2016 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2016 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2016 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic
11 January	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2	Monica Puig	Simona Halep Belinda Bencic	Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
8 February	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková
15 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2	Barbora Strýcová	Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle Coco Vandeweghe
		Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
4 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, USA	Sloane Stephens 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
18 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0	Laura Siegemund	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6]	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
13 June	Aegon Classic Birmingham, UK	Madison Keys 6–3, 6–4	Barbora Strýcová	Coco Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro	Yanina Wickmayer Tsvetana Pironkova Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber
		Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 7–6{7–1)	Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva
20 June	Aegon International Eastbourne, UK	Dominika Cibulková 7–5, 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Monica Puig Johanna Konta	Agnieszka Radwańska Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova
		Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
18 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, USA	Johanna Konta 7–5, 5–7, 6–2	Venus Williams	Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková	Catherine Bellis Coco Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi
		Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova
22 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, USA	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 7–6(7–3)	Elina Svitolina	Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson	Kirsten Flipkens Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Roberta Vinci
		Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4	Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung
19 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3	Naomi Osaka	Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska	Garbiñe Muguruza Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette Monica Puig
		Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–1	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan
17 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Daria Gavrilova	Elina Svitolina Julia Görges	Tímea Babos Ana Konjuh Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina