2016 WTA Elite Trophy

The 2016 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China from 1 to 6 November 2016. It was the second edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was contested by twelve singles players and six doubles teams.

2016 WTA Elite Trophy
DateNovember 1 – 6
Edition2nd
Draw12S/6D
SurfaceHard / Outdoor / Covered Court
LocationZhuhai, China
VenueHengqin International Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Turkey İpek Soylu / China Xu Yifan

Tournament

Qualifying

WTA Elite Trophy is an invitation-only event.

Singles qualifying

The field will consist of the top eleven players not already qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2016 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2016 WTA Finals would have been eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals. Johanna Konta was initially qualified for the Tour Finals, but her spot was lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova who had just won Moscow on the day before the finals.[1]

Doubles qualifying

Two teams composed of players that did not compete in the WTA Finals singles (except Finals Alternates) or doubles competitions, using the players’ combined doubles rankings as of the Monday after the final regular-season Tournament of the current Tour Year to determine the order of acceptance; and up to two teams composed of players that did not compete in the WTA Finals singles (except Finals Alternates) or doubles competitions and that include at least one Elite Trophy Singles Qualified Player or Elite Trophy Alternate, using the higher of the players’ combined singles or doubles rankings as of the Monday after the final regular-season Tournament of the current Tour Year to determine the order of acceptance. Plus two wild cards. For each wild card not given out, the next highest pair of players shall become a participant.[2]

It was unclear how the selection was determined eventually as two teams were announced as participants despite not fulfilling these criteria.

Format

The singles event features twelve players in a round robin event, split into four groups of three. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other two players in her group, with the winner in each group advancing to the semifinal. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match. The six doubles teams will be split into two round robin groups, with the winner of each advancing to the final.

Round robin tie-breaking methods

The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:

  1. Greatest number of wins.
  2. Greatest number of matches played.
  3. Head-to-head results
  4. In case of a 3-way tie:
  • Percentage of sets won
  • Percentage of games won

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the Huajin Securities 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US $2,210,000.[3]

StageSinglesDoubles
Prize moneyPointsPrize moneyPoints
Champion RR1 + $450,000RR + 460RR1 + $20,000—
Runner-up RR + $150,000RR + 200RR1 + $10,000—
Semifinalist RR + $15,000RR——
Round Robin win per match $92,5001202$5,000—
Round Robin loss per match $20,000402——
Participation fee ——15,000—
Alternates $10,000———
  • 1 RR means prize money or points won in the round robin.
  • 2 The wildcard entry will earn 80 points per win and 0 points per loss in the round robin.

Player head-to-head

Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
# Player Konta Suárez Navarro Kvitová Svitolina Vinci Bacsinszky Vesnina Stosur Strýcová Bertens Garcia Zhang Overall YTD
1United Kingdom Johanna Konta1–01–20–11–00–01–10–00–01–11–14–110–744–21
2Spain Carla Suárez Navarro0–15–52–26–14–32–03–46–12–00–12–032–1839–21
3Czech Republic Petra Kvitová2–15–55–13–30–21–07–16–11–02–11–133–1642–22
4Ukraine Elina Svitolina1–02–21–51–20–11–20–12–00–01–01–010–1338–21
5Italy Roberta Vinci0–11–63–32–11–13–51–24–21–20–12–018–2428–24
6Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky0–03–42–01–01–12–11–10–41–22–10–113–1531–22
7Russia Elena Vesnina1–10–20–12–15–31–22–30–30–02–00–013–1639–19
8Australia Samantha Stosur0–04–31–71–02–11–13–21–21–00–01–215–1830–22
9Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová0–01–61–60–22–44–03–02–11–05–11–020–2037–23
10Netherlands Kiki Bertens1–10–20–10–02–12–10–00–10–12–02–09–849–20
11France Caroline Garcia1–11–01–20–11–01–20–20–01–50–21–07–1533–24
12China Zhang Shuai1–40–21–10–10–21–00–02–10–10–20–15–1537–21

Qualified players

The 2 tables below are part of the tables from Road to Singapore

Singles

Players in Gold have qualified for Zhuhai. Players in brown have withdrawn from the 2016 WTA Elite Trophy.

