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
Date	November 1 – 6
Edition	2nd
Draw	12S/6D
Surface	Hard / Outdoor / Covered Court
Location	Zhuhai, China
Venue	Hengqin International Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
İpek Soylu / 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]

Stage	Singles		Doubles
	Prize money	Points	Prize money	Points
Champion	RR1 + $450,000	RR + 460	RR1 + $20,000	—
Runner-up	RR + $150,000	RR + 200	RR1 + $10,000	—
Semifinalist	RR + $15,000	RR	—	—
Round Robin win per match	$92,500	1202	$5,000	—
Round Robin loss per match	$20,000	402	—	—
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
1	Johanna Konta		1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	10–7	44–21
2	Carla Suárez Navarro	0–1		5–5	2–2	6–1	4–3	2–0	3–4	6–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	32–18	39–21
3	Petra Kvitová	2–1	5–5		5–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	7–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	33–16	42–22
4	Elina Svitolina	1–0	2–2	1–5		1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	10–13	38–21
5	Roberta Vinci	0–1	1–6	3–3	2–1		1–1	3–5	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	18–24	28–24
6	Timea Bacsinszky	0–0	3–4	2–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	0–1	13–15	31–22
7	Elena Vesnina	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	5–3	1–2		2–3	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	13–16	39–19
8	Samantha Stosur	0–0	4–3	1–7	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2		1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	15–18	30–22
9	Barbora Strýcová	0–0	1–6	1–6	0–2	2–4	4–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	5–1	1–0	20–20	37–23
10	Kiki Bertens	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1		2–0	2–0	9–8	49–20
11	Caroline Garcia	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–5	0–2		1–0	7–15	33–24
12	Zhang Shuai	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1		5–15	37–21

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	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	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]	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	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	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	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]	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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:

• Zhang Shuai

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:

• Liang Chen / Wang Yafan
• Yang Zhaoxuan / You Xiaodi

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles

• Petra Kvitová def. Elina Svitolina, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles

• İpek Soylu / Xu Yifan def. Yang Zhaoxuan / You Xiaodi, 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]