2011 WTA Premier tournaments

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 are divided into three levels which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier Mandatory

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 March
(2 weeks)
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, USA
Caroline Wozniacki
6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Marion Bartoli Maria Sharapova
Yanina Wickmayer
Victoria Azarenka
Peng Shuai
Shahar Pe'er
Ana Ivanovic
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina
6–0, 7–5
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy
22 March
(2 weeks)
Sony Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, USA
Victoria Azarenka
6–1, 6–4
Maria Sharapova Andrea Petkovic
Vera Zvonareva
Jelena Janković
Alexandra Dulgheru
Agnieszka Radwańska
Kim Clijsters
Daniela Hantuchová
Agnieszka Radwańska
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]
Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova
2 MayMutua Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
Petra Kvitová
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Victoria Azarenka Julia Görges
Li Na
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Lucie Šafářová
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Dominika Cibulková
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Kirilenko
6–4, 6–3
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
3 OctoberChina Open
Beijing, China
Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Andrea Petkovic Flavia Pennetta
Monica Niculescu
Caroline Wozniacki
Ana Ivanovic
Maria Kirilenko
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta

Premier 5

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
14 FebruaryBarclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
Caroline Wozniacki
6–1, 6–3
Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Janković
Flavia Pennetta
Shahar Pe'er
Samantha Stosur
Agnieszka Radwańska
Alisa Kleybanova
Liezel Huber
María José Martínez Sánchez
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
9 MayInternazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
Maria Sharapova
6–2, 6–4
Samantha Stosur Caroline Wozniacki
Li Na
Jelena Janković
Victoria Azarenka
Gréta Arn
Francesca Schiavone
Peng Shuai
Zheng Jie
6–2, 6–3
Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova
8 AugustRogers Cup
Toronto, Canada
Serena Williams
6–4, 6–2
Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska
Victoria Azarenka
Roberta Vinci
Andrea Petkovic
Galina Voskoboeva
Lucie Šafářová
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
W/O
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Kirilenko
15 AugustW&S Financial Group Women's Open
Mason, USA
Maria Sharapova
4–6, 7–6(3), 6–3
Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic
Vera Zvonareva
Nadia Petrova
Peng Shuai
Samantha Stosur
Daniela Hantuchová
Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová
26 SeptemberToray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Agnieszka Radwańska
6–3, 6–2
Vera Zvonareva Victoria Azarenka
Petra Kvitová
Kaia Kanepi
Marion Bartoli
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Sharapova
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
7–6(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta

Premier

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 JanuaryMedibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Li Na
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Kim Clijsters Alisa Kleybanova
Bojana Jovanovski
Dominika Cibulková
Victoria Azarenka
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flavia Pennetta
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
7 FebruaryOpen GDF Suez
Paris, France
Petra Kvitová
6–4, 6–3
Kim Clijsters Kaia Kanepi
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jelena Dokić
Dominika Cibulková
Yanina Wickmayer
Andrea Petkovic
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy

6–4, 6–2
Vera Dushevina
Ekaterina Makarova
21 FebruaryQatar Ladies Open
Doha, Qatar
Vera Zvonareva
6–4, 6–4
Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli
Jelena Janković
Flavia Pennetta
Peng Shuai
Klára Zakopalová
Daniela Hantuchová
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik

7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova
4 AprilFamily Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–3
Elena Vesnina Jelena Janković
Peng Shuai
Yanina Wickmayer
Christina McHale
Sania Mirza
Julia Görges
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina

6–4, 6–4,
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy
18 AprilPorsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Julia Görges
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska
Samantha Stosur
Andrea Petkovic
Kristina Barrois
Sabine Lisicki
Vera Zvonareva
Sabine Lisicki
Samantha Stosur

6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Kristina Barrois
Jasmin Wöhr
16 MayBrussels Ladies Open
Brussels, Belgium
Caroline Wozniacki
2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Peng Shuai Francesca Schiavone
Vera Zvonareva
Yanina Wickmayer
Ayumi Morita
Sofia Arvidsson
Alexandra Dulgheru
Andrea Hlaváčková
Galina Voskoboeva

3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska
13 JuneAegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Marion Bartoli
6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Petra Kvitová Samantha Stosur
Daniela Hantuchová
Vera Zvonareva
Victoria Azarenka
Agnieszka Radwańska
Venus Williams
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik

6–3, 6–0
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
25 JulyBank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
Serena Williams
7–5, 6–1
Marion Bartoli Dominika Cibulková
Sabine Lisicki
Marina Erakovic
Ayumi Morita
Agnieszka Radwańska
Maria Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Kirilenko

6–1, 6–3
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
1 AugustMercury Insurance Open
San Diego, USA
Agnieszka Radwańska
6–3, 6–4
Vera Zvonareva Ana Ivanovic
Andrea Petkovic
Sabine Lisicki
Peng Shuai
Daniela Hantuchová
Sloane Stephens
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik

6–0, 6–2
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
22 AugustPilot Pen Tennis at Yale
New Haven, USA
Caroline Wozniacki
6–4, 6–1
Petra Cetkovská Francesca Schiavone
Li Na
Christina McHale
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Marion Bartoli
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Chuang Chia-jung
Olga Govortsova

7–5, 6–2
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
17 OctoberKremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Dominika Cibulková
3–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–5
Kaia Kanepi Elena Vesnina
Lucie Šafářová
Vera Zvonareva
Marion Bartoli
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Vera Dushevina
Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova

7–6(7–3), 6–3
Anastasia Rodionova
Galina Voskoboeva
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