2023 WTA Elite Trophy

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Date24–29 October
Edition6th
Draw12S/6D
SurfaceHard / Outdoor / Covered Court
2023 WTA Elite Trophy
Date24–29 October
Edition6th
Draw12S/6D
SurfaceHard / Outdoor / Covered Court
LocationZhuhai, China
VenueHengqin Tennis Center, Zhuhai
Champions
Singles
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Doubles
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia / Veronika Kudermetova
 2019 · WTA Elite Trophy

The 2023 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China. It was the sixth edition of the singles event and doubles competition, and the first since 2019, after the intervening editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China. The tournament was contested by 12 singles players and six doubles teams.[1]

That year, Beatriz Haddad Maia made history as the first—and so far, only— player to have won both singles and doubles titles at the WTA Elite Trophy and also to do so in the same edition of the tournament.[2]

Singles

Doubles

Tournament

Qualifying

WTA Elite Trophy is an invitation-only event.

Singles qualifying

The field consists of the top 11 players not already qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2023 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2023 WTA Finals are eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they will participate in the WTA Finals. Point totals were calculated by combining points obtained from 16 tournaments. Of these 16 tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, four out of the five WTA 1000 Mandatory tournaments, and (for Top 20 players at the end of 2022) the best results from two WTA 1000 non-Mandatory tournaments have to 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 qualify to 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.[citation needed] Plus two wild cards. For each wild card not given out, the next highest pair of players would become a participant.

Format

The singles event featured 12 players in a round robin event, split into four groups of three. Over the first four days of competition, each player met the other two players in her group, with the winner in each group advancing to the semifinal. The winners of each semifinal met in the championship match. The six doubles teams were split into two round robin groups, with the winner of each advancing to the final.

Round robin tie-breaking methods

The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that apply:[3]

  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
      • Head-to-head results
    • Percentage of games won
      • Head-to-head results
    • Finals Rankings

Global Ambassador

Yet to be announced.

Prize money and points in 2023

The total prize money for the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai is US$2,600,000.[4]

StageSinglesDoubles2
Prize moneyPointsPrize money
Champion RR1 + $515,000RR + 460RR1 + $22,000
Runner-up RR + $155,000RR + 200RR1 + $11,346
Semifinalist loss RR + $15,000RR
Round robin win per match 1st win +$50,000
2nd win +$40,000
120+$5,500
Round robin loss per match 40
Round robin first place +$69,500
Round robin second place +$32,000
Participation Fee $46,500$17,080
Alternates $10,000
  • 1 RR means prize money or points won in the round robin.
  • 2 Doubles doesn't award ranking points

Qualified players

Singles

Seeds Players Points Tours
1Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková2,77520
2United States Madison Keys2,73717
3Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko2,61522
4 Liudmila Samsonova2,54523
5 Veronika Kudermetova2,46024
6 Daria Kasatkina2,41024
7China Zheng Qinwen2,27522
8Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia2,21022
9France Caroline Garcia2,03526
10Croatia Donna Vekić1,81520
11Poland Magda Linette1,81123
12/WCChina Zhu Lin1,27223

Doubles

Country Player Country Player Rank1
 BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia Veronika Kudermetova 35
 JPN Miyu Kato  INA Aldila Sutjiadi 60
 NOR Ulrikke Eikeri  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok 67
 GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Yana Sizikova 104
  • 1 Rankings as of 16 October 2023.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles draw:

Points breakdown

See also

References

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