2012 WTA Tour

2012 WTA Tour

Victoria Azarenka finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the first time in her career, though Serena Williams was named the Player of the Year. Azarenka won six singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open. She also won three Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events, finished runner-up at another major at the US Open, and won a bronze medal in singles at the London Olympics. Williams won seven singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, the gold medal in singles at the London Olympics, the WTA Tour Championships, and a Premier Mandatory event.
Details
Duration	December 31, 2011 – November 4, 2012
Edition	42nd
Tournaments	57
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) Summer Olympics WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (29)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Serena Williams (7)
Most tournament finals	Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova (9)
Prize money leader	Victoria Azarenka (US$7,928,920)
Points leader	Victoria Azarenka (10,595)
Awards
Player of the year	Serena Williams
Doubles team of the year	Sara Errani  Roberta Vinci
Most improved player of the year	Sara Errani
Newcomer of the year	Laura Robson
Comeback player of the year	Yaroslava Shvedova
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The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour 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), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions), and the tennis event at the Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2012 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.^[1]

Victoria Azarenka (left) became the first Belarusian to win a singles major title at the Australian Open, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final to also become the new world No. 1. Sharapova (middle) rebounded at the French Open, winning her fourth major and completing the career Grand Slam by defeating Sara Errani in the final. At Wimbledon and the US Open, Serena Williams (right) won her 14th and 15th major titles by beating Agnieszka Radwańska and Azarenka, respectively, in the finals for her fifth Wimbledon and fourth US Open triumphs. And at the London Olympics, Serena Williams won the gold medal by defeating Sharapova in the final, becoming the second woman to complete the career Golden Slam in singles.

Schedule[edit]

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2012 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.^[1]

Key

January[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Jan	Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Czech Republic 2–0	France	Round robin (Group A)  Bulgaria  Denmark  United States	Round robin (Group B)  Spain  Australia  China
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $655,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kaia Kanepi 6–2, 6–1	Daniela Hantuchová	Kim Clijsters Francesca Schiavone	Iveta Benešová Serena Williams Jelena Janković Andrea Petkovic
		Nuria Llagostera Vives  Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)	Raquel Kops-Jones  Abigail Spears
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Zheng Jie 2–6, 6–3, 2–0 retired[a]	Flavia Pennetta	Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sabine Lisicki Elena Vesnina Sara Errani Lucie Hradecká
		Andrea Hlaváčková  Lucie Hradecká 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [10–7]	Julia Görges  Flavia Pennetta
9 Jan	Apia International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $637,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 1–6, 6–3	Li Na	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová Daniela Hantuchová
		Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 4–6, [13–11]	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Mona Barthel 6–1, 6–2	Yanina Wickmayer	Shahar Pe'er Angelique Kerber	Simona Halep Anna Chakvetadze Sorana Cîrstea Jarmila Gajdošová
		Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]	Chuang Chia-jung Marina Erakovic
16 Jan 23 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $12,122,762 – hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–0	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters Petra Kvitová	Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva 5–7, 6–4, 6–3	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău 6–3, 5–7, [10–3]	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
30 Jan	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Moscow, Russia – hard (i) Charleroi, Belgium – hard (i) Biella, Italy – clay (red) (i) Stuttgart, Germany – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners  Russia 3–2  Serbia 3–2  Italy 3–2  Czech Republic 4–1	Quarterfinals losers  Spain  Belgium  Ukraine  Germany

