2016 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2016 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2016 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
7 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, US	Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–4	Serena Williams	Agnieszka Radwańska Karolína Plíšková	Simona Halep Petra Kvitová Magdaléna Rybáriková Daria Kasatkina
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková
21 March (2 weeks)	Miami Open Miami, US	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Timea Bacsinszky Angelique Kerber	Ekaterina Makarova Simona Halep Johanna Konta Madison Keys
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–4	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova
2 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain			Louisa Chirico S Halep vs S Stosur	Sorana Cîrstea Daria Gavrilova Irina-Camelia Begu Patricia Maria Țig
3 October	China Open Beijing, China

Premier 5

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
22 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Carla Suárez Navarro 1–6, 6–4, 6–4	Jeļena Ostapenko	Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska	Zheng Saisai Garbiñe Muguruza Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–3	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro
9 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy
25 July	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada
15 August	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, US
26 September	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic
11 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2	Mónica Puig	Simona Halep Belinda Bencic	Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
8 February	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková
15 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2	Barbora Strýcová	Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle Coco Vandeweghe
		Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, US	Sloane Stephens 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0	Laura Siegemund	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6]	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
13 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK
20 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK
18 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, US
22 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, US
19 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan
17 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia