2015 WTA Elite Trophy
2015 WTA Elite Trophy | |
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Date | November 3 – 8 |
Edition | 1st |
Draw | 12S/6D |
Surface | Hard / Indoor |
Location | Zhuhai, China |
Venue | Hengqin International Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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 event replaces the WTA Tournament of Champions.
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 2015 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2015 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2015 WTA Finals (Venus Williams and Carla Suárez Navarro) would have been eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals.[1]
Doubles qualifying
The field will consist of the top four pairs of players not already qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals, plus two wild cards. For each wild card not given out, the next highest pair of players not already qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals shall become a participant. As in the case of the singles field, the final alternate pair for the 2015 WTA Finals (Alla Kudryavtseva/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova) are eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they subsequently participate in the WTA Finals.[2]
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 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai 2015 WTA Finals was US$2,150,000.[3]
Stage | Singles | Doubles | ||
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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.
Qualified players
Singles
Seeds | Players | Points | Tours |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3,091 | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
3,030 | 24 |
3 | ![]() |
2,955 | 25 |
4 | ![]() |
2,655 | 24 |
5 | ![]() |
2,641 | 23 |
6 | ![]() |
2,525 | 25 |
7 | ![]() |
2,495 | 18 |
8 | ![]() |
2,410 | 24 |
9 | ![]() |
2,345 | 24 |
10 | ![]() |
2,106 | 24 |
11 | ![]() |
1,847 | 19 |
12 | ![]() |
789 | 26 |
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Venus Williams had a resurgent year in 2015.She began the year by winning the ASB Classic defeating Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. She then followed it up by reaching her first slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open since 2010 losing to Madison Keys. She also was able to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open losing to sister Serena. She won her biggest title since Dubai 2010, by claiming the Wuhan Open defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the finals. She also was the first alternate for the 2015 WTA Finals but was not used.
Carla Suárez Navarro had a break through season in 2015, including breaking through the top 10 and reaching a career high of no. 8 in the world. She was able to reach three finals in the year, but losing in all of them. The first coming at the Diamond Games, where she needed to withdraw from the final against Andrea Petkovic with a neck injury. She followed it up with her biggest final to date at the Miami Open but lost to world no. 1 Serena Williams winning just two games. Her third final was at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia where she fell to Maria Sharapova in three sets. Despite strong showings at WTA events, Suárez Navarro struggled at the major events losing in the first round of three of the four slams. She also struggled in the second half of the year, going on a 8 match losing streak from mid-June to late September, and only winning 5 of her last 17 matches going into the 2015 WTA Finals. She also served as an alternate at the WTA Finals but wasnt used.
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Karolína Plíšková had a breakthrough year in 2015, including breaking through the top 10 with a career high of number 7. She reached five finals in 2015, the most finals reached by any player. She began the year by reaching the final of the Apia International Sydney losing to Petra Kvitová. She reached her biggest final to date at the Dubai Tennis Championships but fell to Simona Halep in two tight sets. She took her lone title of 2015 at her home tournament at the Prague Open defeating compatriot Lucie Hradecká in three sets. She reached the finals of Aegon Classic and Bank of the West Classic, both losing to Angelique Kerber in three tight sets. Despite these performances at WTA events, she struggled at majors only surpassing the second round once.
Roberta Vinci had a slow start to the year but found her form as she ended Serena Williams dreams of a Grand Slam in New York. After arguably the win of her career, Vinci found herself in the final against her compatriot Flavia Pennetta going down in straight sets. She also reached the final of Nürnberg. Her season was also highlighted by a semifinal showing in Wuhan as well as quarterfinals in Toronto, Istanbul and Hobart.
Caroline Wozniacki was unable to find her strong form that was shown in 2014, but still managed to display it momentarily throughout the season. She reached the second round of all slams except for a fourth round showing at Wimbledon. Her best performances at higher level events for the year was a final in Stuttgart as well as semifinals in Dubai and quarterfinals in Madrid. She also won Kuala Lumpur and reached the semifinals of Eastbourne, New Haven and Tokyo.
Sara Errani found her way to two finals in both of which she versed Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, she took home the title in Rio de Janeiro and finished as runner-up in Bucharest. She also reached the semifinals in Toronto, Monterrey, Bad Gastein and Guangzhou. As well as quarterfinal showings at Roland Garros and Beijing.
Madison Keys had a breakthrough year in 2015 highlighted by stellar performances at the grand slams such as the semifinals of the Australian Open and quarterfinals at Wimbledon. As well as these strong showings at the major she also reached the final of Charleston as well as the quarterfinals of Strasbourg. She also reached a career high of No. 16.
Elina Svitolina had a breakthrough year proving her place as a rising star on tour. Her season was highlighted by a title in Marrakesh as well as a semifinal in Cincinnati and a quarterfinal showing at Roland Garros. She also reached the semifinals of Brisbane, Stanford and Bogota. She also reached a career high of No. 15.
Jelena Janković hat inconsistent results in first half of the year except reaching the final of Indian Wells. She, however, rebounded with strong performance at Wimbledon and then went on to reach the semifinals of Cincinnati and won three titles after a strong Asian swing in Nanchang, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Andrea Petkovic had a strong season despite a certain degree of inconsistency. Highlighted by a title in Antwerp as well as semifinal showings in Miami and Charleston. She also reached the quarterfinals of Doha and Eastbourne. She found consistency at the slams reaching the the third round of the last three slams.
