Huajin Securities WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai 2015

WTA Elite Trophy 2015
date	November 3, 2015 - November 8, 2015
Edition	1
navigation	2015  ►  2016
WTA tour
venue	Zhuhai People's Republic of China
Tournament number	1081
category	WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	12E / 6D
Prize money	US $ 2,150,000
Website	Official website
Winner (singles)	Venus Williams
Winner (doubles)	Liang Chen Wang Yafan
Tournament director	Peter Johnston
Last direct assumption	Zheng Saisai (76)
As of November 8, 2015

The 2015 WTA Elite Trophy was one of the WTA material discharged tennis tournament for men as part of the 2015 WTA Tour .

The tournament took place for the first time from November 3 to 8, 2015 in the Chinese city of Zhuhai as a successor to the WTA Tournament of Champions , which was the second season-end tournament for the top players alongside the WTA Championships .

singles

qualification

On October 26, 2015 , the eleven female tennis players ranked 9th to 19th in the individual world rankings were given an additional wildcard.

WTA race in singles (as of October 26, 2015)
#	Player	Points	Tournaments	Qualification status
1	Serena Williams 1	9945	13	Season ended prematurely
2	Simona Halep	5790	17th	qualified for WTA Championships
3	Garbiñe Muguruza	4511	19th	qualified for WTA Championships
4th	Maria Sharapova	4322	16	qualified for WTA Championships
5	Petra Kvitová	3491	18th	qualified for WTA Championships
6th	Angelique Kerber	3330	23	qualified for WTA Championships
7th	Agnieszka Radwańska	3245	22nd	qualified for WTA Championships
8th	Lucie Šafářová	3221	19th	qualified for WTA Championships
9	Flavia Pennetta	3153	17th	qualified for WTA Championships
10	Timea Bacsinszky	3133	17th	would be qualified, does not participate
11	Venus Williams	3091	17th	qualified, participates (1)
12	Carla Suarez Navarro	3030	24	qualified, takes part (2)
13	Karolína Plíšková	2955	25th	qualified, takes part (3)
14th	Belinda Bencic	2900	24	would be qualified, does not participate
15th	Roberta Vinci	2655	24	qualified, takes part (4)
16	Ana Ivanović	2645	19th	would be qualified, does not participate
17th	Caroline Wozniacki	2641	23	qualified, takes part (5)
18th	Sara Errani	2525	25th	qualified, takes part (6)
19th	Madison Keys	2495	18th	qualified, participates (7)
20th	Elina Switolina	2410	24	qualified, participates (8)
21st	Jelena Janković	2345	24	qualified, participates (9)
22nd	Viktoriya Azaranka	2276	15th	would be qualified, does not participate
23	Ekaterina Makarova	2201	17th	would be qualified, does not participate
24	Andrea Petković	2106	24	qualified, takes part (10)
25th	Samantha Stosur	1865	24	would be qualified, does not participate
26th	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1847	19th	qualified, takes part (11)
27	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	1840	22nd	would have been a substitute player, does not participate
28	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	1810	26th	Substitute player

Competition mode

The individual competition was held in four groups of three players each, of which the four group winners qualified directly for the semifinals.

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Venus Williams victory 02.  Carla Suarez Navarro Round robin 03.  Karolína Plíšková final 04th  Roberta Vinci Semifinals 05.  Caroline Wozniacki Round robin 06th  Sara Errani Round robin

No. Player Round reached 07th  Madison Keys Round robin 08th.  Elina Switolina Semifinals 09.  Jelena Janković Round robin 10.  Andrea Petković Round robin 11.  Svetlana Kuznetsova Round robin 12.  Zheng Saisai Round robin

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Venus Williams

6th

6th

4th

Roberta Vinci

2

2

1

Venus Williams

7th

7th

3

Karolína Plíšková

5

6 6

3

Karolína Plíšková

6th

6th

8th

Elina Switolina

3

1

Group A

		Venus Williams	Madison Keys	Zheng Saisai	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
1	Venus Williams		3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 1	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1	2-0	4: 2	32:21	1
7th	Madison Keys	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , 1: 6		6: 3, 6: 2	1: 1	3: 2	25:21	2
12 toilets	Zheng Saisai	6: 4, 1: 6, 1: 6	3: 6, 2: 6		0: 2	1: 4	13:28	3

Group B

		Carla Suarez Navarro	Elina Switolina	Andrea Petković	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
2	Carla Suarez Navarro		7: 6 4 , 1: 6, 3: 6	6-0, 6-0	1: 1	3: 2	23:18	2
8th	Elina Switolina	6: 7 4 , 6: 1, 6: 3		7: 6 4 , 6: 3	2-0	4: 1	31:20	1
10	Andrea Petković	0: 6, 0: 6	6: 7 4 , 3: 6		0: 2	0: 4	9:25	3

Group C

		Karolína Plíšková	Sara Errani	Jelena Janković	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
3	Karolína Plíšková		6: 0, 6: 3	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2	2-0	4: 1	27:15	1
6th	Sara Errani	0: 6, 3: 6		4: 6, 5: 7	0: 2	0: 4	12:25	3
9	Jelena Janković	4: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6	6: 4, 7: 5		1: 1	3: 2	25:24	2

Group D

		Roberta Vinci	Caroline Wozniacki	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
4th	Roberta Vinci		-	6: 4, 6: 4	1: 6, 0: 6	1: 1	2: 2	13:20	1
5	Caroline Wozniacki	-		5: 7, 2: 2 A.	-	0: 1	0: 2	7:13	-
11	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4: 6, 4: 6	7: 5, 2: 2 A.		-	1: 1	2: 2	21:19	2
OLD	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6: 1, 6: 0	-	-		1-0	2-0	12: 1	3

Double

mode

The six double pairings played in two groups each from a group winner who qualified directly for the final.

qualification

The six double pairings, which were ranked 9th to 14th in the world rankings on October 26, 2015, participated.

WTA race in doubles (as of October 26, 2015)
#	pairing	Points	Tournaments	Qualification date
1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	10085	15th	qualified for WTA Championships
2	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	6390	8th	qualified for WTA Championships
3	Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	5111	8th	Season ended prematurely
4th	Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova	4586	10	Season ended prematurely
5	Kristina Mladenovic Tímea Babos	4340	18th	5th October 2015
6th	Chan Yung-jan Chan Hao-ching	3705	13	qualified for WTA Championships
6th	Katarina Srebotnik Caroline Garcia	3705	18th	qualified for WTA Championships
8th	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	3380	19th	qualified for WTA Championships
9	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3130	17th	qualified for WTA Championships
10	Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza	3100	13	qualified for WTA Championships
11	Alla Kudrjawzewa Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	2405	14th	would be qualified, do not participate
12	Michaëlla Krajicek Barbora Strýcová	2325	14th	would be qualified, do not participate
13	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	2151	7th	would be qualified, do not participate
14th	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	1811	11	would be qualified, do not participate
15th	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	1751	14th	qualified, take part
16	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	1415	20th	qualified, take part
17th	Hsieh Su-wei Flavia Pennetta	1395	6th	would be qualified, do not participate
18th	Anastassija Rodionova Arina Rodionova	1375	16	would be qualified, do not participate
19th	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Andreja Klepač	1339	14th	qualified, take part
20th	Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta	1280	4th	would be qualified, do not participate
21st	Lyudmyla Kitschenok Nadija Kitschenok	1235	13	qualified, take part

Competition mode

In doubles, there was also a group stage in round robin mode . The subsequent knockout round was also carried out analogously to the individual competition.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Andreja Klepač   Round robin 02.  Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja   final 03.  Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska   Round robin 04th  Liang Chen Wang Yafan   victory 05.  Lyudmyla Kitschenok Nadija Kitschenok   Round robin 06th  Xu Shilin You Xiaodi   Round robin

final

	final
	4 toilets	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6th	6th
	2	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	4th	3

Group 1

		Jans-Ignacik Klepač	Liang Wang	Kitschenok Kitschenok	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
1	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Andreja Klepač		6: 7 6 , 3: 6	6: 7 3 , 1: 6	0: 2	0: 4	16:26	3
4 toilets	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	7: 6 6 , 6: 3		6: 7 3 , 6: 4, [10: 6]	2-0	4: 1	26:20	1
5	Lyudmyla Kitschenok Nadija Kitschenok	7: 6 3 , 6: 1	7: 6 3 , 4: 6, [6:10]		1: 1	3: 2	24:20	2

Group 2

		Medina Garrigues Parra Santonja	Dabrowski Rosolska	Xu You	Round Robin S-N	Sentences S-N	Play S-N	Item
2	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja		6: 3, 6: 2	1: 6, 6: 3, [10: 3]	2-0	4: 1	20:14	1
3	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	3: 6, 2: 6		7: 6 2 , 4: 6, [5:10]	0: 2	1: 4	16:25	3
6 toilets	Xu Shilin You Xiaodi	6: 1, 3: 6, [3:10]	6: 7 2 , 6: 4, [10: 5]		1: 1	3: 3	22:19	2

See also

• WTA Championships 2015

Web links

• Official website
• No Swiss Missing On Zhuhai Leaderboard (wtatennis.com October 14, 2015, accessed October 16, 2015)
• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA elite trophy to debut in Zhuhai (wtatennis.com, October 8, 2014, accessed October 10, 2014)
2. ↑ wtachampionships.com: Road To Singapore - Singles Leaderboard ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Serena Williams ends her season prematurely (tennisnet.com from October 1, 2015, accessed on October 2, 2015)
4. ↑ Zhuhai: Breaking Down The Groups (wtatennis.com November 2, 2015, accessed November 2, 2015)
5. ↑ wtachampionships.com: Road To Singapore - Doubles Leaderboard ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Babos and Mladenovic make Singepore (wtatennis.com, October 5, 2015, accessed October 6, 2015)