2016 WTA Premier tournaments explained

The 2016 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2016 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1			Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic
11 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2			Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
8 February	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3		Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1
15 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2		Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle Coco Vandeweghe
		Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Sloane Stephens 7–6^(7–4), 6–2		Angelique Kerber Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0		Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6]	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
13 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Madison Keys 6–3, 6–4		Coco Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro
		Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 7–6