2015 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2015 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2015 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
9 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, US	Simona Halep 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Serena Williams Sabine Lisicki	Timea Bacsinszky Carla Suárez Navarro Lesia Tsurenko Flavia Pennetta
9 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, US	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Serena Williams Sabine Lisicki
23 March (2 weeks)	2015 Miami Open Miami, US	Serena Williams 6–2, 6–0	Carla Suárez Navarro	Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic	Sabine Lisicki Sloane Stephens Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková
23 March (2 weeks)	2015 Miami Open Miami, US	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Simona Halep Andrea Petkovic
4 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Serena Williams Maria Sharapova	Carla Suárez Navarro Irina-Camelia Begu Caroline Wozniacki Lucie Šafářová
4 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–7^(4–7), [10–5]	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Serena Williams Maria Sharapova
5 October	China Open Beijing, China	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–4	Timea Bacsinszky	Agnieszka Radwańska Ana Ivanovic	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Angelique Kerber Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sara Errani
5 October	China Open Beijing, China	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–7^(9–11), 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Agnieszka Radwańska Ana Ivanovic

Premier 5

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
16 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Simona Halep 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Caroline Wozniacki Garbiñe Muguruza	Ekaterina Makarova Flavia Pennetta Lucie Šafářová Carla Suárez Navarro
16 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 6–2	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Caroline Wozniacki Garbiñe Muguruza
11 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	Maria Sharapova 7-6, 7–5, 6–1	Carla Suárez Navarro	Daria Gavrilova Simona Halep	Christina McHale Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitová Alexandra Dulgheru
11 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–3	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Daria Gavrilova Simona Halep
10 August	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada	Belinda Bencic 7-6^(7–5), 6-7^(4–7), 3-0^r	Simona Halep	Serena Williams Sara Errani	Roberta Vinci Ana Ivanovic Lesia Tsurenko Agnieszka Radwańska
10 August	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–2	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	Serena Williams Sara Errani
17 August	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, US	Serena Williams 6–3, 7-6^(7–5)	Simona Halep	Elina Svitolina Jelena Janković	Ana Ivanovic Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
17 August	Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, US	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 7–5, 6–4	Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova	Elina Svitolina Jelena Janković
28 September	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China	Venus Williams 6–3, 3–0^r	Garbiñe Muguruza	Roberta Vinci Angelique Kerber	Johanna Konta Karolína Plíšková Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Coco Vandeweghe
28 September	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–3	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	Roberta Vinci Angelique Kerber

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Maria Sharapova 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Ana Ivanovic	Elina Svitolina Varvara Lepchenko	Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber Alla Kudryavtseva Kaia Kanepi
5 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 7–5	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	Elina Svitolina Varvara Lepchenko
12 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Petra Kvitová 7–6^(7–6), 7–6^(8–6)	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber Tsvetana Pironkova	Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová Jarmila Gajdošová
12 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Angelique Kerber Tsvetana Pironkova
9 February	Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium	Andrea Petkovic Walkover	Carla Suárez Navarro	Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová Karolína Plíšková	Mona Barthel Dominika Cibulková Lucie Šafářová Francesca Schiavone
9 February	Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck	Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová Karolína Plíšková
23 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Carla Suárez Navarro Venus Williams	Petra Kvitová Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska Caroline Wozniacki
23 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–4	Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza	Carla Suárez Navarro Venus Williams
6 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, US	Angelique Kerber 6–2, 4–6, 7–5	Madison Keys	Lucie Hradecká Andrea Petkovic	Lauren Davis Sara Errani Danka Kovinić Irina-Camelia Begu
6 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, US	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–4	Casey Dellacqua Darija Jurak	Lucie Hradecká Andrea Petkovic	Lauren Davis Sara Errani Danka Kovinić Irina-Camelia Begu
20 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Angelique Kerber 3–6, 6–1, 7–5	Caroline Wozniacki	Madison Brengle Simona Halep	Ekaterina Makarova Caroline Garcia Carla Suárez Navarro Sara Errani
20 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Lucie Šafářová Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–4, 6–3	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik	Madison Brengle Simona Halep
15 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Angelique Kerber 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Karolína Plíšková	Kristina Mladenovic Sabine Lisicki	Simona Halep Carla Suárez Navarro Kateřina Siniaková Daniela Hantuchová
15 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 6–4, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Kristina Mladenovic Sabine Lisicki
22 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Belinda Bencic 6–4, 4–6, 6–0	Agnieszka Radwańska	Sloane Stephens Caroline Wozniacki	Daria Gavrilova Tsvetana Pironkova Johanna Konta Andrea Petkovic
22 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Caroline Garcia Katarina Srebotnik 7–6^(7–5), 6–2	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	Sloane Stephens Caroline Wozniacki
3 August	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, US	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Karolína Plíšková	Varvara Lepchenko Elina Svitolina	Mona Barthel Ajla Tomljanović Alison Riske Agnieszka Radwańska
3 August	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, US	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai 6–1, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	Varvara Lepchenko Elina Svitolina
24 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, US	Petra Kvitová 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–2	Lucie Šafářová	Lesia Tsurenko Caroline Wozniacki	Karolína Plíšková Dominika Cibulková Caroline Garcia Agnieszka Radwańska
24 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, US	Julia Görges Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–1	Chuang Chia-jung Chen Liang	Lesia Tsurenko Caroline Wozniacki
21 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–2	Belinda Bencic	Caroline Wozniacki Dominika Cibulková	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza Karolína Plíšková Ana Ivanovic
21 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro 7–5, 6–1	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Caroline Wozniacki Dominika Cibulková
19 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Lesia Tsurenko Daria Kasatkina	Flavia Pennetta Anastasija Sevastova Carla Suárez Navarro Margarita Gasparyan
19 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina 6–3, 6–7^(7–9), [10–5]	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	Lesia Tsurenko Daria Kasatkina

WTA Premier tournaments (2009–current)

Sydney Dubai Indian Wells Miami Charleston Stuttgart Rome Madrid Eastbourne Stanford Cincinnati Toronto/Montreal New Haven Tokyo Beijing Moscow 2009 Los Angeles 2009–2010 Warsaw 2009–2014 Paris 2010–2013 Carlsbad 2011–2013 Brussels 2011–current Doha 2012–current Brisbane 2014–current Birmingham Wuhan 2015 Antwerp 2016–current St. Petersburg

Schedule: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

WTA Tour Championships *Italics denote the four mandatory tournaments.

2015 WTA Tour

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Grand Slam events

Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)

WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments

Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D)

WTA Premier 5 tournaments

Dubai (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D)

WTA Premier tournaments

Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Doha (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D)

WTA International tournaments

Team events

Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I Play-offs WG II Play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa

WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D)
WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D)

2015 in tennis

Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open

Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Finals ITF Men's Circuit

Women	WTA Tour WTA Premier Mandatory WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit

Team events	Davis Cup World Group Fed Cup World Group Hopman Cup World TeamTennis International Premier Tennis League Champions Tennis League

Other events	African Games European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe Pacific Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade

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