				1	0	0
1	Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)										●				1	0	0
1	Venus Williams (USA)										●				1	0	0
1	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)											●			0	1	0
1	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)											●			0	1	0
1	Sílvia Soler Espinosa (ESP)											●			0	1	0
1	Annika Beck (GER)												●		1	0	0
1	Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)												●		1	0	0
1	Mona Barthel (GER)												●		1	0	0
1	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)												●		1	0	0
1	Alizé Cornet (FRA)												●		1	0	0
1	Karin Knapp (ITA)												●		1	0	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Kurumi Nara (JPN)												●		1	0	0
1	Monica Puig (PUR)												●		1	0	0
1	Alison Riske (USA)												●		1	0	0
1	Coco Vandeweghe (USA)												●		1	0	0
1	Donna Vekić (CRO)												●		1	0	0
1	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)												●		1	0	0
1	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)													●	0	1	0
1	Kristina Barrois (GER)													●	0	1	0
1	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR)													●	0	1	0
1	Elena Bogdan (ROU)													●	0	1	0
1	Alexandra Cadanțu (ROU)													●	0	1	0
1	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)													●	0	1	0
1	Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)													●	0	1	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)													●	0	1	0
1	Casey Dellacqua (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Misaki Doi (JPN)													●	0	1	0
1	Marina Erakovic (NZL)													●	0	1	0
1	Sharon Fichman (CAN)													●	0	1	0
1	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	María Irigoyen (ARG)													●	0	1	0
1	Darija Jurak (CRO)													●	0	1	0
1	Michaëlla Krajicek (NED)													●	0	1	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)													●	0	1	0
1	Megan Moulton-Levy (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Liang Chen (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Raluca Olaru (ROU)													●	0	1	0
1	Romina Oprandi (SUI)													●	0	1	0
1	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Olga Savchuk (UKR)													●	0	1	0
1	Maria Sanchez (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Alexandra Panova (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Anna Tatishvili (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Renata Voráčová (CZE)													●	0	1	0
1	Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)													●	0	1	0
1	Heather Watson (GBR)													●	0	1	0
1	Zhang Shuai (CHN)													●	0	1	0

Total	Nation	Grand Slam	Year-end	Premier Mandatory	Premier 5	Premier	Inter­national	Total
S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
19	Czech Republic (CZE)	1						1	2	1	1	2	3	8	7	12	0
16	United States (USA)	1			1		1		1	1	4	1	2	3	11	5	0
13	Russia (RUS)	1	1				2				3	2	2	2	8	5	0
12	Spain (ESP)											3	3	6	3	9	0
10	Germany (GER)			1	1			1			1	1	4	1	6	3	1
9	Italy (ITA)		2				1	1		2		2	1		2	7	0
9	Romania (ROU)								1				2	6	3	6	0
8	China (CHN)	1	1					2		1			1	2	2	6	0
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)		1					1		1		1		2	0	6	0
6	France (FRA)			1									2	3	2	3	1
5	Australia (AUS)			1								2		2	0	4	1
5	Switzerland (SUI)							1		1		1		2	0	5	0
5	Serbia (SRB)										2		2	1	4	1	0
4	India (IND)			1		1						1		1	0	3	1
4	Croatia (CRO)												2	2	2	2	0
4	Japan (JPN)												1	3	1	3	0
3	Zimbabwe (ZIM)					1						1		1	0	3	0
3	Slovenia (SLO)									1		1		1	0	3	0
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)											1		2	0	3	0
3	Canada (CAN)												1	2	1	2	0
3	Ukraine (UKR)												1	2	1	2	0
2	Hungary (HUN)											1		1	0	2	0
1	Poland (POL)								1						1	0	0
1	Bulgaria (BUL)										1				1	0	0
1	Denmark (DEN)												1		1	0	0
1	Puerto Rico (PUR)												1		1	0	0
1	Slovakia (SVK)												1		1	0	0
1	Argentina (ARG)													1	0	1	0
1	Great Britain (GBR)													1	0	1	0
1	Netherlands (NED)													1	0	1	0
1	New Zealand (NZL)													1	0	1	0

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Tsvetana Pironkova – Sydney (draw) Garbiñe Muguruza – Hobart (draw) Kurumi Nara – Rio de Janeiro (draw) Caroline Garcia – Bogotá (draw) Donna Vekić – Kuala Lumpur (draw) María Teresa Torró Flor – Marrakesh (draw) Carla Suárez Navarro – Oeiras (draw) Eugenie Bouchard – Nuremberg (draw) Monica Puig – Strasbourg (draw) CoCo Vandeweghe - s'Hertogenbosch (draw) Madison Keys - Eastbourne (draw) Karin Knapp – Tashkent (draw) Alison Riske – Tianjin (draw) Annika Beck – Luxembourg City (draw)

