The 2010 WTA Premier tournaments are 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2010 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, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo), and Premier (10 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).
Schedule
Premier Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists10 January Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2 Serena Williams Aravane Rezaï Victoria Azarenka Vera Dushevina Flavia Pennetta Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 3–6, [10–3] Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova8 February Open GDF Suez Paris, France Elena Dementieva 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4 Lucie Šafářová Melanie Oudin Flavia Pennetta Andrea Petkovic Ágnes Szávay Shahar Pe'er Tathiana Garbin Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcováw/o Cara Black Liezel Huber12 April Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Samantha Stosur 6–0, 6–3 Vera Zvonareva Caroline Wozniacki Daniela Hantuchová Nadia Petrova Melanie Oudin Peng Shuai Jelena Janković Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–4 Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek26 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Justine Henin 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 Samantha Stosur Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er Lucie Šafářová Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–63, [10–5] Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 17 May Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4 Zheng Jie Gréta Arn Li Na Caroline Wozniacki Alona Bondarenko Sara Errani Tsvetana Pironkova Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–4 Cara Black Yan Zi14 June Aegon InternationalEastbourne, UK Ekaterina Makarova 7–6(7–5), 6–4 Victoria Azarenka Marion Bartoli Samantha Stosur María José Martínez Sánchez Kim Clijsters Elena Baltacha Svetlana Kuznetsova Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, [13–11] Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik26 July Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–1 Maria Sharapova Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko Elena Dementieva Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8] Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie2 August Southern California Open San Diego, USA Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3 Agnieszka Radwańska Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta Alisa Kleybanova Shahar Pe'er Coco Vandeweghe Samantha Stosur Maria Kirilenko <br/ > Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4 Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs22 August Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA Caroline Wozniacki6–3, 3–6, 6–3 Nadia Petrova Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Samantha Stosur Květa Peschke <br/ > Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy18 October Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Victoria Azarenka6–3, 6–4 Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina María José Martínez Sánchez Zarina Diyas Anna Chakvetadze Dominika Cibulková Alisa Kleybanova Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta6–3, 2–6, [10–6] Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez
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