WTA Qatar Open
Qatar Ladies Open | |
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2021 Qatar Total Open | |
Tournament information | |
Founded | 2001 |
Location | Doha Qatar |
Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
Category | WTA 500 (2021) WTA 1000 (2022) |
Surface | Hard - outdoors |
Draw | 28S / 32Q / 16D |
Prize money | US$565,530 (2021) |
Website | qatartennis.org |
Current champions (2021) | |
Women's singles | Petra Kvitová |
Women's doubles | Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs |
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.
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[]
Singles[]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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↓ Tier III tournament ↓ | |||
2001 | Martina Hingis | Sandrine Testud | 6–3, 6–2 |
2002 | Monica Seles | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
2003 | Anastasia Myskina | Elena Likhovtseva | 6–3, 6–1 |
↓ Tier II tournament ↓ | |||
2004 | Anastasia Myskina (2) | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
2005 | Maria Sharapova | Alicia Molik | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
2006 | Nadia Petrova | Amélie Mauresmo | 6–3, 7–5 |
2007 | Justine Henin | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6–4, 6–2 |
↓ Tier I tournament ↓ | |||
2008 | Maria Sharapova (2) | Vera Zvonareva | 6–1, 2–6, 6–0 |
2009-2010 | Not Held | ||
↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
2011 | Vera Zvonareva | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–4, 6–4 |
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ | |||
2012 | Victoria Azarenka | Samantha Stosur | 6–1, 6–2 |
2013 | Victoria Azarenka (2) | Serena Williams | 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3 |
2014 | Simona Halep | Angelique Kerber | 6–2, 6–3 |
↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
2015 | Lucie Šafářová | Victoria Azarenka | 6–4, 6–3 |
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ | |||
2016 | Carla Suárez Navarro | Jeļena Ostapenko | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
2017 | Karolína Plíšková | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–3, 6–4 |
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ | |||
2018 | Petra Kvitová | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
2019 | Elise Mertens | Simona Halep | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ | |||
2020 | Aryna Sabalenka | Petra Kvitová | 6–3, 6–3 |
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |||
2021 | Petra Kvitová (2) | Garbiñe Muguruza | 6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles[]
See also[]
- List of tennis tournaments
- WTA Tier I Events
- WTA Tour Championships
References[]
- ^ "2001 Results". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Doha results 2004". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.tennislive.net/wta-women/qatar-total-open-doha-2007/. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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(help) - ^ "Qatar 2008 results and prize money". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "2011 Qatar Ladies Open information" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex rebuild". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "WTA tournaments 2016". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qatar Ladies Open. |
- Official website
- Qatar Total Open. WTA Tour profile.
- Qatar Ladies Open
- Tennis tournaments in Qatar
- Hard court tennis tournaments
- WTA Tour
- Recurring sporting events established in 2001
- Recurring events disestablished in 2008
- Winter events in Qatar