Doubles

Sharon Fichman – Auckland (draw) Maria Sanchez – Auckland (draw) María Irigoyen – Rio de Janeiro (draw) Darija Jurak – Monterrey (draw) Megan Moulton-Levy – Monterrey (draw) Caroline Garcia – Bogotá (draw) Romina Oprandi – Marrakesh (draw) Elena Bogdan – Bucharest (draw) Alexandra Cadanțu – Bucharest (draw) Elina Svitolina – Istanbul (draw) Misaki Doi – Istanbul (draw) Gabriela Dabrowski – Washington (draw) Carla Suárez Navarro – Stanford (draw) Sílvia Soler Espinosa – New Haven (draw) Aleksandra Krunić – Tashkent (draw) Kateřina Siniaková – Tashkent (draw) Liang Chen – Guangzhou (draw) Anna Tatishvili – Linz (draw) Kristina Barrois – Luxembourg City (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
Li Na – Shenzhen (draw) Serena Williams – Brisbane (draw), Miami (draw), Rome (draw), US Open (draw), WTA Finals (draw) Maria Sharapova – Stuttgart (draw) Elina Svitolina – Baku (draw) Samantha Stosur – Osaka (draw)

Doubles
Sara Errani – Australian Open (draw) Roberta Vinci – Australian Open (draw) Anabel Medina Garrigues – Florianópolis (draw) Yaroslava Shvedova – Florianópolis (draw) Shuko Aoyama – Washington (draw) Cara Black – Tokyo (draw) Sania Mirza – Tokyo (draw)

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles
Simona Halep (enters at #10 on January 27) Dominika Cibulková (enters at #10 on March 31) Eugenie Bouchard (enters at #7 on July 7)

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players at the current date of the 2014 season.^[2] Players with a gold background qualified for the WTA Tour Championships.

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Serena Williams (USA)	Year-End 2013	Year-End 2014

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Sara Errani (ITA)  Roberta Vinci (ITA)	Year-end 2013	16 February 2014
Peng Shuai (CHN)	17 February 2014
Peng Shuai (CHN)  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	12 May 2014	18 May 2014
Peng Shuai (CHN)	19 May 2014
Peng Shuai (CHN)  Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	9 June 2014	6 July 2014
Sara Errani (ITA)  Roberta Vinci (ITA)	7 July 2014	Year-end 2014

Serena Williams lead for the 2nd consecutive year, and 5th overall, with the second highest single-season earnings. Also for the second consecutive season, top-25 players earned over $1,000,000. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci each made $1,001,168 by playing in doubles tournaments. It was the 1st time in WTA Tour history a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Bonus Pool	Year-to-date
1	Serena Williams  (USA)	$8,823,749	$43,549	$0	$450,000	$9,317,298
2	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	$5,439,357	$0	$0	$400,000	$5,839,357
3	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	$4,845,342	$7,894	$0	$350,000	$5,203,236
4	Simona Halep  (ROU)	$4,506,687	$13,076	$0	$0	$4,519,763
5	Li Na  (CHN)	$3,409,885	$0	$0	$0	$3,409,885
6	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)	$3,172,350	$0	$0	$200,000	$3,372,350
7	Eugenie Bouchard  (CAN)	$3,196,832	$24,097	$0	$0	$3,220,929
8	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)	$2,745,411	$0	$0	$450,000	$3,195,411
9	Sara Errani  (ITA)	$1,363,388	$1,001,168	$0	$225,000	$2,589,556
10	Flavia Pennetta  (ITA)	$2,083,590	$314,655	$0	$0	$2,398,245
prize money given in US$ as of November 3, 2014[7]

as of November 10, 2014^[8]

The points distribution was modified for the 2014 season.^[9] Main draw rounds usually give a little less points, but there is no change for the champion (W). Points for qualifying rounds (Q) have changed in both directions depending on the tournament category. Points earned in 2013 retain their value until they expire after 52 weeks.