February[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Feb	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $637,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3	Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Klára Zakopalová	Maria Sharapova Mona Barthel Julia Görges Roberta Vinci
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Daniela Hantuchová 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko	Sorana Cîrstea Hsieh Su-wei	Vera Zvonareva Tamarine Tanasugarn Vania King Sania Mirza
		Sania Mirza Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
13 Feb	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 56S/26D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2	Samantha Stosur	Agnieszka Radwańska Marion Bartoli	Yanina Wickmayer Christina McHale Monica Niculescu Lucie Šafářová
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–3, 6–1	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
	XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6–2, 7–5	Alexandra Panova	Edina Gallovits-Hall Tímea Babos	Mariana Duque Mariño Paula Ormaechea Yaroslava Shvedova Karin Knapp
		Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panova 6–2, 6–2	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele
20 Feb	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,000,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković	Daniela Hantuchová Ana Ivanovic Samantha Stosur Sabine Lisicki
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
	Memphis International Memphis, United States WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Sofia Arvidsson 6–3, 6–4	Marina Erakovic	Vera Dushevina Alberta Brianti	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Michaëlla Krajicek Lesia Tsurenko Varvara Lepchenko
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–3, 6–4	Vera Dushevina Olga Govortsova
	Whirlpool Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Tímea Babos 6–4, 6–4	Alexandra Cadanțu	Gréta Arn Sara Errani	Nina Bratchikova Lourdes Domínguez Lino Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Mandy Minella
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–6(8–6)	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai
27 Feb	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL p/b HSBC Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0	Flavia Pennetta	Roberta Vinci Irina-Camelia Begu	Michaëlla Krajicek Estrella Cabeza Candela Magdaléna Rybáriková Mariana Duque Mariño
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 6–1	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
	BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 7–5, 4–1 retired[b]	Petra Martić	Eleni Daniilidou Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Olivia Rogowska Peng Shuai Ayumi Morita
		Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung 7–5, 6–4	Chan Hao-ching Rika Fujiwara

March[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Mar 12 Mar	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $5,536,664 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–2, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Angelique Kerber Ana Ivanovic	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na Marion Bartoli Maria Kirilenko
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
19 Mar 26 Mar	Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,828,050 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–4	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Caroline Wozniacki	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Serena Williams Li Na
		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci

April[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Apr	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier $740,000 – clay (green) – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1	Lucie Šafářová	Polona Hercog Samantha Stosur	Nadia Petrova Vera Zvonareva Sabine Lisicki Venus Williams
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova
9 Apr	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 6–2, 6–2	Dominika Cibulková	Sorana Cîrstea Carla Suárez Navarro	Olga Govortsova Yuliya Beygelzimer Simona Halep Julia Görges
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–0, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone
	e-Boks Open Copenhagen, Denmark WTA International $220,000 – hard (i)[2] – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Petra Martić Jelena Janković	Alizé Cornet Bojana Jovanovski Kaia Kanepi Mona Barthel
		Kimiko Date-Krumm Rika Fujiwara 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]	Sofia Arvidsson Kaia Kanepi
April 16	Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Moscow, Russia – clay (i) Ostrava, Czech Republic – hard (i)	Semifinals winners  Serbia 3–2  Czech Republic 4–1	Semifinals losers  Russia  Italy
April 23	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $740,000 – clay (red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4	Victoria Azarenka	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Mona Barthel Li Na Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 7–5	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 7–5, 6–0	Laura Pous Tió	Simona Halep Mathilde Johansson	Anabel Medina Garrigues Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco Petra Cetkovská Irina-Camelia Begu
		Petra Cetkovská Alexandra Panova 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu
30 Apr	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 7–5, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Anna Tatishvili Marina Erakovic	Alberta Brianti Aleksandra Wozniak Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Petra Martić
		Janette Husárová Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4, 6–2	Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4	Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Karin Knapp	Nadia Petrova Petra Cetkovská Sílvia Soler Espinosa Galina Voskoboeva
		Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai 4–6, 6–1, [11–9]	Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva

