content_image/795378.jpg
<img src='content_image/795378.jpg'>

§ See Section VI for Wild Cards for the WTA Finals and WTA Elite Trophy. 

! See Section III.C.2.a.i(a) & (b) for unused Wild Cards at WTA 1000 and WTA 500 events. 

* See Section III.C.2.a.i(c) for unused Wild Cards at WTA 250 events. 

ii. Doubles 

WTA 1000 and WTA 500 Tournaments will receive one (1) Wild Card spot which can only be granted to a doubles team on which one (1) player is a Top 20 Player, past singles Grand Slam champion, past singles winner of the WTA Finals and/or former WTA ranked No. 1 singles or doubles player (“Doubles Top 20 Wild Card”). If there is no request for a Doubles Top 20 Wild Card at a WTA 1000 or WTA 500 Tournament, or a WTA 1000 or WTA 500 Tournament does not grant a Doubles Top 20 Wild Card to an eligible team, the unused Doubles Top 20 Wild Card(s) will go to the next-in on-site entry team in accordance with Section III.B.1.b.ii. 

WTA 250 Tournaments will receive one (1) Doubles Top 20 Wild Card. If there is no request for a Doubles Top 20 Wild Card at a WTA 250 Tournament, the unused Doubles Top 20 Wild Card will revert to the Tournament as an additional Doubles Wild Card. However, if one (1) or more eligible team(s) requests the Doubles Top 20 Wild Card but the Tournament does not grant it to them, the unused Doubles Top 20 Wild Card will go to the next-in on-site entry team in accordance with Section III.B.1.b.ii. 

Notwithstanding any other Wild Card rule, any player accepting a Doubles Top 20 Wild Card who subsequently withdraws or retires from the doubles Draw shall forfeit any right she may have to unlimited Doubles Wild Cards (i.e., eligible only for the annual maximum of three (3) Doubles Wild Cards), unless: (a) the player also withdraws/retires from the singles Draw; (b) the player is declared unfit to play; or (c) the player also withdraws from playing singles in a Tournament she entered to be held the following week. 

