2012 WTA Premier tournaments

For 2012 Premier Mandatory and 5 tournaments, see 2012 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments.

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
2 January	2012 Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	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	Belgium Kim Clijsters Italy Francesca Schiavone
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
9 January	2012 Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Czech Republic Květa Peschke Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]	United States Liezel Huber United States Lisa Raymond	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
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
6 February	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	United States Liezel Huber United States Lisa Raymond 7–6^(7–3), 6–1	Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Croatia Petra Martić	Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
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
20 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	United States Liezel Huber United States Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1	India Sania Mirza Russia Elena Vesnina	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Serbia Jelena Janković
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
2 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]	Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova	Slovenia Polona Hercog Australia Samantha Stosur
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
23 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5	Germany Julia Görges Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
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
21 May	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium	United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands India Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2	Poland Alicja Rosolska China Zheng Jie	Estonia Kaia Kanepi Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
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
18 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, ret.	United States Liezel Huber United States Lisa Raymond	France Marion Bartoli Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
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
9 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	New Zealand Marina Erakovic United Kingdom Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6^(9–7)	Australia Jarmila Gajdošová United States Vania King	Romania Sorana Cîrstea Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
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
16 July	Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA	United States Raquel Kops-Jones United States Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4	United States Vania King Russia Nadia Petrova	Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan 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
20 August	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA	United States Liezel Huber United States Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]	Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Italy Sara Errani
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
15 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Russia Ekaterina Makarova Russia Elena Vesnina 6–3, 1–6, [10–8]	Russia Maria Kirilenko Russia Nadia Petrova	Serbia Ana Ivanovic Sweden Sofia Arvidsson

References

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

v t e WTA Premier tournaments (2009–2020)
Tournaments by year	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Premier Mandatory	Indian Wells (2009–2020) Miami (2009–2020) Madrid (2009–2020) Beijing (2009–2020)
Premier 5 tournaments	Dubai (2009–2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) Doha (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Rome (2009–2020) Montréal / Toronto (2009–2020) Cincinnati (2009–2020) Tokyo (2009–2013) Wuhan (2014–2020)
Premier tournaments	Brisbane (2012–2020) Sydney (2009–2019) Adelaide (2020) Paris (2009–2014) Antwerp (2015) St. Petersburg (2016–2020) Doha (2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) Dubai (2012–2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) Charleston (2009–2020) Stuttgart (2009–2020) Warsaw (2009–2010) Brussels (2011–2013) Birmingham (2014–2019) Berlin (2020) Eastbourne (2009–2020) San Jose / Stanford (2009–2020) Los Angeles (2009) San Diego / Carlsbad (2010–2013) New Haven (2009–2018) Zhengzhou (2019–2020) Tokyo (2014–2020) Moscow (2009–2020) Ostrava (2020)
WTA Tour

v t e 2012 WTA Tour « 2011 2013 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Tokyo (S, D)
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Brussels (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Carlsbad (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Fes (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Bad Gastein (S, D) Baku (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Linz (S, D) Osaka (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
Summer Olympic Games, London (S, D, X) WTA Championships, Istanbul (S, D) WTA Tournament of Champions, Sofia (S)

v t e 2012 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Finals ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Championships WTA Tournament of Champions WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	Olympic Games Paralympic Games

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