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2012 WTA Premier tournaments

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The 2012 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2012 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).[1]

Schedule

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Premier

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Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 January 2012 Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
6–2, 6–1
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Belgium Kim Clijsters
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
United States Serena Williams
Serbia Jelena Janković
Germany Andrea Petkovic
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja

7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
9 January 2012 Apia International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
China Li Na Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
France Marion Bartoli
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
6 February Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
Germany Angelique Kerber
7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3
France Marion Bartoli Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
Russia Maria Sharapova
Germany Mona Barthel
Germany Julia Görges
Italy Roberta Vinci
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond

7–6(7–3), 6–1
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Croatia Petra Martić
20 February Barclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–4
Germany Julia Görges Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Serbia Jelena Janković
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Australia Samantha Stosur
Germany Sabine Lisicki
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond

6–2, 6–1
India Sania Mirza
Russia Elena Vesnina
2 April Family Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
United States Serena Williams
6–0, 6–1
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová Slovenia Polona Hercog
Australia Samantha Stosur
Russia Nadia Petrova
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Germany Sabine Lisicki
United States Venus Williams
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová

5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
23 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Russia Maria Sharapova
6–1, 6–4
Belarus Victoria Azarenka Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Germany Mona Barthel
China Li Na
Germany Angelique Kerber
Australia Samantha Stosur
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

6–4, 7–5
Germany Julia Görges
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 May Brussels Open
Brussels, Belgium
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–0
Romania Simona Halep Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Poland Urszula Radwańska
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
India Sania Mirza

6–3, 6–2
Poland Alicja Rosolska
China Zheng Jie
18 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Austria Tamira Paszek
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Germany Angelique Kerber France Marion Bartoli
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez

6–4, ret.
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
9 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
United States Serena Williams
7–5, 6–3
United States Coco Vandeweghe Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Poland Urszula Radwańska
France Marion Bartoli
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
United Kingdom Heather Watson

7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
United States Vania King
16 July Mercury Insurance Open
San Diego, USA
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
6–1, 7–5
France Marion Bartoli Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Christina McHale
Serbia Jelena Janković
United States Varvara Lepchenko
Poland Urszula Radwańska
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears

6–2, 6–4
United States Vania King
Russia Nadia Petrova
20 August New Haven Open at Yale
New Haven, USA
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
7–6(11–9), 7–5
Russia Maria Kirilenko Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Italy Sara Errani
Belarus Olga Govortsova
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
France Marion Bartoli
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond

4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
15 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Australia Samantha Stosur Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
Serbia Vesna Dolonc
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina

6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Nadia Petrova

References

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  1. ^ "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-09.