2016 Qatar Total Open

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2016 Qatar Total Open
Date21–27 February
Edition14th
Category WTA Premier 5
Draw56S / 26D
Prize money$2,818,000
Surface Hard
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
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The 2016 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 21 and 27 February 2016.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles90058535019010560130201
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles$518,500 [1] $259,300$129,520$59,730$29,580$15,185$7,800$4,340 [2] $2,230
Doubles *$148,300 [3] $75,010$37,130$18,700$9,470$4,680N/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 21
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 32
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 43
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 85
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 96
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 107
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 118
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 139
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 1410
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Timea Bacsinszky 1611
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 1812
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 1913
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 2014
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 2115
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 2216

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 21
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 102
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 203
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 214
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 225
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 366
Flag of the United States.svg USA Raquel Atawo Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 397
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 498

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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