2020 WTA Elite Trophy
| 2020 WTA Elite Trophy | |
|---|---|
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| Date | |
| Edition | |
| Draw | |
| Surface | |
| Location | |
| Venue | |
| 2019 Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Doubles | |
 Lyudmyla Kichenok /  Andreja Klepač | |
The 2020 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament to be played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China. It was supposed to be the sixth edition of the singles event and doubles competition with 12 singles players and six doubles teams contesting the event.[1] However, on 23rd July, 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the decision by China's General Administration of Sport that China would not host any international sporting events in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Tournament
Qualifying
WTA Elite Trophy is an invitation-only event.
Singles qualifying
The field consisted of the top 11 players not already qualified for the 2020 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2020 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2020 WTA Finals were eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals.[3] Point totals were calculated by combining points obtained from 16 tournaments. Of these 16 tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for Top 20 players at the end of 2020) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments had to be included.
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 qualify to 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 would become a participant.[4]
Format
The singles event featured 12 players in a round robin event, split into four groups of three. Over the first four days of competition, each player met the other two players in her group, with the winner in each group advancing to the semifinal. The winners of each semifinal met in the championship match. The six doubles teams were 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 apply:[5]
- Greatest number of wins.
- Greatest number of matches played.
- In case of a 2-way tie:
- Head-to-head results
- In case of a 3-way tie:
- Percentage of sets won
- Head-to-head results
- Percentage of games won
- Head-to-head results
- Finals Rankings
- Percentage of sets won
Global Ambassador
Not announced.
Prize money and points
The total prize money for the 2020 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US$2,600,000.
| Stage | Singles | Doubles2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prize money | Points | Prize money | |
| Champion | RR1 + $515,000 | RR + 460 | RR1 + $22,000 |
| Runner-up | RR + $155,000 | RR + 200 | RR1 + $11,346 |
| Semifinalist loss | RR + $15,000 | RR | — |
| Round Robin win per match | 1st win +$50,000 2nd win +$40,000 |
120 | +$5,500 |
| Round Robin loss per match | — | 40 | — |
| Round Robin First Place | +$69,500 | — | — |
| Round Robin Second Place | +$32,000 | — | — |
| Participation Fee | $46,500 | — | 17,080 |
| Alternates | $10,000 | — | — |
- 1 RR means prize money or points won in the round robin.
- 2 Doubles doesn't award ranking points
Qualified players
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Points breakdown
Singles
Updated as of 9 March 2020.
| Rank | Athlete | Grand Slam tournament | Premier Mandatory | Best Premier 5 | Best other | Total points | Tours | Titles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | WIM[a] | USO | FRA[b] | INW[c] | MIA[c] | MAD[d] | BEI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 9 |  Karolína Plíšková
|
R32 130 |
– | – | R16 105 |
W 470 |
QF 100 |
805 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10 |  Ekaterina Alexandrova
|
R32 130 |
– | – | R64 1 |
W 280 |
SF 185 |
W 160 |
756 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 |  Ons Jabeur
|
QF 430 |
– | – | QF 190 |
R16 55 |
R16 48 |
R32 1 |
724 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 |  Anett Kontaveit
|
QF 430 |
– | – | R32 60 |
QF 100 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
646 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 |  Maria Sakkari
|
R16 240 |
– | – | R16 105 |
SF 185 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
587 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
|
QF 430 |
– | – | R16 55 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
541 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 15 |  Belinda Bencic
|
R32 130 |
– | – | QF 190 |
QF 100 |
QF 100 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
522 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 |  Zhang Shuai
|
R32 130 |
– | – | R64 1 |
F 180 |
W 140 |
R16 30 |
Q2 13 |
494 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 |  Heather Watson
|
R64 70 |
– | – | W 280 |
SF 128 |
Q2 13 |
R32 1 |
492 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | Dayana Yastremska
|
R64 70 |
– | – | R16 105 |
F 305 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
482 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
R64 70 |
– | – | SF 350 |
R16 55 |
R32 1 |
476 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 |  Elise Mertens
|
R16 240 |
– | – | R32 60 |
QF 60 |
QF 60 |
R16 55 |
475 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alternates | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Elina Svitolina
|
R32 130 |
– | – | R32 1 |
W 280 |
QF 60 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
473 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 22 |  Madison Keys
|
R32 130 |
– | – | F 305 |
435 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Jennifer Brady
|
R128 10 |
– | – | R32 60 |
SF 210 |
QF 125 |
R16 15 |
R32 1 |
421 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | Serena Williams
|
R32 130 |
– | – | W 280 |
410 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 25 |  Arantxa Rus
|
R64 70 |
– | – | R32 1 |
R32 1 |
SF 110 |
SF 50 |
W 50 |
W 50 |
F 48 |
Q2 12 |
392 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | Danielle Collins
|
R64 70 |
– | – | SF 185 |
QF 100 |
QF 9 |
R32 1 |
365 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Wang Qiang
|
R16 240 |
– | – | R64 1 |
QF 60 |
QF 60 |
R32 1 |
R32 1 |
363 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 |  Irina-Camelia Begu
|
R128 10 |
– | – | W 160 |
W 140 |
R32 18 |
Q2 12 |
R16 8 |
348 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 29 | Zhu Lin
|
R64 70 |
– | – | R32 1 |
W 140 |
QF 60 |
R16 30 |
F 30 |
R16 15 |
R32 1 |
347 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | Alison Riske
|
R16 240 |
– | – | R64 1 |
QF 100 |
R32 1 |
342 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
- ^ Wimbledon was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6]
- ^ French Open was postponed to September due to coronavirus pandemic.[7]
- ^ a b Indian Wells Open and Miami Open were suspended due to coronavirus pandemic.[8][9][10]
- ^ Madrid Open was postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
Doubles
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Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:
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Champions
Singles
Doubles
See also
References
- ^ "WTA Elite Trophy Overview". Wtatennis.com. 2020-02-02.
- ^ "WTA Tournaments in China Cancelled for 2020". Wtatennis.com. 2021-01-01.
- ^ Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.1.a" (PDF). 2015 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK.
- ^ Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.2.a" (PDF). 2016 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK.
- ^ "2018 WTA Official Rulebook" (PDF). Wtafiles.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Carayol, Tumaini (1 April 2020). "Wimbledon 2020 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "French Open Postponed to Late September Because of Coronavirus". nytimes.com. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Indian Wells Tennis Tournament Canceled Because of Coronavirus Outbreak". nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "2020 Miami Open will not take place due to COVID-19". WTA. 12 March 2020.
- ^ "WTA and ATP announce further suspension of tennis through June 7". WTA. 18 March 2020.
- ^ "WTA announces updated 2020 provisional calendar". WTA. 17 June 2020.