2014 WTA Premier tournaments explained

The 2014 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2014 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 Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).^[1]

Schedule

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Quarterfinalists
30 December	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Serena Williams 6–4, 7–5		Dominika Cibulková Kaia Kanepi Angelique Kerber Stefanie Vögele
30 December	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–1	Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva
6 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–4		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Carla Suárez Navarro Sara Errani Lucie Šafářová
6 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
27 January	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3–6, 6–2, 6–3		Kirsten Flipkens Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Andrea Petkovic
27 January	Open GDF Suez Paris, France	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 6–7^7–9), 6–4, [10–5]	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
17 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Venus Williams 6–3, 6–0		Jelena Janković Carla Suárez Navarro Sorana Cîrstea Flavia Pennetta
17 February	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
31 March	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 6–2		Daniela Hantuchová Sara Errani Lucie Šafářová Jelena Janković
31 March	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
21 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Maria Sharapova 3–6, 6–4, 6–1		Agnieszka Radwańska Carla Suárez Navarro Alisa Kleybanova Svetlana Kuznetsova
21 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–3	Cara Black Sania Mirza
9 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Ana Ivanovic 6–3, 6–2		Klára Koukalová Sloane Stephens Kirsten Flipkens Kimiko Date-Krumm
9 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 7–6^(7–1), 6–1	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
16 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Madison Keys 6–3, 3–6, 7–5		Ekaterina Makarova Camila Giorgi Lauren Davis Petra Kvitová
16 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 5–7, [10–7]	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	Ekaterina Makarova Camila Giorgi Lauren Davis Petra Kvitová
28 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Serena Williams 7–6^(7–1), 6–3		Ana Ivanovic Venus Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Sachia Vickery
28 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	Paula Kania Kateřina Siniaková	Ana Ivanovic Venus Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Sachia Vickery
18 August	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–2		Alison Riske Garbiñe Muguruza Kirsten Flipkens Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová
18 August	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA	Andreja Klepač Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 7–5, 4–6, [10–7]	Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja
15 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)		Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová Casey Dellacqua Carla Suárez Navarro
15 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Cara Black Sania Mirza 6–2, 7–5	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
13 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 5–7, 6–1		Vitalia Diatchenko Camila Giorgi Svetlana Kuznetsova Tsvetana Pironkova
13 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 7–5	Caroline Garcia Arantxa Parra Santonja

Notes and References

Web site: 2014 WTA calendar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140913085123/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/TourCalendar_2014.pdf . 2014-09-13 . 2014-09-01 . wtatennis.com . WTA Tour, Inc. . PDF.