News Source: China Post
| 16 days ago
The WTA Tour's new scheduling system with fewer mandatory tournaments has seen player withdrawals go down by more than one third in 2009. The tour has also withstood the global financial crisis, with attendance and prize money up significantly for...
News Source: Reuters
| 16 days ago
Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women's tour by earning $6,545,586 in 2009, according to the Women's Tennis Association. The 11-times grand slam champion and world number one now has career earnings approaching $30...
News Source: The Frontier Post
| 16 days ago
Serena Williams made her first big statement here with the strapless black jumpsuit and killer boots she wore to the draw at the Museum of Islamic Art; her last came on Sunday when she upstaged her sister Venus 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the final of the WTA'...
News Source: Arizona Republic
| 16 days ago
Serena Williams has set the record for single-season prize money in women's tennis by topping $6.5 million in 2009. Williams broke the WTA mark of slightly under $5.5 million, earned by Justine Henin in 2007. The American won the season-ending tour...
News Source: Voice of America
| 16 days ago
Serena Williams has won the WTA Championships in Doha by defeating the defending champion, her sister Venus Williams, in straight sets...Not only has she won the season-ending event here in Doha, but she will also finish the year as the world's...
News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 16 days ago
T he women’s tennis year will be put out of its misery this week with the final two events on the calendar – a sort of best-of-the-rest 12-woman tournament in Bali, Indonesia, for players who won lower-tier WTA Tour events, and the Fed Cup final...