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Tennis tournaments
The 2014 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the
tennis tournaments on the
2014 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 Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).
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Schedule
Premier
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
30 December
Brisbane International
Brisbane , Australia
Serena Williams 6–4, 7–5
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Sharapova
Jelena Janković
Dominika Cibulková
Kaia Kanepi
Angelique Kerber
Stefanie Vögele
Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–1
Kristina Mladenovic
Galina Voskoboeva
6 January
Apia International Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–4
Angelique Kerber
Madison Keys
Petra Kvitová
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Carla Suárez Navarro
Sara Errani
Lucie Šafářová
Tímea Babos
Lucie Šafářová 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
27 January
Open GDF Suez Paris, France
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Sara Errani
Maria Sharapova
Alizé Cornet
Kirsten Flipkens
Angelique Kerber
Elina Svitolina
Andrea Petkovic
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Květa Peschke 6–77–9) , 6–4, [10–5]
Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
17 February
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai ,
UAE
Venus Williams 6–3, 6–0
Alizé Cornet
Serena Williams
Caroline Wozniacki
Jelena Janković
Carla Suárez Navarro
Sorana Cîrstea
Flavia Pennetta
Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Rodionova 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
31 March
Family Circle Cup
Charleston , USA
Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 6–2
Jana Čepelová
Belinda Bencic
Eugenie Bouchard
Daniela Hantuchová
Sara Errani
Lucie Šafářová
Jelena Janković
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(7–4) , 6–2
Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
21 April
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart , Germany
Maria Sharapova 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Ana Ivanovic
Sara Errani
Jelena Janković
Agnieszka Radwańska
Carla Suárez Navarro
Alisa Kleybanova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–3
Cara Black
Sania Mirza
9 June
Aegon Classic
Birmingham , UK
Ana Ivanovic 6–3, 6–2
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Zhang Shuai
Casey Dellacqua
Klára Koukalová
Sloane Stephens
Kirsten Flipkens
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears 7–6(7–1) , 6–1
Ashleigh Barty
Casey Dellacqua
16 June
Aegon International
Eastbourne , UK
Madison Keys 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Angelique Kerber
Caroline Wozniacki
Heather Watson
Ekaterina Makarova
Camila Giorgi
Lauren Davis
Petra Kvitová
Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Martina Hingis
Flavia Pennetta
28 July
Bank of the West Classic
Stanford , USA
Serena Williams 7–6(7–1) , 6–3
Angelique Kerber
Andrea Petkovic
Varvara Lepchenko
Ana Ivanovic
Venus Williams
Garbiñe Muguruza
Sachia Vickery
Garbiñe Muguruza
Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Paula Kania
Kateřina Siniaková
18 August
New Haven Open at Yale
New Haven , USA
Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–2
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Camila Giorgi
Samantha Stosur
Alison Riske
Garbiñe Muguruza
Kirsten Flipkens
Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová
Andreja Klepač
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Marina Erakovic
Arantxa Parra Santonja
15 September
Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo , Japan
Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Caroline Wozniacki
Angelique Kerber
Garbiñe Muguruza
Dominika Cibulková
Lucie Šafářová
Casey Dellacqua
Carla Suárez Navarro
Cara Black
Sania Mirza 6–2, 7–5
Garbiñe Muguruza
Carla Suárez Navarro
13 October
Kremlin Cup
Moscow , Russia
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Irina-Camelia Begu
Kateřina Siniaková
Lucie Šafářová
Vitalia Diatchenko
Camila Giorgi
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Tsvetana Pironkova
Martina Hingis
Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 7–5
Caroline Garcia
Arantxa Parra Santonja
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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