WTA Premier tournaments

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Premier Tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2009.

As of 2012, Premier events include:

• Four "Premier Mandatory" events in Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Madrid, and Beijing with prize money of $4.5 million.
• Five "Premier 5" events in Dubai/Doha, Rome, Cincinnati, Toronto/Montreal, and Tokyo with prize money of $2 million.
• Twelve "Premier" events with prize money of $600,000 to $1,000,000.
• Season-ending WTA Tour Championships, with a prize money of $4.45 million

The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are: Premier Mandatory 1000; Premier 5 900; Premier 470; WTA Tour Championships, up to 1,500 depending on number of round-robin matches won. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam and 280 for winning an International tournament. This system differs from that used for the men's ATP rankings, but only slightly. The men have nine Masters events with 1,000 points for the winner (akin to WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments), and the next two tiers of ATP tournaments offer 500 and 250 points for winning respectively.

Events

Legend
WTA Championships
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier

Chronology

Tournament	Also currently known as	City(s)	Country	Court surface	Prize money (US$)	Current champion
Brisbane	Brisbane International	Brisbane	Australia	Hard	655,000	Serena Williams (C)
Sydney	Apia International Sydney	Sydney	Australia	Hard	637,000	Agnieszka Radwańska (C)
Paris	Open GDF Suez	Paris	France	Hard (i)	637,000	Mona Barthel (C)
Doha	Qatar Ladies Open	Doha	Qatar	Hard	2,168,400	Victoria Azarenka (C)
Dubai	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Hard	2,000,000	Petra Kvitova (C)
Indian Wells	BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells	United States	Hard	5,536,664	Maria Sharapova (C)
Miami	Sony Ericsson Open	Key Biscayne	United States	Hard	4,828,050	Serena Williams (C)
Charleston	Family Circle Cup	Charleston	United States	Clay	740,000	Serena Williams (C)
Stuttgart	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Stuttgart	Germany	Clay (i)	740,000	Maria Sharapova (C)
Madrid	Mutua Madrid Open	Madrid	Spain	Clay	€ 3,755,140	Serena Williams (C)
Rome	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome	Italy	Clay	2,168,400	Serena Williams (C)
Brussels	Open de Bruxelles	Brussels	Belgium	Clay	618,000	Agnieszka Radwańska (D)
Eastbourne	AEGON International	Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Grass	637,000	Tamira Paszek (D)
Stanford	Bank of the West Classic	Stanford	United States	Hard	721,000	Serena Williams (D)
San Diego	Mercury Insurance Open	San Diego	United States	Hard	721,000	Dominika Cibulková (D)
Canada	Rogers Cup	Toronto / Montreal	Canada	Hard	2,168,400	Petra Kvitová (D)
Cincinnati	Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open	Mason	United States	Hard	2,168,400	Li Na (D)
New Haven	Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick	New Haven	United States	Hard	618,000	Petra Kvitová (D)
Tokyo	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo	Japan	Hard	2,168,400	Nadia Petrova (D)
Beijing	China Open	Beijing	China	Hard	4,828,050	Victoria Azarenka (D)
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Hard (i)	1,000,000	Caroline Wozniacki (D)
Championships	WTA Tour Championships	Istanbul	Turkey	Hard (i)	4,900,000	Serena Williams (D)

• (C)—Means Current Champion from the 2013 WTA Tour.
• (D)—Means Defending Champion from the 2012 WTA Tour.

Results

2013

Main article: 2013 WTA Premier tournaments

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Year-End Championship
Championships
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	Maria Sharapova	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–2
Miami	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Madrid	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6–1, 6–4
Beijing
Premier 5
Doha	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
Rome	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka	6–1, 6–3
Canada (Toronto)
Cincinnati
Tokyo
Premier
Brisbane	Serena Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–1
Sydney	Agnieszka Radwańska	Dominika Cibulková	6–0, 6–0
Paris	Mona Barthel	Sara Errani	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Dubai	Petra Kvitová	Sara Errani	6-2, 1-6, 6-1
Charleston	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Stuttgart	Maria Sharapova	Li Na	6-4, 6-3
Brussels
Eastbourne
Stanford
San Diego
New Haven
Moscow

