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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
Premier
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
2 January
2012 Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia
Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1
Daniela Hantuchová
Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone
Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic
Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2)
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
9 January
2012 Apia International Sydney Sydney , Australia
Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Li Na
Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová
Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
6 February
Open GDF Suez Paris, France
Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–3) , 5–7, 6–3
Marion Bartoli
Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová
Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6(7–3) , 6–1
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić
20 February
Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , UAE
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4
Julia Görges
Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković
Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1
Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
2 April
Family Circle Cup Charleston , USA
Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1
Lucie Šafářová
Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur
Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova
23 April
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart , Germany
Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4
Victoria Azarenka
Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová
Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur
Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5
Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 May
Brussels Open Brussels , Belgium
Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0
Simona Halep
Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson
Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2
Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie
18 June
Aegon International Eastbourne , UK
Tamira Paszek 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Angelique Kerber
Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová
Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, ret.
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
9 July
Bank of the West Classic Stanford , USA
Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3
Coco Vandeweghe
Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer
Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli
Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King
16 July
Mercury Insurance Open San Diego , USA
Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 7–5
Marion Bartoli
Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova
Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4
Vania King Nadia Petrova
20 August
New Haven Open at Yale New Haven , USA
Petra Kvitová 7–6(11–9) , 7–5
Maria Kirilenko
Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani
Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
15 October
Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia
Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Samantha Stosur
Ana Ivanovic Sofia Arvidsson
Klára Zakopalová Vesna Dolonc Dominika Cibulková Maria Kirilenko
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova
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