WTA Premier tournaments
WTA Premier Tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2009.
As of 2020, Premier events include:
- Four "Premier Mandatory" events in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and Beijing with prize money of $4.5 million.
- Five "Premier 5" events in Doha, Rome, Cincinnati, Toronto/Montreal, and Wuhan with prize money of $2 million.
- Twelve "Premier" events with prize money of $600,000 to $1,000,000.
- "Premier Mandatory" 1000
- "Premier 5" 900 and
- "Premier" 470.
Events
Legend |
Premier Mandatory |
Premier 5 |
Premier |
Tournament | Officially known as | City | Country | Surface | Prize | Current singles champion |
Brisbane | Brisbane International | Brisbane | Australia | Hard | 1,000,000 | Karolína Plíšková |
Adelaide | Adelaide International | Adelaide | Australia | Hard | 848,000 | Ashleigh Barty |
St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | St. Petersburg | Russia | Hard | 823,000 | Kiki Bertens |
Dubai | Dubai Tennis Championships | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Hard | 2,828,000 | Simona Halep |
Doha | Qatar Total Open | Doha | Qatar | Hard | 916,131 | Aryna Sabalenka |
Indian Wells | BNP Paribas Open | Indian Wells | United States | Hard | 9,035,428 | Bianca Andreescu |
Miami | Miami Open | Miami Gardens | United States | Hard | 9,035,428 | Ashleigh Barty |
Charleston | Volvo Car Open | Charleston | United States | Clay | 823,000 | Madison Keys |
Stuttgart | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | Stuttgart | Germany | Clay | 886,077 | Petra Kvitová |
Madrid | Mutua Madrid Open | Madrid | Spain | Clay | 7,021,128 | Kiki Bertens |
Rome | Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Rome | Italy | Clay | 3,452,538 | Karolína Plíšková |
Berlin | Grass Court Championships Berlin | Berlin | Germany | Grass | TBD | TBD |
Eastbourne | Nature Valley International | Eastbourne | United Kingdom | Grass | 998,712 | Karolína Plíšková |
San Jose | Silicon Valley Classic | San Jose | United States | Hard | 799,000 | Zheng Saisai |
Canada | Rogers Cup | Toronto / Montreal | Canada | Hard | 2,820,000 | Bianca Andreescu |
Cincinnati | Western & Southern Open | Mason | United States | Hard | 2,874,299 | Madison Keys |
Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Open | Zhengzhou | China | Hard | 799,000 | Karolína Plíšková |
Tokyo | Toray Pan Pacific Open | Tokyo | Japan | Hard | 799,000 | Naomi Osaka |
Wuhan | Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open | Wuhan | China | Hard | 2,746,000 | Aryna Sabalenka |
Beijing | China Open | Beijing | China | Hard | 8,285,274 | Naomi Osaka |
Moscow | Kremlin Cup | Moscow | Russia | Hard | 932,866 | Belinda Bencic |
Singles results
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Singles winners
Year-End Championships
Championships | |
2009 | S. Williams |
2010 | Clijsters |
2011 | Kvitová |
2012 | S. Williams |
2013 | S. Williams |
2014 | S. Williams |
2015 | A. Radwańska |
2016 | Cibulková |
2017 | Wozniacki |
2018 | Svitolina |
2019 | Barty |
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier
Singles titles matrix
These tables present the number of singles WTA Premier titles won by each player and each nation since 2009.Titles won by player
The players are sorted by:1st) total number of titles,
2nd) highest amount of highest category tournaments,
3rd) alphabetical order by players' family names.
Titles won by nation
The nations are sorted by:1st) total number of titles,
2nd) highest amount of highest category tournaments,
3rd) alphabetical order of names.