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

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Premier

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Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
12 January Medibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Russia Elena Dementieva
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Russia Dinara Safina United States Serena Williams
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
France Alizé Cornet
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai

6–0, 6–1
France Nathalie Dechy
Australia Casey Dellacqua
9 February Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
France Amélie Mauresmo
7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4
Russia Elena Dementieva United States Serena Williams
Serbia Jelena Janković
France Émilie Loit
France Nathalie Dechy
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
France Alizé Cornet
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber

6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
United States Lisa Raymond
13 April Family Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
Germany Sabine Lisicki
6–2, 6–4
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Russia Elena Dementieva
France Marion Bartoli
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
France Virginie Razzano
Hungary Melinda Czink
Russia Elena Vesnina
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Russia Nadia Petrova

6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]
Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
27 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
Russia Dinara Safina Italy Flavia Pennetta
Russia Elena Dementieva
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Serbia Jelena Janković
Argentina Gisela Dulko
France Marion Bartoli
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Russia Nadia Petrova

5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
18 May Warsaw Open
Warsaw, Poland
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Russia Maria Sharapova
Romania Ioana Raluca Olaru
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands

6-1, 6–1
China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
15 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
7–6(5), 7–5
France Virginie Razzano France Marion Bartoli
Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Vera Dushevina
Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Japan Ai Sugiyama

6–4, 6–3
Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Rennae Stubbs
27 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
France Marion Bartoli
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
United States Venus Williams Australia Samantha Stosur
Russia Elena Dementieva
United States Serena Williams
Serbia Jelena Janković
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Russia Maria Sharapova
United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams

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

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

6–2, 7–5
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
19 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Italy Francesca Schiavone
6-3, 6-0
Belarus Olga Govortsova Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Vera Dushevina
Serbia Jelena Janković
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Nadia Petrova

6-2, 6-2
Russia Maria Kondratieva
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová

References

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