2009 WTA Premier tournaments
The 2009 WTA Premier tournaments were 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2009 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments. They are divided into three levels: Premier Mandatory (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing), Premier 5 (Dubai, Roma, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo), and Premier (10 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).
Schedule
Premier Mandatory
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
9 March (2 weeks) | BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, USA | Vera Zvonareva 7–6(5), 6–2 | Ana Ivanovic | Victoria Azarenka
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki
Sybille Bammer Agnieszka Radwańska |
Victoria Azarenka
Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] | Gisela Dulko
Shahar Pe'er |
23 March (2 weeks) | Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA | Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1 | Serena Williams | Venus Williams
Svetlana Kuznetsova | Li Na
Iveta Benešová
Caroline Wozniacki
Samantha Stosur |
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 6–1, [10–3] | Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond |
11 May | Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain | Dinara Safina 6–2, 6–4 | Caroline Wozniacki | Patty Schnyder
Amélie Mauresmo | Alona Bondarenko
Jelena Janković
Ágnes Szávay
Vera Dushevina |
Cara Black
Liezel Huber 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond |
5 October | China Open Beijing, China | Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-4 | Agnieszka Radwańska | Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova | Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Peng Shuai |
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6-3 6-1 | Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova |
Premier 5
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
16 February | Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE | Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2 | Virginie Razzano | Serena Williams Kaia Kanepi | Ana Ivanovic
Elena Dementieva
Elena Vesnina
Vera Zvonareva |
Cara Black
Liezel Huber 6–3, 6–3 | Maria Kirilenko
Agnieszka Radwańska |
4 May | Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy | Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–2 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Venus Williams
Victoria Azarenka | María José Martínez Sánchez Agnieszka Radwańska
Jelena Janković
Kaia Kanepi |
Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai 7–5, 7–6(5) | Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama |
10 August | W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, USA | Jelena Janković 6–4, 6–2 | Dinara Safina | Flavia Pennetta
Elena Dementieva | Kim Clijsters
Daniela Hantuchová
Caroline Wozniacki
Sybille Bammer |
Cara Black
Liezel Huber 6–3, 0–6, [10–2] | Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez |
17 August | Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada | Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–3 | Maria Sharapova | Alisa Kleybanova Serena Williams | Jelena Janković
Agnieszka Radwańska
Samantha Stosur
Lucie Šafářová |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 7–5, [11–9] | Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs |
28 September | Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan | Maria Sharapova 5–2 retired | Jelena Janković | Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na | Iveta Benešová
Magdaléna Rybáriková Victoria Azarenka
Marion Bartoli |
Alisa Kleybanova /
Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–2 | Daniela Hantuchová /
Ai Sugiyama |
Premier
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
12 January | Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia | Elena Dementieva 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 | Dinara Safina | Serena Williams
Ai Sugiyama | Caroline Wozniacki
Agnieszka Radwańska
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Alizé Cornet |
Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai 6–0, 6–1 | Nathalie Dechy
Casey Dellacqua |
9 February | Open GDF Suez Paris, France | Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4 | Elena Dementieva | Serena Williams
Jelena Janković | Émilie Loit
Nathalie Dechy
Agnieszka Radwańska
Alizé Cornet |
Cara Black
Liezel Huber 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] | Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond |
13 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA | Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–4 | Caroline Wozniacki | Elena Dementieva
Marion Bartoli | Dominika Cibulková
Virginie Razzano
Melinda Czink
Elena Vesnina |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Nadia Petrova 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9] | Līga Dekmeijere
Patty Schnyder |
27 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany | Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3 | Dinara Safina | Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva | Agnieszka Radwańska
Jelena Janković
Gisela Dulko Marion Bartoli |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] | Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta |
18 May | Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland | Alexandra Dulgheru 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0 | Alona Bondarenko | Anne Keothavong
Daniela Hantuchová | Maria Sharapova Ioana Raluca Olaru
Galina Voskoboeva
Klára Zakopalová |
Raquel Kops-Jones
Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6–1 | Yan Zi
Zheng Jie |
15 June | Aegon International Eastbourne, UK | Caroline Wozniacki 7–6(5), 7–5 | Virginie Razzano | Marion Bartoli Aleksandra Wozniak | Agnieszka Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Ekaterina Makarova
Vera Dushevina |
Akgul Amanmuradova
Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3 | Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs |
27 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA | Marion Bartoli 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 | Venus Williams | Samantha Stosur
Elena Dementieva | Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Daniela Hantuchová
Maria Sharapova |
Serena Williams
Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1 | Chan Yung-jan
Monica Niculescu |
3 August | LA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife Los Angeles, USA | Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3 | Samantha Stosur | Sorana Cîrstea
Maria Sharapova | Zheng Jie
Agnieszka Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska
Vera Zvonareva |
Chuang Chia-jung
Yan Zi 6–0, 4–6, [10–7] | Maria Kirilenko
Agnieszka Radwańska |
24 August | Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick New Haven, USA | Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 | Elena Vesnina | Amélie Mauresmo
Flavia Pennetta | Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anna Chakvetadze
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Virginie Razzano |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 7–5 | Iveta Benešová
Lucie Hradecká |
19 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia | Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-0 | Olga Govortsova | Alona Bondarenko
Alisa Kleybanova | Tsvetana Pironkova
Maria Kirilenko
Vera Dushevina
Jelena Janković |
Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-2 | Maria Kondratieva
Klára Zakopalová |
References
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- 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)
- Los Angeles (S, D)
- Cincinnati (S, D)
- Toronto (S, D)
- New Haven (S, D)
- Tokyo (S, D)
- Beijing (S, D)
- Moscow (S, D)
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- Brisbane (S, D)
- Auckland (S, D)
- Hobart (S, D)
- Pattaya City (S, D)
- Memphis (S, D)
- Bogotá (S, D)
- Acapulco (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)
- Guangzhou (S, D)
- Quebec City (S, D)
- Seoul (S, D)
- Tashkent (S, D)
- Linz (S, D)
- Osaka (S, D)
- Luxembourg City (S, D)
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* Bold denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships * S = Singles draw, D = Doubles draw, X = Mixed Doubles draw |