May[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 7	Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory $5,189,603 – clay (Blue) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Serena Williams 6–1, 6–3	Victoria Azarenka	Agnieszka Radwańska Lucie Hradecká	Li Na Varvara Lepchenko Samantha Stosur Maria Sharapova
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–1, 3–6, [10–4]	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
May 14	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $2,168,400 – clay (red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Li Na	Serena Williams Angelique Kerber	Dominika Cibulková Flavia Pennetta Petra Kvitová Venus Williams
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–2, 7–5	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
May 21	Brussels Open Brussels, Belgium WTA Premier $637,000 – clay (red) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Agnieszka Radwańska 7–5, 6–0	Simona Halep	Kaia Kanepi Sofia Arvidsson	Alison Van Uytvanck Tsvetana Pironkova Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–2	Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–4	Alizé Cornet	Pauline Parmentier Sloane Stephens	Alexandra Panova Anabel Medina Garrigues Ayumi Morita Johanna Larsson
		Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
May 28 June 4	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $11,315,740 – clay (red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles draw – Doubles draw – Mixed draw – Legends Doubles	Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–2	Sara Errani	Samantha Stosur Petra Kvitová	Dominika Cibulková Angelique Kerber Yaroslava Shvedova Kaia Kanepi
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova
		Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González

June[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Jun	Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–2	Jelena Janković	Zheng Jie Ekaterina Makarova	Misaki Doi Roberta Vinci Hsieh Su-wei Irina Falconi
		Tímea Babos  Hsieh Su-wei 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]	Liezel Huber  Lisa Raymond
	NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Alizé Cornet 7–5, 7–6(7–1)	Yanina Wickmayer	Ksenia Pervak Mandy Minella	Estrella Cabeza Candela Chichi Scholl Johanna Larsson Yvonne Meusburger
		Jill Craybas  Julia Görges 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [11–9]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld  Petra Martić
18 Jun	Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $637,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Tamira Paszek 5–7, 6–3, 7–5	Angelique Kerber	Marion Bartoli Klára Zakopalová	Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Šafářová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ekaterina Makarova
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, retired Liezel Huber  Lisa Raymond
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–3	Urszula Radwańska	Kirsten Flipkens Kim Clijsters	Roberta Vinci Dominika Cibulková Sofia Arvidsson Francesca Schiavone
		Sara Errani  Roberta Vinci 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]	Maria Kirilenko  Nadia Petrova
25 Jun 2 Jul	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam $11,174,883 – grass 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles – Ladies' Invitation Doubles	Serena Williams 6–1, 5–7, 6–2	Agnieszka Radwańska	Angelique Kerber Victoria Azarenka	Sabine Lisicki Maria Kirilenko Petra Kvitová Tamira Paszek
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 7–5, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Mike Bryan Lisa Raymond 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Leander Paes Elena Vesnina

July[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
9 Jul	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, California, United States WTA Premier Hard – $740,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	CoCo Vandeweghe	Sorana Cîrstea Yanina Wickmayer		Chanelle Scheepers Dominika Cibulková Urszula Radwańska Marion Bartoli
		Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 7–5, 7–6(9–7)	Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King
	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 6–1, 6–3	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Irina-Camelia Begu Laura Robson		Alexandra Cadanțu Estrella Cabeza Candela Julia Görges Carla Suárez Navarro
		Renata Voráčová  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Darija Jurak  Katalin Marosi
16 Jul	Mercury Insurance Open Carlsbad, California, United States WTA Premier Hard – $740,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 7–5	Marion Bartoli	Chan Yung-jan Nadia Petrova		Christina McHale Jelena Janković Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska
		Raquel Kops-Jones  Abigail Spears 6–2, 6–4	Vania King  Nadia Petrova
	Sony Ericsson Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International $220,000 – clay (red) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Polona Hercog 0–6, 6–4, 7–5	Mathilde Johansson	Johanna Larsson Mona Barthel		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Klára Zakopalová Sofia Arvidsson Tsvetana Pironkova
		Catalina Castaño  Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 5–7, [10–6]	Eva Hrdinová  Mervana Jugić-Salkić
23 Jul	Baku Cup Baku, Azerbaijan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Bojana Jovanovski 6–3, 6–1	Julia Cohen	Olga Puchkova Alexandra Panova		Magdaléna Rybáriková Mandy Minella Aleksandra Krunić Nina Bratchikova
		Irina Buryachok Valeriya Solovyeva 6–3, 6–2	Eva Birnerová Alberta Brianti
30 July	Summer Olympic Games London, Great Britain Summer Olympic Games Grass 64S/32D/16X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki Kim Clijsters Petra Kvitová
		Serena Williams 6–0, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
		Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Laura Robson Andy Murray	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]	Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas
	Citi Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–1, 6–1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Vania King Sloane Stephens		Chang Kai-chen CoCo Vandeweghe Eugenie Bouchard Jana Čepelová
		Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen 7–5, 6–2	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers

