2012 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

2012 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5

Details
Duration	February 13 – October 7
Edition	23rd
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Victoria Azarenka (3)
Most finals	Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova (4)
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Main article: 2012 WTA Tour

The WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments, which are part of the WTA Premier tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four Premier Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five Premier 5 tournaments: Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Tokyo. ^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date [2]	Prize money
Qatar Total Open [3]	Qatar	Doha	Hard	Feb 13 – 19	$2,168,400
BNP Paribas Open [4]	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 5 – 18	$5,536,664
Sony Ericsson Open [5]	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 19 – Apr 1	$4,828,050
Mutua Madrid Open	Spain	Madrid	Clay (blue)	May 7 – 13	$5,189,603
Internazionali BNL d'Italia [6]	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 14 – 20	$2,168,400
Rogers Cup p/b National Bank	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Aug 6 – 12	$2,168,400
Western & Southern Open [7]	United States	Mason	Hard	Aug 13 – 19	$2,168,400
Toray Pan Pacific Open [8]	Japan	Tokyo	Hard	Sep 24 – 30	$2,168,400
China Open	China	Beijing	Hard	Oct 1 – 7	$4,828,050

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Doha Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka	Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–2	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–1
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–2, 6–3	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–3
Miami Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska	Maria Sharapova	7–5, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]
Madrid Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Victoria Azarenka	6–1, 6–3	Sara Errani* Roberta Vinci*	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Rome Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Li Na	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–2, 7–5
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová	Li Na	7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik* Kristina Mladenovic*	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Li Na*	Angelique Kerber	1–6, 6–3, 6–1	Andrea Hlaváčková* Lucie Hradecká*	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie	6–1, 6–3
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 1–6, 6–3	Raquel Kops-Jones* Abigail Spears*	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
Beijing Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 6–1	Ekaterina Makarova*	Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza	7–5, 7–5
				Elena Vesnina

See also

• WTA Premier tournaments
• 2012 WTA Tour
• 2012 ATP Masters 1000
• 2012 ATP Tour

References

1. "2012 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
2. "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
3. "2012 Qatar Total Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012.
4. "2012 Indian Wells Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2022.
5. "2012 Miami Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2022.
6. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN   978-0-942257-70-0.
7. "Compendium 2022 Web Final". www.wsopen.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
8. "2012 Tokyo Pan Pacific Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012.

External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website