2017 WTA Elite Trophy

The 2017 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China. It was the 3rd edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was contested by twelve singles players and six doubles teams.

2017 WTA Elite Trophy
Date	October 31 – November 5
Edition	3rd
Draw	12S/6D
Surface	Hard / Outdoor / Covered Court
Location	Zhuhai, China
Venue	Hengqin Tennis Center, Zhuhai
Champions
Singles
Julia Görges
Doubles
Duan Yingying / Han Xinyun

Tournament

Qualifying

WTA Elite Trophy is an invitation-only event.

Singles qualifying

The field consists of the top eleven players not already qualified for the 2017 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2017 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2017 WTA Finals would have been eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals.^[1] Point totals are calculated by combining points obtained from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen 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 2016) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must 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 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 shall become a participant.^[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

Hengqin Tennis Center Zhuhai

In 2017, the final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:

1. Greatest number of wins.
2. Greatest number of matches played.
3. In case of a 2-way tie:
   • Head-to-head results
4. In case of a 3-way tie:
   • Percentage of sets won
   • Percentage of games won

Ambassador of the Tournament

Stefanie Graf, former WTA World No.1 and 22-time Grand Slam champion, continued as Tournament Ambassador for the 2017 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, helping promote the third edition of this elite year-end women’s tennis event.^[3]

Prize money and points

The total prize money for the Hengqin Life 2017 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US $2,280,935.

Stage	Singles		Doubles
	Prize money	Points	Prize money	Points
Champion	RR1 + $478,200	RR + 460	RR1 + $20,000	—
Runner-up	RR + $160,000	RR + 200	RR1 + $10,000	—
Semifinalist loss	RR + $17,000	RR	—	—
Round Robin win per match	$76,300	120	$5,000	—
Round Robin loss per match	—	40	—	—
Participation fee	$42,500	—	15,000	—[4]
Alternates	$10,000	—	—	—

Undefeated champion: $673,300 ($42,500 participation, $152,600 RR, $478,200 SF/F)

• ¹ RR means prize money or points won in the round robin.

Qualified players

Singles

• Players in gold qualified.
• The player in dark gold was awarded a wildcard.
• Players in brown withdrew from consideration from playing the tournament.

