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WTA Premier tournaments

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WTA Premier tournamentswas a category oftennistournaments in theWTA Tour,implemented from the reorganization of the schedule in 2009 until 2020.

In 2020, Premier events included:

  • Four "Premier Mandatory" events in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing with prize money of $4.5 million.
  • Five "Premier 5" events in Doha, Rome, Cincinnati, Toronto/Montreal, and Wuhan with prize money of $2 million.
  • Twelve "Premier" events with prize money of $600,000 to $1,000,000.

The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are:

  • "Premier Mandatory" 1000
  • "Premier 5" 900 and
  • "Premier" 470.

This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam Tournament ( "major" ), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, and 280 for winning anInternational 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[edit]

Legend
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier
Tournament Officially known as City(ies) Country Surface Prize (US$) Current singles champion
Brisbane Brisbane International Brisbane AustraliaAustralia Hard 1,000,000 Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(2020)
Adelaide Adelaide International Adelaide AustraliaAustralia Hard 848,000 AustraliaAshleigh Barty(2020)
St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy St. Petersburg RussiaRussia Hard (i) 823,000 NetherlandsKiki Bertens(2020)
Dubai Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Hard 2,828,000 RomaniaSimona Halep(2020)
Doha Qatar Total Open Doha QatarQatar Hard 916,131 BelarusAryna Sabalenka(2020)
Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells United StatesUnited States Hard 9,035,428 CanadaBianca Andreescu(2019)
Miami Miami Open Miami Gardens United StatesUnited States Hard 9,035,428 AustraliaAshleigh Barty(2019)
Charleston Volvo Car Open Charleston United StatesUnited States Clay 823,000 United StatesMadison Keys(2019)
Stuttgart Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart GermanyGermany Clay (i) 886,077 Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(2019)
Madrid Mutua Madrid Open Madrid SpainSpain Clay 7,021,128 NetherlandsKiki Bertens(2019)
Rome Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome ItalyItaly Clay 3,452,538 RomaniaSimona Halep(2020)
Eastbourne Nature Valley International Eastbourne United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grass 998,712 Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(2019)
San Jose Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic San Jose United StatesUnited States Hard 799,000 ChinaZheng Saisai(2019)
Canada Rogers Cup Toronto/Montreal CanadaCanada Hard 2,820,000 CanadaBianca Andreescu(2019)
Cincinnati Western & Southern Open[1] Mason United StatesUnited States Hard 2,874,299 BelarusVictoria Azarenka(2020)
Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Open Zhengzhou ChinaChina Hard 799,000 Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(2019)
Ostrava J&T Banka Ostrava Open Ostrava Czech RepublicCzech Republic Hard 528,500 BelarusAryna Sabalenka(2020)
Tokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo JapanJapan Hard 799,000 JapanNaomi Osaka(2019)
Wuhan Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Wuhan ChinaChina Hard 2,746,000 BelarusAryna Sabalenka(2019)
Beijing China Open Beijing ChinaChina Hard 8,285,274 JapanNaomi Osaka(2019)
Moscow Kremlin Cup Moscow RussiaRussia Hard (i) 932,866 SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic(2019)

Singles results[edit]

2009[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells RussiaVera Zvonareva SerbiaAna Ivanovic 7–6(7–5),6–2
Miami BelarusVictoria Azarenka United StatesSerena Williams 6–3, 6–1
Madrid RussiaDinara Safina DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Beijing RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–4
Premier 5
Dubai United StatesVenus Williams FranceVirginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2
Rome RussiaDinara Safina RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
Cincinnati SerbiaJelena Janković RussiaDinara Safina 6–4, 6–2
Canada (Toronto) RussiaElena Dementieva RussiaMaria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3
Tokyo RussiaMaria Sharapova SerbiaJelena Janković 5–2 retired
Premier
Sydney RussiaElena Dementieva RussiaDinara Safina 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Paris FranceAmélie Mauresmo RussiaElena Dementieva 7–6(9–7),2–6, 6–4
Charleston GermanySabine Lisicki DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Stuttgart RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova RussiaDinara Safina 6–4, 6–3
Warsaw RomaniaAlexandra Dulgheru UkraineAlona Bondarenko 7–6(7–3),3–6, 6–0
Eastbourne DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki FranceVirginie Razzano 7–6, 7–5
Stanford FranceMarion Bartoli United StatesVenus Williams 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Los Angeles ItalyFlavia Pennetta AustraliaSamantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3
New Haven DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaElena Vesnina 6–2, 6–4
Moscow ItalyFrancesca Schiavone BelarusOlga Govortsova 6–3, 6–0

