2014 WTA Premier tournaments

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The 2014 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2014 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
3 March
(2 weeks)
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, US
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 6–1
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska China Li Na
Romania Simona Halep
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
United States Sloane Stephens
Australia Casey Dellacqua
Serbia Jelena Janković
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai

7–6(7–5), 6–2
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
17 March
(2 weeks)
Sony Open Tennis
Miami, US
United States Serena Williams
7–5, 6–1
China Li Na Russia Maria Sharapova
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Germany Angelique Kerber
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Germany Sabine Lisicki

4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
5 May Mutua Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
Russia Maria Sharapova
1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Romania Simona Halep Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
United States Serena Williams
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
France Caroline Garcia
China Li Na
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci

6–4, 6–4
Spain Garbine Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
29 September China Open
Beijing, China
Russia Maria Sharapova
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Australia Samantha Stosur
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
United States Serena Williams
Italy Roberta Vinci
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Romania Simona Halep
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
China Peng Shuai

6–4, 6–4
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza

Premier 5

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 February Qatar Total Open
Doha, Qatar
Romania Simona Halep
6–2, 6–3
Germany Angelique Kerber Serbia Jelena Janković
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Italy Sara Errani
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai

6–4, 6–0
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
12 May Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
United States Serena Williams
6–3, 6–0
Italy Sara Errani Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Serbia Jelena Janković
China Zhang Shuai
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
China Li Na
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

4–0, RET
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
4 August Canadian Open
Toronto, Canada
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
6–4, 6–2
United States Venus Williams United States Serena Williams
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
United States Coco Vandeweghe
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci

7–6(7–4), 6–3
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
11 August Western & Southern Open
Cincinnati, US
United States Serena Williams
6–4, 6–1
Serbia Ana Ivanovic Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Russia Maria Sharapova
Serbia Jelena Janković
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Romania Simona Halep
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears

6–1, 2–0, RET
Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
22 September Wuhan Tennis Open
Wuhan, China
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
6–3, 6–4
Canada Eugenie Bouchard Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
France Alizé Cornet
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
France Caroline Garcia
Germany Angelique Kerber
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Italy Flavia Pennetta

6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Zimbabwe Cara Black
France Caroline Garcia

Premier

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
30 December Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
United States Serena Williams
6–4, 7–5
Belarus Victoria Azarenka Russia Maria Sharapova
Serbia Jelena Janković
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Estonia Kaia Kanepi
Germany Angelique Kerber
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova

6–3, 6–1
France Kristina Mladenovic
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
6 January Apia International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
6–4, 6–4
Germany Angelique Kerber United States Madison Keys
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Italy Sara Errani
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Hungary Tímea Babos
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová

7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
27 January Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Italy Sara Errani Russia Maria Sharapova
France Alizé Cornet
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Germany Angelique Kerber
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
Germany Andrea Petkovic
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke

6–77–9), 6–4, [10–5]
Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
17 February Barclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
United States Venus Williams
6–3, 6–0
France Alizé Cornet United States Serena Williams
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Serbia Jelena Janković
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia Anastasia Rodionova

6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
31 March Family Circle Cup
Charleston, US
Germany Andrea Petkovic
7–5, 6–2
Slovakia Jana Čepelová Switzerland Belinda Bencic
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Italy Sara Errani
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Serbia Jelena Janković
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova

7–6(7–4), 6–2
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
21 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Russia Maria Sharapova
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Serbia Ana Ivanovic Italy Sara Errani
Serbia Jelena Janković
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci

6–2, 6–3
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
9 June Aegon Classic
Birmingham, UK
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
6–3, 6–2
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová China Zhang Shuai
Australia Casey Dellacqua
Czech Republic Klára Koukalová
United States Sloane Stephens
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears

7–6(7–1), 6–1
Australia Ashleigh Barty
Australia Casey Dellacqua
16 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
United States Madison Keys
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Germany Angelique Kerber Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
United Kingdom Heather Watson
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Italy Camila Giorgi
United States Lauren Davis
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan

6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Italy Flavia Pennetta
28 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, US
United States Serena Williams
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Germany Angelique Kerber Germany Andrea Petkovic
United States Varvara Lepchenko
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
United States Venus Williams
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
United States Sachia Vickery
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro

6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Poland Paula Kania
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
18 August New Haven Open at Yale
New Haven, US
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
6–4, 6–2
Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková Italy Camila Giorgi
Australia Samantha Stosur
United States Alison Riske
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Spain Sílvia Soler-Espinosa

7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
15 September Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Serbia Ana Ivanovic
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Germany Angelique Kerber
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Australia Casey Dellacqua
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza

6–2, 7–5
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
13 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Italy Camila Giorgi
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Italy Flavia Pennetta

6–3, 7–5
France Caroline Garcia
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja