2017 WTA Elite Trophy

{{Infobox tennis tournament year|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

| champs= {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges

| champd= {{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying / {{flagicon|CHN}} Han Xinyun

}}

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.

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.{{cite book |author= Women's Tennis Association |title=2015 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules2015.pdf |chapter=IX.B.1.a}} 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.{{cite book |author= Women's Tennis Association |title=2016 WTA OFFICIAL RULEBOOK |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/AboutTheTour/rules2016.pdf |chapter=IX.B.2.a}}

=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==

File:Hengqin Tennis Center, Zhuhai.jpg

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:
  4. *Head-to-head results
  5. In case of a 3-way tie:
  6. *Percentage of sets won
  7. *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.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/graf-continues-wta-elite-trophy-zhuhai|title=Stefanie Graf will continue as Tournament Ambassador for the 2017 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai.|work=Women Tennis Association|date=May 23, 2017|access-date=June 16, 2017}}

Prize money and points

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

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style="background:#d1e4fd;"

!rowspan=2|Stage!!colspan=2|Singles!!colspan=2|Doubles

Prize moneyPointsPrize moneyPoints
Champion

|RR1 + $478,200 || RR + 460 ||RR1 + $20,000 || {{n/a}}

Runner-up

|RR + $160,000 || RR + 200 ||RR1 + $10,000|| {{n/a}}

Semifinalist loss

|RR + $17,000 || RR ||{{n/a}} || {{n/a}}

Round Robin win per match

|$76,300 ||120||$5,000||{{n/a}}

Round Robin loss per match

|{{n/a}}||40||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}

Participation fee

|$42,500||{{n/a}}||15,000||{{n/a}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2017-zhuhai#draws |title=2017 Elite Trophy Draw |publisher=WTA Tour |access-date=6 November 2017}}

Alternates

|$10,000 ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}

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.

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2| Rank

!rowspan=2| Athlete

!colspan=4| Grand Slam tournament

!colspan=4| Premier Mandatory

!colspan=2| Best Premier 5

!colspan="6" | Best other

!rowspan=2| Total points

!rowspan=2| Tours

!rowspan=2| Titles

style="background:#e5d1cb;"| AUS

| style="background:#e5d1cb;"| FRA

| style="background:#e5d1cb;"| WIM

| style="background:#e5d1cb;"| USO

| style="background:#dfe2e9;"| INW

| style="background:#dfe2e9;"| MIA

| style="background:#dfe2e9;"| MAD

| style="background:#dfe2e9;"| BEI

!width=30|1

!width=30|2

!width=30|1

!width=30|2

!width=30|3

!width=30|4

!width=30|5

!width=30|6

style="background:#cd7f32;"|9{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/41671245|title=Johanna Konta: Briton splits from coach and will not play again this season|work=BBC|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=October 18, 2017}}

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
430

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
780

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=lime|W
1000

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
190

|bgcolor=|A
0

|bgcolor=lime|W
470

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
185

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

! 3,610

! 19

! 2

bgcolor=gold|10

|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
430

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
390

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

| style="background:thistle;"|F
650

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
30

|bgcolor=lime|W
470

| style="background:thistle;"|F
305

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

! 2,885

! 22

! 1

style="background:#cd7f32;"|11

|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
240

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
430

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

| style="background:thistle;"|F
650

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
390

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
190

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
100

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R16
55

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
1

! 2,856

! 16

! 0

bgcolor=gold|12

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
780

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
430

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
780

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
215

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
1

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
1

| style="background:thistle;"|F
305

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R16
55

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
1

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
1

! 2,819

! 16

! 0

bgcolor=gold|13

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens

|A
0

|A
0

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=lime|W
2000

|A
0

|A
0

|A
0

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
350

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
350

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
1

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
1

|

|

|

|

! 2,722

! 7

! 1

bgcolor=gold|14

|align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
430

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
215

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

| style="background:thistle;"|F
305

|bgcolor=lime|W
280

|bgcolor=lime|W
280

|bgcolor=lime|W
280

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

! 2,425

! 24

! 3

bgcolor=gold|15

|align=left| {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
430

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
390

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
350

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=lime|W
280

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

! 2,295

! 23

! 1

style="background:#cd7f32;"|16

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys

|A
0

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

| style="background:thistle;"|F
1300

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=|A
0

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
1

|bgcolor=lime|W
470

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
1

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
1

|

|

|

! 2,213

! 13

! 1

bgcolor=gold|17

|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=lime|W
1000

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

! 2,195

! 23

! 1

bgcolor=gold|18

|align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
190

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=lime|W
470

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

! 2,060

! 22

! 1

bgcolor=gold|19

|align=left | {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
215

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
350

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
185

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
1

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
1

! 2,042

! 20

! 0

bgcolor=gold|20

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|Q3
14

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
35

|Q2
20

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
10

| style="background:thistle;"|F
585

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
135

| style="background:thistle;"|F
305

|bgcolor=lime|W
298

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
135

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
78

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

! 2,031

! 17

! 1

style="background:#cd7f32;"|21

|align=left | {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams

|bgcolor=lime|W
2000

|A
0

|A
0

|A
0

|A
0

|A
0

|A
0

|A
0

|

|

| style="background:#afeeee;"|R16
30

|

|

|

|

|

! 2,030

! 2

! 1

bgcolor=gold|22

|align=left | {{flagicon|SVK}} Magdaléna Rybáriková

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
18

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
780

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|Q3
18

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
18

|bgcolor=lime|W
115

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|Q2
20

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

|bgcolor=lime|W
140

|bgcolor=lime|W
140

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

|bgcolor=lime|W
80

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

! 1,999

! 18

! 4

bgcolor=gold|23

|align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
215

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=lime|W
280

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
185

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

! 1,965

! 24

! 1

24

|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Kasatkina

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
215

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=lime|W
470

| style="background:thistle;"|F
305

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
55

! 1,950

! 21

! 1

25

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
240

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
220

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=lime|W
470

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
60

! 1,865

! 22

! 1

style="background:#cd7f32;"|26

|align=left| {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

| style="background:thistle;"|F
305

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
185

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
185

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
100

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
60

! 1,860

! 22

! 0

style="background:#c2b280;"|27

|align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R128
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
130

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
70

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
150

|bgcolor=afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=afeeee|R64
10

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
120

|bgcolor=afeeee|R16
105

| style="background:thistle;"|F
95

|bgcolor=lime|W
280

| style="background:thistle;"|F
180

|bgcolor=lime|W
140

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

| style="background:yellow;"|SF
110

|bgcolor=ffebcd|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=

class="sortable wikitable"
style="width:70px;"| Country

! style="width:175px;"| Player

! style="width:70px;"| Country

! style="width:175px;"| Player

! Rank1

{{flag|ROU}}

|Raluca Olaru

|{{flag|UKR}}

|Olga Savchuk

|69

{{flag|POL}}

|Alicja Rosolska

|{{flag|GBR}}

|Anna Smith

|77

{{flag|CHN}}

|Lu Jingjing

|{{flag|CHN}}

|Zhang Shuai

|182

{{flag|CHN}}

|Duan Yingying

|{{flag|CHN}}

|Han Xinyun

|275

  • 1 Rankings as of 23 October 2017

==Other entrants==

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:

Champions

=Singles=

{{main|2017 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles}}

=Doubles=

{{main|2017 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}