Svetlana Kuznetsova had an inconsistent season finding her form momentarily within the year. Highlighted by winning the title in her home nation in Moscow and reaching the final of Madrid. She also reached the quarterfinals of Guangzhou as well as the fourth round of the US Open, Miami and Beijing.
Zheng Saisai heads to Zhuhai after being awarded a wildcard to play in front of her home nation. Her season was highlighted by a win of the WTA 125k title in Dalian and a semifinal performance in Shenzhen as well as quarterfinal showings at Tokyo and Guangzhou.
Player head-to-head
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
2015 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
# | Player | Williams | Suárez Navarro | Plíšková | Vinci | Wozniacki | Errani | Keys | Svitolina | Jankovic | Petkovic | Kuznetsova | Zheng | Overall | YTD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–7 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 31–18 | 37–13 | |
2 | ![]() |
3–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 3–7 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 23–29 | 40–23 | |
3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–12 | 49–24 | |
4 | ![]() |
0–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–6 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 16–27 | 31–24 | |
5 | ![]() |
0–7 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–5 | 4–1 | 6–4 | 1–0 | 29–21 | 39–22 | |
6 | ![]() |
1–3 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 27–20 | 48–26 | |
7 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–8 | 30–17 | |
8 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–10 | 38–23 | |
9 | ![]() |
7–6 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 8–6 | 2–1 | 41–30 | 43–19 | |
10 | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 19–19 | 31–10 | |
11 | ![]() |
4–4 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–6 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 6–8 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 28–31 | 27–18 | |
12 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 29–25 |
Road to Elite Trophy
The 2 tables below are part of the tables from Road to Singapore
Singles
Qualified players
Players with a gold rank cell have qualified.
Players with a brown rank cell were eligible to play but chose not to participate.
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 WTA Elite Trophy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | |||||
12 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 |
R16 30 |
2645 | 19 | 0 | |||||
17 | ![]() |
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 | |||||
18 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | |||||
21 | ![]() |
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 |
QF 60 |
2345 | 24 | 3 | |||||
22 | ![]() |
R16 240 |
R32 130 |
QF 430 |
QF 430 |
R32 65 |
R32 65 |
R16 120 |
A 0 |
QF 190 |
R16 105 |
F 305 |
R16 105 |
R32 60 |
R32 30 |
R32 1 |
2276 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
23 | ![]() |
SF 780 |
R16 240 |
R64 70 |
R16 240 |
R32 65 |
R16 120 |
R64 10 |
A 0 |
QF 190 |
R16 105 |
SF 110 |
QF 100 |
R32 60 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R16 1 |
2201 | 17 | 0 | |||||
24 | ![]() |
R128 10 |
R32 130 |
R32 130 |
R32 130 |
R64 10 |
SF 390 |
R32 65 |
R16 120 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
W 470 |
SF 185 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R16 55 |
R64 1 |
2106 | 24 | 1 | |||||
25 | ![]() |
R64 70 |
R32 130 |
R32 130 |
R16 240 |
R32 65 |
R32 65 |
R16 120 |
R32 65 |
R16 60 |
R32 30 |
W 280 |
W 280 |
SF 110 |
SF 110 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
1865 | 24 | 2 | |||||
26 | ![]() |
R128 10 |
R64 70 |
R64 70 |
R16 240 |
R128 10 |
R16 120 |
F 650 |
R16 120 |
R16 60 |
R64 1 |
W 470 |
QF 60 |
R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R16 30 |
R31 1 |
1847 | 19 | 1 |
Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw:
Doubles
Qualified players
Pairs with a gold rank cell have qualified.
Pairs with a brown rank cell were eligible to play but chose not to participate.
Rank | Athlete | Points | Total points | Tours | Titles | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
11 | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
F 1300 |
F 305 |
R16 240 |
SF 185 |
SF 110 |
R64 10 |
R32 1 |
2,151 | 7 | 0 | ||||
14 | ![]() ![]() |
QF 430 |
W 280 |
W 280 |
R16 240 |
F 180 |
SF 110 |
SF 110 |
SF 110 |
QF 60 |
R64 10 |
R16 1 |
1,811 | 11 | 2 |
15 | ![]() ![]() |
W 470 |
F 305 |
R16 240 |
F 180 |
R32 130 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
R16 105 |
QF 100 |
R32 10 |
R16 1 |
1,751 | 14 | 1 |
16 | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
QF 430 |
QF 430 |
QF 215 |
QF 190 |
R16 120 |
R32 10 |
1,395 | 6 | 0 | |||||
18 | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
SF 780 |
QF 190 |
QF 190 |
R16 120 |
1,280 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
21 | ![]() ![]() |
W 280 |
R32 130 |
R16 120 |
SF 110 |
SF 110 |
R16 105 |
QF 100 |
W 80 |
W 80 |
QF 60 |
QF 60 |
1,235 | 13 | 1 |
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:
Champions
Singles
Doubles
References
- ^ Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.1.a". 2015 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK (PDF).
- ^ Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.2.a". 2015 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK (PDF).
- ^ "Match Notes" (PDF).