| Date: | November 1 – 6 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Draw: | 12S/6D |
| Surface: | Hard / Outdoor / Covered Court |
| Location: | Zhuhai, China |
| Venue: | Hengqin International Tennis Center |
| Champs: |  Petra Kvitová |
| Champd: |  İpek Soylu /  Xu Yifan |
The 2016 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China from 1 to 6 November 2016. It was the second edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was contested by twelve singles players and six doubles teams.
WTA Elite Trophy is an invitation-only event.
The field will consist of the top eleven players not already qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2016 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2016 WTA Finals would have been eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals. Johanna Konta was initially qualified for the Tour Finals, but her spot was lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova who had just won Moscow on the day before the finals.[1]
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]
It was unclear how the selection was determined eventually as two teams were announced as participants despite not fulfilling these criteria.
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.
The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that applied:
The total prize money for the Huajin Securities 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US $2,210,000.[3]
| Stage | Singles | Doubles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prize money | Points | Prize money | Points | ||
| Champion | RR1 + $450,000 | RR + 460 | RR1 + $20,000 | ||
| Runner-up | RR + $150,000 | RR + 200 | RR1 + $10,000 | ||
| Semifinalist | RR + $15,000 | RR | |||
| Round Robin win per match | $92,500 | 1202 | $5,000 | ||
| Round Robin loss per match | $20,000 | 402 | |||
| Participation fee | 15,000 | ||||
| Alternates | $10,000 | ||||
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.
| Player | Konta | Suárez Navarro | Kvitová | Svitolina | Vinci | Bacsinszky | Vesnina | Stosur | Strýcová | Bertens | Garcia | Zhang | Overall | YTD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 10–7 | 44–21 | |||
| 2 | 0–1 | 5–5 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 32–18 | 39–21 | |||
| 3 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 33–16 | 42–22 | |||
| 4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 10–13 | 38–21 | |||
| 5 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 18–24 | 28–24 | |||
| 6 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 13–15 | 31–22 | |||
| 7 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 13–16 | 39–19 | |||
| 8 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–7 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 15–18 | 30–22 | |||
| 9 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 20–20 | 37–23 | |||
| 10 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 9–8 | 49–20 | |||
| 11 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–15 | 33–24 | |||
| 12 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–15 | 37–21 |
The 2 tables below are part of the tables from Road to Singapore
Players in Gold have qualified for Zhuhai. Players in brown have withdrawn from the 2016 WTA Elite Trophy.
| Rank | Player | Grand Slam tournament | Premier Mandatory | Best Premier 5 | Best other | Total points | Tours | Titles | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | INW | MIA | MAD | 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 | ||||
| Qualified for Zhuhai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 10 |  Johanna Konta | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | R128 10 | R64 70 | R16 240 | R16 120 | QF 215 | R64 10 | bgcolor=thistle | F 650 | QF 190 | QF 190 | bgcolor=lime | W 470 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | R16 105 | R16 105 | QF 60 | R16 55 | 3455 | 22 | 1 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 11 |  Carla Suárez Navarro | QF 430 | R16 240 | R16 240 | R16 240 | A 0 | R64 10 | R16 120 | R64 10 | bgcolor=lime | W 900 | QF 190 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 110 | R16 105 | R16 105 | QF 100 | 3170 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 12[4] | align=left |  Victoria Azarenka | QF 430 | R128 10 | A 0 | bgcolor= | A 0 