2015 WTA Elite Trophy

2015 WTA Elite Trophy
Date	November 2 – 8
Edition	1st
Draw	12S/6D
Surface	Hard / Indoor
Location	Zhuhai, China

The 2015 WTA Elite Trophy is a women's tennis tournament at Zhuhai, China. It will be the 1st edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament will be contested by twelve singles players and six doubles teams. The said event replaces the WTA Tournament of Champions.

Tournament

Qualifying

In singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included.
In doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or Premier-level tournaments.

Following on from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global on the tennis calendar, Zhuhai's 12-player singles field will consist of players ranked between No.9 and No.20, along with one wildcard and six doubles teams. The qualifiers will compete in a four-group round robin format, with the winners of each group advancing to the semifinals.

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

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the Huajin Securities 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai 2015 WTA Finals was US$2,150,000.

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	120	$5,000	—
Round Robin loss per match	$20,000	40	—	—
Participation fee	—	—	15,000	—
Alternates	$10,000	—	—	—

• ¹ RR means prize money or points won in the round robin round.

Road to Elite Trophy

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

Singles

Players with a  gold  rank cell have qualified for WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.
Players with their name on a  cyan  background are playing in Moscow or Luxembourg.

Rank	Athlete	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 2015 WTA Finals
7	Angelique Kerber	R128 10	R32 130	R32 130	R32 130	R64 10	R32 65	R64 10	QF 215	SF 350	R16 105	W 470	W 470	W 470	W 470	SF 185	F 180	3400	24	4
8	Lucie Šafářová	R128 10	F 1300	R16 240	R128 10	R32 65	R64 10	QF 215	A 0	QF 190	QF 190	W 470	F 305	QF 100	R32 60	R16 55	R32 1	3221	21	1
9	Flavia Pennetta	R128 10	R16 240	R128 10	W 2000	QF 215	R16 120	R64 10	R16 120	QF 190	R32 60	R32 60	QF 60	R16 55	R64 1	R32 1	R32 1	3153	19	1
WTA Finals Alternate and Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy
10	Timea Bacsinszky	R32 130	SF 780	QF 430	R128 10	QF 215	A 0	R64 10	F 650	R16 105	R64 1	W 280	W 280	F 180	QF 60	R64 1	R32 1	3133	17	2
11	Venus Williams	QF 430	R128 10	R16 240	QF 430	A 0	QF 215	R64 10	R32 10	W 900	R16 105	W 280	SF 185	SF 110	R16 105	R32 60	R64 1	3091	17	2
Qualifiable for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy
12	Carla Suárez Navarro	R128 10	R32 130	R128 10	R128 10	QF 215	F 650	QF 215	R16 120	F 585	QF 190	F 305	SF 185	R16 105	QF 100	QF 100	QF 100	3030	24	0
13	Karolína Plíšková	R32 130	R64 70	R64 70	R128 10	R16 120	QF 215	R32 65	R64 10	F 585	QF 190	F 305	F 305	F 305	W 280	SF 185	SF 110	2955	25	1
14	Belinda Bencic	R128 10	R64 70	R16 240	R32 130	R16 120	R16 120	R64 10	R32 65	W 900	R16 105	W 470	F 305	F 180	R32 60	R32 60	R16 55	2900	24	2
15	Roberta Vinci	R64 70	R128 10	R128 10	F 1300	R64 35	R64 10	R16 120	R16 120	SF 350	QF 190	F 180	R16 80	QF 60	QF 60	R16 30	R16 30	2655	24	0
16	Caroline Wozniacki	R64 70	R64 70	R16 240	R64 70	R32 65	R16 120	QF 215	R16 120	SF 350	R32 1	F 305	W 280	SF 185	SF 185	SF 185	F 180	2641	23	1
17	Ana Ivanovic	R128 10	SF 780	R64 70	R128 10	R32 65	R32 65	R16 120	SF 390	QF 190	QF 190	F 305	SF 110	R16 105	R16 105	QF 100	R32 1	2616	19	0
18	Sara Errani	R32 130	QF 430	R64 70	R32 130	R32 65	R16 120	R32 65	QF 215	SF 350	R32 60	W 280	F 180	SF 110	SF 110	SF 110	QF 100	2525	25	1
19	Madison Keys	SF 780	R32 130	QF 430	R16 240	R32 65	R64 10	R64 10	R16 120	R32 60	R32 60	F 305	QF 60	R32 60	R16 55	R16 55	R16 55	2495	18	0
20	Elina Svitolina	R32 130	QF 430	R64 70	R32 130	R16 120	R32 65	R32 65	R32 65	SF 350	R16 105	W 280	SF 185	SF 185	SF 110	R32 60	R32 60	2410	24	1
Qualifiable as a WC
21	Jelena Janković	R128 10	R128 10	R16 240	R128 10	F 650	R64 10	A 0	R64 10	SF 350	R16 105	W 280	W 280	W 160	SF 110	QF 60	R32 60	2345	23	2

Doubles

Pairs with a gold rank number have qualified for WTA Elite Trophy.
Pairs with their name on a  cyan  background are playing in Linz.

Rank	Athlete	Points											Total points	Tours	Titles
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
9	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	SF 780	SF 390	SF 350	F 305	R16 240	QF 215	F 180	F 180	R32 130	R32 130	R16 120	3,130	17	0
10	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	F 650	F 585	W 470	W 470	QF 190	R32 130	R32 130	R32 130	R16 120	R16 120	R16 105	3,100	13	2
11	Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)	QF 430	SF 350	SF 350	R16 240	R16 240	SF 185	R32 130	R16 120	R16 120	R16 120	R16 120	2,405	14	0
12	Michaëlla Krajicek (NED) Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	SF 780	QF 430	R16 240	R32 130	SF 185	R16 120	R16 105	R16 105	QF 100	R32 10	R32 10	2,325	14	0
13	Yung-jan Chan (TPE) Zheng Jie (CHN)	F 1300	F 305	R16 240	SF 185	SF 110	R64 10	R32 1					2,151	7	0
14	Kiki Bertens (NED) Johanna Larsson (SWE)	QF 430	W 280	W 280	R16 240	F 180	SF 110	SF 110	QF 60	R64 10	R16 1		1,701	10	2
15	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)	W 470	F 305	R16 240	R32 130	R16 105	R16 105	R16 105	QF 100	R32 10	R16 1	R16 1	1,572	13	1
16	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) Alicja Rosolska (POL)	W 280	R16 240	QF 190	QF 190	SF 185	R16 120	R16 120	QF 60	R64 10	R64 10	R64 10	1,415	20	1
17	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	QF 430	QF 430	QF 215	QF 190	R16 120	R32 10						1,395	6	0
18	Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) Arina Rodionova (AUS)	R16 240	QF 215	QF 190	F 180	R32 130	R32 130	SF 110	QF 100	QF 60	R32 10	R32 10	1,375	16	0
19	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) Andreja Klepač (SLO)	QF 430	SF 390	R16 120	R16 120	QF 100	QF 100	SF 57	R64 10	R64 10	R16 1	R16 1	1,339	14	0
20	Sara Errani (ITA) Flavia Pennetta (ITA)	SF 780	QF 190	QF 190	R16 120								1,280	4	0

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles

• TBD def. TBD

Doubles

Main article: 2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles

• TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD

External links

• Official Website