Women's tennis circuit
The 2010 WTA Tour or 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (its sponsored name) calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points and is organized by the ITF.
Serena Williams' season
[edit] Serena Williams began the season ranked World No. 1, having enjoyed an impressive 2009 season in which she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon (she would successfully defend both titles this year) and reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking on two occasions. Williams began her season by successfully defending her Australian Open title, defeating Justine Henin in a three-set final.[1] She also successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating surprise finalist Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2.[2]
However, shortly after winning Wimbledon, Serena Williams would injure her foot at a German restaurant where she was celebrating her victory, but it didn't deter her from playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters in front of a world-record tennis crowd that same week.[3] The foot injury ended up being very serious enough to necessitate surgery,[4] and as a result she missed the rest of the season and would not return to top-level tennis until June 2011. She was forced to miss her first US Open since 2003,[5] and also had to withdraw from the year-end championships having qualified by virtue of winning Wimbledon. The injury worsened late in the year; despite accepting a wildcard into Linz, she had to withdraw from that tournament, with her wildcard entry later allocated to former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.[6] Despite progress in her recovery from foot surgery, she lost the World No. 1 ranking to Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki. Williams then announced her withdrawal from the 2011 Australian Open in November.[7]
Justine Henin's comeback
[edit] Former World No. 1 Justine Henin announced her comeback to the WTA Tour in September last year, in the aftermath of Kim Clijsters' victory at the 2009 US Open.[8] She had previously not played at the highest level since suffering a third round defeat to Dinara Safina (who went on to make the final of the French Open that year) at the 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open. Henin's comeback began impressively, reaching the final of the 2010 Brisbane International in which she lost to her compatriot and rival Kim Clijsters in a final set tiebreak.[9] She had defeated Nadia Petrova and Ana Ivanovic en route. She then reached the final of the Australian Open, in which she was defeated by Serena Williams in three sets,[1] having defeated fifth seed Elena Dementieva in the second round, 27th seed Alisa Kleybanova in the third, qualifier Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth, 19th seed Nadia Petrova in the quarter-finals and Zheng Jie in the semi-finals en route.
She then participated at her first French Open since 2007, where she was defeated in the fourth round by eventual finalist Samantha Stosur, ending a 24-match winning streak at the tournament dating back to 2005.[10] Prior to the defeat against Stosur, Henin had played her first three-set match at the tournament, also since 2005, when she defeated Maria Sharapova in the third round.[11] Later, at Wimbledon, Henin again reached the fourth round, but suffered a three-set loss to rival Clijsters.[12] During the match, she suffered an elbow injury which would later rule her out of the US Open, that same injury would lead to her second (and final) retirement in January 2011.
Ana Ivanovic's season
[edit] The first half of Ana Ivanovic's 2010 season appeared to follow on from her poor 2009 season, as her confidence and game continued to disintegrate since she won the 2008 French Open. She started the season ranked World No. 22 and spent almost the entire season ranked outside the Top 20. She was able to reach the semi-finals at the Brisbane International and the Rome Masters,[13] but those would be her best results in the first half of the season, as she dropped out of the WTA's Top 50 for the first time since 2005 with a second round loss to Anastasija Sevastova at Indian Wells.[14] On court results did not improve throughout the year, and Ivanovic dropped to a low of World No. 65 by July.[15] Adding to a growing season of disappointment, Ivanovic also suffered the ignominy of winning the wooden spoon at Wimbledon, having finished at the end of the tournament's longest losing chain after losing in the first round.[16]
However, Ivanovic would begin to turn her season around at the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, entering the tournament having lost 17 of her last 29 matches dating back to August 2009 and having dropped to World No. 62. A first round upset win over recent Stanford champion Victoria Azarenka[17] sparked a run to the semi-finals, where she was forced to retire against Kim Clijsters due to a foot injury; nevertheless, she re-entered the World's Top 40 following her run at Cincinnati.[18] With no rankings points to defend for the remainder of the year, Ivanovic reached the fourth round of the US Open, the first time she had gotten that far at a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon in 2009. She defeated Ekaterina Makarova,[19] Zheng Jie[20] and Virginie Razzano before being crushed by defending and eventual champion Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.
