2009 WTA Premier tournaments

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The 2009 WTA Premier tournaments were 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2009 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments all 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 (Dubai, Roma, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo), and Premier (10 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).

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Premier

Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
12 January Medibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai

6–0, 6–1
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua
9 February Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo
7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
Flag of France.svg Émilie Loit
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber

6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
13 April Family Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki
6–2, 6–4
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva
Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková
Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano
Flag of Hungary.svg Melinda Czink
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova

6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]
Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere
Flag of Switzerland.svg Patty Schnyder
27 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko
Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova

5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
18 May Warsaw Open
Warsaw, Poland
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Dulgheru
7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0
Flag of Ukraine.svg Alona Bondarenko Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anne Keothavong
Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Flag of Romania.svg Ioana Raluca Olaru
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Galina Voskoboeva
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Zakopalová
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands

6-1, 6–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
15 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
7–6(5), 7–5
Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aleksandra Wozniak
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
Flag of Russia.svg Vera Dushevina
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama

6–4, 6–3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
27 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams

6–4, 6–1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
3 August LA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife
Los Angeles, USA
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Flag of Poland.svg Urszula Radwańska
Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi

6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
24 August Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick
New Haven, USA
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chakvetadze
Flag of Slovakia.svg Magdaléna Rybáriková
Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano
Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives
Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez

6–2, 7–5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
19 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
6-3, 6-0
Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova Flag of Ukraine.svg Alona Bondarenko
Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Kleybanova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Tsvetana Pironkova
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
Flag of Russia.svg Vera Dushevina
Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova

6-2, 6-2
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kondratieva
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Zakopalová

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