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 | |
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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) | ||||
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# | 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
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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) | ||||||
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# | 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
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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
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
- ↑ WTA elite trophy to debut in Zhuhai (wtatennis.com, October 8, 2014, accessed October 10, 2014)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Serena Williams ends her season prematurely (tennisnet.com from October 1, 2015, accessed on October 2, 2015)
- ↑ Zhuhai: Breaking Down The Groups (wtatennis.com November 2, 2015, accessed November 2, 2015)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Babos and Mladenovic make Singepore (wtatennis.com, October 5, 2015, accessed October 6, 2015)