2012

Main article: 2012 WTA Premier tournaments

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Year-End Championship
Championships	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 6–3
Miami	Agnieszka Radwańska	Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–4
Madrid	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka	6–1, 6–3
Beijing	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 6–1
Premier 5
Doha	Victoria Azarenka	Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–2
Rome	Maria Sharapova	Li Na	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Canada (Montreal)	Petra Kvitová	Li Na	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Cincinnati	Li Na	Angelique Kerber	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Tokyo	Nadia Petrova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Premier
Brisbane	Kaia Kanepi	Daniela Hantuchová	6–2, 6–1
Sydney	Victoria Azarenka	Li Na	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Paris	Angelique Kerber	Marion Bartoli	7–6(3), 5–7, 6–3
Dubai	Agnieszka Radwańska	Julia Görges	7–5, 6–4
Charleston	Serena Williams	Lucie Safarova	6–0, 6–1
Stuttgart	Maria Sharapova	Victoria Azarenka	6–1, 6–4
Brussels	Agnieszka Radwańska	Simona Halep	7–5, 6–0
Eastbourne	Tamira Paszek	Angelique Kerber	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Stanford	Serena Williams	Coco Vandeweghe	7–5, 6–3
San Diego	Dominika Cibulkova	Marion Bartoli	6–1, 7–5
New Haven	Petra Kvitová	Maria Kirilenko	7–6(9), 7–5
Moscow	Caroline Wozniacki	Samantha Stosur	6–2, 4–6, 7–5

2011

Main article: 2011 WTA Premier tournaments

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Year-End Championship
Championships	Petra Kvitová	Victoria Azarenka	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	Caroline Wozniacki	Marion Bartoli	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Miami	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–1, 6–4
Madrid	Petra Kvitová	Victoria Azarenka	7–6(3), 6–4
Beijing	Agnieszka Radwańska	Andrea Petkovic	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Premier 5
Dubai	Caroline Wozniacki	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
Rome	Maria Sharapova	Samantha Stosur	6–2, 6–4
Canada (Toronto)	Serena Williams	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 6–2
Cincinnati	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Jankovic	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–3
Tokyo	Agnieszka Radwańska	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–2
Premier
Sydney	Li Na	Kim Clijsters	7–6(3), 6–3
Paris	Petra Kvitová	Kim Clijsters	6–4, 6–3
Doha	Vera Zvonareva	Caroline Wozniacki	6–4, 6–4
Charleston	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–3
Stuttgart	Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki	7–6(3), 6–3
Brussels	Caroline Wozniacki	Peng Shuai	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Eastbourne	Marion Bartoli	Petra Kvitová	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Stanford	Serena Williams	Marion Bartoli	7–5, 6–1
San Diego	Agnieszka Radwańska	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–4
New Haven	Caroline Wozniacki	Petra Cetkovská	6–4, 6–1
Moscow	Dominika Cibulkova	Kaia Kanepi	3–6, 7–6(1), 7–5

2010

Main article: 2010 WTA Premier tournaments

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Year-End Championship
Championships	Kim Clijsters	Caroline Wozniacki	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	Jelena Janković	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4
Miami	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams	6–2, 6–1
Madrid	Aravane Rezaï	Venus Williams	6–2, 7–5
Beijing	Caroline Wozniacki	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Premier 5
Dubai	Venus Williams	Victoria Azarenka	6–3, 7–5
Rome	María José Martínez	Jelena Janković	7–6(5), 7–5
Cincinnati	Kim Clijsters	Maria Sharapova	2–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Canada (Montreal)	Caroline Wozniacki	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–2
Tokyo	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Dementieva	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Premier
Sydney	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–2
Paris	Elena Dementieva	Lucie Šafářová	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
Charleston	Samantha Stosur	Vera Zvonareva	6–0, 6–3
Stuttgart	Justine Henin	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Warsaw	Alexandra Dulgheru	Zheng Jie	6–3, 6–4
Eastbourne	Ekaterina Makarova	Victoria Azarenka	7–6(5), 6–4
Stanford	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–1
San Diego	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–4, 6–7(7), 6–3
New Haven	Caroline Wozniacki	Nadia Petrova	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Moscow	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 6–4

