| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 16 – October 11 |
| Edition | 20th |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Dinara Safina (2) |
| Most tournament finals | Dinara Safina (3) |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments, which are part of the WTA Premier tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four Premier Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five Premier 5 tournaments: Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo.[1]
Tournaments
| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Hard | Feb 16 – 22 | $2,000,000 |
| BNP Paribas Open[3] | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 9 – 22 | $4,500,000 |
| Sony Ericsson Open | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 23 – Apr 5 | $4,500,000 |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia[4] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 4 – 10 | $2,000,000 |
| Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open[5] | Spain | Madrid | Clay (red) | May 11 – 17 | $4,500,000 |
| W&S Financial Group Women's Open[6][7] | United States | Mason | Hard | Aug 10 – 16 | $2,000,000 |
| Rogers Cup[8] | Canada | Toronto | Hard | Aug 17 – 24 | $2,000,000 |
| Toray Pan Pacific Open | Japan | Tokyo | Hard | Sep 28 – Oct 4 | $2,000,000 |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Oct 5 – 11 | $4,500,000 |
Results
* First-time champion
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai |  Venus Williams |
 Virginie Razzano |
6–4, 6–2 |  Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Maria Kirilenko  Agnieszka Radwańska |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Indian Wells | Vera Zvonareva |
 Ana Ivanovic |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |  Victoria Azarenka* |
 Gisela Dulko  Shahar Pe'er |
6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Vera Zvonareva | ||||||
| Miami | Victoria Azarenka |
Serena Williams |
6–3, 6–1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
 Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond |
4–6, 6–1, [10–3] |
| Amélie Mauresmo* | ||||||
| Rome | Dinara Safina |
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
6–3, 6–2 |  Hsieh Su-wei  Peng Shuai |
 Daniela Hantuchová  Ai Sugiyama |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
| Madrid | Dinara Safina |
 Caroline Wozniacki |
6–2, 6–4 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Cincinnati | Jelena Janković |
Dinara Safina |
6–4, 6–2 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
 Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–3, 0–6, [10–2] |
| Toronto | Elena Dementieva |
Maria Sharapova |
6–4, 6–3 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
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2–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
| Tokyo | Maria Sharapova |
Jelena Janković |
5–2, ret. | Alisa Kleybanova* |
Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–2 |
 Francesca Schiavone | ||||||
| Beijing | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Agnieszka Radwańska |
6–2, 6–4 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai |
Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova |
6–3, 6–1 |
See also
References
- ↑ "2009 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
- ↑ "2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tournament Calendar". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "2009 Indian Wells Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012.
- ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
- ↑ "2009 Madrid Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2012.
- ↑ From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith, page 3 (2008 Edition; ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3).
- ↑ "Compendium 2022 Web Final" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ↑ "2009 Canada Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2022.
External links
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website
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