2010 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2010 WTA Premier tournaments are 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2010 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 (Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo), and Premier (10 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).

Schedule

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 January	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2	Serena Williams	Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka	Vera Dushevina Flavia Pennetta Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina
10 January	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova	Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka
8 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Elena Dementieva 6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–4	Lucie Šafářová	Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta	Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin
8 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová w/o	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta	Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin
12 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Samantha Stosur 6–0, 6–3	Vera Zvonareva	Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová	Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković
12 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–4	Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek	Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová	Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković
26 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Justine Henin 6–4, 2–6, 6–1	Samantha Stosur	Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er	Lucie Šafářová Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina
26 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–6³, [10–5]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er	Lucie Šafářová Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina
17 May	Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland	Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4	Zheng Jie	Gréta Arn Li Na	Caroline Wozniacki Alona Bondarenko Sara Errani Tsvetana Pironkova
17 May	Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–4	Cara Black Yan Zi	Gréta Arn Li Na
14 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Ekaterina Makarova 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Marion Bartoli Samantha Stosur	María José Martínez Sánchez Kim Clijsters Elena Baltacha Svetlana Kuznetsova
14 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, [13–11]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Marion Bartoli Samantha Stosur
26 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska	Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva
26 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber 7–5, 6–7^(8–10), [10–8]	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska
2 August	Southern California Open San Diego, USA	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3	Agnieszka Radwańska	Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta	Alisa Kleybanova Shahar Pe'er Coco Vandeweghe Samantha Stosur
2 August	Southern California Open San Diego, USA	Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta
22 August	Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko	Flavia Pennetta Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Samantha Stosur
22 August	Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–0	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko
18 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko	Vera Dushevina María José Martínez Sánchez	Zarina Diyas Anna Chakvetadze Dominika Cibulková Alisa Kleybanova
18 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]	Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez	Vera Dushevina María José Martínez Sánchez

References

"2010 WTA calendar" (PDF). sonyericssonwtatour.com. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
"2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tournament Calendar". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.

WTA Premier tournaments (2009–2020)
Tournaments by year	2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Premier Mandatory	Indian Wells (2009–2020) Miami (2009–2020) Madrid (2009–2020) Beijing (2009–2020)
Premier 5 tournaments	Dubai (2009–2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) Doha (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Rome (2009–2020) Montréal / Toronto (2009–2020) Cincinnati (2009–2020) Tokyo (2009–2013) Wuhan (2014–2020)
Premier tournaments	Brisbane (2012–2020) Sydney (2009–2019) Adelaide (2020) Paris (2009–2014) Antwerp (2015) St. Petersburg (2016–2020) Doha (2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) Dubai (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Charleston (2009–2020) Stuttgart (2009–2020) Warsaw (2009–2010) Brussels (2011–2013) Birmingham (2014–2019) Berlin (2020) Eastbourne (2009–2020) San Jose / Stanford (2009–2020) Los Angeles (2009) San Diego / Carlsbad (2010–2013) New Haven (2009–2018) Zhengzhou (2019–2020) Tokyo (2014–2020) Moscow (2009–2020) Ostrava (2020)
WTA Tour

2010 WTA Tour « 2009 2011 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA Premier tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Rome (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Montreal (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA Tour Championships, Doha (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Marbella (S, D) Ponte Vedra Beach (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Fes (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Prague (S, D) Portorož (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) İstanbul (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Linz (S, D) Osaka (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali (S)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
Underline denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships

2010 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals, London ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's Circuit
Women	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, Doha ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Commonwealth Games South American Games Youth Olympics