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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
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 January | [Medibank International Sydney](2009-medibank-international-sydney) | ||||
| Sydney, Australia | RUS **Elena Dementieva** | ||||
| 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 | RUS Dinara Safina | USA Serena Williams | |||
| JPN Ai Sugiyama | DEN Caroline Wozniacki | ||||
| POL Agnieszka Radwańska | |||||
| RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova | |||||
| FRA Alizé Cornet | |||||
| **TPE Hsieh Su-wei | |||||
| CHN Peng Shuai** | |||||
| 6–0, 6–1 | FRA Nathalie Dechy | ||||
| AUS Casey Dellacqua | |||||
| 9 February | [Open GDF Suez](2009-open-gdf-suez) | ||||
| Paris, France | FRA **Amélie Mauresmo** | ||||
| 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4 | RUS Elena Dementieva | USA Serena Williams | |||
| SRB Jelena Janković | FRA Émilie Loit | ||||
| FRA Nathalie Dechy | |||||
| POL Agnieszka Radwańska | |||||
| FRA Alizé Cornet | |||||
| **ZIM Cara Black | |||||
| USA Liezel Huber** | |||||
| 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] | CZE Květa Peschke | ||||
| USA Lisa Raymond | |||||
| 13 April | [Family Circle Cup](2009-family-circle-cup) | ||||
| Charleston, USA | GER **Sabine Lisicki** | ||||
| 6–2, 6–4 | DEN Caroline Wozniacki | RUS Elena Dementieva | |||
| FRA Marion Bartoli | SVK Dominika Cibulková | ||||
| FRA Virginie Razzano | |||||
| HUN Melinda Czink | |||||
| RUS Elena Vesnina | |||||
| **USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands | |||||
| RUS Nadia Petrova** | |||||
| 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9] | LAT Līga Dekmeijere | ||||
| SUI Patty Schnyder | |||||
| 27 April | [Porsche Tennis Grand Prix](2009-porsche-tennis-grand-prix) | ||||
| Stuttgart, Germany | RUS **Svetlana Kuznetsova** | ||||
| 6–4, 6–3 | RUS Dinara Safina | ITA Flavia Pennetta | |||
| RUS Elena Dementieva | POL Agnieszka Radwańska | ||||
| SRB Jelena Janković | |||||
| ARG Gisela Dulko | |||||
| FRA Marion Bartoli | |||||
| **USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands | |||||
| RUS Nadia Petrova** | |||||
| 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] | ARG Gisela Dulko | ||||
| ITA Flavia Pennetta | |||||
| 18 May | [Warsaw Open](2009-warsaw-open) | ||||
| Warsaw, Poland | ROU **Alexandra Dulgheru** | ||||
| 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0 | UKR Alona Bondarenko | GBR Anne Keothavong | |||
| SVK Daniela Hantuchová | RUS Maria Sharapova | ||||
| ROM Ioana Raluca Olaru | |||||
| KAZ Galina Voskoboeva | |||||
| CZE Klára Zakopalová | |||||
| **USA Raquel Kops-Jones | |||||
| USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands** | |||||
| 6-1, 6–1 | CHN Yan Zi | ||||
| CHN Zheng Jie | |||||
| 15 June | [Aegon International](2009-aegon-international) | ||||
| Eastbourne, UK | DEN **Caroline Wozniacki** | ||||
| 7–6(5), 7–5 | FRA Virginie Razzano | FRA Marion Bartoli | |||
| CAN Aleksandra Wozniak | POL Agnieszka Radwańska | ||||
| ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues | |||||
| RUS Ekaterina Makarova | |||||
| RUS Vera Dushevina | |||||
| **UZB Akgul Amanmuradova | |||||
| JPN Ai Sugiyama** | |||||
| 6–4, 6–3 | AUS Samantha Stosur | ||||
| AUS Rennae Stubbs | |||||
| 27 July | [Bank of the West Classic](2009-bank-of-the-west-classic) | ||||
| Stanford, USA | FRA **Marion Bartoli** | ||||
| 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 | USA Venus Williams | AUS Samantha Stosur | |||
| RUS Elena Dementieva | USA Serena Williams | ||||
| SRB Jelena Janković | |||||
| SVK Daniela Hantuchová | |||||
| RUS Maria Sharapova | |||||
| **USA Serena Williams | |||||
| USA Venus Williams** | |||||
| 6–4, 6–1 | TPE Chan Yung-jan | ||||
| ROU Monica Niculescu | |||||
| 3 August | [LA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife](2009-la-women-s-tennis-championships) | ||||
| Los Angeles, USA | ITA **Flavia Pennetta** | ||||
| 6–4, 6–3 | AUS Samantha Stosur | ROU Sorana Cîrstea | |||
| RUS Maria Sharapova | CHN Zheng Jie | ||||
| POL Agnieszka Radwańska | |||||
| POL Urszula Radwańska | |||||
| RUS Vera Zvonareva | |||||
| **TPE Chuang Chia-jungCHN Yan Zi** | |||||
| 6–0, 4–6, [10–7] | RUS Maria Kirilenko | ||||
| POL Agnieszka Radwańska | |||||
| 24 August | [Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick](2009-pilot-pen-tennis) | ||||
| New Haven, USA | DEN **Caroline Wozniacki** | ||||
| 6–2, 6–4 | RUS Elena Vesnina | FRA Amélie Mauresmo | |||
| ITA Flavia Pennetta | RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova | ||||
| RUS Anna Chakvetadze | |||||
| SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková | |||||
| FRA Virginie Razzano | |||||
| **ESP Nuria Llagostera VivesESP María José Martínez Sánchez** | |||||
| 6–2, 7–5 | CZE Iveta Benešová | ||||
| CZE Lucie Hradecká | |||||
| 19 October | [Kremlin Cup](2009-kremlin-cup) | ||||
| Moscow, Russia | ITA **Francesca Schiavone** | ||||
| 6-3, 6-0 | BLR Olga Govortsova | UKR Alona Bondarenko | |||
| RUS Alisa Kleybanova | BUL Tsvetana Pironkova | ||||
| RUS Maria Kirilenko | |||||
| RUS Vera Dushevina | |||||
| SRB Jelena Janković | |||||
| RUS **Maria Kirilenko | |||||
| RUS Nadia Petrova** | |||||
| 6-2, 6-2 | RUS Maria Kondratieva | ||||
| CZE Klára Zakopalová |
References
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