2010[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells SerbiaJelena Janković DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Miami BelgiumKim Clijsters United StatesVenus Williams 6–2, 6–1
Madrid FranceAravane Rezaï United StatesVenus Williams 6–2, 7–5
Beijing DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaVera Zvonareva 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Premier 5
Dubai United StatesVenus Williams BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–3, 7–5
Rome SpainMaría José Martínez SerbiaJelena Janković 7–6(7–5),7–5
Cincinnati BelgiumKim Clijsters RussiaMaria Sharapova 2–6, 7–6(7–4),6–2
Canada (Montreal) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaVera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2
Tokyo DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaElena Dementieva 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Premier
Sydney RussiaElena Dementieva United StatesSerena Williams 6–3, 6–2
Paris RussiaElena Dementieva Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová 6–7(5–7),6–1, 6–4
Charleston AustraliaSamantha Stosur RussiaVera Zvonareva 6–0, 6–3
Stuttgart BelgiumJustine Henin AustraliaSamantha Stosur 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Warsaw RomaniaAlexandra Dulgheru ChinaZheng Jie 6–3, 6–4
Eastbourne RussiaEkaterina Makarova BelarusVictoria Azarenka 7–6(7–5),6–4
Stanford BelarusVictoria Azarenka RussiaMaria Sharapova 6–4, 6–1
San Diego RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–7(7–9),6–3
New Haven DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaNadia Petrova 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Moscow BelarusVictoria Azarenka RussiaMaria Kirilenko 6–3, 6–4

2011[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki FranceMarion Bartoli 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Miami BelarusVictoria Azarenka RussiaMaria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4
Madrid Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová BelarusVictoria Azarenka 7–6(7–3),6–4
Beijing PolandAgnieszka Radwańska GermanyAndrea Petkovic 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Premier 5
Dubai DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3
Rome RussiaMaria Sharapova AustraliaSamantha Stosur 6–2, 6–4
Canada (Toronto) United StatesSerena Williams AustraliaSamantha Stosur 6–4, 6–2
Cincinnati RussiaMaria Sharapova SerbiaJelena Janković 4–6, 7–6(7–3),6–3
Tokyo PolandAgnieszka Radwańska RussiaVera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2
Premier
Sydney ChinaLi Na BelgiumKim Clijsters 7–6(7–3),6–3
Paris Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová BelgiumKim Clijsters 6–4, 6–3
Doha RussiaVera Zvonareva DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4
Charleston DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaElena Vesnina 6–2, 6–3
Stuttgart GermanyJulia Görges DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 7–6(7–3),6–3
Brussels DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki ChinaPeng Shuai 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Eastbourne FranceMarion Bartoli Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Stanford United StatesSerena Williams FranceMarion Bartoli 7–5, 6–1
San Diego PolandAgnieszka Radwańska RussiaVera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–4
New Haven DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki Czech RepublicPetra Cetkovská 6–4, 6–1
Moscow SlovakiaDominika Cibulková EstoniaKaia Kanepi 3–6, 7–6(7–1),7–5

2012[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells BelarusVictoria Azarenka RussiaMaria Sharapova 6–2, 6–3
Miami PolandAgnieszka Radwańska RussiaMaria Sharapova 7–5, 6–4
Madrid United StatesSerena Williams BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–3
Beijing BelarusVictoria Azarenka RussiaMaria Sharapova 6–3, 6–1
Premier 5
Doha BelarusVictoria Azarenka AustraliaSamantha Stosur 6–1, 6–2
Rome RussiaMaria Sharapova ChinaLi Na 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Canada (Montreal) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová ChinaLi Na 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Cincinnati ChinaLi Na GermanyAngelique Kerber 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Tokyo RussiaNadia Petrova PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Premier
Brisbane EstoniaKaia Kanepi SlovakiaDaniela Hantuchová 6–2, 6–1
Sydney BelarusVictoria Azarenka ChinaLi Na 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Paris GermanyAngelique Kerber FranceMarion Bartoli 7–6(7–3),5–7, 6–3
Dubai PolandAgnieszka Radwańska GermanyJulia Görges 7–5, 6–4
Charleston United StatesSerena Williams Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová 6–0, 6–1
Stuttgart RussiaMaria Sharapova BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–4
Brussels PolandAgnieszka Radwańska RomaniaSimona Halep 7–5, 6–0
Eastbourne AustriaTamira Paszek GermanyAngelique Kerber 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Stanford United StatesSerena Williams United StatesCoCo Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–3
Carlsbad SlovakiaDominika Cibulková FranceMarion Bartoli 6–1, 7–5
New Haven Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová RussiaMaria Kirilenko 7–6(11–9),7–5
Moscow DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki AustraliaSamantha Stosur 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

2013[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells RussiaMaria Sharapova DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–2
Miami United StatesSerena Williams RussiaMaria Sharapova 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Madrid United StatesSerena Williams RussiaMaria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4
Beijing United StatesSerena Williams SerbiaJelena Janković 6–2, 6–2
Premier 5
Doha BelarusVictoria Azarenka United StatesSerena Williams 7–6(8–6),2–6, 6–3
Rome United StatesSerena Williams BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–3
Canada (Toronto) United StatesSerena Williams RomaniaSorana Cîrstea 6–2, 6–0
Cincinnati BelarusVictoria Azarenka United StatesSerena Williams 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Tokyo Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
Premier
Brisbane United StatesSerena Williams RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–1
Sydney PolandAgnieszka Radwańska SlovakiaDominika Cibulková 6–0, 6–0
Paris GermanyMona Barthel ItalySara Errani 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Dubai Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová ItalySara Errani 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Charleston United StatesSerena Williams SerbiaJelena Janković 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Stuttgart RussiaMaria Sharapova ChinaLi Na 6–4, 6–3
Brussels EstoniaKaia Kanepi ChinaPeng Shuai 6–2, 7–5
Eastbourne RussiaElena Vesnina United StatesJamie Hampton 6–2, 6–1
Stanford SlovakiaDominika Cibulková PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Carlsbad AustraliaSamantha Stosur BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–3
New Haven RomaniaSimona Halep Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová 6–2, 6–2
Moscow RomaniaSimona Halep AustraliaSamantha Stosur 7–6, 6–2

2014[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells ItalyFlavia Pennetta PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–1
Miami United StatesSerena Williams ChinaLi Na 7–5, 6–1
Madrid RussiaMaria Sharapova RomaniaSimona Halep 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Beijing RussiaMaria Sharapova Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Premier 5
Doha RomaniaSimona Halep GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–2, 6–3
Rome United StatesSerena Williams ItalySara Errani 6–3, 6–0
Montreal PolandAgnieszka Radwańska United StatesVenus Williams 6–4, 6–2
Cincinnati United StatesSerena Williams SerbiaAna Ivanovic 6–4, 6–1
Wuhan Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová CanadaEugenie Bouchard 6–3, 6–4
Premier
Brisbane United StatesSerena Williams BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–4, 7–5
Sydney BulgariaTsvetana Pironkova GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4
Paris RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova ItalySara Errani 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Dubai United StatesVenus Williams FranceAlizé Cornet 6–3, 6–0
Charleston GermanyAndrea Petkovic SlovakiaJana Čepelová 7–5, 6–2
Stuttgart RussiaMaria Sharapova SerbiaAna Ivanovic 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Birmingham SerbiaAna Ivanovic Czech RepublicBarbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–3, 6–2
Eastbourne United StatesMadison Keys GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Stanford United StatesSerena Williams GermanyAngelique Kerber 7–6(7–1),6–3
New Haven Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová SlovakiaMagdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–2
Tokyo SerbiaAna Ivanovic DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Moscow RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova RomaniaIrina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 5–7, 6–1

