2019 WTA Premier tournaments explained

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).

Schedule

Premier

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

Notes and References

1. News: Australian coach's pep talk pushes Pliskova to Brisbane crown. Lutton. Phil. 6 January 2019. The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 February 2019.
2. Web site: Melichar/Peschke clinch third doubles title together. 2019-01-05. Brisbane International Tennis. 2019-02-17.
3. News: Ashleigh Barty falls to Petra Kvitova in Sydney epic. Australian Associated Press. 2019-01-12. The Guardian. 2019-02-17. en-GB. 0261-3077.
4. Web site: Krunic/Siniakova, Murray/Soares claim doubles titles. 2019-01-12. Sydney International Tennis. 2019-02-17.
5. News: Kiki Bertens beats Donna Vekic to win St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. 3 February 2019. ESPN. 18 February 2019.
6. Web site: Margarita Gasparyan & Ekaterina Makarova WTA St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy. 2019-02-03. ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY 2019. en. 2019-02-17.
7. Web site: Simona Halep shocked by Elise Mertens in the final of the Qatar Open. 16 February 2019. Sky Sports. en. 2019-02-17.
8. News: Taiwan’s Chan sisters capture doubles title in Doha. Liao. George. 17 February 2019. Taiwan News. 18 February 2019.