The 2011 WTA Premier tournaments are 20 of the tennis tournaments on the 2011 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 Tokyo), and Premier (11 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).
Schedule
Premier Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists10 January Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia Li Na7–6(7–3), 6–3 Kim Clijsters Alisa Kleybanova Bojana Jovanovski Dominika Cibulková Victoria Azarenka Svetlana Kuznetsova Flavia Pennetta Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová4–6, 6–4, [10–7] Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik7 February Open GDF Suez Paris, France Petra Kvitová6–4, 6–3 Kim Clijsters Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jelena Dokić Dominika Cibulková Yanina Wickmayer Andrea Petkovic Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy6–4, 6–2 Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova21 February Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar Vera Zvonareva6–4, 6–4 Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Jelena Janković Flavia Pennetta Peng Shuai Klára Zakopalová Daniela Hantuchová Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8] Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova4 April Family Circle CupCharleston, USA Caroline Wozniacki6–2, 6–3 Elena Vesnina Jelena Janković Peng Shuai Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Sania Mirza Julia Görges Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina6–4, 6–4, Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy18 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Julia Görges7–6(7–3), 6–3 Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Andrea Petkovic Kristina Barrois Sabine Lisicki Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur6–1, 7–6(7–5) Kristina Barrois Jasmin Wöhr16 May Brussels Ladies Open Brussels, Belgium Caroline Wozniacki2–6, 6–3, 6–3 Peng Shuai Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva Yanina Wickmayer Ayumi Morita Sofia Arvidsson Alexandra Dulgheru Andrea Hlaváčková Galina Voskoboeva3–6, 6–0, [10–5] Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska13 June Aegon International Eastbourne, UK Marion Bartoli6–1, 4–6, 7–5 Petra Kvitová Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchová Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwańska Venus Williams Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik6–3, 6–0 Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond25 July Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Serena Williams7–5, 6–1 Marion Bartoli Dominika Cibulková Sabine Lisicki Marina Erakovic Ayumi Morita Agnieszka Radwańska Maria Sharapova Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko6–1, 6–3 Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond1 August Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA Agnieszka Radwańska6–3, 6–4 Vera Zvonareva Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Sabine Lisicki Peng Shuai Daniela Hantuchová Sloane Stephens Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik6–0, 6–2 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears22 August Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale New Haven, USA Caroline Wozniacki6–4, 6–1 Petra Cetkovská Francesca Schiavone Li Na Christina McHale Anabel Medina Garrigues Marion Bartoli Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Chuang Chia-jung Olga Govortsova7–5, 6–2 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci17 October Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Dominika Cibulková3–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–5 Kaia Kanepi Elena Vesnina Lucie Šafářová Vera Zvonareva Marion Bartoli Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Dushevina Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova7–6(7–3), 6–3 Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva
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