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
9 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, USA	Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	Gisela Dulko Shahar Pe'er	Victoria Azarenka Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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
23 March (2 weeks)	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 6–1, [10–3]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	Venus Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova	Li Na Iveta Benešová Caroline Wozniacki Samantha Stosur
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
11 May	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain	Cara Black Liezel Huber 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	Patty Schnyder Amélie Mauresmo
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
5 October	China Open Beijing, China	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6-3 6-1	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova	Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova

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
16 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	Serena Williams Kaia Kanepi	Ana Ivanovic Elena Dementieva Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva
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
4 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 7–5, 7–6(5)	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	Venus Williams Victoria Azarenka
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
10 August	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, USA	Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 0–6, [10–2]	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva
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
17 August	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	Alisa Kleybanova Serena Williams
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
28 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Alisa Kleybanova / Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–2	Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na

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
12 January	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–0, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua	Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama
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
9 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	Serena Williams Jelena Janković	Émilie Loit Nathalie Dechy Agnieszka Radwańska Alizé Cornet
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
13 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]	Līga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder	Elena Dementieva Marion Bartoli
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
27 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva
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
18 May	Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland	Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6–1	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová
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
15 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Akgul Amanmuradova Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	Marion Bartoli Aleksandra Wozniak
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
27 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu	Samantha Stosur Elena Dementieva
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
3 August		Chuang Chia-jung Yan Zi 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Sharapova
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
24 August	Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick New Haven, USA	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 7–5	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta
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
19 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-2	Maria Kondratieva Klára Zakopalová	Alona Bondarenko Alisa Kleybanova

References

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

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WTA Premier tournaments
Tournaments by year	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Premier Mandatory	Indian Wells (2009–present) Miami (2009–present) Madrid (2009–present) Beijing (2009–present)
Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Rome (2009–present) Toronto / Montreal (2009–present) Cincinnati (2009–present) Wuhan (2014–present)
Premier tournaments	Brisbane (2012–present) Adelaide (2020–present) St. Petersburg (2016–present) Dubai (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Charleston (2009–present) Stuttgart (2009–present) Berlin (2020–present) Eastbourne (2009–present) San Jose / Stanford (2009–present) Zhengzhou (2019-present) Tokyo (2014–present) Moscow (2009–present)
Former Premier tournaments	Sydney (2009–2019) Birmingham (2014–2019) New Haven (2009–2018) Antwerp (2015) Paris (2009–2014) San Diego / Carlsbad (2010–2013) Brussels (2011–2013) Warsaw (2009–2010) Los Angeles (2009)
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2009 WTA Tour « 2008 2010 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
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) Los Angeles (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Toronto (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA Tour Championships, Doha (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) 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) Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali (S)
Team events	Fed Cup (World Group + Play-offs World Group II + Play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa)
Bold denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships S = Singles draw, D = Doubles draw, X = Mixed Doubles draw

2009 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals, London ATP Challenger Tour ITF Futures Tour
Women	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, Doha ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	Bolivarian Games East Asian Games Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games National Games of the PR of China Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade