Provisional Entry List 2023 WTA Elite Trophy: Maria Sakkari leads field of non qualifiers from WTA Finals
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Maria Sakkari, Madison Keys and Petra Kvitova lead, momentarily the qualifiers for the WTA Elite Trophy.
As the WTA
season enters its final weeks, there are few tournaments left to be played, and
the eight qualifiers for the WTA Finals have already been determined.
Although
Maria Sakkari had the opportunity to qualify with a strong performance in
Beijing, she ultimately exited in the quarterfinals, and it's Marketa
Vondrousova who secured the last spot for the event.
However, it
is still to be determined which players will compete in the 2023 WTA Elite
Trophy, a tournament that brings together the top 12 players who did not
qualify for the WTA Finals. Eleven of them qualify based on their performance
during the calendar year, and the final spot is awarded by invitation from the
organization.
To
calculate the points earned, the best 16 tournaments of each player are
considered, including the obligation to include the four Grand Slam events and
the five WTA 1000 Mandatory tournaments (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome,
Beijing).
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This event
is played in a group format, with four groups of three players competing
against each other. Only the top player from each group advances to the
semifinals, which are played in a single-elimination format, and the winner
proceeds to the final.
At the
moment, Sakkari leads the list with several high-level players, including three
former Grand Slam champions in Petra Kvitova, Jelena Ostapenko, and Barbora
Krejcikova, as well as the 2022 Finals champion Caroline Garcia, who fell far
short of repeating her participation in that tournament.
Below is a
list of the players who have qualified for the tournament so far, as well as
the main alternates in case any of the qualifiers cannot participate.
| Ranking | Player | Points | Titles |
| 9 | Maria Sakkari | 3245 | 1 |
| 10 | Madison Keys | 2737 | 2 |
| 11 | Petra Kvitová | 2715 | 2 |
| 12 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 2615 | 1 |
| 13 | Belinda Bencic | 2570 | 2 |
| 14 | Barbora Krejčíková | 241 | 2 |
| 15 | Veronika Kudermetova | 2460 | 1 |
| 16 | Daria Kasatkina | 2285 | 0 |
| 17 | Ludmilla Samsonova | 2235 | 0 |
| 18 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 2165 | 0 |
| 19 | Caroline Garcia | 2035 | 0 |
| 20 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 1990 | 0 |
| Alternates | |||
| 21 | Victoria Azarenka | 1885 | 0 |
| 22 | Qinwen Zheng | 1815 | 1 |
| 23 | Magda Linette | 1840 | 0 |
| 24 | Donna Vekić | 1770 | 0 |
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