#2 - Petra Kvitova

The first and only player ever to win both of WTA's season-ending tournaments - the WTA Finals and WTA Elite Trophy - on her first attempt, Petra Kvitova will be aiming to replicate her past success at the WTA Finals this season. She won the tournament in 2011, and reached the final in 2015, before being sidelined due to the knife injury.
From the players competing this week, she has the fewest losses (14) alongside Elina Svitolina, but her recent form hasn't been too exceptional. Since winning in Birmingham, Kvitova is 10-8 and on a 2-match losing streak. It'll be interesting to see if she can brush aside her bad patch and exhibit the world-class aggressive brand of tennis she's known for.
Boasting a positive H2H record against all three peers from White Group (8-5 vs Wozniacki, 7-1 vs Svitolina, 2-0 vs Pliskova), Kvitova will be gunning to make her mark this year, and potentially go all the way.
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