2012 WTA Premier tournaments
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The 2012 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2012 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 |
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7 March (2 weeks) |
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, USA |
Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–3 |
Maria Sharapova | Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic |
Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3 |
Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | ||||
21 March (2 weeks) |
Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, USA |
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4 |
Maria Sharapova | Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki |
Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na |
Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4] |
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | ||||
7 May | Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain |
Serena Williams 6–1, 6–3 |
Victoria Azarenka | Agnieszka Radwańska Lucie Hradecká |
Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Samantha Stosur Maria Sharapova |
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 3–6, [10–4] |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | ||||
1 October | China Open Beijing, China |
Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1 |
Maria Sharapova | Marion Bartoli Li Na |
Romina Oprandi Carla Suárez Navarro Agnieszka Radwańska Angelique Kerber |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–5, 7–5 |
Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza |
Premier 5[]
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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13 February | Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar |
Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2 |
Samantha Stosur | Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli |
Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Monica Niculescu Lucie Šafářová |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–3, 6–1 |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | ||||
14 May | Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy |
Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Li Na | Serena Williams Angelique Kerber |
Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta Petra Kvitová Venus Williams |
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–5 |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | ||||
6 August | Rogers Cup Montréal, Canada |
Petra Kvitová 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
Li Na | Caroline Wozniacki Lucie Šafářová |
Tamira Paszek Aleksandra Wozniak Roberta Vinci Agnieszka Radwańska |
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 2–6, [10–7] |
Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik | ||||
13 August | Western & Southern Open Mason, USA |
Li Na 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Angelique Kerber | Venus Williams Petra Kvitová |
Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Serena Williams |
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–1, 6–3 |
Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie | ||||
24 September | Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan |
Nadia Petrova 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 |
Agnieszka Radwańska | Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur |
Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani Maria Sharapova |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–1, 6–4 |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke |
Premier[]
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 January | 2012 Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia |
Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1 |
Daniela Hantuchová | Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone |
Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic |
Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2) |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | ||||
9 January | 2012 Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia |
Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
Li Na | Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová |
Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová |
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11] |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | ||||
6 February | Open GDF Suez Paris, France |
Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3 |
Marion Bartoli | Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová |
Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić | ||||
20 February | Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE |
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4 |
Julia Görges | Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković |
Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1 |
Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | ||||
2 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA |
Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1 |
Lucie Šafářová | Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur |
Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova | ||||
23 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany |
Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4 |
Victoria Azarenka | Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová |
Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur |
Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5 |
Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld | ||||
21 May | Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium |
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0 |
Simona Halep | Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson |
Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2 |
Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie | ||||
18 June | Aegon International Eastbourne, UK |
Tamira Paszek 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
Angelique Kerber | Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová |
Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova |
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, ret. |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | ||||
9 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA |
Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3 |
Coco Vandeweghe | Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer |
Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli |
Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6(9–7) |
Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King | ||||
16 July | Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA |
Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 7–5 |
Marion Bartoli | Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova |
Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4 |
Vania King Nadia Petrova | ||||
20 August | New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA |
Petra Kvitová 7–6(11–9), 7–5 |
Maria Kirilenko | Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani |
Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová |
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4] |
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | ||||
15 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia |
Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
Samantha Stosur | Ana Ivanovic Sofia Arvidsson |
Klára Zakopalová Vesna Dolonc Dominika Cibulková Maria Kirilenko |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] |
Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova |
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