2009 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2009 WTA Premier tournaments were 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2009 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments all 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 (Dubai, Roma, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo), and Premier (10 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).

Schedule

Premier Mandatory

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 March
(2 weeks)
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, USA
Vera Zvonareva
7–6(5), 6–2
Ana Ivanovic Victoria Azarenka
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Dinara Safina
Caroline Wozniacki
Sybille Bammer
Agnieszka Radwańska
Victoria Azarenka
Vera Zvonareva

6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Gisela Dulko
Shahar Pe'er
23 March
(2 weeks)
Sony Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, USA
Victoria Azarenka
6–3, 6–1
Serena Williams Venus Williams
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Li Na
Iveta Benešová
Caroline Wozniacki
Samantha Stosur
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Amélie Mauresmo

4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond
11 MayMutua Madrileña Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
Dinara Safina
6–2, 6–4
Caroline Wozniacki Patty Schnyder
Amélie Mauresmo
Alona Bondarenko
Jelena Janković
Ágnes Szávay
Vera Dushevina
Cara Black
Liezel Huber

4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond
5 OctoberChina Open
Beijing, China
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6-2, 6-4
Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli
Nadia Petrova
Vera Zvonareva
Elena Dementieva
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Peng Shuai
Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
6-3 6-1
Alla Kudryavtseva
Ekaterina Makarova

Premier 5

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
16 FebruaryBarclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
Venus Williams
6–4, 6–2
Virginie Razzano Serena Williams
Kaia Kanepi
Ana Ivanovic
Elena Dementieva
Elena Vesnina
Vera Zvonareva
Cara Black
Liezel Huber

6–3, 6–3
Maria Kirilenko
Agnieszka Radwańska
4 MayInternazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
Dinara Safina
6–3, 6–2
Svetlana Kuznetsova Venus Williams
Victoria Azarenka
María José Martínez Sánchez
Agnieszka Radwańska
Jelena Janković
Kaia Kanepi
Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai

7–5, 7–6(5)
Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama
10 AugustW&S Financial Group Women's Open
Mason, USA
Jelena Janković
6–4, 6–2
Dinara Safina Flavia Pennetta
Elena Dementieva
Kim Clijsters
Daniela Hantuchová
Caroline Wozniacki
Sybille Bammer
Cara Black
Liezel Huber

6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez
17 AugustRogers Cup
Toronto, Canada
Elena Dementieva
6–4, 6–3
Maria Sharapova Alisa Kleybanova
Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Agnieszka Radwańska
Samantha Stosur
Lucie Šafářová
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez

2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs
28 SeptemberToray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Maria Sharapova
5–2 retired
Jelena Janković Agnieszka Radwańska
Li Na
Iveta Benešová
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Victoria Azarenka
Marion Bartoli
Alisa Kleybanova /
Francesca Schiavone

6–4, 6–2
Daniela Hantuchová /
Ai Sugiyama

Premier

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
12 JanuaryMedibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Elena Dementieva
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Dinara Safina Serena Williams
Ai Sugiyama
Caroline Wozniacki
Agnieszka Radwańska
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Alizé Cornet
Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai

6–0, 6–1
Nathalie Dechy
Casey Dellacqua
9 FebruaryOpen GDF Suez
Paris, France
Amélie Mauresmo
7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4
Elena Dementieva Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Émilie Loit
Nathalie Dechy
Agnieszka Radwańska
Alizé Cornet
Cara Black
Liezel Huber

6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Květa Peschke
Lisa Raymond
13 AprilFamily Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
Sabine Lisicki
6–2, 6–4
Caroline Wozniacki Elena Dementieva
Marion Bartoli
Dominika Cibulková
Virginie Razzano
Melinda Czink
Elena Vesnina
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Nadia Petrova

6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]
Līga Dekmeijere
Patty Schnyder
27 AprilPorsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
Dinara Safina Flavia Pennetta
Elena Dementieva
Agnieszka Radwańska
Jelena Janković
Gisela Dulko
Marion Bartoli
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Nadia Petrova

5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
18 MayWarsaw Open
Warsaw, Poland
Alexandra Dulgheru
7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0
Alona Bondarenko Anne Keothavong
Daniela Hantuchová
Maria Sharapova
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Galina Voskoboeva
Klára Zakopalová
Raquel Kops-Jones
Bethanie Mattek-Sands

6-1, 6–1
Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
15 JuneAegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Caroline Wozniacki
7–6(5), 7–5
Virginie Razzano Marion Bartoli
Aleksandra Wozniak
Agnieszka Radwańska
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ekaterina Makarova
Vera Dushevina
Akgul Amanmuradova
Ai Sugiyama

6–4, 6–3
Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs
27 JulyBank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
Marion Bartoli
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Venus Williams Samantha Stosur
Elena Dementieva
Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Daniela Hantuchová
Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

6–4, 6–1
Chan Yung-jan
Monica Niculescu
3 AugustLA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife
Los Angeles, USA
Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–3
Samantha Stosur Sorana Cîrstea
Maria Sharapova
Zheng Jie
Agnieszka Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska
Vera Zvonareva
Chuang Chia-jung
Yan Zi

6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Maria Kirilenko
Agnieszka Radwańska
24 AugustPilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick
New Haven, USA
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–4
Elena Vesnina Amélie Mauresmo
Flavia Pennetta
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anna Chakvetadze
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Virginie Razzano
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez

6–2, 7–5
Iveta Benešová
Lucie Hradecká
19 OctoberKremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Francesca Schiavone
6-3, 6-0
Olga Govortsova Alona Bondarenko
Alisa Kleybanova
Tsvetana Pironkova
Maria Kirilenko
Vera Dushevina
Jelena Janković
Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova

6-2, 6-2
Maria Kondratieva
Klára Zakopalová

References

  • "2009 Tournament Archive". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
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