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
Key Biscayne, 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 MayMutua 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 OctoberChina 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 FebruaryBarclays 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 MayInternazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
María José Martínez Sánchez
7–65, 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 AugustW&S Financial Group Women's Open
Mason, 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 AugustRogers 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 SeptemberToray 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 JanuaryMedibank 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 FebruaryOpen 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 AprilFamily 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 AprilPorsche 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, 7–63, [10–5]
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
17 MayWarsaw 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 JuneAegon 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 JulyBank 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 AugustSouthern 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 AugustPilot 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 OctoberKremlin 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 from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. 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.
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