2009

Main article: 2009 WTA Premier tournaments

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Year-End Championship
Championships	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6–2, 7–6(4)
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	Vera Zvonareva	Ana Ivanović	7–6(5), 6–2
Miami	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–1
Madrid	Dinara Safina	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4
Beijing	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–2, 6–4
Premier 5
Dubai	Venus Williams	Virginie Razzano	6–4, 6–2
Rome	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2
Cincinnati	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2
Canada (Toronto)	Elena Dementieva	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
Tokyo	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Janković	5–2, retired
Premier
Sydney	Elena Dementieva	Dinara Safina	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Paris	Amélie Mauresmo	Elena Dementieva	7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4
Charleston	Sabine Lisicki	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4
Stuttgart	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
Warsaw	Alexandra Dulgheru	Alyona Bondarenko	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0
Eastbourne	Caroline Wozniacki	Virginie Razzano	7–6, 7–5
Stanford	Marion Bartoli	Venus Williams	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Los Angeles	Flavia Pennetta	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 6–3
New Haven	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
Moscow	Francesca Schiavone	Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–0

Winners

Year-End Championships

	Championships
2009	S. Williams (1/2)
2010	Clijsters (1/1)
2011	Kvitová (1/1)
2012	S. Williams (2/2)

Premier Mandatory

	Indian Wells	Miami	Madrid	Beijing
2009	Zvonareva (1/1)	Azarenka (1/4)	Safina (1/1)	Kuznetsova (1/1)
2010	Janković (1/1)	Clijsters (1/1)	Rezaï (1/1)	Wozniacki (1/2)
2011	Wozniacki (2/2)	Azarenka (2/4)	Kvitová (1/1)	Radwańska (1/2)
2012	Azarenka (3/4)	Radwańska (2/2)	S. Williams (1/3)	Azarenka (4/4)
2013	Sharapova (1/1)	S. Williams (2/3)	S. Williams (3/3)

Premier 5

	Dubai	Rome	Canada	Cincinnati	Tokyo
2009	V. Williams (1/2)	Safina (1/1)	Dementieva (1/1)	Janković (1/1)	Sharapova (1/4)
2010	V. Williams (2/2)	Martínez (1/1)	Wozniacki (1/3)	Clijsters (1/1)	Wozniacki (2/3)
2011	Wozniacki (3/3)	Sharapova (2/4)	S. Williams (1/2)	Sharapova (3/4)	Radwańska (1/1)
	Doha	Rome	Canada	Cincinnati	Tokyo
2012	Azarenka (1/2)	Sharapova (4/4)	Kvitova (1/1)	Li (1/1)	Petrova (1/1)
2013	Azarenka (2/2)	S. Williams (2/2)

Premier

		Sydney	Paris		Charleston	Stuttgart	Warsaw	Eastbourne	Stanford	Los Angeles	New Haven	Moscow
2009		Dementieva (1/3)	Mauresmo (1/1)		Lisicki (1/1)	Kuznetsova (1/2)	Dulgheru (1/2)	Wozniacki (1/7)	Bartoli (1/2)	Pennetta (1/1)	Wozniacki (2/7)	Schiavone (1/1)
		Sydney	Paris		Charleston	Stuttgart	Warsaw	Eastbourne	Stanford	San Diego	New Haven	Moscow
2010		Dementieva (2/3)	Dementieva (3/3)		Stosur (1/1)	Henin (1/1)	Dulgheru (2/2)	Makarova (1/1)	Azarenka (1/3)	Kuznetsova (2/2)	Wozniacki (3/7)	Azarenka (2/3)
		Sydney	Paris	Doha	Charleston	Stuttgart	Brussels	Eastbourne	Stanford	San Diego	New Haven	Moscow
2011		Li (1/1)	Kvitová (1/3)	Zvonareva (1/1)	Wozniacki (4/7)	Görges (1/1)	Wozniacki (5/7)	Bartoli (2/2)	S. Williams (1/5)	Radwańska (1/4)	Wozniacki (6/7)	Cibulkova (1/2)
	Brisbane	Sydney	Paris	Dubai	Charleston	Stuttgart	Brussels	Eastbourne	Stanford	San Diego	New Haven	Moscow
2012	Kanepi (1/1)	Azarenka (3/3)	Kerber (1/1)	Radwańska (2/4)	S. Williams (2/5)	Sharapova (1/2)	Radwańska (3/4)	Paszek (1/1)	S. Williams (3/5)	Cibulkova (2/2)	Kvitová (2/3)	Wozniacki (7/7)
2013	S. Williams (4/5)	Radwańska (4/4)	Barthel (1/1)	Kvitova (3/3)	S. Williams (5/5)	Sharapova (2/2)