2015[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells RomaniaSimona Halep SerbiaJelena Janković 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Miami United StatesSerena Williams SpainCarla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 6–0
Madrid Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–2
Beijing SpainGarbiñe Muguruza SwitzerlandTimea Bacsinszky 7–5, 6–4
Premier 5
Dubai RomaniaSimona Halep Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Rome RussiaMaria Sharapova SpainCarla Suárez Navarro 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Canada (Toronto) SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic RomaniaSimona Halep 7–6(7—5),6–7(4–7),3–0r
Cincinnati United StatesSerena Williams RomaniaSimona Halep 6–3, 7–6(7—5)
Wuhan United StatesVenus Williams SpainGarbiñe Muguruza 6–3, 3–0r
Premier
Brisbane RussiaMaria Sharapova SerbiaAna Ivanovic 6–7(4–6),6–3, 6–3
Sydney Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 7–6(7–5),7–6(8–7)
Antwerp GermanyAndrea Petkovic SpainCarla Suárez Navarro walkover
Doha Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–3
Charleston GermanyAngelique Kerber United StatesMadison Keys 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Stuttgart GermanyAngelique Kerber DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Birmingham GermanyAngelique Kerber Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 6–7(5–7),6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Eastbourne SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Stanford GermanyAngelique Kerber Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
New Haven Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová 6–7(6–8),6–2, 6–2
Tokyo PolandAgnieszka Radwańska SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic 6–2, 6–2
Moscow RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–1

2016[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells BelarusVictoria Azarenka United StatesSerena Williams 6–4, 6–4
Miami BelarusVictoria Azarenka RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
Madrid RomaniaSimona Halep SlovakiaDominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–4
Beijing PolandAgnieszka Radwańska United KingdomJohanna Konta 6–4, 6–2
Premier 5
Doha SpainCarla Suárez Navarro LatviaJeļena Ostapenko 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Rome United StatesSerena Williams United StatesMadison Keys 7–6(7–5),6–3
Canada (Montreal) RomaniaSimona Halep United StatesMadison Keys 7–6(7–2),6–3
Cincinnati Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–3, 6–1
Wuhan Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová SlovakiaDominika Cibulková 6–1, 6–1
Premier
Brisbane BelarusVictoria Azarenka GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–3, 6–1
Sydney RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova Puerto RicoMonica Puig 6–0, 6–2
St. Petersburg ItalyRoberta Vinci SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic 6–4, 6–3
Dubai ItalySara Errani Czech RepublicBarbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2
Charleston United StatesSloane Stephens RussiaElena Vesnina 7–6(7–4),6–2
Stuttgart GermanyAngelique Kerber GermanyLaura Siegemund 6–4, 6–0
Birmingham United StatesMadison Keys Czech RepublicBarbora Strýcová 6–3, 6–4
Eastbourne SlovakiaDominika Cibulková Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 7–5, 6–3
Stanford United KingdomJohanna Konta United StatesVenus Williams 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
New Haven PolandAgnieszka Radwańska UkraineElina Svitolina 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Tokyo DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki JapanNaomi Osaka 7–5, 6–3
Moscow RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova AustraliaDaria Gavrilova 6–2, 6–1

2017[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells RussiaElena Vesnina RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 6–7(6–8),7–5, 6–4
Miami United KingdomJohanna Konta DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–3
Madrid RomaniaSimona Halep FranceKristina Mladenovic 7–5, 6–7(5–7),6–2
Beijing FranceCaroline Garcia RomaniaSimona Halep 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Premier 5
Dubai UkraineElina Svitolina DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–2
Rome UkraineElina Svitolina RomaniaSimona Halep 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Canada (Toronto) UkraineElina Svitolina DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–0
Cincinnati SpainGarbiñe Muguruza RomaniaSimona Halep 6–1, 6–0
Wuhan FranceCaroline Garcia AustraliaAshleigh Barty 6–7(3–7),7–6(7–4),6–2
Premier
Brisbane Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková FranceAlizé Cornet 6–0, 6–3
Sydney United KingdomJohanna Konta PolandAgnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–2
St. Petersburg FranceKristina Mladenovic KazakhstanYulia Putintseva 6–2, 6–7(3–7),6–4
Doha Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–4
Charleston RussiaDaria Kasatkina LatviaJeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–1
Stuttgart GermanyLaura Siegemund FranceKristina Mladenovic 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Birmingham Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová AustraliaAshleigh Barty 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Eastbourne Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4
Stanford United StatesMadison Keys United StatesCoCo Vandeweghe 7–6(7–4),6–4
New Haven AustraliaDaria Gavrilova SlovakiaDominika Cibulková 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Tokyo DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–0, 7–5
Moscow GermanyJulia Görges RussiaDaria Kasatkina 6–1, 6–2

