2014 WTA Tour
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). Also included in the 2014 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
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 tournament titles | Serena Williams (7) |
| Most tournament 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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Li Na won her first Australian Open title and second major singles title after twice being runner-up. Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title and fifth major singles title overall in May. Petra Kvitová won her second major singles title at Wimbledon in July. Serena Williams won her record-tying sixth US Open and eighteenth major singles title at the 2014 US Open.
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