WTA Elite Trophy

WTA Elite Trophy
Tournament information
Founded	2015
Location	Zhuhai, China (2015–2019)
Venue	Hengqin International Tennis Center
Category	Tour Championships
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	12S / 6D
Prize money	US$2,214,500
Website	www.wtaelitetrophy.com
Current champions
Women's singles	Petra Kvitova
Women's doubles	Ipek Soylu Xu Yifan

The WTA Elite Trophy is the secondary year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. 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.

The inaugural edition was held in 2015, offering $2.15 million in prize money. The WTA Elite Trophy replaces the smaller WTA Tournament of Champions which was played 2009–14. Zhuhai, China, hosts the Elite Trophy for the first five years until 2019.

Venues

Town	Years	Stadium	Surface	Capacity
Zhuhai, China	2015–2019	Hengqin International Tennis Center	Hard (i)	5,000

Past results

Singles

Venue	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
Zhuhai	2015	Venus Williams	Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
	2016	Petra Kvitová	Elina Svitolina	6–4, 6–2
	2017
	2018
	2019

Doubles

Venue	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
Zhuhai	2015	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
	2016	Ipek Soylu Xu Yifan	Zhaoxuan Yang Xiaodi You	6-4, 3-6, 10-7
	2017
	2018
	2019

External links

• Official Website
• WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Announcement, Transcript by ASAP Sports