2018 Qatar Total Open | |
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Date | 12–17 February |
Edition | 16th |
Category | WTA Premier 5 |
Draw | 56S / 28D |
Prize money | $2,666,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Doha, Qatar |
Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Petra Kvitová | |
Doubles | |
Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko |
The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $591,750 | $295,900 | $147,750 | $68,125 | $33,750 | $17,325 | $8,900 | $4,955 | $2,550 |
Doubles* | $169,280 | $85,600 | $42,360 | $21,235 | $10,805 | $5,335 | — | — | — |
*per team
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 3 |
ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 |
CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 5 |
LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 6 |
FRA | Caroline Garcia | 7 | 7 |
GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 8 |
GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 9 |
GBR | Johanna Konta | 11 | 10 |
FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 11 |
USA | Madison Keys | 14 | 12 |
LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 15 | 13 |
SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 18 | 14 |
BEL | Elise Mertens | 20 | 15 |
CZE | Petra Kvitová | 21 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 6 | 1 |
TPE | Latisha Chan | CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | 7 | 2 |
CZE | Lucie Šafářová | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 3 |
HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 24 | 4 |
TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CHN | Peng Shuai | 41 | 5 |
TPE | Chan Hao-ching | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 49 | 7 |
SLO | Andreja Klepač | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 50 | 8 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
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