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The 2019 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the
tennis tournaments on the
2019 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 Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).
Schedule
Premier
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
31 December
Brisbane International
Brisbane , Australia
Karolína Plíšková 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Lesia Tsurenko
Donna Vekić
Naomi Osaka
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Ajla Tomljanović
Anett Kontaveit
Anastasija Sevastova
[1]
Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke 6–1, 6–1
Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan
[2]
7 January
Sydney International
Sydney , Australia
Petra Kvitová 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Ashleigh Barty
Kiki Bertens
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Elise Mertens
Yulia Putintseva
Timea Bacsinszky
Angelique Kerber
[3]
Aleksandra Krunić
Kateřina Siniaková 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Eri Hozumi
Alicja Rosolska
[4]
28 January
St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia
Kiki Bertens 7–6(7–2) , 6–4
Donna Vekić
Vera Zvonareva
Aryna Sabalenka
Petra Kvitová
Daria Kasatkina
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
[5]
Margarita Gasparyan
Ekaterina Makarova 7–5, 7–5
Anna Kalinskaya
Viktória Kužmová
[6]
11 February
Qatar Total Open
Doha , Qatar
Elise Mertens 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Simona Halep
Elina Svitolina
Angelique Kerber
Julia Görges
Karolína Muchová
Barbora Strýcová
Kiki Bertens
[7]
Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Demi Schuurs
[8]
1 April
Volvo Car Open
Charleston , USA
Madison Keys 7–6(7–5) , 6–3
Caroline Wozniacki
Monica Puig
Petra Martić
Sloane Stephens
Danielle Collins
Belinda Bencic
Maria Sakkari
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Alicja Rosolska 7–6(9–7) , 6–2
Irina Khromacheva
Veronika Kudermetova
22 April
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart , Germany
Petra Kvitová 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Anett Kontaveit
Naomi Osaka
Kiki Bertens
Donna Vekić
Victoria Azarenka
Anastasija Sevastova
Angelique Kerber
Mona Barthel
Anna-Lena Friedsam 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Lucie Šafářová
17 June
Birmingham Classic
Birmingham , UK
Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 7–5
Julia Görges
Petra Martić
Barbora Strýcová
Yulia Putintseva
Jeļena Ostapenko
Kristýna Plíšková
Venus Williams
Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–7(4–7) , [10–8]
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Demi Schuurs
24 June
Eastbourne International
Eastbourne , UK
Karolína Plíšková 6–1, 6–4
Angelique Kerber
Ons Jabeur
Kiki Bertens
Alizé Cornet
Simona Halep
Aryna Sabalenka
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Kirsten Flipkens
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
29 July
Silicon Valley Classic
San Jose , USA
Zheng Saisai 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Aryna Sabalenka
Maria Sakkari
Donna Vekić
Elina Svitolina
Amanda Anisimova
Kristie Ahn
Carla Suárez Navarro
Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–4
Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
9 September
Zhengzhou Open
Zhengzhou , China
Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–2
Petra Martić
Ajla Tomljanović
Kristina Mladenovic
Sofia Kenin
Zheng Saisai
Aryna Sabalenka
Elina Svitolina
Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Yanina Wickmayer
Tamara Zidanšek
16 September
Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo , Japan
Naomi Osaka 6–2, 6–3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Elise Mertens
Angelique Kerber
Yulia Putintseva
Camila Giorgi
Madison Keys
Misaki Doi
Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan 7–5, 7–5
Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh Yu-chieh
14 October
Kremlin Cup
Moscow , Russia
Belinda Bencic 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Karolína Muchová
Kristina Mladenovic
Veronika Kudermetova
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Kirsten Flipkens
Kiki Bertens
Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara 6–2, 6–1
Kirsten Flipkens
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
References
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Grand Slam events
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
WTA Premier tournaments
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