2022 WTA Tour
The 2022 WTA Tour (branded as the 2022 Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals).
Iga Świątek finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won eight tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and US Open. She also won four WTA 1000 events. | |
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| Duration | 3 January – 13 November 2022 |
| Edition | 52nd |
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| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | Iga Świątek (8) |
| Most tournament finals | Iga Świątek (9) |
| Prize money leader | Iga Świątek ($9,875,525) |
| Points leader | Iga Świątek (11,085) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Iga Świątek |
| Doubles team of the year | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
| Most improved player of the year | Beatriz Haddad Maia |
| Newcomer of the year | Zheng Qinwen |
| Comeback player of the year | Tatjana Maria |
← 2021 2023 → | |
On December 1, 2021, WTA chairman Steve Simon announced that all tournaments scheduled to be held in both China and Hong Kong were suspended beginning in 2022, due to concerns regarding the security and well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai after her allegations of sexual assault against Zhang Gaoli, a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party.
As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the WTA, the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals), the ITF, and the four Grand Slam tournaments jointly decided that players from Belarus and Russia would not be allowed to play under the names or flags of their countries, but would remain eligible to play events until further notice. On 20 May 2022, the ATP and WTA also announced that ranking points would not be awarded for Wimbledon, due to a decision by the All England Club to prohibit players representing Belarus or Russia from participating in the tournament.
In March 2022, Hologic, an American medical diagnostics and technology company, signed a multi-year deal to become the first WTA Tour title sponsor since 2010 after the WTA's partnership with Sony Ericsson had ended. Hologic cited the WTA's stance on withholding events in China in the wake of Peng's allegations as one of its factors in deciding to sponsor the circuit.