2010 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2010 WTA Premier tournaments are 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2010 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier Mandatory

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, USA	Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska	Alisa Kleybanova María José Martínez Sánchez Elena Dementieva Zheng Jie
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]	Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur
23 March (2 weeks)	Sony Ericsson Open Miami, USA	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1	Venus Williams	Justine Henin Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki Samantha Stosur
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]	Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur
8 May	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain	Aravane Rezaï 6–2, 7–5	Venus Williams	Lucie Šafářová Shahar Pe'er	Nadia Petrova Jelena Janković Samantha Stosur Li Na
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 7–5	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
2 October	China Open Beijing, China	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Shahar Pe'er Li Na	Ana Ivanovic Timea Bacsinszky Anastasija Sevastova Francesca Schiavone
		Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova 7–6^(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta

Premier 5

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Venus Williams 6–3, 7–5	Victoria Azarenka	Shahar Pe'er Agnieszka Radwańska	Li Na Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vera Zvonareva Regina Kulikova
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
2 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6^5, 7–5	Jelena Janković	Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic	Maria Kirilenko Venus Williams Nadia Petrova Lucie Šafářová
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2	María José Martínez Sánchez Nuria Llagostera Vives
9 August	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, USA	Kim Clijsters 2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Akgul Amanmuradova Flavia Pennetta Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli
		Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(10–8)	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
16 August	Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova	Marion Bartoli Kim Clijsters Zheng Jie Francesca Schiavone
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 3–6, [12–10]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
20 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Caroline Wozniacki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3	Elena Dementieva	Victoria Azarenka Francesca Schiavone	Agnieszka Radwańska Coco Vandeweghe Kaia Kanepi Vera Zvonareva
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 4–6, [10-8]	Shahar Pe'er Peng Shuai

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 January	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2	Serena Williams	Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka	Vera Dushevina Flavia Pennetta Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova
8 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Elena Dementieva 6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–4	Lucie Šafářová	Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta	Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová w/o	Cara Black Liezel Huber
12 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Samantha Stosur 6–0, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová	Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković
		Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–4	Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek
26 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Justine Henin 6–4, 2–6, 6–1	Samantha Stosur	Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er	Lucie Šafářová Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–6^3, [10–5]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
17 May	Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland	Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4	Zheng Jie	Gréta Arn Li Na	Caroline Wozniacki Alona Bondarenko Sara Errani Tsvetana Pironkova
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–4	Cara Black Yan Zi
14 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Ekaterina Makarova 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Marion Bartoli Samantha Stosur	María José Martínez Sánchez Kim Clijsters Elena Baltacha Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, [13–11]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
26 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska	Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva
		Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber 7–5, 6–7^(8–10), [10–8]	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie
2 August	Southern California Open San Diego, USA	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3	Agnieszka Radwańska	Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta	Alisa Kleybanova Shahar Pe'er Coco Vandeweghe Samantha Stosur
		Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
22 August	Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko	Flavia Pennetta Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Samantha Stosur
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–0	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
18 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko	Vera Dushevina María José Martínez Sánchez	Zarina Diyas Anna Chakvetadze Dominika Cibulková Alisa Kleybanova
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]	Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez

References

• "2010 WTA calendar" (PDF). sonyericssonwtatour.com. 8 October 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
• "2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tournament Calendar". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.