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
Premier Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists4 January Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Victoria Azarenka6–3, 6–1 Angelique Kerber Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko Martina Hingis Sania Mirza7–5, 6–1 Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic11 January Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia Svetlana Kuznetsova6–0, 6–2 Monica Puig Simona Halep Belinda Bencic Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur Martina Hingis Sania Mirza1–6, 7–5, [10–5] Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic8 February St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia Roberta Vinci6–4, 6–3 Belinda Bencic Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos Martina Hingis Sania Mirza6–3, 6–1 Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková 15 February Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE Sara Errani6–0, 6–2 Barbora Strýcová Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle Coco Vandeweghe Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak6–4, 6–4 Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 4 April Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Sloane Stephens7–6(7–4), 6–2 Elena Vesnina Angelique Kerber Sara Errani Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic6–2, 7–5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 18 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Angelique Kerber6–4, 6–0 Laura Siegemund Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic2–6, 6–1, [10–6] Martina Hingis Sania Mirza13 June Aegon ClassicBirmingham, UK Madison Keys6–3, 6–4 Barbora Strýcová Coco Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro Yanina Wickmayer Tsvetana Pironkova Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová6–3, 7–6{7–1) Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva 20 June Aegon International Eastbourne, UK Dominika Cibulková7–5, 6–3 Karolína Plíšková Monica Puig Johanna Konta Agnieszka Radwańska Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 18 July Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Johanna Konta7–5, 5–7, 6–2 Venus Williams Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková Catherine Bellis Coco Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears6–3, 6–4 Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 22 August Connecticut Open New Haven, USA Agnieszka Radwańska6–1, 7–6(7–3) Elina Svitolina Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson Kirsten Flipkens Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Roberta Vinci Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu7–5, 6–4 Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung19 September Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Caroline Wozniacki7–5, 6–3 Naomi Osaka Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska Garbiñe Muguruza Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette Monica Puig Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová6–1, 6–1 Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan 17 October Kremlin CupMoscow, Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova6–2, 6–1 Daria Gavrilova Elina Svitolina Julia Görges Tímea Babos Ana Konjuh Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká4–6, 6–0, [10–7] Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina
References
WTA Tennis Official Website WTA Broadcast Channel List