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2012 WTA Premier tournaments

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-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
2 January[2012 Brisbane International](2012-brisbane-international)
Brisbane, AustraliaEST **Kaia Kanepi**
6–2, 6–1SVK Daniela HantuchováBEL Kim Clijsters
ITA Francesca SchiavoneCZE Iveta Benešová
USA Serena Williams
SRB Jelena Janković
GER Andrea Petkovic
**ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja**
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)USA Raquel Kops-Jones
USA Abigail Spears
9 January[2012 Apia International Sydney](2012-apia-international-sydney)
Sydney, AustraliaBLR **Victoria Azarenka**
6–2, 1–6, 6–3CHN Li NaPOL Agnieszka Radwańska
CZE Petra KvitováDEN Caroline Wozniacki
FRA Marion Bartoli
CZE Lucie Šafářová
SVK Daniela Hantuchová
**CZE Květa Peschke
SVN Katarina Srebotnik**
6–1, 4–6, [13–11]USA Liezel Huber
USA Lisa Raymond
6 February[Open GDF Suez](2012-open-gdf-suez)
Paris, FranceGER **Angelique Kerber**
7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3FRA Marion BartoliBEL Yanina Wickmayer
CZE Klára ZakopalováRUS Maria Sharapova
GER Mona Barthel
GER Julia Görges
ITA Roberta Vinci
**USA Liezel Huber
USA Lisa Raymond**
7–6(7–3), 6–1GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld
CRO Petra Martić
20 February[Barclays Dubai Tennis
Championships](2012-dubai-tennis-championships)
Dubai, UAEPOL **Agnieszka Radwańska**
7–5, 6–4GER Julia GörgesDEN Caroline Wozniacki
SRB Jelena JankovićSVK Daniela Hantuchová
SRB Ana Ivanovic
AUS Samantha Stosur
GER Sabine Lisicki
**USA Liezel Huber
USA Lisa Raymond**
6–2, 6–1IND Sania Mirza
RUS Elena Vesnina
2 April[Family Circle Cup](2012-family-circle-cup)
Charleston, USAUSA **Serena Williams**
6–0, 6–1CZE Lucie ŠafářováSLO Polona Hercog
AUS Samantha StosurRUS Nadia Petrova
RUS Vera Zvonareva
GER Sabine Lisicki
USA Venus Williams
**RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
CZE Lucie Šafářová**
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
23 April[Porsche Tennis Grand Prix](2012-porsche-tennis-grand-prix)
Stuttgart, GermanyRUS **Maria Sharapova**
6–1, 6–4BLR Victoria AzarenkaPOL Agnieszka Radwańska
CZE Petra KvitováGER Mona Barthel
CHN Li Na
GER Angelique Kerber
AUS Samantha Stosur
**CZE Iveta Benešová
CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová**
6–4, 7–5GER Julia Görges
GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 May[Brussels Open](2012-brussels-open-tennis)
Brussels, BelgiumPOL **Agnieszka Radwańska**
7–5, 6–0ROU Simona HalepEST Kaia Kanepi
SWE Sofia ArvidssonBEL Alison Van Uytvanck
BUL Tsvetana Pironkova
SVK Dominika Cibulková
POL Urszula Radwańska
**USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands
IND Sania Mirza**
6–3, 6–2POL Alicja Rosolska
CHN Zheng Jie
18 June[Aegon International](2012-aegon-international)
Eastbourne, UKAUT **Tamira Paszek**
5–7, 6–3, 7–5GER Angelique KerberFRA Marion Bartoli
CZE Klára ZakopalováBUL Tsvetana Pironkova
CZE Lucie Šafářová
RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
RUS Ekaterina Makarova
**ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
ESP María José Martínez Sánchez**
6–4, ret.USA Liezel Huber
USA Lisa Raymond
9 July[Bank of the West Classic](2012-bank-of-the-west-classic)
Stanford, USAUSA **Serena Williams**
7–5, 6–3USA Coco VandewegheROU Sorana Cîrstea
BEL Yanina WickmayerRSA Chanelle Scheepers
SVK Dominika Cibulková
POL Urszula Radwańska
FRA Marion Bartoli
**NZL Marina Erakovic
GBR Heather Watson**
7–5, 7–6(9–7)AUS Jarmila Gajdošová
USA Vania King
16 July[Mercury Insurance Open](2012-mercury-insurance-open)
San Diego, USASVK **Dominika Cibulková**
6–1, 7–5FRA Marion BartoliTPE Chan Yung-jan
RUS Nadia PetrovaUSA Christina McHale
SRB Jelena Janković
USA Varvara Lepchenko
POL Urszula Radwańska
**USA Raquel Kops-Jones
USA Abigail Spears**
6–2, 6–4USA Vania King
RUS Nadia Petrova
20 August[New Haven Open at Yale](2012-new-haven-open-at-yale)
New Haven, USACZE **Petra Kvitová**
7–6(11–9), 7–5RUS Maria KirilenkoDEN Caroline Wozniacki
ITA Sara ErraniBLR Olga Govortsova
SVK Dominika Cibulková
FRA Marion Bartoli
CZE Lucie Šafářová
**USA Liezel Huber
USA Lisa Raymond**
4–6, 6–0, [10–4]CZE Andrea Hlaváčková
CZE Lucie Hradecká
15 October[Kremlin Cup](2012-kremlin-cup)
Moscow, RussiaDEN **Caroline Wozniacki**
6–2, 4–6, 7–5AUS Samantha StosurSRB Ana Ivanovic
SWE Sofia ArvidssonCZE Klára Zakopalová
SRB Vesna Dolonc
SVK Dominika Cibulková
RUS Maria Kirilenko
**RUS Ekaterina Makarova
RUS Elena Vesnina**
6–3, 1–6, [10–8]RUS Maria Kirilenko
RUS Nadia Petrova

References

References

  1. "2012 WTA calendar". WTA Tour, Inc..
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