The WTA Elite Trophy (also known as the Huafa Technology WTA Elite Trophy for sponsorship reasons) is the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It is the successor event of the different format WTA Tournament of Champions, which took place from 2009–14.
| WTA Elite Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Editions | 6 (2023) |
| Location | Zhuhai China (2015–2019, 2023-) |
| Venue | Hengqin Tennis Center |
| Category | WTA Elite Trophy |
| Surface | Hard - outdoors |
| Draw | 12S / 6D |
| Prize money | US$ 2,409,000 (2023) |
| Website | wtaelitetrophy.com |
| Current champions (2023) | |
| Singles |  Beatriz Haddad Maia |
| Doubles | Beatriz Haddad Maia  Veronika Kudermetova |
The Elite Trophy takes place at the end of each season, in two disciplines: singles and doubles. 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.[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 until 2019. The tournament was not staged between 2020 and 2022 due to the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Peng Shuai controversy. However, in 2023, the event returned to Zhuhai, China.
Venues
| Venue | Years | Stadium | Surface | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zhuhai | 2015–2019, 2023- | Hengqin International Tennis Center[2] | Hard | 5,000 |
Past results
Singles
| Venue | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhuhai | 2015 |  Venus Williams |  Karolína Plíšková | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
| 2016 | Petra Kvitová |  Elina Svitolina | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 2017 |  Julia Görges | CoCo Vandeweghe | 7–5, 6–1 | |
| 2018 |  Ashleigh Barty | Wang Qiang | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 2019 |  Aryna Sabalenka |  Kiki Bertens | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 2020 | no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | cancelled | |||
| 2022 | not held | |||
| 2023 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Zheng Qinwen | 7–6(13–11), 7–6(7–4) | |
Doubles
| Venue | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhuhai | 2015 | Liang Chen Wang Yafan |  Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2016 |  İpek Soylu Xu Yifan | Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | |
| 2017 | Duan Yingying Han Xinyun | Lu Jingjing Zhang Shuai | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 2018 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok |  Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | |
| 2019 | Lyudmyla Kichenok (2)  Andreja Klepač | Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 2020 | no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | cancelled | |||
| 2022 | not held | |||
| 2023 | Beatriz Haddad Maia  Veronika Kudermetova | Miyu Kato  Aldila Sutjiadi | 6–3, 6–3 | |
See also
References
External links
- Official Website (in English and Chinese)