This was the first edition of the event.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2015 WTA Elite Trophy | |
| Champion |  Venus Williams |
| Runner-up |  Karolína Plíšková |
| Score | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Venus Williams won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final 7–5, 7–6(8–6). 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 edit
Venus Williams (champion)
Carla Suárez Navarro (round robin)
Karolína Plíšková (final)
Roberta Vinci (semifinals)
Caroline Wozniacki (round robin, retired due to a left wrist injury)- Sara Errani (round robin)
- Madison Keys (round robin)
Elina Svitolina (semifinals)
Jelena Janković (round robin)
Andrea Petkovic (round robin)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (round robin)
Zheng Saisai (round robin)
Alternates edit
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (replaced Wozniacki, round robin)- Varvara Lepchenko (Not used)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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 edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Venus Williams
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 |  Roberta Vinci
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Venus Williams
| 7 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Karolína Plíšková
| 5 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Karolína Plíšková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 |  Elina Svitolina
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Group A edit
| Williams
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Keys
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 Zheng
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RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 1 | Venus Williams
|
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 (66.7%) |
32–21 (60.4%) |
1 | |
| 7 | Madison Keys
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6–3, 6–7(5–7), 1–6 | 6–3, 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 (60%) |
25–21 (54.3%) |
2 | |
| 12/WC | Zheng Saisai
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6–4, 1–6, 1–6 | 3–6, 2–6 | 0–2 | 1–4 (20%) |
13–28 (31.7%) |
3 |
Group B edit
 Suárez Navarro
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Svitolina
|
 Petkovic
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RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 2 | Carla Suárez Navarro
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7–6(7–4), 1–6, 3–6 | 6–0, 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 (60%) |
23–18 (56.1%) |
2 | |
| 8 | Elina Svitolina
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6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3 | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 (80%) |
31–20 (60.8%) |
1 | |
| 10 | Andrea Petkovic
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0–6, 0–6 | 6–7(4–7), 3–6 | 0–2 | 0–4 (0%) |
9–25 (26.5%) |
3 |
Group C edit
| Plíšková
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Errani
|
 Janković
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RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 3 | Karolína Plíšková
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6–0, 6–3 | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 (80.0%) |
27–15 (64.3%) |
1 | |
| 6 | Sara Errani
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0–6, 3–6 | 4–6, 5–7 | 0–2 | 0–4 (0%) |
12–25 (32.4%) |
3 | |
| 9 | Jelena Janković
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4–6, 6–3, 2–6 | 6–4, 7–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 (60%) |
25–24 (51.0%) |
2 |
Group D edit
| Vinci
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 Wozniacki Schmiedlová
|
 Kuznetsova
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RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 4 | Roberta Vinci
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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
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(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
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4–6, 4–6 | 7–5, 2–2, ret. (w/ Wozniacki) |
1–1 | 2–2 (50%) |
8–12 (40%) |
2 |