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The 2010 WTA Premier tournaments are 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2010 WTA Tour . The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments .
Schedule
Premier Mandatory
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
10 March (2 weeks)
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , USA
Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–4
Caroline Wozniacki
Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska
Alisa Kleybanova María José Martínez Sánchez Elena Dementieva Zheng Jie
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur
23 March (2 weeks)
Sony Ericsson Open Miami , USA
Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1
Venus Williams
Justine Henin Marion Bartoli
Yanina Wickmayer Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki Samantha Stosur
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur
8 May
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid , Spain
Aravane Rezaï 6–2, 7–5
Venus Williams
Lucie Šafářová Shahar Pe'er
Nadia Petrova Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Li Na
Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 7–5
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
2 October
China Open Beijing , China
Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Vera Zvonareva
Shahar Pe'er Li Na
Ana Ivanovic Timea Bacsinszky Anastasija Sevastova Francesca Schiavone
Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova 7–6(7–2) , 1–6, [10–7]
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Premier 5
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
14 February
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , UAE
Venus Williams 6–3, 7–5
Victoria Azarenka
Shahar Pe'er Agnieszka Radwańska
Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vera Zvonareva Regina Kulikova
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
2 May
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy
María José Martínez Sánchez 7–65 , 7–5
Jelena Janković
Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic
Maria Kirilenko Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Lucie Šafářová
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2
María José Martínez Sánchez Nuria Llagostera Vives
9 August
W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati , USA
Kim Clijsters 2–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–2
Maria Sharapova
Ana Ivanovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Akgul Amanmuradova Flavia Pennetta Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli
Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(10–8)
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
16 August
Rogers Cup Montreal , Canada
Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–2
Vera Zvonareva
Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova
Marion Bartoli Kim Clijsters Zheng Jie Francesca Schiavone
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 3–6, [12–10]
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
20 September
Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan
Caroline Wozniacki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Elena Dementieva
Victoria Azarenka Francesca Schiavone
Agnieszka Radwańska Coco Vandeweghe Kaia Kanepi Vera Zvonareva
Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 4–6, [10-8]
Shahar Pe'er Peng Shuai
Premier
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
10 January
Medibank International Sydney Sydney , Australia
Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2
Serena Williams
Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka
Vera Dushevina Flavia Pennetta Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina
Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova
8 February
Open GDF Suez Paris, France
Elena Dementieva 6–7(5–7) , 6–1, 6–4
Lucie Šafářová
Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta
Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin
Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová w/o
Cara Black Liezel Huber
12 April
Family Circle Cup Charleston , USA
Samantha Stosur 6–0, 6–3
Vera Zvonareva
Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová
Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković
Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–4
Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek
26 April
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart , Germany
Justine Henin 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Samantha Stosur
Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er
Lucie Šafářová Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–63 , [10–5]
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
17 May
Warsaw Open Warsaw , Poland
Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4
Zheng Jie
Gréta Arn Li Na
Caroline Wozniacki Alona Bondarenko Sara Errani Tsvetana Pironkova
Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–4
Cara Black Yan Zi
14 June
Aegon International Eastbourne , UK
Ekaterina Makarova 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Victoria Azarenka
Marion Bartoli Samantha Stosur
María José Martínez Sánchez Kim Clijsters Elena Baltacha Svetlana Kuznetsova
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, [13–11]
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
26 July
Bank of the West Classic Stanford , USA
Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–1
Maria Sharapova
Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska
Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva
Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber 7–5, 6–7(8–10) , [10–8]
Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie
2 August
Southern California Open San Diego , USA
Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(7–9) , 6–3
Agnieszka Radwańska
Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta
Alisa Kleybanova Shahar Pe'er Coco Vandeweghe Samantha Stosur
Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
22 August
Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven , USA
Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Nadia Petrova
Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko
Flavia Pennetta Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Samantha Stosur
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–0
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
18 October
Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia
Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4
Maria Kirilenko
Vera Dushevina María José Martínez Sánchez
Zarina Diyas Anna Chakvetadze Dominika Cibulková Alisa Kleybanova
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez
References
Tournaments by year Premier Mandatory Premier 5 tournaments Premier tournaments
Grand Slam events WTA Premier tournaments
Sydney (S , D )
Paris (S , D )
Dubai (S , D )
Indian Wells (S , D )
Miami (S , D )
Charleston (S , D )
Stuttgart (S , D )
Rome (S , D )
Madrid (S , D )
Warsaw (S , D )
Eastbourne (S , D )
Stanford (S , D )
San Diego (S , D )
Cincinnati (S , D )
Montreal (S , D )
New Haven (S , D )
Tokyo (S , D )
Beijing (S , D )
Moscow (S , D )
WTA International tournaments
Brisbane (S , D )
Auckland (S , D )
Hobart (S , D )
Pattaya City (S , D )
Memphis (S , D )
Bogotá (S , D )
Acapulco (S , D )
Kuala Lumpur (S , D )
Monterrey (S , D )
Marbella (S , D )
Ponte Vedra Beach (S , D )
Barcelona (S , D )
Fes (S , D )
Estoril (S , D )
Strasbourg (S , D )
Birmingham (S , D )
's-Hertogenbosch (S , D )
Budapest (S , D )
Båstad (S , D )
Palermo (S , D )
Prague (S , D )
Portorož (S , D )
Bad Gastein (S , D )
İstanbul (S , D )
Copenhagen (S , D )
Guangzhou (S , D )
Quebec City (S , D )
Seoul (S , D )
Tashkent (S , D )
Linz (S , D )
Osaka (S , D )
Luxembourg City (S , D )
Team events
Underline denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships