2012 Qatar Total Open

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2012 Qatar Total Open
Date13–19 February
Edition10th
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
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The 2012 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event. It took place at International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 19 February 2012. It was upgraded from a Premier event to a Premier 5 event. Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.

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Champions

Singles

Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond defeated Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–1

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 11
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 42
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 53
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 64
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli 75
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 86
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 117
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 138
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 149
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1510
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 1611
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 1712
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1813
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 1914
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 2015
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 2116

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond 31
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 152
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 373
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 554
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anastasia Rodionova 575
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Natalie Grandin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová 596
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 647
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Iveta Benešová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 668

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

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