2021 Qatar Total Open

2021 Qatar Total Open
Date1–6 March
Edition19th
CategoryWTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$565,530
SurfaceHard
LocationDoha, Qatar
VenueKhalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Doubles
United States Nicole Melichar / Netherlands Demi Schuurs
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The 2021 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played in Doha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021. The tournament was played on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and was a WTA 500 event on the 2021 WTA Tour. Typically played in February one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year in order to adjust for the delayed start of the 2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finals

Singles

It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Doubles 1 N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $68,570 $51,000 $32,400 $15,500 $8,200 $6,650 $3,295 $2,350 $1,800
Doubles* $25,230 $17,750 $10,000 $5,500 $3,500 N/a N/a N/a N/a

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
UKR Elina Svitolina 5 1
CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 2
BLR Aryna Sabalenka 8 3
CZE Petra Kvitová 10 4
NED Kiki Bertens 11 5
 SUI Belinda Bencic 12 6
 USA Jennifer Brady 13 7
BLR Victoria Azarenka 14 8

Other entrants

The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
CZE Barbora Krejčíková CZE Kateřina Siniaková 15 1
 USA Nicole Melichar NED Demi Schuurs 23 2
JPN Shuko Aoyama JPN Ena Shibahara 29 3
RUS Anna Blinkova CAN Gabriela Dabrowski 59 4

Other entrants

The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

References

  1. ↑ "QTF". www.qatartennis.org. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Koobit". www.koobit.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Qatar Total Open 2021 2021 Draws | WTA Official".
  4. ↑ "Qatar Total Open 2021 Past Winners | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Qatar Open Tennis Tournament Fan Guide (ATP & WTA)". 7 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Australian Open delayed by three weeks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-02-05.