Ivanovic continued to maintain her recent good form after the US Open; she was able to reach the quarter-finals in Beijing where she was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki, who eventually replaced Serena Williams as the new World No. 1 by winning the tournament.[21] She then accepted a late wildcard entry into Linz after Williams withdrew due to her ongoing foot surgery,[6] where she won her first title in two years after defeating Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 6–1, in the year's shortest final; the title returned Ivanovic to the world's Top 30,[22] and qualified her for the 2010 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. In her final tournament of the year, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Kimiko Date-Krumm en route to reaching her second final in three weeks, where she defeated Alisa Kleybanova to win her second title of the year and return to the world's Top 20 for the first time in more than one year.[23][24] Ivanovic ended her season by winning 21 of her last 27 matches, having lost 17 of her last 29 beforehand.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2010 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[25]
- Key
Grand Slam events |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments |
WTA Premier 5 tournaments |
WTA Premier tournaments |
WTA International tournaments |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Jan 4 | Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR) | Spain 2–1 | Great Britain | Round robin losers (Group A) Romania
United States
Australia | Round robin losers (Group B) Kazakhstan
Russia
Germany |
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Kim Clijsters 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) | Justine Henin | Andrea Petkovic
Ana Ivanovic | Lucie Šafářová
Daniela Hantuchová
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Melinda Czink |
Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká 2–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4] | Melinda Czink
Arantxa Parra Santonja |
ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–2 | Flavia Pennetta | Francesca Schiavone
Shahar Pe'er | Dominika Cibulková
Alizé Cornet
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Maria Kirilenko |
Cara Black
Liezel Huber 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | Natalie Grandin
Laura Granville |
Jan 11 | Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–2 | Serena Williams | Aravane Rezaï
Victoria Azarenka | Vera Dushevina
Flavia Pennetta
Dominika Cibulková
Dinara Safina |
Cara Black
Liezel Huber 6–1, 3–6, [10–3] | Tathiana Garbin
Nadia Petrova |
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Alona Bondarenko 6–2, 6–4 | Shahar Pe'er | Anabel Medina Garrigues Sara Errani | Gisela Dulko
Zheng Jie
Kirsten Flipkens
Carla Suárez Navarro |
Chuang Chia-jung
Květa Peschke 3–6, 6–3, [10–7] | Chan Yung-jan
Monica Niculescu |
Jan 18 Jan 25 | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $9,264,098 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | Justine Henin | Li Na
Zheng Jie | Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams
Nadia Petrova Maria Kirilenko |
Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Cara Black
Leander Paes 7–5, 6–3 | Ekaterina Makarova Jaroslav Levinský |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Feb 1 | Fed Cup first round Kharkiv, Ukraine – hard (i) Brno, Czech Republic – hard (i) Belgrade, Serbia – hard (i) Liévin, France – clay (red) (i) | First round winners Italy 4–1
Czech Republic 3–2
Russia 3–2
United States 4–1 | First round losers Ukraine
Germany
Serbia
France | | |
Feb 8 | Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Elena Dementieva 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4 | Lucie Šafářová | Melanie Oudin
Flavia Pennetta | Andrea Petkovic
Ágnes Szávay
Shahar Pe'er
Tathiana Garbin |
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová walkover | Cara Black
Liezel Huber |
PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–4 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Yaroslava Shvedova Sesil Karatantcheva | Sybille Bammer Tatjana Malek
Ekaterina Bychkova
Anna Chakvetadze |
Marina Erakovic
Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–1 | Anna Chakvetadze
Ksenia Pervak |
Feb 15 | Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles | Venus Williams 6–3, 7–5 | Victoria Azarenka | Shahar Pe'er
Agnieszka Radwańska | Li Na
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Vera Zvonareva
Regina Kulikova |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik |
Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1 | Sofia Arvidsson | Petra Kvitová
Anne Keothavong | Elena Baltacha
Kaia Kanepi
Karolina Šprem
Melanie Oudin |
Vania King
Michaëlla Krajicek 7–5, 6–2 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy |
Copa BBVA-Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 6–3 | Angelique Kerber | Gisela Dulko
Arantxa Parra Santonja | Sandra Záhlavová
Pauline Parmentier
Sara Errani
Klára Zakopalová |
Gisela Dulko
Edina Gallovits 6–2, 7–6(8–6) | Olga Savchuk
Anastasiya Yakimova |
