WTA Elite Trophy
WTA Elite Trophy | |
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Tournament information | |
Founded | 2015 |
Editions | 5 (2019) |
Location | Zhuhai China (2015–2019) |
Venue | Hengqin Tennis Center |
Category | WTA Elite Trophy |
Surface | Hard - outdoors |
Draw | 12S / 6D |
Prize money | US$ 2,419,844 (2019) |
Website | wtaelitetrophy.com |
Current champions (2019) | |
Women's singles | Aryna Sabalenka |
Women's doubles | Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač |
The WTA Elite Trophy is the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It is the successor event of the WTA Tournament of Champions which took place from 2009–14.
The Elite Trophy takes place at the end of each season in two disciplines: singles and doubles. The singles event features 12 players (11 of them ranked from 9th to 19th on the final table of the WTA ranking, and one wildcard). The players are split into four groups of three, with the group winners advancing to the single elimination semifinals. The doubles championships features six teams in two groups with the group winners contesting the final.[1]
The inaugural edition was held in 2015, offering $2.15 million in prize money. Zhuhai, China hosted the WTA Elite Trophy for the first five years until 2019.
Venues[]
Venue | Years | Stadium | Surface | Capacity |
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Zhuhai | 2015–2019 | Hengqin International Tennis Center[2] | Hard | 5,000 |
Past results[]
Singles[]
Venue | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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Zhuhai | 2015 | Venus Williams | Karolína Plíšková | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
2016 | Petra Kvitová | Elina Svitolina | 6–4, 6–2 | |
2017 | Julia Görges | CoCo Vandeweghe | 7–5, 6–1 | |
2018 | Ashleigh Barty | Wang Qiang | 6–3, 6–4 | |
2019 | Aryna Sabalenka | Kiki Bertens | 6–4, 6–2 | |
2020 | no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
cancelled |
Doubles[]
Venue | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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Zhuhai | 2015 | Liang Chen Wang Yafan |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja |
6–4, 6–3 |
2016 | İpek Soylu Xu Yifan |
Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | |
2017 | Duan Yingying Han Xinyun |
Lu Jingjing Zhang Shuai |
6–2, 6–1 | |
2018 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok |
Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | |
2019 | Lyudmyla Kichenok (2) Andreja Klepač |
Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–3, 6–3 | |
2020 | no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
cancelled |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "WTA Elite Trophy To Debut In Zhuhai". WTA Tour. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- ^ "Venue Info". Populous.com. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
External links[]
- Official Website (in English and Chinese)
- WTA Elite Trophy
- WTA Tour
- Tennis tournaments in China
- Sport in Zhuhai
- Hard court tennis tournaments
- Indoor tennis tournaments
- Recurring sporting events established in 2015
- 2015 establishments in China
- Sports competitions in Guangdong