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2009 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

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2009 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5
Details
DurationFebruary 16 – October 11
Edition20th
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesRussia Dinara Safina (2)
Most tournament finalsRussia 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

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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

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* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Dubai

SinglesDoubles

United States Venus Williams France Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2 Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
6–3, 6–3
Indian Wells

SinglesDoubles

Russia Vera Zvonareva Serbia Ana Ivanovic 7–6(7–5), 6–2 Belarus Victoria Azarenka* Argentina Gisela Dulko
Israel Shahar Pe'er
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Miami

SinglesDoubles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka United States Serena Williams 6–3, 6–1 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Czech Republic Květa Peschke
United States Lisa Raymond
4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
France Amélie Mauresmo*
Rome

SinglesDoubles

Russia Dinara Safina Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Madrid

SinglesDoubles

Russia Dinara Safina Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
United States Lisa Raymond
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Cincinnati

SinglesDoubles

Serbia Jelena Janković Russia Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Toronto

SinglesDoubles

Russia Elena Dementieva Russia Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Tokyo

SinglesDoubles

Russia Maria Sharapova Serbia Jelena Janković 5–2, ret. Russia Alisa Kleybanova* Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 6–2
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Beijing

SinglesDoubles

Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–4 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–3, 6–1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2009 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tournament Calendar". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ "2009 Indian Wells Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "2009 Madrid Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2012.
  6. ^ From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith, page 3 (2008 Edition; ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3).
  7. ^ "Compendium 2022 Web Final" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2009 Canada Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2022.
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