Rank Player Grand Slam tournament Premier Mandatory Best Premier 5 Best other Total points Tours Titles
AUS FRA WIM USO INW MIA MAD BEI 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
Qualified for Zhuhai
10 United Kingdom Johanna Konta SF
780		 R128
10		 R64
70		 R16
240		 R16
120		 QF
215		 R64
10		 F
650		 QF
190		 QF
190		 W
470		 SF
185		 R16
105		 R16
105		 QF
60		 R16
55		 3455 22 1
11 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro QF
430		 R16
240		 R16
240		 R16
240		 A
0		 R64
10		 R16
120		 R64
10		 W
900		 QF
190		 SF
185		 SF
185		 SF
110		 R16
105		 R16
105		 QF
100		 3170 22 1
12[4] Belarus Victoria Azarenka QF
430		 R128
10		 A
0		 A
0		 W
1000		 W
1000		 R16
120		 A
0		 R32
1		 W
470		 R16
30		 3061 9 3
13 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová R64
70		 R32
130		 R64
70		 R16
240		 QF
215		 R32
65		 R16
120		 QF
215		 W
900		 R16
105		 SF
185		 SF
185		 F
180		 R16
105		 R16
55		 A
0		 2840 20 1
14 Ukraine Elina Svitolina R64
70		 R16
240		 R64
70		 R32
130		 R32
65		 R16
120		 R32
65		 SF
390		 R16
105		 R32
60		 F
305		 W
280		 SF
185		 SF
185		 SF
185		 R32
1		 2456 21 1
15 United States Venus Williams R128
10		 R16
240		 SF
780		 R16
240		 R64
10		 R64
10		 A
0		 R64
10		 R16
105		 R16
105		 F
305		 W
280		 R32
60		 R16
55		 R16
30		 R32
1		 2241 15 1
16[5] Denmark Caroline Wozniacki R128
10		 A
0		 R128
10		 SF
780		 R64
10		 R32
65		 A
0		 R16
120		 R16
105		 R16
105		 W
470		 W
280		 SF
110		 QF
60		 QF
60		 R16
55		 2240 21 2
17 Italy Roberta Vinci R32
130		 R128
10		 R32
130		 QF
430		 R16
120		 R32
65		 R64
10		 R32
65		 QF
190		 R16
105		 W
470		 R16
105		 QF
100		 QF
100		 QF
100		 R32
60		 2190 22 1
18 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky R64
70		 QF
430		 R32
130		 R64
70		 R16
120		 SF
390		 R16
120		 R32
65		 QF
190		 R16
105		 W
280		 SF
110		 R16
105		 R32
1		 R32
1		 R32
1		 2188 19 1
19 Russia Elena Vesnina Q1
2		 R64
70		 SF
780		 R32
130		 Q1
2		 R32
95		 R32
95		 R64
10		 QF
220		 Q2
20		 F
330		 QF
100		 QF
100		 QF
60		 R16
55		 R32
25		 2094 19 0
20 Australia Samantha Stosur R128
10		 SF
780		 R64
70		 R64
70		 R16
120		 R64
10		 SF
390		 R64
10		 R32
60		 R32
60		 F
180		 QF
100		 QF
60		 QF
60		 R16
55		 R16
55		 2090 20 0
21 Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová R16
240		 R32
130		 R32
130		 R128
10		 R16
120		 R64
35		 R32
65		 R32
65		 QF
190		 QF
190		 F
305		 F
305		 R16
105		 QF
60		 R32
60		 R32
60		 2070 21 0
22 Netherlands Kiki Bertens R128
10		 SF
780		 R32
130		 R128
10		 R128
30		 R32
95		 A
0		 A
0		 R64
1		 R64
1		 W
298		 F
180		 SF
110		 SF
110		 QF
60		 R32
18		 1912 21 1
23 France Caroline Garcia R128
10		 R64
70		 R64
70		 R32
130		 R128
10		 R32
65		 R32
65		 R16
120		 R32
60		 R64
1		 W
280		 W
280		 SF
185		 W
160		 SF
110		 R16
55		 1725 26 2

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw:

Doubles
Country Player Country Player Rank1
 SLO Andreja Klepač  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 65
 TUR İpek Soylu  CHN Xu Yifan 96
 AUS Anastasia Rodionova  UKR Olga Savchuk 104
 GEO Oksana Kalashnikova  GER Tatjana Maria 106
  • 1 Rankings as of 24 October 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles

References
  1. Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.1.a". 2015 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK (PDF).
  2. Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.2.a". 2016 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK (PDF).
  3. "Match Notes" (PDF).
  4. Azarenka announces pregnancy
  5. Injured Wozniacki retires from last major tournament
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