The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2004, the ITF Women's circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000.

The ITF world champions in 2004 were Anastasia Myskina (senior singles), Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (senior doubles) and Michaëlla Krajicek (combined junior ranking).[1]

Tournament breakdown by region

Region Number of events Total prize money
Africa 17 $200,000
Asia 52 $1,000,000
Europe 195 $3,835,000
North America* 61 $1,715,000
Oceania 12 $225,000
South America 12 $135,000
Total 349 $7,110,000

*Includes figures for events in Central America and the Caribbean.

Singles titles by nation

Rank Nation Titles won
1. Czech Republic Czech Republic 27
= United States USA 27
3. Spain Spain 18
= Russia Russia 18
5. Argentina Argentina 14
= Germany Germany 14
= Romania Romania 14
8. France France 13
= India India 13
10. Australia Australia 12
11. Italy Italy 11
12. China China 10
= Hungary Hungary 10
= Japan Japan 10
15. Serbia Serbia 9
16. Brazil Brazil 8
= South Korea Korea 8
= Poland Poland 8
19. Netherlands Netherlands 7
= Portugal Portugal 7

This list displays only the top 20 nations in terms of singles titles wins.

Sources

References

  1. "List of ITF World Champions". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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