WTA Elite Trophy
The WTA Elite Trophy is the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It is the successor event of the WTA Tournament of Champions which took place from 2009–14.
The Elite Trophy takes place at the end of each season in two disciplines: singles and doubles. The singles event features 12 players. 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.
The inaugural edition was held in 2015, offering $2.15 million in prize money. Zhuhai, China, hosts the WTA Elite Trophy for the first six years until 2020.
Venues
Venue | Years | Stadium | Surface | Capacity |
Zhuhai, China | 2015–2019 | Hengqin International Tennis Center | Hard | 5,000 |
Past results
Singles
Venue | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
Zhuhai | 2015 | Venus Williams | Karolína Plíšková | 7–5, 7–6 |
Zhuhai | 2016 | Petra Kvitová | Elina Svitolina | 6–4, 6–2 |
Zhuhai | 2017 | Julia Görges | CoCo Vandeweghe | 7–5, 6–1 |
Zhuhai | 2018 | Ashleigh Barty | Wang Qiang | 6–3, 6–4 |
Zhuhai | 2019 | Aryna Sabalenka | Kiki Bertens | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles
Venue | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
Zhuhai | 2015 | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–4, 6–3 |
Zhuhai | 2016 | İpek Soylu Xu Yifan | Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi | 6–4, 3–6, |
Zhuhai | 2017 | Duan Yingying Han Xinyun | Lu Jingjing Zhang Shuai | 6–2, 6–1 |
Zhuhai | 2018 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok | Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava | 6–4, 3–6, |
Zhuhai | 2019 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač | Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan | 6–3, 6–3 |