The 2013 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2013 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).
Schedule Premier Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists31 December Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Serena Williams6–2, 6–1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Victoria Azarenka Lesia Tsurenko Ksenia Pervak Sloane Stephens Angelique Kerber Daniela Hantuchová Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza4–6, 6–4, [10–7] Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke7 January Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 6–0 Dominika Cibulková Li Na Angelique Kerber Roberta Vinci Madison Keys Sara Errani Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik6-3, 6-4 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci28 January Open GDF Suez Paris, France Mona Barthel 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Sara Errani Kiki Bertens Kristina Mladenovic Carla Suárez Navarro Lucie Šafářová Marion Bartoli Petra Kvitová Sara Errani Roberta Vinci6–1, 6–1 Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber18 February Barclays Dubai TennisChampionships Dubai, UAE Petra Kvitová6–2, 1–6, 6–1 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci Caroline Wozniacki Nadia Petrova Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza6–4, 2–6, [10–7] Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik1 April Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA Serena Williams3–6, 6–0, 6–2 Jelena Janković Venus Williams Stefanie Vögele Lucie Šafářová Madison Keys Eugenie Bouchard Caroline Wozniacki Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová6–3, 7–6(8–6) Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber22 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Maria Sharapova6–4, 6–3 Li Na Angelique Kerber Bethanie Mattek-Sands Ana Ivanovic Yaroslava Shvedova Sabine Lisicki Petra Kvitová Mona Barthel Sabine Lisicki6–4, 7–5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza20 May Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium Kaia Kanepi6–2, 7–5 Peng Shuai Romina Oprandi Jamie Hampton Zheng Jie Sloane Stephens Varvara Lepchenko Roberta Vinci Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke6–0, 6–3 Gabriela Dabrowski Shahar Pe'er17 June Aegon International Eastbourne, UK Elena Vesnina6–2, 6–1 Jamie Hampton Caroline Wozniacki Yanina Wickmayer Lucie Šafářová Ekaterina Makarova Maria Kirilenko Li Na Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik6–3, 6–3 Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová22 July Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA Dominika Cibulková3–6, 6–4, 6–4 Agnieszka Radwańska Jamie Hampton Sorana Cîrstea Varvara Lepchenko Vera Dushevina Urszula Radwańska Olga Govortsova Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears6–2, 7–6(7–4) Julia Görges Darija Jurak29 July Southern California OpenCarlsbad, USA Samantha Stosur6–2, 6–3 Victoria Azarenka Ana Ivanovic Virginie Razzano Urszula Radwańska Roberta Vinci Petra Kvitová Agnieszka Radwańska Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears6–4, 6–1 Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová19 August New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA Simona Halep6–2, 6–2 Petra Kvitová Caroline Wozniacki Klára Zakopalová Ekaterina Makarova Sloane Stephens Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Vesnina Sania Mirza Zheng Jie6–3, 6–4 Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik14 October Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Simona Halep7–6(7–1), 6–2 Samantha Stosur Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova Daniela Hantuchová Alisa Kleybanova Ana Ivanovic Roberta Vinci Samantha Stosur Svetlana Kuznetsova6–1, 1–6, [10–8] Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova
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