WTA Qatar Open

The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies 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
Tournament information
Founded2001 (2001)
LocationDoha
Qatar
VenueKhalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
CategoryWTA 500 (2023)
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Draw28S / 32Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$780,637 (2023)
Websiteqatartennis.org
Current champions (2023)
SinglesPoland Iga Świątek
DoublesUnited States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula

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 to 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 5 trophy at the Khalifa International Complex in 2014.

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2001Switzerland Martina HingisFrance Sandrine Testud6–3, 6–2
2002United States Monica SelesThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn7–6(8–6), 6–3
2003Russia Anastasia MyskinaRussia Elena Likhovtseva6–3, 6–1
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2004Russia Anastasia Myskina (2) Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova4–6, 6–4, 6–4 
2005Russia Maria SharapovaAustralia Alicia Molik4–6, 6–1, 6–4 
2006Russia Nadia PetrovaFrance Amélie Mauresmo6–3, 7–5
2007Belgium Justine HeninRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova6–4, 6–2
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
2008Russia Maria Sharapova (2) Russia Vera Zvonareva6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2009-2010Not Held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2011Russia Vera ZvonarevaDenmark Caroline Wozniacki6–4, 6–4 
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2012Belarus Victoria AzarenkaAustralia Samantha Stosur6–1, 6–2
2013Belarus Victoria Azarenka (2) United States Serena Williams7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
2014Romania Simona HalepGermany Angelique Kerber6–2, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2015Czech Republic Lucie ŠafářováBelarus Victoria Azarenka6–4, 6–3
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2016Spain Carla Suárez NavarroLatvia Jeļena Ostapenko1–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2017Czech Republic Karolína PlíškováDenmark Caroline Wozniacki6–3, 6–4
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2018Czech Republic Petra KvitováSpain Garbiñe Muguruza3–6, 6–3, 6–4
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2019Belgium Elise MertensRomania Simona Halep3–6, 6–4, 6–3
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2020Belarus Aryna SabalenkaCzech Republic Petra Kvitová6–3, 6–3
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2021Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (2)Spain Garbiñe Muguruza6–2, 6–1
↓  WTA 1000 tournament  ↓
2022Poland Iga ŚwiątekEstonia Anett Kontaveit6–2, 6–0
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2023Poland Iga Świątek (2)United States Jessica Pegula6–3, 6–0

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2001France Sandrine Testud
Italy Roberta Vinci		Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Netherlands Miriam Oremans		7–5, 7–6
2002Slovakia Janette Husárová
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		France Alexandra Fusai
Netherlands Caroline Vis		6–3, 6–3
2003Chinese Taipei Janet Lee
Indonesia Wynne Prakusya		Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja		6–1, 6–3
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2004Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva		Slovakia Janette Husárová
Spain Conchita Martínez		7–6, 6–2
2005Italy Francesca Schiavone
Australia Alicia Molik		Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber		6–3, 6–4
2006Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama		China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian		6–4, 6–4
2007Switzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Maria Kirilenko		Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová		6–1, 6–1
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
2008Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Australia Rennae Stubbs		Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber		6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
2009–2010Not Held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2011Czech Republic Květa Peschke (2)
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		United States Liezel Huber
Russia Nadia Petrova		7–5, 6–7(2–7) , [10–8]
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2012United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond		United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears		6–3, 6–1
2013Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci (2) 		Russia Nadia Petrova
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Peng Shuai		Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik		6–4, 6–0
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2015United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears		Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
India Sania Mirza		6–4, 6–4
↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓
2016Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan		Italy Sara Errani
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro		6–3, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2017United States Abigail Spears (2)
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (2) 		Ukraine Olga Savchuk
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova		6–3, 7–6(9–7)
↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓
2018Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko		Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez		6–3, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2019Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching (2)
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan (2) 		Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Netherlands Demi Schuurs		6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
↓  Premier 5 tournament   ↓
2020Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei (2)
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová		Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko		6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2021United States Nicole Melichar
Netherlands Demi Schuurs		Romania Monica Niculescu
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko		6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
↓  WTA 1000 tournament  ↓
2022United States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula		Russia Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens		3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2023United States Coco Gauff (2)
United States Jessica Pegula (2)		Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko		6–4, 2–6, [10–7]

See also

References
  1. "2001 Results". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. "Doha results 2004". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. "Qatar Total Open - Doha 2007 live score / Tennis WTA - 26.02.2007 - TennisLive.com". www.tennislive.net. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  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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