WTA Premier tournaments

Premier Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier I and Tier II events, but also reducing number of tournaments to 20 (from 26 Tier I/II events). Tier III and IV are replaced with International category.

Premier events include:

• Four "Premier Mandatory", $4.5 million equal prize money combined events anchoring calendar in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing
• Five "Premier 5" $2 million events in Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati, Toronto/Montreal and Tokyo
• Ten "Premier" events with a prize money from $600,000 to $1 million.
• Season-ending WTA Tour Championships, with a prize money of $4.45 million

Events

Tournament	Also currently known as	City(s)	Country	Court surface	Prize money (US$)	Current champion
Sydney	Medibank International Sydney	Sydney	Australia	Hard	600,000	Elena Dementieva
Paris	Open GDF Suez	Paris	France	Hard (i)	700,000	Amelie Mauresmo
Dubai	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Hard	2,000,000	Venus Williams
Indian Wells	BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells	United States	Hard	4,500,000	Vera Zvonareva
Miami	Sony Ericsson Open	Key Biscayne	United States	Hard	4,500,000	Victoria Azarenka
Charleston	Family Circle Cup	Charleston	United States	Clay	1,000,000	Sabine Lisicki
Stuttgart	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Stuttgart	Germany	Clay (i)	700,000	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Rome	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome	Italy	Clay	2,000,000	Dinara Safina
Madrid	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open	Madrid	Spain	Clay	4,500,000	Dinara Safina
Warsaw	Warsaw Open	Warsaw	Poland	Clay	600,000	Alexandra Dulgheru
Eastbourne	AEGON International	Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Grass	600,000	Caroline Wozniacki
Stanford	Bank of the West Classic	Stanford	United States	Hard	700,000	Marion Bartoli
Los Angeles	LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife	Los Angeles	United States	Hard	700,000	Flavia Pennetta
Cincinnati	Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open	Mason	United States	Hard	2,000,000	Jelena Jankovic
Canada	Rogers Cup	Toronto / Montreal	Canada	Hard	2,000,000	Elena Dementieva
New Haven	Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick	New Haven	United States	Hard	600,000	Caroline Wozniacki
Tokyo	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo	Japan	Hard	2,000,000	Maria Sharapova
Beijing	China Open	Beijing	China	Hard	4,500,000	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Moscow	Kremlin Cup	Moscow	Russia	Carpet (i)	1,000,000	Francesca Schiavone
Championships	Sony Ericsson Championships	Doha	Qatar	Hard	4,450,000	Serena Williams

Results

2009

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Year-End Championship
Championships	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6–2, 7-6(4)
Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells	Vera Zvonareva	Ana Ivanovic	7–6(5), 6–2
Miami	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–1
Madrid	Dinara Safina	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4
Beijing	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–2, 6–4
Premier 5
Dubai	Venus Williams	Virginie Razzano	6–4, 6–2
Rome	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2
Cincinnati	Jelena Jankovic	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2
Canada (Toronto)	Elena Dementieva	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
Tokyo	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Jankovic	5–2, retired
Premier
Sydney	Elena Dementieva	Dinara Safina	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Paris	Amélie Mauresmo	Elena Dementieva	7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4
Charleston	Sabine Lisicki	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4
Stuttgart	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
Warsaw	Alexandra Dulgheru	Alona Bondarenko	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0
Eastbourne	Caroline Wozniacki	Virginie Razzano	7–6, 7–5
Stanford	Marion Bartoli	Venus Williams	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Los Angeles	Flavia Pennetta	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 6–3
New Haven	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
Moscow	Francesca Schiavone	Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–0

Winners

Year-End Championships

Premier Mandatory

Year	Indian Wells	Miami	Madrid	Beijing
2009	Zvonareva (1/1)	Azarenka (1/1)	Safina (1/1)	Kuznetsova (1/1)
2010

Premier 5

Year	Dubai	Rome	Cincinnati	Canada	Tokyo
2009	V. Williams (1/1)	Safina (1/1)	Jankovic (1/1)	Dementieva (1/1)	Sharapova (1/1)
2010

Premier

Year	Sydney	Paris	Charleston	Stuttgart	Warsaw	Eastbourne	Stanford	Los Angeles	New Haven	Moscow
2009	Dementieva (1/1)	Mauresmo (1/1)	Lisicki (1/1)	Kuznetsova (1/1)	Dulgheru (1/1)	Wozniacki (1/2)	Bartoli (1/1)	Pennetta (1/1)	Wozniacki (2/2)	Schiavone (1/1)
2010

Singles Titles Matrix

Rank	Player	SY	PA	DU	IN	MI	CH	STU	RO	MA	WA	EA	STA	LA	CI	CA	NH	TO	BE	MO	YE	PM	P5	P	Total
1	Dinara Safina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	2
3	Elena Dementieva	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
4	Caroline Wozniacki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
5	Serena Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
6	Vera Zvonareva	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
6	Victoria Azarenka	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
8	Venus Williams	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
8	Jelena Jankovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
8	Maria Sharapova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
11	Amélie Mauresmo	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
11	Sabine Lisicki	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
11	Alexandra Dulgheru	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
11	Marion Bartoli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
11	Flavia Pennetta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
11	Francesca Schiavone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1

• SY = Sydney, PA = Paris, DU = Dubai, IN = Indian Wells, MI = Miami, CH = Charleston, STU = Stuttgart , RO = Rome, MA = Madrid, WA = Warsaw, EA = Eastbourne,
  STA = Stanford, LA = Los Angeles, CI = Cincinnati, CA = Canada, NH = New Haven, TO = Tokyo, BE = Beijing, MO = Moscow.

External links

• 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Calendar
• Tour Announces 2009 Roadmap Calendar