All of the attendees pose for a group photo at the Zhuhai players' party. (©Jimmie48/WTA)

Shine in Zhuhai: On the red carpet at the WTA Elite Trophy

Storming up the Rankings 19 positions is Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, whose return to form continued as she won in Luxembourg. She is the WTA World No.44. (BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open)

Ranking Rockets: Ostapenko and Flipkens surge up the standings

Belinda Bencic won Dubai and Moscow, and reached the semifinals of the US Open en route to WTA World No.7. (Getty)

The WTA Top 10 and their 2019 best result: Bencic moves up to No.7

The American top seed dropped just two sets all week in Zhuhai (Getty)

From Venus to Barty: Previous Zhuhai winners

Denisa Allertova scored her first WTA main draw win since Nottingham 2018 in dramatic style in round one of Luxembourg, saving one match point on an overrule in the deciding tiebreak before overcoming Mandy Minella 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 7-6(6) (Luxembourg Open)

Great escapes: Allertova joins 2019's winners from match point down

Jelena Ostapenko enjoyed her best week of 2019 as she reached the final in Linz before falling to Coco Gauff. Moves up nine spots on the WTA Ranking to 63. (Gepa)

Ranking Rockets: Ostapenko on the rise, Watson back in Top 100

Coco Gauff made her WTA Tour debut in March in Miami, beating Catherine McNally 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. She would go on to lose to 14th seed Daria Kasatakina in the next round (Getty)

Coco's breakthrough: All Gauff's singles wins in 2019

Julie Goerges is the reigning champion, having defeated qualifier Belinda Bencic, 6-4, 7-5 in 2018 as No.1 seed

Lighting up Luxembourg: A decade of champions

Francesca Schiavone was the first winner of the Kremlin Cup as a Premier tournament back in 2009. She beat Olga Govortsova, 6-3, 6-0. (Getty)

Kremlin crackers: A decade of champions in Moscow from Schiavone to Kasatkina

In 16 months since returning from injury unranked in April 2018, 20-year-old Ma Shuyue has rocketed to World No.224 after winning two ITF W25s and reaching the Anning 125K QFs, and made her WTA debut at home in Tianjin as a lucky loser (Tianjin Open)

Welcome to the Tour: Ma, Grabher make WTA debuts in Tianjin, Linz

Caroline Garcia is the defending champion, having shocked Karolina Pliskova, 7-6(7), 6-3 in 2018. (Getty)

Five stars: Tianjin champions from Riske to Garcia

Their second career meeting was at the 2018 Australian Open (Getty)

Rivalry record: Ashleigh Barty vs Naomi Osaka