2019 Qatar Total Open

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2019 Qatar Total Open
Date11–16 February
Edition17th
Category Premier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$916,131
Surface Hard
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan
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The 2019 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 16 February 2019. [1]

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Singles$158,895$84,850$45,320$24,360$13,065$8,290$3,720$1,980$1,100
Doubles*$49,700$26,546$14,510$7,385$4,010N/AN/AN/AN/A

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 31
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 52
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 63
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 74
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 85
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 106
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Anastasija Sevastova 127
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty 138
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 169

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 241
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 272
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 283
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 404

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

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