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

• "2009 Tournament Archive". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.