2013 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2013 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2013 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).^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
31 December	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Serena Williams 6–2, 6–1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Victoria Azarenka Lesia Tsurenko	Ksenia Pervak Sloane Stephens Angelique Kerber Daniela Hantuchová
31 December	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	Victoria Azarenka Lesia Tsurenko
7 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 6–0	Dominika Cibulková	Li Na Angelique Kerber	Roberta Vinci Madison Keys Sara Errani Svetlana Kuznetsova
7 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-4	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Li Na Angelique Kerber	Roberta Vinci Madison Keys Sara Errani Svetlana Kuznetsova
28 January	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Mona Barthel 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)	Sara Errani	Kiki Bertens Kristina Mladenovic	Carla Suárez Navarro Lucie Šafářová Marion Bartoli Petra Kvitová
28 January	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1	Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber	Kiki Bertens Kristina Mladenovic
18 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Petra Kvitová 6–2, 1–6, 6–1	Sara Errani	Roberta Vinci Caroline Wozniacki	Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli
18 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	Roberta Vinci Caroline Wozniacki
1 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Serena Williams 3–6, 6–0, 6–2	Jelena Janković	Venus Williams Stefanie Vögele	Lucie Šafářová Madison Keys Eugenie Bouchard Caroline Wozniacki
1 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)	Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber	Venus Williams Stefanie Vögele
22 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3	Li Na	Angelique Kerber Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Ana Ivanovic Yaroslava Shvedova Sabine Lisicki Petra Kvitová
22 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Mona Barthel Sabine Lisicki 6–4, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	Angelique Kerber Bethanie Mattek-Sands
20 May	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium	Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 7–5	Peng Shuai	Romina Oprandi Jamie Hampton	Zheng Jie Sloane Stephens Varvara Lepchenko Roberta Vinci
20 May	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 6–0, 6–3	Gabriela Dabrowski Shahar Pe'er	Romina Oprandi Jamie Hampton	Zheng Jie Sloane Stephens Varvara Lepchenko Roberta Vinci
17 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–1	Jamie Hampton	Caroline Wozniacki Yanina Wickmayer	Lucie Šafářová Ekaterina Makarova Maria Kirilenko Li Na
17 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3	Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	Caroline Wozniacki Yanina Wickmayer	Lucie Šafářová Ekaterina Makarova Maria Kirilenko Li Na
22 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Dominika Cibulková 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Agnieszka Radwańska	Jamie Hampton Sorana Cîrstea	Varvara Lepchenko Vera Dushevina Urszula Radwańska Olga Govortsova
22 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)	Julia Görges Darija Jurak	Jamie Hampton Sorana Cîrstea
29 July	Southern California Open Carlsbad, USA	Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Ana Ivanovic Virginie Razzano	Urszula Radwańska Roberta Vinci Petra Kvitová Agnieszka Radwańska
29 July	Southern California Open Carlsbad, USA	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–1	Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová	Ana Ivanovic Virginie Razzano
19 August	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–2	Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Klára Zakopalová	Ekaterina Makarova Sloane Stephens Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Vesnina
19 August	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA	Sania Mirza Zheng Jie 6–3, 6–4	Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik	Caroline Wozniacki Klára Zakopalová
14 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Simona Halep 7–6^(7–1), 6–2	Samantha Stosur	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova	Daniela Hantuchová Alisa Kleybanova Ana Ivanovic Roberta Vinci
14 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Samantha Stosur Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 1–6, [10–8]	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova

References

^ "2013 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^ "2013 WTA Calendar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2013.

[WTACalendar2013-1] "2013 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

[2] "2013 WTA Calendar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2013.

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WTA Premier tournaments (2009–2020)
Tournaments by year	2009 2010 2011 2012 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

2013 WTA Tour « 2012 2014 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Tokyo (S, D)
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Brussels (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Carlsbad (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Florianópolis (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Katowice (S, D) Fes (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Baku (S, D) Washington D.C. (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)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
WTA Championships, Istanbul (S, D) WTA Tournament of Champions, Sofia (S)

2013 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Finals ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Championships WTA Tournament of Champions WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World TeamTennis
Other events	Canada Summer Games Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Mediterranean Games Summer Universiade