2010 WTA Premier tournaments

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 of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 January Medibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Russia Elena Dementieva
6–3, 6–2
United States Serena Williams France Aravane Rezaï
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Vera Dushevina
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Russia Dinara Safina
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber

6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Russia Nadia Petrova
8 February Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
Russia Elena Dementieva
6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová United States Melanie Oudin
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Germany Andrea Petkovic
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

w/o
Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
12 April Family Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
Australia Samantha Stosur
6–0, 6–3
Russia Vera Zvonareva Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Melanie Oudin
China Peng Shuai
Serbia Jelena Janković
United States Liezel Huber
Russia Nadia Petrova

6–3, 6–4
United States Vania King
Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
26 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Belgium Justine Henin
6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Australia Samantha Stosur Russia Anna Lapushchenkova
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
China Li Na
Serbia Jelena Janković
Russia Dinara Safina
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta

3–6, 7–63, [10–5]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
17 May Warsaw Open
Warsaw, Poland
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
6–3, 6–4
China Zheng Jie Hungary Gréta Arn
China Li Na
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Italy Sara Errani
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
United States Meghann Shaughnessy

6–3, 6–4
Zimbabwe Cara Black
China Yan Zi
14 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Belarus Victoria Azarenka France Marion Bartoli
Australia Samantha Stosur
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Belgium Kim Clijsters
United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs

6–2, 2–6, [13–11]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
26 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
6–4, 6–1
Russia Maria Sharapova Australia Samantha Stosur
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
France Marion Bartoli
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Elena Dementieva
United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Liezel Huber

7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zheng Jie
2 August Southern California Open
San Diego, USA
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Israel Shahar Pe'er
United States Coco Vandeweghe
Australia Samantha Stosur
Russia Maria Kirilenko
China Zheng Jie

6–4, 6–4
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
22 August Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale
New Haven, USA
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Russia Nadia Petrova Russia Elena Dementieva
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
France Marion Bartoli
Russia Dinara Safina
Australia Samantha Stosur
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

7–5, 6–0
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
18 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
6–3, 6–4
Russia Maria Kirilenko Russia Vera Dushevina
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta

6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Italy Sara Errani
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez

References

  • "2010 WTA calendar" (PDF). sonyericssonwtatour.com. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  • "2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tournament Calendar". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.