Feb 22 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Venus Williams 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 | Polona Hercog | Edina Gallovits
Carla Suárez Navarro | Laura Pous Tió
Sharon Fichman
Gisela Dulko
Ágnes Szávay |
Polona Hercog
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 2–6, 6–1, [10–2] | Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci |
Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Alisa Kleybanova 6–3, 6–2 | Elena Dementieva | Sybille Bammer Ayumi Morita | Magdaléna Rybáriková
Chang Kai-chen
Anastasia Rodionova
Chanelle Scheepers |
Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7] | Anastasia Rodionova
Arina Rodionova |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Mar 1 | Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–6, 6–1, 6–0 | Daniela Hantuchová | Anastasija Sevastova
Dominika Cibulková | Alizé Cornet
Klára Zakopalová
Ágnes Szávay
Vania King |
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] | Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Vania King |
Mar 8 Mar 15 | BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–4 | Caroline Wozniacki | Samantha Stosur
Agnieszka Radwańska | Alisa Kleybanova
María José Martínez Sánchez Elena Dementieva
Zheng Jie |
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 2–6, 10–5 | Nadia Petrova
Samantha Stosur |
Mar 22 Mar 29 | Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1 | Venus Williams | Marion Bartoli
Justine Henin | Yanina Wickmayer
Agnieszka Radwańska
Samantha Stosur
Caroline Wozniacki |
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta 6–3, 4–6, 10–7 | Nadia Petrova
Samantha Stosur |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Apr 5 | MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach, United States WTA International Clay – $220,000 (green) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–5 | Olga Govortsova | Elena Vesnina
Dominika Cibulková | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Melanie Oudin
Aleksandra Wozniak
Varvara Lepchenko |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Yan Zi 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] | Chuang Chia-jung
Peng Shuai |
Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, Spain WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | Carla Suárez Navarro | María José Martínez Sánchez
Sara Errani | Victoria Azarenka
Tatjana Malek
Beatriz García Vidagany
Simona Halep |
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–2 | Maria Kondratieva
Yaroslava Shvedova |
Apr 12 | Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $700,000 (green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Samantha Stosur 6–0, 6–3 | Vera Zvonareva | Caroline Wozniacki
Daniela Hantuchová | Nadia Petrova
Melanie Oudin
Peng Shuai
Jelena Janković |
Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–4 | Vania King
Michaëlla Krajicek |
Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Francesca Schiavone 6–1, 6–1 | Roberta Vinci | Yaroslava Shvedova
Alexandra Dulgheru | Carla Suárez Navarro Iveta Benešová Arantxa Parra Santonja
Timea Bacsinszky |
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci 6–1, 3–6, [10–2] | Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin |
Apr 19 | Fed Cup Semifinals Rome, Italy – clay (red) Birmingham, United States – hard (i) | Semifinals winners Italy 5–0
United States 3–2 | Semifinals losers Czech Republic
Russia | | |
Apr 26 | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Justine Henin 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 | Samantha Stosur | Anna Lapushchenkova Shahar Pe'er | Lucie Šafářová
Li Na Jelena Janković Dinara Safina |
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5] | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik |
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fez, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Iveta Benešová 6–4, 6–2 | Simona Halep | Alizé Cornet
Renata Voráčová | Anne Keothavong
Laura Pous Tió
Angelique Kerber
Patty Schnyder |
Iveta Benešová
Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–1 | Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
May 3 | Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles | María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | Jelena Janković | Serena Williams
Ana Ivanovic | Maria Kirilenko
Venus Williams
Nadia Petrova
Lucie Šafářová |
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2 | Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez |
Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Anastasija Sevastova 6–2, 7–5 | Arantxa Parra Santonja | Peng Shuai
Sorana Cîrstea | Anastasia Rodionova
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Jarmila Groth
Arantxa Rus |
Sorana Cîrstea
Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–1, 7–5 | Vitalia Diatchenko
Aurélie Védy |
May 10 | Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – $4,500,000 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles | Aravane Rezaï 6–2, 7–5 | Venus Williams | Lucie Šafářová Shahar Pe'er | Nadia Petrova Jelena Janković
Samantha Stosur
Li Na |
Serena Williams
