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.

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 the 12th-player not qualified for 2016 WTA Finals, or 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.

Doubles qualifying

Two teams composed of players that did not compete in the WTA Finals singles 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 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.
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:
The total prize money for the Huajin Securities 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US $2,210,000.
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.

2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
#PlayerKontaSuárez NavarroKvitováSvitolinaVinciBacsinszkyVesninaStosurStrýcováBertensGarciaZhangOverallYTD
1 Johanna Konta1–01–20–11–00–01–10–00–01–11–14–110–744–21
2 Carla Suárez Navarro0–15–52–26–14–32–03–46–12–00–12–032–1839–21
3 Petra Kvitová2–15–55–13–30–21–07–16–11–02–11–133–1642–22
4 Elina Svitolina1–02–21–51–20–11–20–12–00–01–01–010–1338–21
5 Roberta Vinci0–11–63–32–11–13–51–24–21–20–12–018–2428–24
6 Timea Bacsinszky0–03–42–01–01–12–11–10–41–22–10–113–1531–22
7 Elena Vesnina1–10–20–12–15–31–22–30–30–02–00–013–1639–19
8 Samantha Stosur0–04–31–71–02–11–13–21–21–00–01–215–1830–22
9 Barbora Strýcová0–01–61–60–22–44–03–02–11–05–11–020–2037–23
10 Kiki Bertens1–10–20–10–02–12–10–00–10–12–02–09–849–20
11 Caroline Garcia1–11–01–20–11–01–20–20–01–50–21–07–1533–24
12 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.

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw:
CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1
Andreja KlepačArantxa Parra Santonja65
İpek SoyluXu Yifan96
Anastasia RodionovaOlga Savchuk104
Oksana KalashnikovaTatjana Maria106

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:

Singles