2009 WTA Premier tournaments

2009 Premier Mandatory and 5 tournaments 2009 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 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 Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists12 January Medibank International Sydney Sydney, AustraliaRUS Elena Dementieva 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 RUS Dinara Safina USA Serena Williams JPN Ai Sugiyama DEN Caroline WozniackiPOL Agnieszka RadwańskaRUS Svetlana Kuznetsova FRA Alizé CornetTPE Hsieh Su-weiCHN Peng Shuai 6–0, 6–1 FRA Nathalie DechyAUS Casey Dellacqua9 February Open GDF Suez Paris, France FRA Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4RUS Elena Dementieva USA Serena WilliamsSRB Jelena Janković FRA Émilie LoitFRA Nathalie DechyPOL Agnieszka RadwańskaFRA Alizé CornetZIM Cara BlackUSA Liezel Huber6–4, 3–6, [10–4] CZE Květa PeschkeUSA Lisa Raymond13 April Family Circle Cup Charleston, USAGER Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–4 DEN Caroline WozniackiRUS Elena DementievaFRA Marion Bartoli SVK Dominika CibulkováFRA Virginie RazzanoHUN Melinda CzinkRUS Elena VesninaUSA Bethanie Mattek-SandsRUS Nadia Petrova 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]LAT Līga DekmeijereSUI Patty Schnyder27 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, GermanyRUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3 RUS Dinara Safina ITA Flavia Pennetta RUS Elena Dementieva POL Agnieszka RadwańskaSRB Jelena JankovićARG Gisela Dulko FRA Marion BartoliUSA Bethanie Mattek-SandsRUS Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] ARG Gisela DulkoITA Flavia Pennetta18 May Warsaw Open Warsaw, PolandROU Alexandra Dulgheru7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0 UKR Alona Bondarenko GBR Anne Keothavong SVK Daniela Hantuchová RUS Maria Sharapova ROM Ioana Raluca Olaru KAZ Galina Voskoboeva CZE Klára ZakopalováUSA Raquel Kops-JonesUSA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6–1 CHN Yan ZiCHN Zheng Jie15 June Aegon International Eastbourne, UK DEN Caroline Wozniacki7–6(5), 7–5 FRA Virginie Razzano FRA Marion Bartoli CAN Aleksandra Wozniak POL Agnieszka Radwańska ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues RUS Ekaterina MakarovaRUS Vera DushevinaUZB Akgul AmanmuradovaJPN Ai Sugiyama6–4, 6–3AUS Samantha StosurAUS Rennae Stubbs27 July Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA FRA Marion Bartoli 6–2, 5–7, 6–4USA Venus Williams AUS Samantha StosurRUS Elena Dementieva USA Serena WilliamsSRB Jelena JankovićSVK Daniela HantuchováRUS Maria SharapovaUSA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams6–4, 6–1TPE Chan Yung-janROU Monica Niculescu3 August LA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife Los Angeles, USA ITA Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3AUS Samantha Stosur ROU Sorana CîrsteaRUS Maria Sharapova CHN Zheng JiePOL Agnieszka RadwańskaPOL Urszula RadwańskaRUS Vera ZvonarevaTPE Chuang Chia-jung<br/ >CHN Yan Zi6–0, 4–6, [10–7]RUS Maria KirilenkoPOL Agnieszka Radwańska24 August Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick New Haven, USA DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 RUS Elena Vesnina FRA Amélie MauresmoITA Flavia Pennetta RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Anna ChakvetadzeSVK Magdaléna RybárikováFRA Virginie RazzanoESP Nuria Llagostera Vives<br/ >ESP María José Martínez Sánchez6–2, 7–5 CZE Iveta BenešováCZE Lucie Hradecká19 October Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia ITA Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-0 BLR Olga Govortsova UKR Alona BondarenkoRUS Alisa Kleybanova BUL Tsvetana Pironkova RUS Maria Kirilenko RUS Vera DushevinaSRB Jelena JankovićRUS Maria Kirilenko RUS Nadia Petrova6-2, 6-2 RUS Maria Kondratieva CZE Klára Zakopalová References sonyericssonwtatour.com 2009 Tournament Archive http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/TournamentArchive/0,,12781~0~2009,00.html 2010-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20101009175610/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/TournamentArchive/0%2C%2C12781~0~2009%2C00.html 9 October 2010 live *WTA Premier tournaments Category:WTA Premier tournaments seasons