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The 2020 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2020 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] [2]
Schedule
Premier
Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
6 January
Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia
Karolína Plíšková 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Madison Keys
Petra Kvitová Naomi Osaka
Alison Riske
Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 3–6, 7–6(9–7) , [10–8]
Ashleigh Barty Kiki Bertens
13 January
Adelaide International Adelaide , Australia
Ashleigh Barty 6–2, 7–5
Dayana Yastremska
Danielle Collins Aryna Sabalenka
Markéta Vondroušová Belinda Bencic Donna Vekić Simona Halep
2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Darija Jurak
10 February
St. Petersburg
, Russia
Kiki Bertens 6–1, 6–3
Elena Rybakina
Maria Sakkari Ekaterina Alexandrova
Belinda Bencic Océane Dodin Petra Kvitová Anastasia Potapova
Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara 4–6, 6–0, [10–3]
Kaitlyn Christian Alexa Guarachi
17 February
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , UAE
Simona Halep 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Elena Rybakina
Jennifer Brady Petra Martić
Aryna Sabalenka Garbiñe Muguruza Anett Kontaveit Karolína Plíšková
Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Barbora Krejčíková Zheng Saisai
6 April
Volvo Car Open Charleston , USA
Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. [3]
20 April
, Germany
15 June
, Germany
22 June
, UK
3 August
, USA
14 September
, China
21 September
Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo , Japan
19 October
Ostrava Open Ostrava , Czech Republic
Aryna Sabalenka 6–2, 6–2
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Sakkari Jennifer Brady
Ons Jabeur Elise Mertens Sara Sorribes Tormo Veronika Kudermetova
Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–3
Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani
26 October
, Russia
Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. [3]
References