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Singles
2015 WTA Elite Trophy
Final
Champion	Venus Williams
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	7–5, 7–6
Events
Singles Doubles
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This was the first edition of the event.

Venus Williams won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final 7–5, 7–6. This resulted in Williams' return to the top 10 rankings for the first time since April 2011.

With the title, Williams became the first woman to win both the WTA Elite Trophy as well as the WTA Finals, which she had won back in 2008.

Players

1. Venus Williams (champion)
2. Carla Suárez Navarro (round robin)
3. Karolína Plíšková (final)
4. Roberta Vinci (semifinals)
5. Caroline Wozniacki (round robin, retired due to a left wrist injury)
6. Sara Errani (round robin)
7. Madison Keys (round robin)
8. Elina Svitolina (semifinals)
9. Jelena Janković (round robin)
10. Andrea Petkovic (round robin)
11. Svetlana Kuznetsova (round robin)
12. Zheng Saisai (round robin)

Alternates

1. Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (replaced Wozniacki, round robin)
2. Varvara Lepchenko (Not used)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Venus Williams	6	6
	4	Roberta Vinci	2	2
								1	Venus Williams	7	7
								3	Karolína Plíšková	5	6
	3	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
	8	Elina Svitolina	3	1

Group A

		Williams	Keys	Zheng	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Venus Williams		3–6, 7–6, 6–1	4–6, 6–1, 6–1	2–0	4–2 (66.7%)	32–21 (60.4%)	1
7	Madison Keys	6–3, 6–7, 1–6		6–3, 6–2	1–1	3–2 (60%)	25–21 (54.3%)	2
12/WC	Zheng Saisai	6–4, 1–6, 1–6	3–6, 2–6		0–2	1–4 (20%)	13–28 (31.7%)	3

Group B

		Suárez Navarro	Svitolina	Petkovic	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Carla Suárez Navarro		7–6, 1–6, 3–6	6–0, 6–0	1–1	3–2 (60%)	23–18 (56.1%)	2
8	Elina Svitolina	6–7, 6–1, 6–3		7–6, 6–3	2–0	4–1 (80%)	31–20 (60.8%)	1
10	Andrea Petkovic	0–6, 0–6	6–7, 3–6		0–2	0–4 (0%)	9–25 (26.5%)	3

Group C

		Plíšková	Errani	Janković	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
3	Karolína Plíšková		6–0, 6–3	6–4, 3–6, 6–2	2–0	4–1 (80.0%)	27–15 (64.3%)	1
6	Sara Errani	0–6, 3–6		4–6, 5–7	0–2	0–4 (0%)	12–25 (32.4%)	3
9	Jelena Janković	4–6, 6–3, 2–6	6–4, 7–5		1–1	3–2 (60%)	25–24 (51.0%)	2

Group D

		Vinci	Wozniacki Schmiedlová	Kuznetsova	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
4	Roberta Vinci		1–6, 0–6 (w/ Schmiedlová)	6–4, 6–4	1–1	2–2 (50%)	13–20 (39.4%)	1
5 Alt	Caroline Wozniacki Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	(w/ Schmiedlová) 6–1, 6–0		5–7, 2–2, ret. (w/ Wozniacki)	0–1 1–0	0–2 (0%) 2–0 (100%)	7–9 (43.8%) 12–1 (92.3%)	X 3
11	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4–6, 4–6	7–5, 2–2, ret. (w/ Wozniacki)		1–1	2–2 (50%)	8–12 (40%)	2

References

External links

• Order of Play
• Single Draw

• WTA Elite Trophy
• 2015 WTA Tour
• 2015 in Chinese tennis