2016 WTA Elite Trophy

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2016 WTA Elite Trophy
DateNovember 1 – 6
Edition2nd
Draw12S/6D
SurfaceHard / Outdoor / Covered Court
Location Zhuhai, China
VenueHengqin International Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Soylu / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan
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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.

Contents

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
ChampionRR1 + $450,000RR + 460RR1 + $20,000—
Runner-upRR + $150,000RR + 200RR1 + $10,000—
SemifinalistRR + $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———

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 OverallYTD
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johanna Konta 1–01–20–11–00–01–10–00–01–11–14–110–744–21
2 Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro 0–15–52–26–14–32–03–46–12–00–12–032–1839–21
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 2–15–55–13–30–21–07–16–11–02–11–133–1642–22
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina 1–02–21–51–20–11–20–12–00–01–01–010–1338–21
5 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci 0–11–63–32–11–13–51–24–21–20–12–018–2428–24
6 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Timea Bacsinszky 0–03–42–01–01–12–11–10–41–22–10–113–1531–22
7 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina 1–10–20–12–15–31–22–30–30–02–00–013–1639–19
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 0–04–31–71–02–11–13–21–21–00–01–215–1830–22
9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová 0–01–61–60–22–44–03–02–11–05–11–020–2037–23
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kiki Bertens 1–10–20–10–02–12–10–00–10–12–02–09–849–20
11 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 1–11–01–20–11–01–20–20–01–50–21–07–1533–24
12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai 1–40–21–10–10–21–00–02–10–10–20–15–1537–21

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.

RankPlayerGrand Slam tournamentPremier MandatoryBest Premier 5Best otherTotal pointsToursTitles
AUS FRA WIM USO INW MIA MAD BEI 12123456
Qualified for Zhuhai
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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		3455221
11 Flag of Spain.svg 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		3170221
12 [4] Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka QF
430		R128
10		A
0		A
0		W
1000		W
1000		R16
120		A
0		 R32
1		 W
470		 R16
30		306193
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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		2840201
14 Flag of Ukraine.svg 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		2456211
15 Flag of the United States.svg 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		2241151
16 [5] Flag of Denmark.svg 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		2240212
17 Flag of Italy.svg 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		2190221
18 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 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		2188191
19 Flag of Russia.svg 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		2094190
20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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		2090200
21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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		2070210
22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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		1912211
23 Flag of France.svg 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		1725262

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw:

Doubles

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 65
Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR İpek Soylu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 96
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anastasia Rodionova Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Olga Savchuk 104
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tatjana Maria 106

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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