2018[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells JapanNaomi Osaka RussiaDaria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–2
Miami United StatesSloane Stephens LatviaJeļena Ostapenko 7–6(7–5),6–1
Madrid Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová NetherlandsKiki Bertens 7–6(8–6),4–6, 6–3
Beijing DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki LatviaAnastasija Sevastova 6–3, 6–3
Premier 5
Doha Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová SpainGarbiñe Muguruza 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Rome UkraineElina Svitolina RomaniaSimona Halep 6–0, 6–4
Canada (Montreal) RomaniaSimona Halep United StatesSloane Stephens 7–6(8–6),3–6, 6–4
Cincinnati NetherlandsKiki Bertens RomaniaSimona Halep 2–6, 7–6(8–6),6–2
Wuhan BelarusAryna Sabalenka EstoniaAnett Kontaveit 6–3, 6–3
Premier
Brisbane UkraineElina Svitolina BelarusAliaksandra Sasnovich 6–2, 6–1
Sydney GermanyAngelique Kerber AustraliaAshleigh Barty 6–4, 6–4
St. Petersburg Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová FranceKristina Mladenovic 6–1, 6–2
Dubai UkraineElina Svitolina RussiaDaria Kasatkina 6–4, 6–0
Charleston NetherlandsKiki Bertens GermanyJulia Görges 6–2, 6–1
Stuttgart Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková United StatesCoCo Vandeweghe 7–6(7–2),6–4
Birmingham Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová SlovakiaMagdaléna Rybáriková 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Eastbourne DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki BelarusAryna Sabalenka 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
San Jose RomaniaMihaela Buzărnescu GreeceMaria Sakkari 6–1, 6–0
New Haven BelarusAryna Sabalenka SpainCarla Suárez Navarro 6–1, 6–4
Tokyo Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková JapanNaomi Osaka 6–4, 6–4
Moscow RussiaDaria Kasatkina TunisiaOns Jabeur 2–6, 7–6(7–3),6–4

2019[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells CanadaBianca Andreescu GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Miami AustraliaAshleigh Barty Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 7–6(7–1),6–3
Madrid NetherlandsKiki Bertens RomaniaSimona Halep 6–4, 6–4
Beijing JapanNaomi Osaka AustraliaAshleigh Barty 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Premier 5
Dubai SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Rome Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková United KingdomJohanna Konta 6–3, 6–4
Canada (Toronto) CanadaBianca Andreescu United StatesSerena Williams 3–1 ret.
Cincinnati United StatesMadison Keys RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Wuhan BelarusAryna Sabalenka United StatesAlison Riske 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Premier
Brisbane Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková UkraineLesia Tsurenko 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Sydney Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová AustraliaAshleigh Barty 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
St. Petersburg NetherlandsKiki Bertens CroatiaDonna Vekić 7–6(7–2),6–4
Doha BelgiumElise Mertens RomaniaSimona Halep 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Charleston United StatesMadison Keys DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 7–6(7–5),6–3
Stuttgart Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová EstoniaAnett Kontaveit 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Birmingham AustraliaAshleigh Barty GermanyJulia Görges 6–3, 7–5
Eastbourne Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková GermanyAngelique Kerber 6–1, 6–4
San Jose ChinaZheng Saisai BelarusAryna Sabalenka 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Zhengzhou Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková CroatiaPetra Martić 6–3, 6–2
Osaka JapanNaomi Osaka RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–3
Moscow SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3–6, 6–1, 6–1

2020[edit]

Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells All tournaments cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Miami
Madrid
Beijing
Premier 5
Doha BelarusAryna Sabalenka Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová 6–3, 6–3
Canada (Montreal) Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
New York BelarusVictoria Azarenka JapanNaomi Osaka walkover
Rome RomaniaSimona Halep Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková 6–0, 2–1 ret.
Wuhan Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Premier
Brisbane Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková United StatesMadison Keys 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Adelaide AustraliaAshleigh Barty UkraineDayana Yastremska 6–2, 7–5
St. Petersburg NetherlandsKiki Bertens KazakhstanElena Rybakina 6–1, 6–3
Dubai RomaniaSimona Halep KazakhstanElena Rybakina 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Charleston tournaments cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Stuttgart
Berlin
Eastbourne
San Jose
Zhengzhou
Tokyo
Ostrava BelarusAryna Sabalenka BelarusVictoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–2
Moscow tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Singles champions[edit]

