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

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Premier

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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
  Monica 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, USA
  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
  Madison Keys
6–3, 6–4
  Barbora Strýcová   Coco Vandeweghe
  Carla Suárez Navarro
  Yanina Wickmayer
  Tsvetana Pironkova
  Jeļena Ostapenko
  Angelique Kerber
  Karolína Plíšková
  Barbora Strýcová

6–3, 7–6{7–1)
  Vania King
  Alla Kudryavtseva
20 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
  Dominika Cibulková
7–5, 6–3
  Karolína Plíšková   Monica Puig
  Johanna Konta
  Agnieszka Radwańska
  Kristina Mladenovic
  Elena Vesnina
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Darija Jurak
  Anastasia Rodionova

5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
  Chan Hao-ching
  Chan Yung-jan
18 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
  Johanna Konta
7–5, 5–7, 6–2
  Venus Williams   Alison Riske
  Dominika Cibulková
  Catherine Bellis
  Coco Vandeweghe
  Zheng Saisai
  Misaki Doi
  Raquel Atawo
  Abigail Spears

6–3, 6–4
  Darija Jurak
  Anastasia Rodionova
22 August Connecticut Open
New Haven, USA
  Agnieszka Radwańska
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
  Elina Svitolina   Petra Kvitová
  Johanna Larsson
  Kirsten Flipkens
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Elena Vesnina
  Roberta Vinci
  Sania Mirza
  Monica Niculescu

7–5, 6–4
  Kateryna Bondarenko
  Chuang Chia-jung
19 September Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
  Caroline Wozniacki
7–5, 6–3
  Naomi Osaka   Elina Svitolina
  Agnieszka Radwańska
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Aliaksandra Sasnovich
  Magda Linette
  Monica Puig
  Sania Mirza
  Barbora Strýcová

6–1, 6–1
  Liang Chen
  Yang Zhaoxuan
17 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
  Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–2, 6–1
  Daria Gavrilova   Elina Svitolina
  Julia Görges
  Tímea Babos
  Ana Konjuh
  Daria Kasatkina
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  Andrea Hlaváčková
  Lucie Hradecká

4–6, 6–0, [10–7]
  Daria Gavrilova
  Daria Kasatkina