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 (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.

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.

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: Greatest number of wins. Greatest number of matches played. Head-to-head results 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.

StageSinglesDoublesPrize moneyPointsPrize moneyPointsChampionRR1 + $450,000 RR + 460 RR1 + $20,000 Runner-upRR + $150,000 RR + 200 RR1 + $10,000 SemifinalistRR + $15,000 RR Round Robin win per match$92,500 1202$5,000 Round Robin loss per match$20,000 402 Participation fee15,000 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.

#Player Konta Suárez Navarro Kvitová Svitolina Vinci Bacsinszky Vesnina Stosur Strýcová Bertens Garcia Zhang OverallYTD 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 BEI12123456Qualified for Zhuhai10 Johanna KontaSF780R12810R6470R16240R16120QF215R6410F650QF190QF190W470SF185R16105R16105QF60R1655 3455 22 111 Carla Suárez NavarroQF430R16240R16240R16240A0R6410R16120R6410W900QF190SF185SF185SF110R16105R16105QF100 3170 22 112Azarenka announces pregnancy Victoria AzarenkaQF430R12810A0A0W1000W1000R16120A0R321W470R1630 3061 9 313 Petra KvitováR6470R32130R6470R16240QF215R3265R16120QF215W900R16105SF185SF185F180R16105R1655A0 2840 20 114 Elina SvitolinaR6470R16240R6470R32130R3265R16120R3265SF390R16105R3260F305W280SF185SF185SF185R321 2456 21 115 Venus WilliamsR12810R16240SF780R16240R6410R6410A0R6410R16105R16105F305W280R3260R1655R1630R321 2241 15 1 16Injured Wozniacki retires from last major tournament Caroline WozniackiR12810A0R12810SF780R6410R3265A0R16120R16105R16105W470W280SF110QF60QF60R1655 2240 21 217 Roberta VinciR32130R12810R32130QF430R16120R3265R6410R3265QF190R16105W470R16105QF100QF100QF100R3260 2190 22 118 Timea BacsinszkyR6470QF430R32130R6470R16120SF390R16120R3265QF190R16105W280SF110R16105R321R321R321 2188 19 119 Elena VesninaQ12R6470SF780R32130Q12R3295R3295R6410QF220Q220F330QF100QF100QF60R1655R3225 2094 19 020 Samantha StosurR12810SF780R6470R6470R16120R6410SF390R6410R3260R3260F180QF100QF60QF60R1655R1655 2090 20 021 Barbora StrýcováR16240R32130R32130R12810R16120R6435R3265R3265QF190QF190F305F305R16105QF60R3260R3260 2070 21 022 Kiki BertensR12810SF780R32130R12810R12830R3295A0A0R641R641W298F180SF110SF110QF60R3218 1912 21 123 Caroline GarciaR12810R6470R6470R32130R12810R3265R3265R16120R3260R641W280W280SF185W160SF110R1655 1725 26 2

Other entrants The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw: Zhang Shuai

Doubles

Country Player Country Player Rank1Andreja KlepačArantxa Parra Santonja65İpek SoyluXu Yifan96Anastasia RodionovaOlga Savchuk104Oksana KalashnikovaTatjana Maria106 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

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

Doubles

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

References

External links Official website Order of Play