Article: WTA Tour to Make Changes for 1998

Article: WTA Tour Disappointed at Wimbledon Prize ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  April 17, 1997 ;     315 words ... ... decision not to allocate equal prize money to men and women at this ... U.S. dollars). The WTA Tour's argument is that equal prize money should be paid from the ... to close the gap. Total prize money has risen by 6.5 percent ...

Article: Prize money leaders at WTA Tour
Xinhua News Agency;  September 10, 2005 ;     352 words ...Prize money leaders at WTA Tour BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Prize Money Leaders at the WTA Tour ahead of the 585,000 US dollars China Open WTA tournament ...

Article: Capriati Named WTA Tour Player of June
Xinhua News Agency;  July 10, 2001 ;     252 words ... ... 10 victory over Belgium's Kim Clijsters. Capriati, who lost at Wimbledon semifinals last week, is currently ranked number three in the world and leads all WTA Tour players in prize money with 1,683,031 U.S. dollars this year.

Article: WTA Tour Streamlines Schedule
AP Online;  March 27, 2007 ;     581 words ...KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - The WTA Tour approved a streamlined tournament ... chief executive officer of the WTA Tour. "And in return, fans deserve ... lengthen the offseason. The WTA Tour also announced a prize-money increase and stiffer penalties ...

Article: WOMEN LOSE LUSTRE AS INJURIES HIT With stars absent or unfit, the ...
The Sunday Herald;  August 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the title sponsor of the WTA Tour last year. Yet on the eve ... background of a campaign for equal prize money, tournament directors ... hard courts or grass on the WTA Tour. Meanwhile Davenport, whose prize money earnings remain the one part ...

Article: Doha to host WTA Tour Championships in 2008-10.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  June 29, 2007 ;     515 words ... ... four Grand Slams, the WTA Tour announced here today. The overall annual prize money would also be equal ... decisions to award equal prize money to the women, our ... in 2008 offer equal prize money," WTA Tour Chief Executive Larry ...

Article: Champions celebrate WTA Tour's 30th anniversity ...
AP Worldstream;  November 10, 2003 ;     368 words ... ... tennis gathered to celebrate the WTA Tour's 30th anniversary with its ... that offered $309,100 in prize money. By 1973, the circuit evolved into the WTA Tour. This year's total prize money is $52 million. Copyright ...