2014 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2014 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2014 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 (Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).[1]

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Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
30 December Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
  Serena Williams
6–4, 7–5
  Victoria Azarenka   Maria Sharapova
  Jelena Janković
  Dominika Cibulková
  Kaia Kanepi
  Angelique Kerber
  Stefanie Vögele
  Alla Kudryavtseva
  Anastasia Rodionova

6–3, 6–1
  Kristina Mladenovic
  Galina Voskoboeva
6 January Apia International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
  Tsvetana Pironkova
6–4, 6–4
  Angelique Kerber   Madison Keys
  Petra Kvitová
  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Carla Suárez Navarro
  Sara Errani
  Lucie Šafářová
  Tímea Babos
  Lucie Šafářová

7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
  Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
27 January Open GDF Suez
Paris, France
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
  Sara Errani   Maria Sharapova
  Alizé Cornet
  Kirsten Flipkens
  Angelique Kerber
  Elina Svitolina
  Andrea Petkovic
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Květa Peschke

6–77–9), 6–4, [10–5]
  Tímea Babos
  Kristina Mladenovic
17 February Barclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
  Venus Williams
6–3, 6–0
  Alizé Cornet   Serena Williams
  Caroline Wozniacki
  Jelena Janković
  Carla Suárez Navarro
  Sorana Cîrstea
  Flavia Pennetta
  Alla Kudryavtseva
  Anastasia Rodionova

6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
  Raquel Kops-Jones
  Abigail Spears
31 March Family Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
  Andrea Petkovic
7–5, 6–2
  Jana Čepelová   Belinda Bencic
  Eugenie Bouchard
  Daniela Hantuchová
  Sara Errani
  Lucie Šafářová
  Jelena Janković
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Yaroslava Shvedova

7–6(7–4), 6–2
  Chan Hao-ching
  Chan Yung-jan
21 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
  Maria Sharapova
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
  Ana Ivanovic   Sara Errani
  Jelena Janković
  Agnieszka Radwańska
  Carla Suárez Navarro
  Alisa Kleybanova
  Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci

6–2, 6–3
  Cara Black
  Sania Mirza
9 June Aegon Classic
Birmingham, UK
  Ana Ivanovic
6–3, 6–2
  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová   Zhang Shuai
  Casey Dellacqua
  Klára Koukalová
  Sloane Stephens
  Kirsten Flipkens
  Kimiko Date-Krumm
  Raquel Kops-Jones
  Abigail Spears

7–6(7–1), 6–1
  Ashleigh Barty
  Casey Dellacqua
16 June Aegon International
Eastbourne, UK
  Madison Keys
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
  Angelique Kerber   Caroline Wozniacki
  Heather Watson
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Camila Giorgi
  Lauren Davis
  Petra Kvitová
  Chan Hao-ching
  Chan Yung-jan

6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
  Martina Hingis
  Flavia Pennetta
28 July Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
  Serena Williams
7–6(7–1), 6–3
  Angelique Kerber   Andrea Petkovic
  Varvara Lepchenko
  Ana Ivanovic
  Venus Williams
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Sachia Vickery
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Carla Suárez Navarro

6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
  Paula Kania
  Kateřina Siniaková
18 August New Haven Open at Yale
New Haven, USA
  Petra Kvitová
6–4, 6–2
  Magdaléna Rybáriková   Camila Giorgi
  Samantha Stosur
  Alison Riske
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Kirsten Flipkens
  Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová
  Andreja Klepač
  Sílvia Soler-Espinosa

7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
  Marina Erakovic
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
15 September Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
  Ana Ivanovic
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
  Caroline Wozniacki   Angelique Kerber
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Dominika Cibulková
  Lucie Šafářová
  Casey Dellacqua
  Carla Suárez Navarro
  Cara Black
  Sania Mirza

6–2, 7–5
  Garbiñe Muguruza
  Carla Suárez Navarro
13 October Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6–4, 5–7, 6–1
  Irina-Camelia Begu   Kateřina Siniaková
  Lucie Šafářová
  Vitalia Diatchenko
  Camila Giorgi
  Svetlana Kuznetsova
  Tsvetana Pironkova
  Martina Hingis
  Flavia Pennetta

6–3, 7–5
  Caroline Garcia
  Arantxa Parra Santonja

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.