2019 WTA Premier tournaments

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The 2019 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2019 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 (Dubai, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).

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Schedule

Premier

Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
31 December Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Flag of Ukraine.svg Lesia Tsurenko Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić
Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka
Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ajla Tomljanović
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit
Flag of Latvia.svg Anastasija Sevastova
[1]
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan
[2]
7 January Sydney International
Sydney, Australia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva
Flag of Switzerland.svg Timea Bacsinszky
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
[3]
Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Krunić
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
[4]
28 January St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
St. Petersburg, Russia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Flag of Russia.svg Daria Kasatkina
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
[5]
Flag of Russia.svg Margarita Gasparyan
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova
7–5, 7–5
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kalinskaya
Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktória Kužmová
[6]
11 February Qatar Total Open
Doha, Qatar
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Muchová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
[7]
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
[8]
1 April Volvo Car Open
Charleston, USA
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Keys
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Monica Puig
Flag of Croatia.svg Petra Martić
Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens
Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Collins
Flag of Switzerland.svg Belinda Bencic
Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska
7–6(9–7), 6–2
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Khromacheva
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova
22 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Flag of Latvia.svg Anastasija Sevastova
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Flag of Germany.svg Mona Barthel
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
17 June Birmingham Classic
Birmingham, UK
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashleigh Barty
6–3, 7–5
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Görges Flag of Croatia.svg Petra Martić
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Plíšková
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–8]
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
24 June Eastbourne International
Eastbourne, UK
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková
6–1, 6–4
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
29 July Silicon Valley Classic
San Jose, USA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari
Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Anisimova
Flag of the United States.svg Kristie Ahn
Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
6–4, 6–4
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
9 September Zhengzhou Open
Zhengzhou, China
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková
6–3, 6–2
Flag of Croatia.svg Petra Martić Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ajla Tomljanović
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yanina Wickmayer
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tamara Zidanšek
16 September Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka
6–2, 6–3
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva
Flag of Italy.svg Camila Giorgi
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Keys
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan
7–5, 7–5
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Yu-chieh
14 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Flag of Switzerland.svg Belinda Bencic
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Muchová
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Ena Shibahara
6–2, 6–1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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