| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 16 – October 11 |
| Edition | 26th |
| Tournaments | 9 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Simona Halep  Serena Williams (2) |
| Most tournament finals | Simona Halep (4) |
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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, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan.[1]
| Tournament | Country | Location | Surface | Date | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Tennis Championships[2] | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Hard | Feb 16 – 22 | $2,513,000 |
| Indian Wells Open[3] | United States | Indian Wells | Hard | Mar 9 – 22 | $6,157,160 |
| Miami Open | United States | Key Biscayne | Hard | Mar 23 – Apr 5 | $6,157,160 |
| Madrid Open[4] | Spain | Madrid | Clay (red) | May 4 – 10 | €4,185,405 |
| Italian Open[5] | Italy | Rome | Clay (red) | May 11 – 17 | $2,183,600 |
| Canadian Open | Canada | Toronto | Hard | Aug 10 – 16 | $2,513,000 |
| Cincinnati Open[6] | United States | Mason | Hard | Aug 17 – 23 | $2,701,240 |
| Wuhan Open | China | Wuhan | Hard | Sep 28 – Oct 4 | $2,513,000 |
| China Open | China | Beijing | Hard | Oct 5 – 11 | $6,157,160 |
| Tournament | Singles champions | Runners-up | Score | Doubles champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Simona Halep
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 Karolína Plíšková
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6–4, 7–6(7–4) |  Tímea Babos*
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 Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
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6–3, 6–2 |
 Kristina Mladenovic
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| Indian Wells | Simona Halep
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 Jelena Janković
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2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |  Martina Hingis  Sania Mirza
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 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Miami | Serena Williams
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Carla Suárez Navarro
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6–2, 6–0 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
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Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
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7–5, 6–1 |
| Madrid | Petra Kvitová
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Svetlana Kuznetsova
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6–1, 6–2 |  Casey Dellacqua*
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Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
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6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5] |
 Yaroslava Shvedova
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| Rome | Maria Sharapova
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Carla Suárez Navarro
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7–6, 7–5, 6–1 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
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Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Toronto | Belinda Bencic
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Simona Halep
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7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 3–0, ret. | Bethanie Mattek-Sands*
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Caroline Garcia  Katarina Srebotnik
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6–1, 6–2 |
| Lucie Šafářová
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| Cincinnati | Serena Williams
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Simona Halep
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6–3, 7–6(7–5) |  Chan Hao-ching*
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Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova
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7–5, 6–4 |
| Chan Latisha
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| Wuhan | Venus Williams
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Garbiñe Muguruza
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6–3, 3–0, ret. | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
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Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Beijing | Garbiñe Muguruza
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Timea Bacsinszky
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7–5, 6–4 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
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Chan Hao-ching Chan Latisha
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6–7(9–11), 6–1, [10–8] |
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