2011 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 14 – October 9 |
| Edition | 22nd |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Agnieszka Radwańska  Maria Sharapova  Caroline Wozniacki (2) |
| Most tournament finals | Caroline Wozniacki (3) |
← 2010 2012 → | |
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, Canada, Cincinnati and Tokyo.[1]
Tournaments
[edit]| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships[3] | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Hard | Feb 14 – 21 | $2,050,000 |
| BNP Paribas Open[4] | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 7 – 20 | $4,500,000 |
| Sony Ericsson Open[5] | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 21 – Apr 3 | $4,500,000 |
| Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open | Spain | Madrid | Clay (red) | May 2 – 8 | $4,500,000 |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia[6] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 9 – 15 | $2,050,000 |
| Rogers Cup | Canada | Toronto | Hard | Aug 8 – 14 | $2,050,000 |
| Western & Southern Open[7] | United States | Mason | Hard | Aug 15 – 21 | $2,050,000 |
| Toray Pan Pacific Open | Japan | Tokyo | Hard | Sep 26 – Oct 2 | $2,050,000 |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Oct 3 – 9 | $4,500,000 |
Results
[edit]* First-time champion
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Caroline Wozniacki
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
6–1, 6–3 |  Liezel Huber  María José Martínez Sánchez
|
 Květa Peschke  Katarina Srebotnik
|
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Indian Wells | Caroline Wozniacki
|
 Marion Bartoli
|
6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |  Sania Mirza*
|
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
|
6–0, 7–5 |
| Elena Vesnina
| ||||||
| Miami |  Victoria Azarenka
|
Maria Sharapova
|
6–1, 6–4 |  Daniela Hantuchová
|
Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova
|
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8] |
| Agnieszka Radwańska*
| ||||||
| Madrid | Petra Kvitová
|
Victoria Azarenka
|
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko
|
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
|
6–4, 6–3 |
| Rome | Maria Sharapova
|
 Samantha Stosur
|
6–2, 6–4 |  Peng Shuai Zheng Jie
|
Vania King  Yaroslava Shvedova
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| Toronto | Serena Williams
|
Samantha Stosur
|
6–4, 6–2 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
|
Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko
|
Walkover |
| Cincinnati | Maria Sharapova
|
 Jelena Janković
|
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | Vania King
|
 Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
|
6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Yaroslava Shvedova*
| ||||||
| Tokyo | Agnieszka Radwańska
|
Vera Zvonareva
|
6–3, 6–2 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
|
 Gisela Dulko  Flavia Pennetta
|
7–6(7–4), 0–6, [10–6] |
| Beijing | Agnieszka Radwańska
|
 Andrea Petkovic
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7–5, 0–6, 6–4 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
|
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
|
6–3, 6–4 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2011 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
- ^ "2011 WTA calendar" (PDF). WTA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "2011 Dubai Tennis Championships Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2022.
- ^ "2011 Indian Wells Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2011.
- ^ "2011 Miami Masters Draw". Archived from the original on 15 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith, page 3 (2008 Edition; ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3).
External links
[edit]- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website