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).
Schedule
Premier Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists2 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 Santonja7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2) Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears9 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 Srebotnik6–1, 4–6, [13–11] Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond6 February Open GDF Suez Paris, France Angelique Kerber7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3 Marion Bartoli Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond7–6(7–3), 6–1 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić20 February Barclays Dubai TennisChampionshipsDubai, UAE Agnieszka Radwańska7–5, 6–4 Julia Görges Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond6–2, 6–1 Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina2 April Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Serena Williams6–0, 6–1 Lucie Šafářová Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová5–7, 6–4, [10–6] Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova23 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Maria Sharapova6–1, 6–4 Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová6–4, 7–5 Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld21 May Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium Agnieszka Radwańska7–5, 6–0 Simona Halep Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza6–3, 6–2 Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie18 June Aegon International Eastbourne, UK Tamira Paszek5–7, 6–3, 7–5 Angelique Kerber Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez6–4, ret. Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond9 July Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Serena Williams7–5, 6–3 Coco Vandeweghe Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli Marina Erakovic Heather Watson7–5, 7–6(9–7) Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King16 July Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA Dominika Cibulková6–1, 7–5 Marion Bartoli Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears6–2, 6–4 Vania King Nadia Petrova20 August New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA Petra Kvitová7–6(11–9), 7–5 Maria Kirilenko Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond4–6, 6–0, [10–4] Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká15 October Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Caroline Wozniacki6–2, 4–6, 7–5 Samantha Stosur Ana Ivanovic Sofia Arvidsson Klára Zakopalová Vesna Dolonc Dominika Cibulková Maria Kirilenko Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina6–3, 1–6, [10–8] Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova
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