title: 2009 WTA Premier tournaments
text: # 2009 WTA Premier tournaments
  
  The 2009 WTA Premier tournaments were 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2009 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments all 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 (Dubai, Roma, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo), and Premier (10 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).
  
  ## Schedule
  
  ### Premier
  
  | Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 12 January | Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia | Elena Dementieva 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 | Dinara Safina | Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama | Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Alizé Cornet |
  | 12 January | Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–0, 6–1 | Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua | Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama | Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Alizé Cornet |
  | 9 February | Open GDF Suez Paris, France | Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4 | Elena Dementieva | Serena Williams Jelena Janković | Émilie Loit Nathalie Dechy Agnieszka Radwańska Alizé Cornet |
  | 9 February | Open GDF Suez Paris, France | Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | Serena Williams Jelena Janković | Émilie Loit Nathalie Dechy Agnieszka Radwańska Alizé Cornet |
  | 13 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA | Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–4 | Caroline Wozniacki | Elena Dementieva Marion Bartoli | Dominika Cibulková Virginie Razzano Melinda Czink Elena Vesnina |
  | 13 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9] | Līga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder | Elena Dementieva Marion Bartoli | Dominika Cibulková Virginie Razzano Melinda Czink Elena Vesnina |
  | 27 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany | Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3 | Dinara Safina | Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva | Agnieszka Radwańska Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko Marion Bartoli |
  | 27 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva | Agnieszka Radwańska Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko Marion Bartoli |
  | 18 May | Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland | Alexandra Dulgheru 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0 | Alona Bondarenko | Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová | Maria Sharapova Ioana Raluca Olaru Galina Voskoboeva Klára Zakopalová |
  | 18 May | Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland | Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6–1 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová | Maria Sharapova Ioana Raluca Olaru Galina Voskoboeva Klára Zakopalová |
  | 15 June | Aegon International Eastbourne, UK | Caroline Wozniacki 7–6(5), 7–5 | Virginie Razzano | Marion Bartoli Aleksandra Wozniak | Agnieszka Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Ekaterina Makarova Vera Dushevina |
  | 15 June | Aegon International Eastbourne, UK | Akgul Amanmuradova Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3 | Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs | Marion Bartoli Aleksandra Wozniak | Agnieszka Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Ekaterina Makarova Vera Dushevina |
  | 27 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA | Marion Bartoli 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 | Venus Williams | Samantha Stosur Elena Dementieva | Serena Williams Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Maria Sharapova |
  | 27 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA | Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1 | Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu | Samantha Stosur Elena Dementieva | Serena Williams Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Maria Sharapova |
  | 3 August | LA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife Los Angeles, USA | Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3 | Samantha Stosur | Sorana Cîrstea Maria Sharapova | Zheng Jie Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska Vera Zvonareva |
  | 3 August | LA Women's Tennis Championships p/b Herbalife Los Angeles, USA | Chuang Chia-jung Yan Zi 6–0, 4–6, [10–7] | Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska | Sorana Cîrstea Maria Sharapova | Zheng Jie Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska Vera Zvonareva |
  | 24 August | Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick New Haven, USA | Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 | Elena Vesnina | Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta | Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze Magdaléna Rybáriková Virginie Razzano |
  | 24 August | Pilot Pen Tennis p/b Schick New Haven, USA | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 7–5 | Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká | Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta | Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze Magdaléna Rybáriková Virginie Razzano |
  | 19 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia | Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-0 | Olga Govortsova | Alona Bondarenko Alisa Kleybanova | Tsvetana Pironkova Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina Jelena Janković |
  | 19 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-2 | Maria Kondratieva Klára Zakopalová | Alona Bondarenko Alisa Kleybanova | Tsvetana Pironkova Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina Jelena Janković |
  