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
9[5]	Johanna Konta	QF 430	R128 10	SF 780	R128 10	R32 65	W 1000	R64 10	R64 10	QF 190	A 0	W 470	SF 185	F 180	SF 110	R16 105	R16 55	3,610	19	2
10	Kristina Mladenovic	R128 10	QF 430	R64 70	R128 10	SF 390	R64 10	F 650	R64 10	R16 105	R16 30‡	W 470	F 305	F 180	QF 100	QF 60	R16 55	2,885	22	1
11	Svetlana Kuznetsova	R16 240	R16 240	QF 430	R64 70	F 650	R16 120	SF 390	R64 10	QF 190	R16 105	QF 100	QF 100	QF 100	R16 55	R16 55	R32 1	2,856	16	0
12	CoCo Vandeweghe	SF 780	R128 10	QF 430	SF 780	R64 10	R64 10	QF 215	R32 65	R64 1	R64 1	F 305	QF 100	R16 55	R16 55	R32 1	R64 1	2,819	16	0
13	Sloane Stephens	A 0	A 0	R128 10	W 2000	A 0	A 0	A 0	R64 10	SF 350	SF 350	R32 1	R64 1					2,722	7	1
14	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	QF 430	R64 70	R128 10	R128 10	QF 215	R32 65	R64 10	R32 65	R16 105	QF 100‡	F 305	W 280	W 280	W 280	QF 100	QF 100	2,425	24	3
15	Anastasija Sevastova	R32 130	R32 130	R64 70	QF 430	R64 10	R64 10	SF 390	R64 10	SF 350	R16 105	W 280	QF 100	QF 100	QF 60	QF 60	R32 60	2,295	23	1
16	Madison Keys	A 0	R64 70	R64 70	F 1300	R16 120	R32 65	R64 10	A 0	R16 105	R64 1	W 470	R64 1	R32 1				2,213	13	1
17	Elena Vesnina	R32 130	R32 130	R64 70	R32 130	W 1000	R64 10	R64 10	R16 120	R16 105	R16 105	QF 100	R32 60	R32 60	R16 55	R16 55	R16 55	2,195	23	1
18	Julia Görges	R64 70	R128 10	R128 10	R16 240	R32 65	R32 65	R64 10	R32 65	QF 190	R16 105	W 470	F 180	F 180	F 180	SF 110	SF 110	2,060	22	1
19	Angelique Kerber	R16 240	R128 10	R16 240	R128 10	R16 120	QF 215	R16 120	R32 65	SF 350	R16 105	SF 185	F 180	QF 100	QF 100	R16 1	R16 1	2,042	20	0
20	Ashleigh Barty	R32 130	R128 10	R128 10	R32 130	Q3 14†	R64 35	Q2 20†	R32 10	F 585	R16 135	F 305	W 298	R16 135	QF 78	QF 60	R16 55	2,031	17	1
21	Serena Williams	W 2000	A 0	A 0	A 0	A 0	A 0	A 0	A 0			R16 30						2,030	2	1
22	Magdaléna Rybáriková	SF 18†	R64 70	SF 780	R32 130	Q3 18†	SF 18†	W 115†	R32 65	R32 60	Q2 20	F 180	W 140	W 140	SF 110	W 80	R16 55	1,999	18	4
23	Barbora Strýcová	R16 240	R64 70	R64 70	R64 70	R32 65	R16 120	R32 65	QF 215	R16 105	R32 60	W 280	SF 185	SF 110	SF 110	QF 100	QF 100	1,965	24	1
24	Daria Kasatkina	R128 10	R32 130	R64 70	R16 240	R64 10	R64 10	R64 10	QF 215	R16 105	R32 60	W 470	F 305	QF 100	QF 100	R32 60	R16 55	1,950	21	1
25	Daria Gavrilova	R16 240	R128 10	R128 10	R64 70	R32 65	R64 10	R64 10	R16 120	QF 220	R32 60	W 470	F 180	F 180	QF 100	R32 60	QF 60	1,865	22	1
26	Dominika Cibulková	R32 130	R64 70	R32 130	R64 70	R16 120	R16 120	R32 65	R64 10	R16 105	R16 105	F 305	SF 185	SF 185	QF 100	QF 100	R32 60	1,860	22	0
27	Peng Shuai	R64 70	R128 10	R32 130	R64 70	R16 150	R32 65	R64 10	R16 120	R16 105	F 95‡	W 280	F 180	W 140	SF 110	SF 110	QF 100	1,745	25	2

† The player's ranking at the time did not qualify her to play this event. Accordingly, the player's next best result is counted in its place.

‡ The player was not a Top 20 player at the end of 2016 and therefore not required to count her two best Premier 5 results. Accordingly, the player's next best result is counted in its place.

Doubles

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1
ROU	Raluca Olaru	UKR	Olga Savchuk	69
POL	Alicja Rosolska	GBR	Anna Smith	77
CHN	Lu Jingjing	CHN	Zhang Shuai	182
CHN	Duan Yingying	CHN	Han Xinyun	275

• ¹ Rankings as of 23 October 2017

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:

• Jiang Xinyu / Tang Qianhui
• Liang Chen / Yang Zhaoxuan

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2017 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles

• Julia Görges def. CoCo Vandeweghe, 7–5, 6–1.

Doubles

Main article: 2017 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles

• Duan Yingying / Han Xinyun def. Lu Jingjing / Zhang Shuai, 6–2, 6–1.

See also

• 2017 WTA Finals
• 2017 ATP World Tour Finals
• 2017 Next Generation ATP Finals

References

1. Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.1.a". 2015 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK (PDF).
2. Women's Tennis Association. "IX.B.2.a". 2016 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK (PDF).
3. "Stefanie Graf will continue as Tournament Ambassador for the 2017 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai". Women Tennis Association. May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
4. "2017 Elite Trophy Draw". WTA Tour. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
5. "Johanna Konta: Briton splits from coach and will not play again this season". BBC. October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.

External links

• Official website Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Page on WTA