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	+810	+360	(230 for each round robin win, 70 for each loss)
WTA Championships (D)	1500	1050	780	460	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S,64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56S,48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	–	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tournament of Champions	+195	+75	(60 for each round robin win, 25 for each loss)
WTA International (32S,32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S,16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	–	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2014 season:

List of Retirements

Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979 in Budapest, Hungary), joined the pro tour in 1997, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 40 in 2011. Arn won two singles titles on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams, she reached the third round twice; first at the 2012 Australian Open and then in the same year at the US Open. She was an active part on the Hungarian Fed Cup team, playing 13 ties between 2008 and 2013. She decided to retire in January 2014 at the age of 34. Kristina Barrois (born 30 September 1981 in Ottweiler, Germany), turned pro in 2005, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 57 in 2011 and a highest doubles ranking of number 55 in 2012. At the Luxembourg Open in October 2014, Barrois announced her intent to retire at the conclusion of the event, and though she lost to Lucie Hradecká in the singles, she claimed her first ever WTA title in the final match of her career – the doubles final paired with Timea Bacsinszky. Sarah Borwell (born 20 August 1979 in Middlesbrough, Great Britain), turned pro in 2002, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 199 in 2006. Highest doubles ranking of number 65 in 2010. She retired from professional tennis at the age of 34. Mallory Burdette (born 28 January 1991 in Macon, Georgia, United States), turned pro in 2012, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 68 in 2013. She reached the third round of the 2012 US Open. She retired from professional tennis in October 2014, after being inactive for a year due to a shoulder injury, at the age of 23. Catalina Castaño (born 7 July 1979 in Pereira, Colombia), turned pro in 1998, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 35 on 10 July 2006. Her highest doubles ranking was number 71 on 8 July 2013. Castaño won two doubles titles on the WTA tour. She retired from professional tennis in July 2014 at the age of 35, after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Stéphanie Dubois (born 31 October 1986 in Laval, Quebec, Canada), turned pro in 2004, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 87 in 2012. Her highest doubles ranking was number 102 in 2008. She retired from professional tennis in September 2014, after losing to Julia Görges in the first round of the Coupe Banque Nationale, at the age of 27. Christina Fusano (born November 27, 1980, in Sacramento, California, United States), turned pro in 2003, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 417 in 2005 and a highest doubles ranking of number 84 in 2008. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 33. Angela Haynes (born 27 September 1984 in Bellflower, California, United States), turned pro in 2002, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 95 in 2005. Highest doubles ranking of number 86 in 2008. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 29. Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina), turned pro in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 99 in 2004. Highest doubles ranking of number 59 in 2006. Jugić-Salkić won two doubles titles on the WTA tour. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 33. Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg), turned pro in 1998, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 18 in 2002. Kremer won two singles titles on the WTA tour. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 after BGL Luxembourg Open at the age of 38. Regina Kulikova (born January 30, 1989, in Almaty, Kazakhstan), turned pro in 2004, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 65 in 2010. Highest doubles ranking of number 226 in 2011. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 25. Li Na (born 26 February 1982 in Wuhan, China), turned pro in 1999, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 2 in 2014. She also historically won 2 grand slam singles titles at the 2011 French Open and the 2014 Australian Open, becoming the first Chinese national to become a grand slam singles champion. Li reached 4 grand slam finals in her career as well as 6 grand slam semi-finals. She has won 9 WTA titles while reaching 21 finals. Among her other feats were becoming the first Chinese player to win a WTA title, the first to win a Premier-level title, the first to compete in singles at the WTA Finals, and the first to crack the Top 20, the Top 10, and the Top 5 on the WTA rankings. Li is known for her fiery cross-court forehand as well as her hilarious on court speeches, famously poking fun at her husband Jiang Shan. Li has been coached by famous tennis coach Thomas Högstedt, as well as Justine Henin's former coach Carlos Rodríguez. Li began the 2014 season in top form winning the first grand slam of the year. After having a clay and grass season filled with injuries and early defeats, Li decided not to play the summer hard court season due to a left knee injury which required surgery. On 19 September 2014 Li announced her retirement via an open letter. She was number 6 at the time of her retirement. Sanda Mamić (born 22 March 1985 in Zagreb, Croatia), turned pro in 2004, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 83 in 2005. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 28. Iveta Melzer (born 1 February 1983 in Most, Czechoslovakia) joined the pro tour in 1998, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 25 in 2009 and a career high doubles ranking of number 17 in 2011. Melzer won two singles titles and fourteen doubles titles on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams, she reached the fourth round two times time at the 2011 Australian Open and 2012 Australian Open. In doubles she reached a quarterfinal on the 2011 US Open. But her highest result is the mixed title at the 2011 Wimbledon, won in pair with her fiancée Jürgen Melzer. She was an active part on the Czech Fed Cup team, playing 13 ties between 2002 and 2012. She decided to retire in August 2014 at the age of 31. Michaela Paštiková (born 27 March 1980 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia)joined the pro tour in 1996, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 89 in 2005 and a career high doubles ranking of number 35 in 2005. Paštiková won one doubles titles on the WTA tour. In Grand Slams doubles she reached a semifinal on the 2005 Australian Open.She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 34. Dinara Safina (born 27 April 1986 in Moscow, Russia) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. She turned pro in 2000, and won twelve singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA tour. She first reached the top of the women's rankings on 20 April 2009, holding the position for a total of 26 weeks. She and her brother, Marat Safin, is the only brother-sister pair to reach the top of the rankings on both the ATP and WTA Tour. Safina was the runner-up at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the 2009 French Open, falling to Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She also had success on the doubles tour, winning a Grand Slam doubles title at the 2007 US Open with Nathalie Dechy, and reached a high of no. 8 on the doubles ranking, on 12 May 2008. On the international stage, Safina won the Olympic silver medal in women's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Russia swept the podium at the event. Safina had been troubled by a back injury throughout her career. Her last professional match was at the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open, where she lost to Julia Görges in the second round. After 3 years of inactivity, she finally decided to officially retire from the tour in 2014 at the Mutua Madrid Open. Meghann Shaughnessy (born 13 April 1979 in Richmond, Virginia, United States), turned pro in 1996, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 11 in 2001, and a highest doubles ranking of number 4 in 2005. Shaughnessy won six singles titles on the WTA tour, and in 2003 reached her first career Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 34. Hana Šromová (born 10 April 1978 in Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia), turned pro in 1997, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 87 in 2006. Her highest doubles ranking was number 63 in 2006. She retired from professional tennis in 2014, at the age of 35. Paola Suárez (born June 23, 1976, in Buenos Aires, Argentina), turned pro in 1991, doubles she was a former world no. 1. reaching a career high singles ranking of number 9 in 2004 and a career high doubles ranking of number 1 in 2002. She has won 8 doubles Grand Slam (with Virginia Ruano Pascual), Suárez won four singles titles and forty-four doubles titles on the WTA tour. Suárez first retired in 2007. She returned from retirement in 2012, partnering with Gisela Dulko at the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, but they lost in the first round. The pair played at the London Summer Olympic Games, where they also lost in the first round. She retired for the second time 2014 season. Yuan Meng (born 9 May 1986 in Changsha, Hunan, China), turned pro in 2003, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 86 in 2008. In Grand Slams, she reached the second round twice, 2006 and 2008, first in the Australian Open. She retired from professional tennis in 2014 at the age of 27.

Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2014 WTA Tour season:

List of comebacks
Nicole Vaidišová (born 23 April 1989 in Nuremberg, West Germany), turned professional in 2003 (first retirement in 2010). She is a former world No. 7 in singles, a six-time WTA champion and two-time Grand Slam semifinalist. She returned to the tour, receiving a wildcard to compete in Coleman Vision Tennis Championships, an ITF $75,000 event, starting on September 15.

The winners of the 2014 WTA Awards were announced throughout the last two weeks of November.

List of Award Winners

Player of the Year – Serena Williams Doubles Team of the Year – Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci Most Improved Player – Eugenie Bouchard Comeback Player of the Year – Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Newcomer of the Year – Belinda Bencic Diamond Aces – Petra Kvitová Player Service – Lucie Šafářová Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award – Petra Kvitová Fan Favorite Singles Player – Agnieszka Radwańska Fan Favorite Doubles Team – Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci Fan Favorite Twitter – Caroline Wozniacki Fan Favorite Facebook – Maria Sharapova Fan Favorite Video – 2014 WTA Finals Best Moments Fan Favorite WTA Live Show – Pre-Wimbledon Party Fan Favorite Shot of the Year – Agnieszka Radwańska (Montréal SF) Fan Favorite Match of the Year – Serena Williams vs. Caroline Wozniacki, 2014 WTA Finals Fan Favorite Grand Slam Match of the Year – Maria Sharapova vs. Simona Halep, 2014 French Open final

• 2014 WTA 125K series
• 2014 ITF Women's Circuit
• 2014 ATP World Tour

• WTA Tour's 2014 match-facts statistics
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website