Premier Mandatory[edit]

Indian Wells Miami Madrid Beijing
2009 RussiaVera Zvonareva(1/1) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(1/6) RussiaDinara Safina(1/1) RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova(1/1)
2010 SerbiaJelena Janković(1/1) BelgiumKim Clijsters(1/1) FranceAravane Rezaï(1/1) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(1/3)
2011 DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(2/3) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(2/6) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(1/3) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(1/3)
2012 BelarusVictoria Azarenka(3/6) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(2/3) United StatesSerena Williams(1/6) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(4/6)
2013 RussiaMaria Sharapova(1/3) United StatesSerena Williams(2/6) United StatesSerena Williams(3/6) United StatesSerena Williams(4/6)
2014 ItalyFlavia Pennetta(1/1) United StatesSerena Williams(5/6) RussiaMaria Sharapova(2/3) RussiaMaria Sharapova(3/3)
2015 RomaniaSimona Halep(1/3) United StatesSerena Williams(6/6) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(2/3) SpainGarbiñe Muguruza(1/1)
2016 BelarusVictoria Azarenka(5/6) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(6/6) RomaniaSimona Halep(2/3) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(3/3)
2017 RussiaElena Vesnina(1/1) United KingdomJohanna Konta(1/1) RomaniaSimona Halep(3/3) FranceCaroline Garcia(1/1)
2018 JapanNaomi Osaka(1/2) United StatesSloane Stephens(1/1) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(3/3) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(3/3)
2019 CanadaBianca Andreescu(1/1) AustraliaAshleigh Barty(1/1) NetherlandsKiki Bertens(1/1) JapanNaomi Osaka(2/2)
2020 Cancelled[2]

Premier 5[edit]

Dubai Doha Rome Toronto/ Montreal Cincinnati Tokyo Wuhan
2009 United StatesVenus Williams(1/3) Not an event RussiaDinara Safina(1/1) RussiaElena Dementieva(1/1) SerbiaJelena Janković(1/1) RussiaMaria Sharapova(1/5) Not an event
2010 United StatesVenus Williams(2/3) SpainMJ Martínez Sánchez(1/1) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(1/3) BelgiumKim Clijsters(1/1) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(2/3)
2011 DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(3/3) Premier RussiaMaria Sharapova(2/5) United StatesSerena Williams(1/7) RussiaMaria Sharapova(3/5) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(1/2)
2012 Premier BelarusVictoria Azarenka(1/4) RussiaMaria Sharapova(4/5) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(1/5) ChinaLi Na(1/1) RussiaNadia Petrova(1/1)
2013 BelarusVictoria Azarenka(2/4) United StatesSerena Williams(2/7) United StatesSerena Williams(3/7) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(3/4) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(2/5)
2014 RomaniaSimona Halep(1/5) United StatesSerena Williams(4/7) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(2/2) United StatesSerena Williams(5/7) Premier Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(3/5)
2015 RomaniaSimona Halep(2/5) Premier RussiaMaria Sharapova(5/5) SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic(1/2) United StatesSerena Williams(6/7) United StatesVenus Williams(3/3)
2016 Premier SpainCarla Suárez Navarro(1/1) United StatesSerena Williams(7/7) RomaniaSimona Halep(3/5) Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(1/2) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová (4/5)
2017 UkraineElina Svitolina(1/4) Premier UkraineElina Svitolina(2/4) UkraineElina Svitolina(3/4) SpainGarbiñe Muguruza(1/1) FranceCaroline Garcia(1/1)
2018 Premier Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(5/5) UkraineElina Svitolina(4/4) RomaniaSimona Halep(4/5) NetherlandsKiki Bertens(1/1) BelarusAryna Sabalenka(1/3)
2019 SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic(2/2) Premier Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(2/2) CanadaBianca Andreescu(1/1) United StatesMadison Keys(1/1) BelarusAryna Sabalenka (2/3)
2020 Premier BelarusAryna Sabalenka (3/3) RomaniaSimona Halep (5/5) Cancelled BelarusVictoria Azarenka(4/4) cancelled