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles WTA Premier titles won by each player and each nation since 2009. The players/nations are sorted by:

1) total number of titles;
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a Year-End Championships gives preference over any kind of combination without a YEC title);
3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles won by player

Total	Player	YEC	PM	P5	P
12	Williams, SerenaSerena Williams (USA)	● ●	● ● ●	● ●	● ● ● ● ●
12	Wozniacki, CarolineCaroline Wozniacki (DEN)		● ●	● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ●
9	Azarenka, VictoriaVictoria Azarenka (BLR)		● ● ● ●	● ●	● ● ●
7	Radwańska, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Radwańska (POL)		● ●	●	● ● ● ●
7	Sharapova, MariaMaria Sharapova (RUS)		●	● ● ● ●	● ●
6	Kvitová, PetraPetra Kvitová (CZE)	●	●	●	● ● ●
4	Dementieva, ElenaElena Dementieva (RUS)			●	● ● ●
3	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters (BEL)	●	●	●
3	Kuznetsova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)		●		● ●
2	Janković, JelenaJelena Janković (SRB)		●	●
2	Safina, DinaraDinara Safina (RUS)		●	●
2	Zvonareva, VeraVera Zvonareva (RUS)		●		●
2	Williams, VenusVenus Williams (USA)			● ●
2	Li Na (CHN)			●	●
2	Bartoli, MarionMarion Bartoli (FRA)				● ●
2	Cibulkova, DominikaDominika Cibulkova (SVK)				● ●
2	Dulgheru, AlexandraAlexandra Dulgheru (ROU)				● ●
1	Rezaï, AravaneAravane Rezaï (FRA)		●
1	Martínez Sánchez, María JoséMaría José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)			●
1	Petrova, NadiaNadia Petrova (RUS)			●
1	Barthel, MonaMona Barthel (GER)				●
1	Görges, JuliaJulia Görges (GER)				●
1	Henin, JustineJustine Henin (BEL)				●
1	Kanepi, KaiaKaia Kanepi (EST)				●
1	Kerber, AngeliqueAngelique Kerber (GER)				●
1	Lisicki, SabineSabine Lisicki (GER)				●
1	Makarova, EkaterinaEkaterina Makarova (RUS)				●
1	Mauresmo, AmélieAmélie Mauresmo (FRA)				●
1	Paszek, TamiraTamira Paszek (AUT)				●
1	Pennetta, FlaviaFlavia Pennetta (ITA)				●
1	Schiavone, FrancescaFrancesca Schiavone (ITA)				●
1	Stosur, SamanthaSamantha Stosur (AUS)				●

Titles won by nation

Total	Player	YEC	PM	P5	P
19	Russia (RUS)		● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
14	United States (USA)	● ●	● ● ●	● ● ● ●	● ● ● ● ●
12	Denmark (DEN)		● ●	● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ●
9	Belarus (BLR)		● ● ● ●	● ●	● ● ●
7	Poland (POL)		● ●	●	● ● ● ●
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	●	●	●	● ● ●
4	Belgium (BEL)	●	●	●	●
4	France (FRA)		●		● ● ●
4	Germany (GER)				● ● ● ●
2	Serbia (SRB)		●	●
2	China (CHN)			●	●
2	Italy (ITA)				● ●
2	Romania (ROU)				● ●
2	Slovakia (SVK)				● ●
1	Spain (ESP)			●
1	Australia (AUS)				●
1	Austria (AUT)				●
1	Estonia (EST)				●

See also

• WTA International tournaments

External links

• 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Calendar
• Tour Announces 2009 Roadmap Calendar