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WTA Elite Trophy

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WTA Elite Trophy
Tournament information
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Abolished2023
Editions6
LocationZhuhai
China (2015–2019, 2023)
VenueHengqin Tennis Center
CategoryWTA Elite Trophy
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Draw12S / 6D
Prize moneyUS$ 2,409,000 (2023)
Websitewtaelitetrophy.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesBrazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
DoublesBrazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Veronika Kudermetova

The WTA Elite Trophy (also known as the Huafa Technology WTA Elite Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It was the successor event of the different format WTA Tournament of Champions, which took place from 2009–14.

The Elite Trophy took place at the end of each season, in two disciplines: singles and doubles. The singles event featured 12 players (11 of them ranked from 9th to 19th on the final table of the WTA ranking, and one wildcard). The players were split into four groups of three, with the group winners advancing to the single elimination semifinals. The doubles event featured six teams in two groups with the group winners contesting the final.[1]

The inaugural edition was held in 2015, offering $2.15 million in prize money. Zhuhai, China hosted the WTA Elite Trophy for the first five years through 2019. The tournament then took a hiatus between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Peng Shuai controversy. In 2023, the event returned and was once again staged in Zhuhai.

Venues

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Venue Years Stadium Surface Capacity
China Zhuhai 2015–2019, 2023 Hengqin International Tennis Center[2] Hard 5,000

Past results

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Singles

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Venue Year Champion Runner-up Score
China Zhuhai 2015 United States Venus Williams Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2016 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Ukraine Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–2
2017 Germany Julia Görges United States CoCo Vandeweghe 7–5, 6–1
2018 Australia Ashleigh Barty China Wang Qiang 6–3, 6–4
2019 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka Netherlands Kiki Bertens 6–4, 6–2
2020 no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 cancelled
2022 not held
2023 Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia China Zheng Qinwen 7–6(13–11), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

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Venue Year Champions Runners-up Score
China Zhuhai 2015 China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–3
2016 Turkey İpek Soylu
China Xu Yifan
China Yang Zhaoxuan
China You Xiaodi
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2017 China Duan Yingying
China Han Xinyun
China Lu Jingjing
China Zhang Shuai
6–2, 6–1
2018 Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
Japan Shuko Aoyama
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2019 Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok (2)
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
China Duan Yingying
China Yang Zhaoxuan
6–3, 6–3
2020 no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 cancelled
2022 not held
2023 Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Veronika Kudermetova
Japan Miyu Kato
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi
6–3, 6–3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WTA Elite Trophy To Debut In Zhuhai". WTA Tour. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  2. ^ "Venue Info". Populous.com. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
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