2016 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2016 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2016 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

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Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko
4 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic	Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro
11 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2	Monica Puig	Simona Halep Belinda Bencic	Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur
11 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	Simona Halep Belinda Bencic
8 February	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos
8 February	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková	Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic
15 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2	Barbora Strýcová	Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle Coco Vandeweghe
15 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Sloane Stephens 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Angelique Kerber Sara Errani
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0	Laura Siegemund	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6]	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová
13 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Madison Keys 6–3, 6–4	Barbora Strýcová	Coco Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro	Yanina Wickmayer Tsvetana Pironkova Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber
13 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 7–6^{7–1)	Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva	Coco Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro
20 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Dominika Cibulková 7–5, 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Monica Puig Johanna Konta	Agnieszka Radwańska Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova
20 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 5–7, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Monica Puig Johanna Konta
18 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Johanna Konta 7–5, 5–7, 6–2	Venus Williams	Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková	Catherine Bellis Coco Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi
18 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova	Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková	Catherine Bellis Coco Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi
22 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, USA	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)	Elina Svitolina	Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson	Kirsten Flipkens Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Roberta Vinci
22 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, USA	Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4	Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung	Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson
19 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3	Naomi Osaka	Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska	Garbiñe Muguruza Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette Monica Puig
19 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–1	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska
17 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Daria Gavrilova	Elina Svitolina Julia Görges	Tímea Babos Ana Konjuh Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
17 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	Elina Svitolina Julia Görges

WTA Premier tournaments (2009–2020)
Tournaments by year	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 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

2016 WTA Tour « 2015 2017 »
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) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D)
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Kaohsiung (S, D) Rio de Janeiro (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Katowice (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Istanbul (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Prague (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Mallorca (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Florianópolis (S, D) Nanchang (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Linz (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Tianjin (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
Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro (S, D, X) WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D)

2016 in tennis « 2015 2017 »
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 ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Fed Cup World Group Hopman Cup World TeamTennis International Premier Tennis League
Other events	Summer Olympics Summer Paralympics (wheelchair) South Asian Games

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