2012 WTA Premier Mandatory/5 events.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 13 β October 7 |
| Edition | 23rd |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Victoria Azarenka (3) |
| Most tournament finals | Victoria Azarenka  Maria Sharapova (4) |
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Main article: 2012 WTA Tour
The WTA Premier Mandatory and "Premier 5 tournaments," which are part of the: WTA Premier tournaments, make up theββelite 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: Doha, "Rome," Canada, Cincinnati and Tokyo.
Tournamentsβ»
| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Total Open | Qatar | Doha | Hard | Feb 13 β 19 | $2,168,400 |
| BNP Paribas Open | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 5 β 18 | $5,536,664 |
| Sony Ericsson Open | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 19 β Apr 1 | $4,828,050 |
| Mutua Madrid Open | Spain | Madrid | Clay (blue) | May 7 β 13 | $5,189,603 |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 14 β 20 | $2,168,400 |
| Rogers Cup p/b National Bank | Canada | Montreal | Hard | Aug 6 β 12 | $2,168,400 |
| Western & Southern Open | United States | Mason | Hard | Aug 13 β 19 | $2,168,400 |
| Toray Pan Pacific Open | Japan | Tokyo | Hard | Sep 24 β 30 | $2,168,400 |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Oct 1 β 7 | $4,828,050 |
Resultsβ»
* First-time champion
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha | Victoria Azarenka
|
 Samantha Stosur
|
6β1, 6β2 |  Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
|
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
|
6β3, 6β1 |
| Indian Wells | Victoria Azarenka
|
Maria Sharapova
|
6β2, 6β3 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
|
 Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
|
6β2, 6β3 |
| Miami |  Agnieszka RadwaΕska
|
Maria Sharapova
|
7β5, 6β4 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova
|
 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
|
7β6, 4β6, β» |
| Madrid | Serena Williams
|
Victoria Azarenka
|
6β1, 6β3 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
|
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
|
6β1, 3β6, β» |
| Rome | Maria Sharapova
|
 Li Na
|
4β6, 6β4, 7β6 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
|
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
|
6β2, 7β5 |
| MontrΓ©al |  Petra KvitovΓ‘
|
Li Na
|
7β5, 2β6, 6β3 | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik  Kristina Mladenovic
|
Nadia Petrova  Katarina Srebotnik
|
7β5, 2β6, 6β3 |
| Cincinnati | Li Na
|
 Angelique Kerber
|
1β6, 6β3, 6β1 | Andrea HlavΓ‘ΔkovΓ‘ Lucie HradeckΓ‘
|
Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie
|
6β1, 6β3 |
| Tokyo | Nadia Petrova
|
Agnieszka RadwaΕska
|
6β0, 1β6, 6β3 | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
|
Anna-Lena GrΓΆnefeld KvΔta Peschke
|
6β1, 6β4 |
| Beijing | Victoria Azarenka
|
Maria Sharapova
|
6β3, 6β1 | Ekaterina Makarova*
|
 Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
|
7β5, 7β5 |
| Elena Vesnina
|
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "2012 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the "original on 2022-09-20."
- ^ "2012 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ "2012 Qatar Total Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012.
- ^ "2012 Indian Wells Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2022.
- ^ "2012 Miami Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2022.
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740β741. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
- ^ "Compendium 2022 Web Final". www.wsopen.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ^ "2012 Tokyo Pan Pacific Open Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012.
External linksβ»
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website