2016 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

2016 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5

Details
Duration	February 22 – October 9
Edition	27th
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Victoria Azarenka Simona Halep (2)
Most tournament finals	Victoria Azarenka Dominika Cibulková Simona Halep Madison Keys Serena Williams (2)
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Main article: 2016 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 Wuhan. ^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money
Qatar Open [2]	Qatar	Doha	Hard	Feb 22 – 28	$2,818,000
Indian Wells Open [3]	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 7 – 20	$6,844,139
Miami Open	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 21 – Apr 3	$6,844,139
Madrid Open	Spain	Madrid	Clay (red)	May 1 – 7	€5,300,951
Italian Open [4]	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 9 – 15	€2,900,360
Canadian Open	Canada	Montreal	Hard	July 25 – 31	$2,714,413
Cincinnati Open [5]	United States	Mason	Hard	Aug 15 – 21	$2,804,000
Wuhan Open [6]	China	Wuhan	Hard	Sep 26 – Oct 2	$2,589,000
China Open	China	Beijing	Hard	Oct 3 – 9	$6,289,521

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Doha Singles – Doubles	Carla Suárez Navarro	Jeļena Ostapenko	1–6, 6–4, 6–4	Chan Hao-ching Chan Latisha	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–3
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	6–4, 6–4	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
				CoCo Vandeweghe*
Miami Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova	6–3, 6–4
Madrid Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep	Dominika Cibulková	6–4, 6–2	Caroline Garcia*	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–4, 6–4
				Kristina Mladenovic
Rome Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams	Madison Keys	7–6(7–5), 6–3	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep	Madison Keys	7–6(7–2), 6–3	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Simona Halep Monica Niculescu	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–1	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe	7–5, 6–4
Wuhan Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková	6–1, 6–1	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–1, 6–4
Beijing Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska	Johanna Konta	6–4, 6–2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 6–4

See also

• WTA Premier tournaments
• 2016 WTA Tour
• 2016 ATP Masters 1000
• 2016 ATP Tour

References

1. "2016 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
2. "2016 Qatar Total Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2022.
3. "2016 Indian Wells Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016.
4. 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.
5. "Compendium 2022 Web Final". www.wsopen.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
6. "2016 Wuhan Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2021.

External links

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