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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).
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Schedule
Premier
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
2 January
2012 Brisbane International
Brisbane , Australia
Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1
Daniela Hantuchová
Kim Clijsters
Francesca Schiavone
Iveta Benešová
Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Andrea Petkovic
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2)
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
9 January
2012 Apia International Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Li Na
Agnieszka Radwańska
Petra Kvitová
Caroline Wozniacki
Marion Bartoli
Lucie Šafářová
Daniela Hantuchová
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
6 February
Open GDF Suez Paris, France
Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–3) , 5–7, 6–3
Marion Bartoli
Yanina Wickmayer
Klára Zakopalová
Maria Sharapova
Mona Barthel
Julia Görges
Roberta Vinci
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond 7–6(7–3) , 6–1
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Petra Martić
20 February
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai ,
UAE
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4
Julia Görges
Caroline Wozniacki
Jelena Janković
Daniela Hantuchová
Ana Ivanovic
Samantha Stosur
Sabine Lisicki
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina
2 April
Family Circle Cup
Charleston , USA
Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1
Lucie Šafářová
Polona Hercog
Samantha Stosur
Nadia Petrova
Vera Zvonareva
Sabine Lisicki
Venus Williams
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Yaroslava Shvedova
23 April
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart , Germany
Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4
Victoria Azarenka
Agnieszka Radwańska
Petra Kvitová
Mona Barthel
Li Na
Angelique Kerber
Samantha Stosur
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5
Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 May
Brussels Open
Brussels , Belgium
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0
Simona Halep
Kaia Kanepi
Sofia Arvidsson
Alison Van Uytvanck
Tsvetana Pironkova
Dominika Cibulková
Urszula Radwańska
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2
Alicja Rosolska
Zheng Jie
18 June
Aegon International
Eastbourne , UK
Tamira Paszek 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Angelique Kerber
Marion Bartoli
Klára Zakopalová
Tsvetana Pironkova
Lucie Šafářová
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ekaterina Makarova
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, ret.
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
9 July
Bank of the West Classic
Stanford , USA
Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3
Coco Vandeweghe
Sorana Cîrstea
Yanina Wickmayer
Chanelle Scheepers
Dominika Cibulková
Urszula Radwańska
Marion Bartoli
Marina Erakovic
Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Jarmila Gajdošová
Vania King
16 July
Mercury Insurance Open
San Diego , USA
Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 7–5
Marion Bartoli
Chan Yung-jan
Nadia Petrova
Christina McHale
Jelena Janković
Varvara Lepchenko
Urszula Radwańska
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4
Vania King
Nadia Petrova
20 August
New Haven Open at Yale
New Haven , USA
Petra Kvitová 7–6(11–9) , 7–5
Maria Kirilenko
Caroline Wozniacki
Sara Errani
Olga Govortsova
Dominika Cibulková
Marion Bartoli
Lucie Šafářová
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
15 October
Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia
Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Samantha Stosur
Ana Ivanovic
Sofia Arvidsson
Klára Zakopalová
Vesna Dolonc
Dominika Cibulková
Maria Kirilenko
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova
References
Tournaments by year Premier Mandatory Premier 5 tournaments Premier tournaments
Grand Slam events
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
WTA Premier tournaments
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