August[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Aug	Rogers Cup p/b National Bank Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 48S/64Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Li Na	Caroline Wozniacki Lucie Šafářová	Tamira Paszek Aleksandra Wozniak Roberta Vinci Agnieszka Radwańska
		Klaudia Jans-Ignacik  Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]	Nadia Petrova  Katarina Srebotnik
13 Aug	Western & Southern Open Mason, Ohio, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Li Na 1–6, 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Venus Williams Petra Kvitová	Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Serena Williams
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–1, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie
20 Aug	New Haven Open at Yale New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $637,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–6(11–9), 7–5	Maria Kirilenko	Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani	Olga Govortsova Dominika Cibulková Marion Bartoli Lucie Šafářová
		Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
	Texas Tennis Open Dallas, United States WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Roberta Vinci 7–5, 6–3	Jelena Janković	Bojana Jovanovski Casey Dellacqua	Peng Shuai Chanelle Scheepers Aleksandra Wozniak Sorana Cîrstea
		Marina Erakovic Heather Watson 6–3, 6–0	Līga Dekmeijere Irina Falconi
27 Aug 3 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $11,517,008 – hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–2, 2–6, 7–5	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova Sara Errani	Samantha Stosur Marion Bartoli Ana Ivanovic Roberta Vinci
		Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–2	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Ekaterina Makarova Bruno Soares 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [12–10]	Květa Peschke Marcin Matkowski

September[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Sep	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Irina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 6–4	Donna Vekić	Eva Birnerová Urszula Radwańska	Alexandra Cadanțu Bojana Jovanovski Galina Voskoboeva Alexandra Panova
		Paula Kania Polina Pekhova 6–2, ret.	Anna Chakvetadze Vesna Dolonc
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kirsten Flipkens 6–1, 7–5	Lucie Hradecká	Mona Barthel Kristina Mladenovic	Anna Tatishvili Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Melanie Oudin Lauren Davis
		Tatjana Malek Kristina Mladenovic 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–7]	Alicja Rosolska Heather Watson
17 Sep	KDB Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–0	Kaia Kanepi	Ekaterina Makarova Varvara Lepchenko	Klara Zakopalová María José Martínez Sánchez Kiki Bertens Tamira Paszek
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Akgul Amanmuradova Vania King
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Laura Robson	Urszula Radwańska Sorana Cîrstea	Mathilde Johansson Chanelle Scheepers Alizé Cornet Peng Shuai
		Tamarine Tanasugarn Zhang Shuai 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Jarmila Gajdošová Monica Niculescu
24 Sep	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,168,400 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova 6–0, 1–6, 6–3	Agnieszka Radwańska	Angelique Kerber Samantha Stosur	Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki Sara Errani Maria Sharapova
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–1, 6–4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke

October[edit]

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,828,050 – 60S/28D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Maria Sharapova	Marion Bartoli Li Na	Romina Oprandi Carla Suárez Navarro Agnieszka Radwańska Angelique Kerber
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–5, 7–5	Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
8 Oct	Generali Ladies Linz p/b voestalpine Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–4	Julia Görges	Irina-Camelia Begu Kirsten Flipkens	Petra Martić Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sofia Arvidsson Ana Ivanovic
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld  Květa Peschke 6–3, 6–4	Julia Görges  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
	HP Japan Women's Open Tennis Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Heather Watson 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)	Chang Kai-chen	Samantha Stosur Misaki Doi	Jamie Hampton Laura Robson Chanelle Scheepers Pauline Parmentier
		Raquel Kops-Jones  Abigail Spears 6–1, 6–4	Kimiko Date-Krumm  Heather Watson
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