Seventeen Tournaments, Fifteen Champions: Is the WTA Tour Becoming Impossible to Predict?

There were 17 WTA 500 tournaments in 2026 and fifteen different women won them. Apparently, the WTA Tour has decided that allowing somebody to win more than one of these tournaments is becoming rather excessive. Elena Rybakina managed it twice, winning Stuttgart and Ningbo. Mirra Andreeva also collected two, triumphing in Adelaide and Linz. Everybody …