The International Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier III and Tier IV events. Tier I and II events are replaced with Premier Tournaments.

There are 31 tournaments: 30 knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $200,000, plus the season-ending Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, which has a prize money of $600,000. All tournaments, except for Bali and Birmingham (has 56 in singles), have a draw 32 for singles, 32 for doubles and 16 for singles qualifiers.

[edit] Events

Tournament	Also currently known as	City	Country	Court surface	Current champion
Brisbane	Brisbane International	Brisbane	Australia	Hard	Victoria Azarenka
Auckland	ASB Classic	Auckland	New Zealand	Hard	Elena Dementieva
Hobart	Moorilla Hobart International	Hobart	Australia	Hard	Petra Kvitová
Pattaya City	PTT Pattaya Women's Open	Pattaya City	Thailand	Hard	Vera Zvonareva
Memphis	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & the Cellular South Cup	Memphis	United States	Hard (i)	Victoria Azarenka
Bogota	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas	Bogota	Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez
Acapulco	Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presentado por HSBC	Acapulco	Mexico	Clay	Venus Williams
Monterrey	Monterrey Open	Monterrey	Mexico	Hard	Marion Bartoli
Ponte Vedra Beach	MPS Group Championships	Ponte Vedra Beach	United States	Clay	Caroline Wozniacki
Marbella	Andalucia Tennis Experience	Marbella	Spain	Clay	Jelena Janković
Barcelona	Barcelona Ladies Open	Barcelona	Spain	Clay	Roberta Vinci
Fes	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem	Fes	Morocco	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues
Estoril	Estoril Open	Estoril	Portugal	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer
Strasbourg	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Strasbourg	France	Clay	Aravane Rezaï
Birmingham	AEGON Classic	Birmingham	United Kingdom	Grass	Magdaléna Rybáriková
's-Hertogenbosch	Ordina Open	's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands	Grass	Tamarine Tanasugarn
Budapest	GDF SUEZ Grand Prix	Budapest	Hungary	Clay	Agnes Szavay
Båstad	Swedish Open Women	Båstad	Sweden	Clay	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Palermo	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo	Palermo	Italy	Clay	Flavia Pennetta
Prague	ECM Prague Open	Prague	Czech Republic	Clay	Sybille Bammer
Portoroz	Banka Koper Slovenia Open	Portorož	Slovenia	Hard	Dinara Safina
Bad Gastein	Gastein Ladies	Bad Gastein	Austria	Clay	Andrea Petkovic
Istanbul	Istanbul Cup	Istanbul	Turkey	Hard	Vera Dushevina
Guangzhou	Guangzhou International Women's Open	Guangzhou	China	Hard	Shahar Pe'er
Quebec City	Bell Challenge	Quebec City	Canada	Hard (i)	Melinda Czink
Seoul	Hansol Korea Open	Seoul	South Korea	Hard	Kimiko Date Krumm
Tashkent	Tashkent Open	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Hard	Shahar Pe'er
Linz	Generali Ladies Linz	Linz	Austria	Hard (i)	Yanina Wickmayer
Osaka	HP Open	Osaka	Japan	Hard (i)	Samantha Stosur
Luxembourg	BGL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Timea Bacsinszky
Bali	Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions	Bali	Indonesia	Hard	Aravane Rezai

[edit] External links

• 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Calendar
• Tour Announces 2009 Roadmap Calendar