# 2012 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2012 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2012 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 Tokyo), and Premier (12 tournaments in Europe, United States and Australia).

## Schedule
### Premier

| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
| 2 January | 2012 Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia | Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1 | Daniela Hantuchová | Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone | Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic |
| 2 January | 2012 Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia | Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone | Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic |
| 9 January | 2012 Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia | Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 | Li Na | Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová | Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová |
| 9 January | 2012 Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11] | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová | Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová |
| 6 February | Open GDF Suez Paris, France | Angelique Kerber 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 5–7, 6–3 | Marion Bartoli | Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová | Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci |
| 6 February | Open GDF Suez Paris, France | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–1 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić | Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová | Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci |
| 20 February | Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE | Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4 | Julia Görges | Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković | Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki |
| 20 February | Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković | Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki |
| 2 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA | Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1 | Lucie Šafářová | Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur | Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams |
| 2 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] | Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova | Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur | Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams |
| 23 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany | Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4 | Victoria Azarenka | Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová | Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur |
| 23 April | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5 | Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová | Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur |
| 21 May | Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium | Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0 | Simona Halep | Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson | Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska |
| 21 May | Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2 | Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie | Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson | Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska |
| 18 June | Aegon International Eastbourne, UK | Tamira Paszek 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 | Angelique Kerber | Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová | Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova |
| 18 June | Aegon International Eastbourne, UK | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, ret. | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová | Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova |
| 9 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA | Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3 | Coco Vandeweghe | Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer | Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli |
| 9 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA | Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ | Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King | Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer | Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli |
| 16 July | Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA | Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 7–5 | Marion Bartoli | Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova | Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska |
| 16 July | Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, USA | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4 | Vania King Nadia Petrova | Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova | Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska |
| 20 August | New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA | Petra Kvitová 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 7–5 | Maria Kirilenko | Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani | Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová |
| 20 August | New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, USA | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4] | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani | Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová |
| 15 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia | Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 | Samantha Stosur | Ana Ivanovic Sofia Arvidsson | Klára Zakopalová Vesna Dolonc Dominika Cibulková Maria Kirilenko |
| 15 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | Ana Ivanovic Sofia Arvidsson | Klára Zakopalová Vesna Dolonc Dominika Cibulková Maria Kirilenko |