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:
The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are:
This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam Tournament, up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, and 280 for winning an International tournament. This system differs from that used for the men's ATP rankings, but only slightly. The men have nine Masters events with 1,000 points for the winner, and the next two tiers of ATP tournaments offer 500 and 250 points for winning respectively.

Events

Legend
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
Premier

TournamentOfficially known asCityCountrySurfacePrize Current singles champion
BrisbaneBrisbane InternationalBrisbane AustraliaHard1,000,000 Karolína Plíšková
AdelaideAdelaide InternationalAdelaide AustraliaHard848,000 Ashleigh Barty
St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg Ladies' TrophySt. Petersburg RussiaHard 823,000 Kiki Bertens
DubaiDubai Tennis ChampionshipsDubai United Arab EmiratesHard2,828,000 Simona Halep
DohaQatar Total OpenDoha QatarHard916,131 Aryna Sabalenka
Indian WellsBNP Paribas OpenIndian Wells United StatesHard9,035,428 Bianca Andreescu
MiamiMiami OpenMiami Gardens United StatesHard9,035,428 Ashleigh Barty
CharlestonVolvo Car OpenCharleston United StatesClay823,000 Madison Keys
StuttgartPorsche Tennis Grand PrixStuttgart GermanyClay 886,077 Petra Kvitová
MadridMutua Madrid OpenMadrid SpainClay7,021,128 Kiki Bertens
RomeInternazionali BNL d'ItaliaRome ItalyClay3,452,538 Karolína Plíšková
BerlinGrass Court Championships BerlinBerlin GermanyGrassTBDTBD
EastbourneNature Valley InternationalEastbourne United KingdomGrass998,712 Karolína Plíšková
San JoseSilicon Valley ClassicSan Jose United StatesHard799,000 Zheng Saisai
CanadaRogers CupToronto / Montreal CanadaHard2,820,000 Bianca Andreescu
CincinnatiWestern & Southern OpenMason United StatesHard2,874,299 Madison Keys
ZhengzhouZhengzhou OpenZhengzhou ChinaHard799,000 Karolína Plíšková
TokyoToray Pan Pacific OpenTokyo JapanHard799,000 Naomi Osaka
WuhanDongfeng Motor Wuhan OpenWuhan ChinaHard2,746,000 Aryna Sabalenka
BeijingChina OpenBeijing ChinaHard8,285,274 Naomi Osaka
MoscowKremlin CupMoscow RussiaHard 932,866 Belinda Bencic

Singles results

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Singles winners

Year-End Championships

Championships
2009S. Williams
2010Clijsters
2011Kvitová
2012S. Williams
2013S. Williams
2014S. Williams
2015A. Radwańska
2016Cibulková
2017Wozniacki
2018Svitolina
2019Barty

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.