2019 WTA Premier tournaments

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 are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier Mandatory

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, USA	Bianca Andreescu 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Angelique Kerber	Belinda Bencic Elina Svitolina	Karolína Plíšková Venus Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Markéta Vondroušová
		Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 6–2	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
18 March (2 weeks)	Miami Open Miami Gardens, USA	Ashleigh Barty 7–6^(7–1), 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Anett Kontaveit Simona Halep	Hsieh Su-wei Petra Kvitová Markéta Vondroušová Wang Qiang
		Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 7–6^(7–5), 6–2	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai
6 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain	Kiki Bertens 6–4, 6–4	Simona Halep	Belinda Bencic Sloane Stephens	Naomi Osaka Ashleigh Barty Petra Martić Petra Kvitová
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 6–1	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan
30 September	China Open Beijing, China	Naomi Osaka 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Ashleigh Barty	Kiki Bertens Caroline Wozniacki	Petra Kvitová Elina Svitolina Bianca Andreescu Daria Kasatkina
		Sofia Kenin Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]	Jeļena Ostapenko Dayana Yastremska

Premier 5

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
18 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Belinda Bencic 6–3, 1–6, 6–2	Petra Kvitová	Elina Svitolina Hsieh Su-wei	Carla Suárez Navarro Simona Halep Karolína Plíšková Viktória Kužmová
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–4	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova
13 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–4	Johanna Konta	Kiki Bertens Maria Sakkari	Naomi Osaka Markéta Vondroušová Victoria Azarenka Kristina Mladenovic
		Victoria Azarenka Ashleigh Barty 4–6, 6–0, [10–3]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs
5 August	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada	Bianca Andreescu 3–1, ret.	Serena Williams	Sofia Kenin Marie Bouzková	Elina Svitolina Karolína Plíšková Simona Halep Naomi Osaka
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 7–5, 6–0	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs
12 August	Western & Southern Open Mason, USA	Madison Keys 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ashleigh Barty Sofia Kenin	Maria Sakkari Karolína Plíšková Venus Williams Naomi Osaka
		Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač 6–4, 6–1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs
23 September	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China	Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 3–6, 6–1	Alison Riske	Ashleigh Barty Petra Kvitová	Petra Martić Elena Rybakina Elina Svitolina Dayana Yastremska
		Duan Yingying Veronika Kudermetova 7–6^(7–3), 6–2	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka

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	Julia Görges	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	Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Yu-chieh
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

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