Premier[edit]

Brisbane Sydney Adelaide Paris Antwerp St. Petersburg Doha Dubai Charleston Stuttgart Warsaw Brussels Birmingham Berlin Eastbourne Stanford/San Jose Los Angeles San Diego /Carlsbad New Haven Zhengzhou Tokyo Ostrava Chicago Moscow
2009 WTA International RussiaElena Dementieva(1/3) Not an event FranceAmélie Mauresmo(1/1) Exhibition events Not an event Not an event Premier 5 GermanySabine Lisicki(1/1) RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova(1/5) RomaniaAlexandra Dulgheru(1/2) Not an event WTA International Not an event DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(1/10) FranceMarion Bartoli(1/2) ItalyFlavia Pennetta(1/1) Not an event DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(2/10) Not an event Premier 5 Not an event Not an event ItalyFrancesca Schiavone(1/1)
2010 RussiaElena Dementieva(2/3) RussiaElena Dementieva(3/3) AustraliaSamantha Stosur(1/2) BelgiumJustine Henin(1/1) RomaniaAlexandra Dulgheru(2/2) RussiaEkaterina Makarova(1/1) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(1/4) Not an event RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova(2/5) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(3/10) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(2/4)
2011 ChinaLi Na(1/1) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(1/11) RussiaVera Zvonareva(1/1) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(4/10) GermanyJulia Görges(1/2) Not an event DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(5/10) FranceMarion Bartoli(2/2) United StatesSerena Williams(1/7) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(1/6) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(6/10) SlovakiaDominika Cibulková(1/4)
2012 EstoniaKaia Kanepi(1/2) BelarusVictoria Azarenka(3/4) GermanyAngelique Kerber(1/7) Premier 5 PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(2/6) United StatesSerena Williams(2/7) RussiaMaria Sharapova(1/4) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(3/6) AustriaTamira Paszek(1/1) United StatesSerena Williams(3/7) SlovakiaDominika Cibulková(2/4) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(2/11) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(7/10)
2013 United StatesSerena Williams(4/7) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska(4/6) GermanyMona Barthel(1/1) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(3/11) United StatesSerena Williams(5/7) RussiaMaria Sharapova(2/4) EstoniaKaia Kanepi(2/2) RussiaElena Vesnina(1/1) SlovakiaDominika Cibulková(3/4) AustraliaSamantha Stosur(2/2) RomaniaSimona Halep(1/3) RomaniaSimona Halep(2/3)
2014 United StatesSerena Williams(6/7) BulgariaTsvetana Pironkova(1/1) RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova(1/2) United StatesVenus Williams(1/1) GermanyAndrea Petkovic(1/2) RussiaMaria Sharapova(3/4) Not an event SerbiaAna Ivanovic(1/2) United StatesMadison Keys(1/4) United StatesSerena Williams(7/7) Not an event Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(4/11) ITF Event SerbiaAna Ivanovic(2/2) RussiaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova(2/2)
2015 RussiaMaria Sharapova(4/4) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(5/11) Not an event GermanyAndrea Petkovic(2/2) ITF Event Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová(1/1) Premier 5 GermanyAngelique Kerber(2/7) GermanyAngelique Kerber(3/7) GermanyAngelique Kerber(4/7) SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic(1/2) GermanyAngelique Kerber(5/7) WTA 125k Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(6/11) PolandAgnieszka Radwańska (5/6) RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova (3/5)
2016 BelarusVictoria Azarenka(4/4) RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova(4/5) Not an event ItalyRoberta Vinci(1/1) Premier 5 ItalySara Errani(1/1) United StatesSloane Stephens(1/1) GermanyAngelique Kerber(6/7) United StatesMadison Keys(2/4) SlovakiaDominika Cibulková(4/4) United KingdomJohanna Konta(1/2) Not an event PolandAgnieszka Radwańska (6/6) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki (8/10) RussiaSvetlana Kuznetsova (5/5)
2017 Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(1/9) United KingdomJohanna Konta(2/2) FranceKristina Mladenovic(1/1) Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(2/9) Premier 5 RussiaDaria Kasatkina(1/4) GermanyLaura Siegemund(1/1) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(7/11) Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(3/9) United StatesMadison Keys(3/4) AustraliaDaria Gavrilova(1/1) WTA 125k DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki (9/10) GermanyJulia Görges(2/2)
2018 UkraineElina Svitolina(1/2) GermanyAngelique Kerber(7/7) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(8/11) Premier 5 UkraineElina Svitolina(2/2) NetherlandsKiki Bertens(1/3) Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(4/9) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(9/11) DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki(10/10) RomaniaMihaela Buzărnescu(1/1) BelarusAryna Sabalenka(1/1) Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(5/9) RussiaDaria Kasatkina(2/4)
2019 Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(6/9) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(10/11) NetherlandsKiki Bertens(2/3) BelgiumElise Mertens(1/1) Premier 5 United StatesMadison Keys(4/4) Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová(11/11) AustraliaAshleigh Barty(1/2) Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(7/9) ChinaZheng Saisai(1/1) Not an event Not an event Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(8/9) JapanNaomi Osaka(1/1) SwitzerlandBelinda Bencic(2/2)
2020 Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková(9/9) Not an event AustraliaAshleigh Barty(2/2) NetherlandsKiki Bertens(3/3) Premier 5 RomaniaSimona Halep(3/3) Cancelled Cancelled WTA International Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled BelarusAryna Sabalenka(2/2) Cancelled

