The WTA released word of its partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Monday, a move that follows last month’s news that the kingdom will host the tour’s season-ending championships in Riyadh starting this year and February’s announcement that it will sponsor the ATP men’s rankings.

Saudi Arabia has inked three major tennis deals this year to cement itself as a player in yet another sport as critics decry “sportswashing” moves.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has signed a "multi-year" deal with the WTA that will see it become the first naming partner of the official world rankings.

The WTA entered a “multi-year partnership” with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) that will see the PIF become the first naming rights sponsor of the WTA rankings. The controversial wealth fund,

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has agreed a multi-year partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

The announcement marks the PIF's latest foray into tennis, after the men's ATP tour also signed a multi-year 'strategic partnership' earlier this.WTA. Saudi Public Investment Fund. Saudi Arabia. ATP

The women's tennis tour (WTA) on Monday announced "a multi-year partnership" with the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund (PIF), emulating a deal made by the men's tour (ATP) in February.

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the WTA have today unveiled a multi-year partnership that will support their shared ambition to grow women’s professional tennis and inspire more women and girls around the world to take up the game.