Venus Williams 6–2, 7–5 | Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta |
May 17 | Polsat Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland WTA Premier Clay (red) – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4 | Zheng Jie | Gréta Arn
Li Na | Caroline Wozniacki
Alona Bondarenko
Sara Errani
Tsvetana Pironkova |
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–4 | Cara Black
Yan Zi |
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/30Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–1 | Kristina Barrois | Anabel Medina Garrigues
Vania King | Julia Görges Sofia Arvidsson
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasia Rodionova |
Alizé Cornet
Vania King 3–6, 6–4, [10–7] | Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Rodionova |
May 24 May 31 | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $9,938,926 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | Samantha Stosur | Jelena Janković Elena Dementieva | Serena Williams
Yaroslava Shvedova
Caroline Wozniacki Nadia Petrova |
Serena Williams
Venus Williams 6–2, 6–3 | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik |
Katarina Srebotnik
Nenad Zimonjić 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9] | Yaroslava Shvedova
Julian Knowle |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Jun 7 | Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Li Na 7–5, 6–1 | Maria Sharapova | Aravane Rezaï Alison Riske | Kaia Kanepi Sara Errani Yanina Wickmayer
Sesil Karatantcheva |
Cara Black
Lisa Raymond 6–3, 3–2 retired | Liezel Huber
Bethanie Mattek-Sands |
Jun 14 | Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Ekaterina Makarova 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Victoria Azarenka | Marion Bartoli
Samantha Stosur | María José Martínez Sánchez Kim Clijsters
Elena Baltacha
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 2–6, 13–11 | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik |
UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Justine Henin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Andrea Petkovic | Alexandra Dulgheru Kirsten Flipkens | Kristina Barrois
Yaroslava Shvedova
Dominika Cibulková
Sandra Záhlavová |
Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–3, 10–8 | Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova |
Jun 21 Jun 28 | The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $9,781,631 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Serena Williams 6–3, 6–2 | Vera Zvonareva | Petra Kvitová
Tsvetana Pironkova | Li Na Kaia Kanepi Kim Clijsters
Venus Williams |
Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | Elena Vesnina
Vera Zvonareva |
Cara Black
Leander Paes 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | Lisa Raymond
Wesley Moodie |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Jul 5 | GDF Suez Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–4 | Patty Schnyder | Zuzana Ondrášková
Alexandra Dulgheru | Polona Hercog
Anabel Medina Garrigues Alizé Cornet
Anastasija Sevastova |
Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin 6–3, 6–3 | Sorana Cîrstea
Anabel Medina Garrigues |
Collector Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Aravane Rezaï 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | Gisela Dulko | Flavia Pennetta Lucie Šafářová | Jill Craybas
Ana Vrljić
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Arantxa Parra Santonja |
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–0), 6–0 | Renata Voráčová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |
Jul 12 | Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Kaia Kanepi 6–4, 6–3 | Flavia Pennetta | Julia Görges
Romina Oprandi | Nuria Llagostera Vives
Jill Craybas
Sara Errani
Aravane Rezaï |
Alberta Brianti
Sara Errani 6–4, 6–1 | Jill Craybas
Julia Görges |
ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 1–6, 6–2 | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Patty Schnyder
Lucie Hradecká | Johanna Larsson Anna Tatishvili
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Polona Hercog |
Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | Monica Niculescu
Ágnes Szávay |
Jul 19 | Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Anna Chakvetadze 6–1, 6–2 | Johanna Larsson | Ksenia Pervak
Polona Hercog | Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Vera Dushevina
Stefanie Vögele |
Maria Kondratieva
Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] | Anna Chakvetadze
Marina Erakovic |
NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Julia Görges 6–1, 6–4 | Timea Bacsinszky | Alizé Cornet
Yvonne Meusburger | Patricia Mayr Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasija Sevastova
Sandra Záhlavová |
Lucie Hradecká
Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5] | Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin |
Jul 26 | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–1 | Maria Sharapova | Samantha Stosur
Agnieszka Radwańska | Yanina Wickmayer
Marion Bartoli
Maria Kirilenko
Elena Dementieva |
Lindsay Davenport
Liezel Huber 7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8] | Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie |
İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 | Elena Vesnina | Andrea Petkovic
Jarmila Groth | Elena Baltacha Anastasia Rodionova
Sorana Cîrstea
Vera Dushevina |
Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr 6–4, 1–6, [11–9] | Maria Kondratieva
Vladimíra Uhlířová |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Aug 2 | Mercury Insurance Open San Diego, United States WTA Premier Hard – $700,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3 | Agnieszka Radwańska | Daniela Hantuchová
Flavia Pennetta | Alisa Kleybanova
Shahar Pe'er
CoCo Vandeweghe
Samantha Stosur |
Maria Kirilenko
Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4 | Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs |
e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | Klára Zakopalová | Anna Chakvetadze
Li Na | Julia Görges
Polona Hercog Sorana Cîrstea
Angelique Kerber |
Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–4 | Vitalia Diatchenko
Tatiana Poutchek |
Aug 9 | W&S Financial Group Women's Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles | Kim Clijsters 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | Maria Sharapova | Ana Ivanovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Akgul Amanmuradova Flavia Pennetta
Yanina Wickmayer Marion Bartoli |
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Kirilenko 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8) | Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs |
Aug 16 | Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles | Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–2 | Vera Zvonareva | Victoria Azarenka
Svetlana Kuznetsova | Marion Bartoli
Kim Clijsters
Zheng Jie
Francesca Schiavone |
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 3–6, [12–10] | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik |
Aug 23 | Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $600,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | Nadia Petrova | Elena Dementieva Maria Kirilenko | Flavia Pennetta Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Samantha Stosur |
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–0 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy |
Aug 30 Sep 6 | US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $10,258,000 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1 | Vera Zvonareva | Caroline Wozniacki
Venus Williams | Dominika Cibulková
Kaia Kanepi
Francesca Schiavone
Samantha Stosur |
Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova |
Liezel Huber
Bob Bryan 6–4, 6–4 | Květa Peschke
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Sep 13 | Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Jarmila Groth 6–1, 6–4 | Alla Kudryavtseva | Edina Gallovits
Zhang Shuai | Maria Elena Camerin
Han Xinyun Sania Mirza
Ksenia Pervak |
Edina Gallovits
Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–3 | Han Xinyun
Liu Wanting |
Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Tamira Paszek 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Lucie Šafářová
Christina McHale | Rebecca Marino
Melanie Oudin
Alexa Glatch
Sofia Arvidsson |
Sofia Arvidsson
Johanna Larsson 6–1, 2–6, [10–6] | Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |
Sep 20 | Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Alisa Kleybanova 6–1, 6–3 | Klára Zakopalová | Nadia Petrova
Ágnes Szávay | Kirsten Flipkens
Dinara Safina
Ekaterina Makarova
Kimiko Date-Krumm |
Julia Görges
Polona Hercog 6–3, 6–4 | Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová |
Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Alla Kudryavtseva 6–4, 6–4 | Elena Vesnina | Monica Niculescu
Evgeniya Rodina | Alexandra Dulgheru
Darya Kustova
Stefanie Vögele
Akgul Amanmuradova |
Alexandra Panova
Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–4 | Alexandra Dulgheru Magdaléna Rybáriková |
Sep 27 | Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Caroline Wozniacki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 | Elena Dementieva | Victoria Azarenka Francesca Schiavone | Agnieszka Radwańska
CoCo Vandeweghe Kaia Kanepi Vera Zvonareva |
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 4–6, [10–8] | Shahar Pe'er Peng Shuai |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Oct 4 | China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles | Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | Vera Zvonareva | Shahar Pe'er
Li Na | Ana Ivanovic Timea Bacsinszky
Anastasija Sevastova
Francesca Schiavone |
Chuang Chia-jung
Olga Govortsova 7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7] | Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta |
Oct 11 | Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Ana Ivanovic 6–1, 6–2 | Patty Schnyder | Roberta Vinci
Andrea Petkovic | Sara Errani
Julia Görges
Eleni Daniilidou
Daniela Hantuchová |
Renata Voráčová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–5, 7–6(8–6) | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik |
HP Open Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 | Kimiko Date-Krumm | Shahar Pe'er
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