Singles titles[edit]

These tables present the number ofsinglesWTA Premier titles won by each player and each nation since 2009.

Titles won by player[edit]

Total Player PM P5 P
20 Serena Williams(USA)
19 Petra Kvitová(CZE)
16 Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)
14 Victoria Azarenka(BLR)
12 Maria Sharapova(RUS)
11 Agnieszka Radwańska(POL)
Simona Halep(ROU)
Karolína Plíšková(CZE)
7 Angelique Kerber(GER)
6 Elina Svitolina(UKR)
Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)
5 Kiki Bertens(NED)
Aryna Sabalenka(BLR)
Madison Keys(USA)
4 Dominika Cibulková(SVK)
Venus Williams(USA)
Belinda Bencic(SUI)
Elena Dementieva(RUS)
3 Ashleigh Barty(AUS)
Naomi Osaka(JPN)
Johanna Konta(GBR)
2 Kim Clijsters(BEL)
Bianca Andreescu(CAN)
Caroline Garcia(FRA)
Jelena Janković(SRB)
Garbiñe Muguruza(ESP)
Dinara Safina(RUS)
Flavia Pennetta(ITA)
Sloane Stephens(USA)
Elena Vesnina(RUS)
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)
Li Na(CHN)
Marion Bartoli(FRA)
Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU)
Julia Görges(GER)
Ana Ivanovic(SRB)
Kaia Kanepi(EST)
Daria Kasatkina(RUS)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)
Andrea Petkovic(GER)
Samantha Stosur(AUS)
1 Aravane Rezaï(FRA)
María José Martínez Sánchez(ESP)
Nadia Petrova(RUS)
Carla Suárez Navarro(ESP)
Mona Barthel(GER)
Mihaela Buzărnescu(ROU)
Sara Errani(ITA)
Daria Gavrilova(AUS)
Justine Henin(BEL)
Sabine Lisicki(GER)
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)
Amélie Mauresmo(FRA)
Elise Mertens(BEL)
Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)
Tamira Paszek(AUT)
Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)
Lucie Šafářová(CZE)
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)
Laura Siegemund(GER)
Roberta Vinci(ITA)
Zheng Saisai(CHN)

Titles won by nation[edit]

Total Country PM P5 P
34 Russia
31 United States
Czech Republic
19 Belarus
16 Denmark
14 Romania
Germany
11 Poland
7 France
6 Australia
Ukraine
5 Netherlands
Italy
4 Belgium
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
Serbia
3 Japan
Great Britain
China
2 Canada
Estonia
1 Austria
Bulgaria

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Western & Southern Open | Western & Southern Open".www.wsopen.com.Retrieved2022-10-03.
  2. ^"WTA will align tournament categories with ATP from 2021 season".Sky Sports.2 December 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 26 September 2022.

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