WTA Qatar Open

The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by Total and called the Qatar Total Open, is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. After a two-year break the tournament returned in 2011 and is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

Qatar Ladies Open
2020 Qatar Total Open
Tournament information
Founded2001 (2001)
LocationDoha
Qatar
VenueKhalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
CategoryPremier (2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Premier 5 (2012–2014, 2016, 2018)
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Draw56S / 32Q / 28D
Prize moneyUS$3,240,445 (2020)
Websiteqatartennis.org
Current champions (2020)
Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka
Women's doubles Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová

History

The first tournament was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $170,000, as a Tier III tournament.[1] In 2004, the tournament got Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $585,000,[2] and in 2007 to $600,000.[3] For the 2008 season, which was the last season it was held, the tournament became Tier I for the prize money of $2,500,000.[4] The event then took a two-year break due to the venue hosting the WTA Tour Championship, thus not being played in 2009 or 2010. The tournament returned in 2011 as a Premier Event with the prize money of $721,000 and a 32-competitor singles draw (16-pair doubles draw).[5] The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012–2014, but in the 2015 WTA Season the tournament was back to a Premier event. It then switched back to being a Premier 5 tournament in 2016, when the Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Now, the two tournaments alternate between Premier 5 and Premier status every year.

The event is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex which currently has a capacity of 6,911. It was originally much smaller but had a makeover in 2008.[6] Its prize money as of 2016 was $2,517,250 and the tournament director is Saad Al Mohannadi.[7]

Past finals
Victoria Azarenka serving at the 2012 Qatar Ladies Open
Two-time world No. 1. Simona Halep took home her first Premier trophy from the Khalifa International Complex in 2014.

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2001 Martina Hingis Sandrine Testud6–3, 6–2
2002 Monica Seles Tamarine Tanasugarn7–6(8–6), 6–3
2003 Anastasia Myskina Elena Likhovtseva6–3, 6–1
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2004 Anastasia Myskina (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova4–6, 6–4, 6–4 
2005 Maria Sharapova Alicia Molik4–6, 6–1, 6–4 
2006 Nadia Petrova Amélie Mauresmo6–3, 7–5
2007 Justine Henin Svetlana Kuznetsova6–4, 6–2
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
2008 Maria Sharapova (2) Vera Zvonareva6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2009-2010Not Held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2011 Vera Zvonareva Caroline Wozniacki6–4, 6–4 
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2012 Victoria Azarenka Samantha Stosur6–1, 6–2
2013 Victoria Azarenka (2) Serena Williams7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
2014 Simona Halep Angelique Kerber6–2, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2015 Lucie Šafářová Victoria Azarenka6–4, 6–3
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2016 Carla Suárez Navarro Jeļena Ostapenko1–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2017 Karolína Plíšková Caroline Wozniacki6–3, 6–4
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2018 Petra Kvitová Garbiñe Muguruza3–6, 6–3, 6–4
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2019 Elise Mertens Simona Halep3–6, 6–4, 6–3
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2020 Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová6–3, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2001 Sandrine Testud
Roberta Vinci		 Kristie Boogert
Miriam Oremans		7–5, 7–6
2002 Janette Husárová
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 Alexandra Fusai
Caroline Vis		6–3, 6–3
2003 Janet Lee
Wynne Prakusya		 María Vento-Kabchi
Angelique Widjaja		6–1, 6–3
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva		 Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez		7–6, 6–2
2005 Francesca Schiavone
Alicia Molik		 Cara Black
Liezel Huber		6–3, 6–4
2006 Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama		 Li Ting
Sun Tiantian		6–4, 6–4
2007 Martina Hingis
Maria Kirilenko		 Ágnes Szávay
Vladimíra Uhlířová		6–1, 6–1
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
2008 Květa Peschke
Rennae Stubbs		 Cara Black
Liezel Huber		6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
2009-2010Not Held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2011 Květa Peschke (2)
Katarina Srebotnik		 Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova		7–5, 6–7(2–7) , [10–8]
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2012 Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond		 Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears		6–3, 6–1
2013 Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci (2) 		Nadia Petrova
Katarina Srebotnik		2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014 Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai		 Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik		6–4, 6–0
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2015 Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears		 Hsieh Su-wei
Sania Mirza		6–4, 6–4
↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓
2016 Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan		 Sara Errani
Carla Suárez Navarro		6–3, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2017 Abigail Spears (2)
Katarina Srebotnik (2) 		Olga Savchuk
Yaroslava Shvedova		6–3, 7–6(9–7)
↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓
2018 Gabriela Dabrowski
Jeļena Ostapenko		 Andreja Klepač
María José Martínez Sánchez		6–3, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2019 Chan Hao-ching (2)
Latisha Chan (2) 		Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Demi Schuurs		6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓
2020 Hsieh Su-wei (2)
Barbora Strýcová		 Gabriela Dabrowski
Jeļena Ostapenko		6–2, 5–7, [10–2]

See also

References
  1. "2001 Results". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. "Doha results 2004". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. http://www.tennislive.net/wta-women/qatar-total-open-doha-2007/. Retrieved 4 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Qatar 2008 results and prize money". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. "2011 Qatar Ladies Open information" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. "Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex rebuild". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. "WTA tournaments 2016". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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