2011 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2011 WTA Premier tournaments are 20 of the tennis tournaments on the 2011 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, Canada, Cincinnati and Tokyo), and Premier (11 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).^[1]

Schedule

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 January	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Li Na 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Kim Clijsters	Alisa Kleybanova Bojana Jovanovski	Dominika Cibulková Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova Flavia Pennetta
10 January	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	Alisa Kleybanova Bojana Jovanovski
7 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–3	Kim Clijsters	Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Jelena Dokić Dominika Cibulková Yanina Wickmayer Andrea Petkovic
7 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy 6–4, 6–2	Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova	Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands
21 February	Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar	Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković	Flavia Pennetta Peng Shuai Klára Zakopalová Daniela Hantuchová
21 February	Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–7^(2–7), [10–8]	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–3	Elena Vesnina	Jelena Janković Peng Shuai	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Sania Mirza Julia Görges
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–4,	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	Jelena Janković Peng Shuai	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Sania Mirza Julia Görges
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Julia Görges 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur	Andrea Petkovic Kristina Barrois Sabine Lisicki Vera Zvonareva
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)	Kristina Barrois Jasmin Wöhr	Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur
16 May	Brussels Ladies Open Brussels, Belgium	Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Peng Shuai	Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva	Yanina Wickmayer Ayumi Morita Sofia Arvidsson Alexandra Dulgheru
16 May	Brussels Ladies Open Brussels, Belgium	Andrea Hlaváčková Galina Voskoboeva 3–6, 6–0, [10–5]	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva
13 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Marion Bartoli 6–1, 4–6, 7–5	Petra Kvitová	Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová	Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwańska Venus Williams
13 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–0	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová
25 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–1	Marion Bartoli	Dominika Cibulková Sabine Lisicki	Marina Erakovic Ayumi Morita Agnieszka Radwańska Maria Sharapova
25 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 6–1, 6–3	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Dominika Cibulková Sabine Lisicki
1 August	Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–4	Vera Zvonareva	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic	Sabine Lisicki Peng Shuai Daniela Hantuchová Sloane Stephens
1 August	Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–0, 6–2	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic
22 August	Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA	Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–1	Petra Cetkovská	Francesca Schiavone Li Na	Christina McHale Anabel Medina Garrigues Marion Bartoli Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
22 August	Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA	Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova 7–5, 6–2	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Francesca Schiavone Li Na
17 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Dominika Cibulková 3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5	Kaia Kanepi	Elena Vesnina Lucie Šafářová	Vera Zvonareva Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Dushevina
17 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	Elena Vesnina Lucie Šafářová

References

^ "2011 WTA calendar" (PDF). WTA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

[WTACalendar2011-1] "2011 WTA calendar" (PDF). WTA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

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WTA Premier tournaments (2009–2020)
Tournaments by year	2009 2010 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

2011 WTA Tour « 2010 2012 »
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) Doha (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Brussels (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA Championships, Istanbul (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) Fes (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Baku (S, D) Washington DC (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Linz (S, D) Osaka (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D) Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali
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

2011 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 ATP Challenger Tour Finals, São Paulo ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali WTA Championships, Istanbul ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	All-Africa Games European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Pacific Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Parapan American Games Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade