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2014 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments
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: Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan.[1]
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 10 – October 5 |
| Edition | 25th |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | Serena Williams (3) |
| Most tournament finals | Serena Williams (3) |
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Tournaments edit
| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Total Open[3] | Qatar | Doha | Hard | Feb 10 – 16 | $2,369,000 |
| BNP Paribas Open[4] | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 3 – 16 | $5,946,740 |
| Sony Open Tennis | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 17 – 30 | $5,427,105 |
| Mutua Madrid Open | Spain | Madrid | Clay (red) | May 5 – 11 | $4,942,700 |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia[5] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 12 – 18 | $2,369,000 |
| Rogers Cup | Canada | Montreal | Hard | Aug 4 – 10 | $2,369,000 |
| Western & Southern Open[6] | United States | Mason | Hard | Aug 11 – 17 | $2,369,000 |
| Wuhan Open[7] | China | Wuhan | Hard | Sep 22 – 28 | $2,440,070 |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Sep 29 – Oct 5 | $5,427,105 |
Results edit
* First-time champion
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha | Simona Halep | Angelique Kerber | 6–2, 6–3 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Indian Wells | Flavia Pennetta | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6–2, 6–1 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Miami | Serena Williams | Li Na | 7–5, 6–1 | Martina Hingis | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 4–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
| Sabine Lisicki* | ||||||
| Madrid | Maria Sharapova | Simona Halep | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | Garbine Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Rome | Serena Williams | Sara Errani | 6–3, 6–0 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 4–0, ret. |
| Montréal | Agnieszka Radwańska | Venus Williams | 6–4, 6–2 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Cincinnati | Serena Williams | Ana Ivanovic | 6–4, 6–1 | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6–1, 2–0, ret. |
| Wuhan | Petra Kvitová | Eugenie Bouchard | 6–3, 6–4 | Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta | Cara Black Caroline Garcia | 6–4, 5–7, [12–10] |
| Beijing | Maria Sharapova | Petra Kvitová | 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2014 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
- ^ (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014.
- ^ (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
- ^ From Club Court to Center Court by Phillip S. Smith, page 3 (2008 Edition; ISBN 978-0-9712445-7-3).
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2014.
External links edit
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website