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | bgcolor=lime | W 1000 | R16 120 | bgcolor= | A 0 | R32 1 | bgcolor=lime | W 470 | R16 30 | 3061 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 13 | Petra Kvitová | R64 70 | R32 130 | R64 70 | R16 240 | QF 215 | R32 65 | R16 120 | QF 215 | bgcolor=lime | W 900 | R16 105 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor= thistle | F 180 | R16 105 | R16 55 | A 0 | 2840 | 20 | 1 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 14 |  Elina Svitolina | R64 70 | R16 240 | R64 70 | R32 130 | R32 65 | R16 120 | R32 65 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | R16 105 | R32 60 | bgcolor=thistle | F 305 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor= yellow | SF 185 | R32 1 | 2456 | 21 | 1 |
| 15 |  Venus Williams | R128 10 | R16 240 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | R16 240 | R64 10 | R64 10 | A 0 | R64 10 | R16 105 | R16 105 | bgcolor=thistle | F 305 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | R32 60 | R16 55 | R16 30 | R32 1 | 2241 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 16[5] | align=left bgcolor= | Caroline Wozniacki | R128 10 | A 0 | R128 10 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | R64 10 | R32 65 | A 0 | R16 120 | R16 105 | R16 105 | bgcolor=lime | W 470 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 110 | QF 60 | QF 60 | R16 55 | 2240 | 21 | 2 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 17 |  Roberta Vinci | R32 130 | R128 10 | R32 130 | bgcolor=ffebcd | QF 430 | R16 120 | R32 65 | R64 10 | R32 65 | QF 190 | R16 105 | bgcolor=lime | W 470 | R16 105 | QF 100 | QF 100 | QF 100 | R32 60 | 2190 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 18 | Timea Bacsinszky | R64 70 | QF 430 | R32 130 | R64 70 | R16 120 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | R16 120 | R32 65 | QF 190 | R16 105 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 110 | R16 105 | R32 1 | R32 1 | R32 1 | 2188 | 19 | 1 | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 19 | align=left bgcolor= |  Elena Vesnina | Q1 2 | R64 70 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | R32 130 | Q1 2 | R32 95 | R32 95 | R64 10 | QF 220 | Q2 20 | bgcolor=thistle | F 330 | QF 100 | QF 100 | QF 60 | R16 55 | R32 25 | 2094 | 19 | 0 | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 20 |  Samantha Stosur | R128 10 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 780 | R64 70 | R64 70 | R16 120 | R64 10 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 390 | R64 10 | R32 60 | R32 60 | bgcolor=thistle | F 180 | QF 100 | QF 60 | QF 60 | R16 55 | R16 55 | 2090 | 20 | 0 | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 21 | Barbora Strýcová | R16 240 | R32 130 | R32 130 | R128 10 | R16 120 | R64 35 | R32 65 | R32 65 | QF 190 | QF 190 | bgcolor=thistle | F 305 | bgcolor=thistle | F 305 | R16 105 | QF 60 | R32 60 | R32 60 | 2070 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 22 | align=left | Kiki Bertens | R128 10 | bgcolor= yellow | SF 780 | R32 130 | R128 10 | R128 30 | R32 95 | A 0 | A 0 | R64 1 | R64 1 | bgcolor=lime | W 298 | bgcolor=thistle | F 180 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 110 | bgcolor= yellow | SF 110 | QF 60 | R32 18 | 1912 | 21 | 1 |
| bgcolor=gold | 23 | align=left bgcolor= |  Caroline Garcia | R128 10 | R64 70 | R64 70 | R32 130 | R128 10 | R32 65 | R32 65 | R16 120 | R32 60 | R64 1 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | bgcolor=lime | W 280 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 185 | bgcolor=lime | W 160 | bgcolor=yellow | SF 110 | R16 55 | 1725 | 26 | 2 |
The following player received a wildcard into the singles draw:
Zhang Shuai| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreja Klepač | Spain | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 65 | ||
| Turkey | İpek Soylu | China | Xu Yifan | 96 | |
| Australia | Anastasia Rodionova | Ukraine | Olga Savchuk | 104 | |
 Georgia | Oksana Kalashnikova | Tatjana Maria | 106 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:
See main article: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles.
Petra Kvitová def. Elina Svitolina, 6–4, 6–2See main article: 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles.
İpek Soylu / Xu Yifan def. Yang Zhaoxuan / You Xiaodi, 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]