2009 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 16 – October 11 |
| Edition | 20th |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles |  Dinara Safina (2) |
| Most finals | Dinara Safina (3) |
← 2008 2010 → | |
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, Cincinnati, Canada and Tokyo.[1]
| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Hard | Feb 16 – 22 | $2,000,000 |
| BNP Paribas Open[3] | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 9 – 22 | $4,500,000 |
| Sony Ericsson Open | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 23 – Apr 5 | $4,500,000 |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia[4] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 4 – 10 | $2,000,000 |
| Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open[5] | Spain | Madrid | Clay (red) | May 11 – 17 | $4,500,000 |
| W&S Financial Group Women's Open[6][7] | United States | Mason | Hard | Aug 10 – 16 | $2,000,000 |
| Rogers Cup[8] | Canada | Toronto | Hard | Aug 17 – 24 | $2,000,000 |
| Toray Pan Pacific Open | Japan | Tokyo | Hard | Sep 28 – Oct 4 | $2,000,000 |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Oct 5 – 11 | $4,500,000 |
Results
* First-time champion
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai |  Venus Williams |
 Virginie Razzano |
6–4, 6–2 |  Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Maria Kirilenko  Agnieszka Radwańska |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Indian Wells | Vera Zvonareva* |
 Ana Ivanovic |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |  Victoria Azarenka* |
 Gisela Dulko  Shahar Pe'er |
6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Vera Zvonareva | ||||||
| Miami | Victoria Azarenka* |
Serena Williams |
6–3, 6–1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
 Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond |
4–6, 6–1, [10–3] |
| Amélie Mauresmo* | ||||||
| Rome | Dinara Safina |
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
6–3, 6–2 |  Hsieh Su-wei*  Peng Shuai* |
 Daniela Hantuchová  Ai Sugiyama |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
| Madrid | Dinara Safina |
 Caroline Wozniacki |
6–2, 6–4 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Cincinnati | Jelena Janković |
Dinara Safina |
6–4, 6–2 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
 Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–3, 0–6, [10–2] |
| Toronto | Elena Dementieva |
Maria Sharapova |
6–4, 6–3 | Nuria Llagostera Vives* María José Martínez Sánchez* |
 Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs |
2–6, 7–5, [11–9] |
| Tokyo | Maria Sharapova |
Jelena Janković |
5–2, ret. | Alisa Kleybanova* |
Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–2 |
 Francesca Schiavone | ||||||
| Beijing | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Agnieszka Radwańska |
6–2, 6–4 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai |
Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova |
6–3, 6–1 |