2018 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2018 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2018 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 Mandatory

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists	Ref
5 March (2 weeks)	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, USA	Naomi Osaka 6–3, 6–2	Daria Kasatkina	Simona Halep Venus Williams	Petra Martić Karolína Plíšková Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber	[1]
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina			[2]
19 March (2 weeks)	Miami Open Key Biscayne, USA	Sloane Stephens 7–6^(7–5), 6–1	Jeļena Ostapenko	Victoria Azarenka Danielle Collins	Karolína Plíšková Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Venus Williams	[3]
		Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–1	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková			[4]
7 May	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain	Petra Kvitová 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–3	Kiki Bertens	Karolína Plíšková Caroline Garcia	Simona Halep Daria Kasatkina Carla Suárez Navarro Maria Sharapova	[5]
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic			[6]
1 October	China Open Beijing, China	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–3	Anastasija Sevastova	Naomi Osaka Wang Qiang	Dominika Cibulková Zhang Shuai Aryna Sabalenka Kateřina Siniaková	[7]
		Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan			[8]

Premier 5

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists	Ref
12 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Petra Kvitová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber Julia Görges Caroline Garcia Catherine Bellis	[9]
		Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez			[10]
14 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy	Elina Svitolina 6–0, 6–4	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova Anett Kontaveit	Caroline Garcia Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki	[11]
		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová			[12]
6 August	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada	Simona Halep 7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–4	Sloane Stephens	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina	Caroline Garcia Kiki Bertens Anastasija Sevastova Elise Mertens	[13]
		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova			[14]
13 August	Western & Southern Open Mason, USA	Kiki Bertens 2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–2	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová	Lesia Tsurenko Madison Keys Elise Mertens Elina Svitolina	[15]
		Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 7–5	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs			[16]
24 September	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China	Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 6–3	Anett Kontaveit	Ashleigh Barty Wang Qiang	Dominika Cibulková Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Kateřina Siniaková Monica Puig	[17]
		Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–3	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová			[18]

Premier

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists	Ref
1 January	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia	Elina Svitolina 6–2, 6–1	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková	Aleksandra Krunić Alizé Cornet Johanna Konta Kaia Kanepi	[19]
		Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs 7–5, 6–2	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez			[20]
8 January	Sydney International Sydney, Australia	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty	Daria Gavrilova Camila Giorgi	Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Strýcová Agnieszka Radwańska Dominika Cibulková	[21]
		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–1	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková			[22]
29 January	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2	Kristina Mladenovic	Daria Kasatkina Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Kateřina Siniaková Elena Rybakina Jeļena Ostapenko	[23]
		Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva 2–6, 6–1, [10–3]	Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik			[24]
19 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE	Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–0	Daria Kasatkina	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza	Naomi Osaka Karolína Plíšková Elena Vesnina Caroline Garcia	[25]
		Chan Hao-ching Yang Zhaoxuan 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai			[26]
2 April	Volvo Car Open Charleston, USA	Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–1	Julia Görges	Madison Keys Anastasija Sevastova	Alizé Cornet Bernarda Pera Daria Kasatkina Kristýna Plíšková	[27]
		Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez			[28]
23 April	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany	Karolína Plíšková 7–6^(7–2), 6–4	CoCo Vandeweghe	Caroline Garcia Anett Kontaveit	Simona Halep Elina Svitolina Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	[29]
		Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5]	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke			[30]
18 June	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, UK	Petra Kvitová 4–6, 6–1, 6–2	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Barbora Strýcová Mihaela Buzărnescu	Lesia Tsurenko Dalila Jakupović Julia Görges Elina Svitolina	[31]
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs			[32]
25 June	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, UK	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	Aryna Sabalenka	Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska	Ashleigh Barty Daria Kasatkina Jeļena Ostapenko Karolína Plíšková	[33]
		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 7–5	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu			[34]
30 July	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, USA	Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–1, 6–0	Maria Sakkari	Danielle Collins Elise Mertens	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Johanna Konta Ajla Tomljanović	[35]
		Latisha Chan Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–1	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok			[36]
20 August	Connecticut Open New Haven, USA	Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–4	Carla Suárez Navarro	Julia Görges Monica Puig	Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova Petra Kvitová Caroline Garcia	[37]
		Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), [10–4]	Hsieh Su-wei Laura Siegemund			[38]
17 September	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Karolína Plíšková 6–4, 6–4	Naomi Osaka	Camila Giorgi Donna Vekić	Victoria Azarenka Barbora Strýcová Alison Riske Caroline Garcia	[39]
		Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya 6–4, 6–4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová			[40]
15 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia	Daria Kasatkina 2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Ons Jabeur	Johanna Konta Anastasija Sevastova	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Aliaksandra Sasnovich Anett Kontaveit Vera Zvonareva	[41]
		Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)	Darija Jurak Raluca Olaru			[42]

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