2012 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2012 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2012 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments 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 (Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Tokyo), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).[1]

Schedule

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Premier

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Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 January 2012 Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
  Kaia Kanepi
6–2, 6–1
  Daniela Hantuchová   Kim Clijsters
  Francesca Schiavone
  Iveta Benešová
  Serena Williams
  Jelena Janković
  Andrea Petkovic
  Nuria Llagostera Vives
  Arantxa Parra Santonja

7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
  Raquel Kops-Jones
  Abigail Spears
9 January 2012 Apia International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
  Victoria Azarenka
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
  Li Na   Agnieszka Radwańska
  Petra Kvitová
  Caroline Wozniacki
  Marion Bartoli
  Lucie Šafářová
  Daniela Hantuchová
  Květa Peschke
  Katarina Srebotnik

6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
  Liezel Huber
  Lisa Raymond
6 February Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
  Angelique Kerber
7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3
  Marion Bartoli   Yanina Wickmayer
  Klára Zakopalová
  Maria Sharapova
  Mona Barthel
  Julia Görges
  Roberta Vinci
  Liezel Huber
  Lisa Raymond

7–6(7–3), 6–1
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Petra Martić
20 February Barclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
  Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–4
  Julia Görges   Caroline Wozniacki
  Jelena Janković
  Daniela Hantuchová
  Ana Ivanovic
  Samantha Stosur
  Sabine Lisicki
  Liezel Huber
  Lisa Raymond

6–2, 6–1
  Sania Mirza
  Elena Vesnina
2 April Family Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
  Serena Williams
6–0, 6–1
  Lucie Šafářová   Polona Hercog
  Samantha Stosur
  Nadia Petrova
  Vera Zvonareva
  Sabine Lisicki
  Venus Williams
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  Lucie Šafářová

5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Yaroslava Shvedova
23 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
  Maria Sharapova
6–1, 6–4
  Victoria Azarenka   Agnieszka Radwańska
  Petra Kvitová
  Mona Barthel
  Li Na
  Angelique Kerber
  Samantha Stosur
  Iveta Benešová
  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

6–4, 7–5
  Julia Görges
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 May Brussels Open
Brussels, Belgium
  Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–0
  Simona Halep   Kaia Kanepi
  Sofia Arvidsson
  Alison Van Uytvanck
  Tsvetana Pironkova
  Dominika Cibulková
  Urszula Radwańska
  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Sania Mirza

6–3, 6–2
  Alicja Rosolska
  Zheng Jie
18 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
  Tamira Paszek
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
  Angelique Kerber   Marion Bartoli
  Klára Zakopalová
  Tsvetana Pironkova
  Lucie Šafářová
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Nuria Llagostera Vives
  María José Martínez Sánchez

6–4, ret.
  Liezel Huber
  Lisa Raymond
9 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
  Serena Williams
7–5, 6–3
  Coco Vandeweghe   Sorana Cîrstea
  Yanina Wickmayer
  Chanelle Scheepers
  Dominika Cibulková
  Urszula Radwańska
  Marion Bartoli
  Marina Erakovic
  Heather Watson

7–5, 7–6(9–7)
  Jarmila Gajdošová
  Vania King
16 July Mercury Insurance Open
San Diego, USA
  Dominika Cibulková
6–1, 7–5
  Marion Bartoli   Chan Yung-jan
  Nadia Petrova
  Christina McHale
  Jelena Janković
  Varvara Lepchenko
  Urszula Radwańska
  Raquel Kops-Jones
  Abigail Spears

6–2, 6–4
  Vania King
  Nadia Petrova
20 August New Haven Open at Yale
New Haven, USA
  Petra Kvitová
7–6(11–9), 7–5
  Maria Kirilenko   Caroline Wozniacki
  Sara Errani
  Olga Govortsova
  Dominika Cibulková
  Marion Bartoli
  Lucie Šafářová
  Liezel Huber
  Lisa Raymond

4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
  Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká
15 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
  Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
  Samantha Stosur   Ana Ivanovic
  Sofia Arvidsson
  Klára Zakopalová
  Vesna Dolonc
  Dominika Cibulková
  Maria Kirilenko
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Elena Vesnina

6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
  Maria Kirilenko
  Nadia Petrova

References

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  1. ^ "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-09.