2020 Qatar Total Open

2020 Qatar Total Open
Date	23–29 February
Edition	18th
Category	Premier 5
Draw	56S / 28D
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová
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The 2020 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 23 and 29 February 2020. ^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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
Doubles						1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 56	Q2	Q1
Singles	$605,000	$304,005	$151,515	$69,775	$34,500	$17,800	$9,100	$5,080	$2,620
Doubles*	$172,000	$87,000	$43,500	$21,700	$11,000	$5,500	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	1	1
ROU	Simona Halep	2	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	3
SUI	Belinda Bencic	4	4
UKR	Elina Svitolina	6	5
USA	Sofia Kenin	7	6
NED	Kiki Bertens	8	7
CZE	Petra Kvitová	11	8
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	13	9
CRO	Petra Martić	15	10
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	16	11
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	17	12
USA	Alison Riske	18	13
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	19	14
GRE	Maria Sakkari	21	15
BEL	Elise Mertens	22	16
CRO	Donna Vekić	23	17

• ¹ Rankings as of February 17, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Sorana Cîrstea
• Ons Jabeur
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kirsten Flipkens
• Priscilla Hon
• Daria Kasatkina
• Tereza Martincová
• Bernarda Pera
• Laura Siegemund
• Kateřina Siniaková
• Jil Teichmann

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Tímea Babos
• Misaki Doi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Polona Hercog
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Simona Halep → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Angelique Kerber → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Tímea Babos

During the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova (gastrointestinal illness)
• Elena Rybakina (left leg injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	3	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	7	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	11	3
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	19	4
USA	Nicole Melichar	CHN	Xu Yifan	26	5
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	26	6
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	26	7
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	NED	Demi Schuurs	27	8

• Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay / Laura Siegemund
• Caroline Garcia / Sania Mirza
• Alla Kudryavtseva / Katarina Srebotnik

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Latisha Chan (dizziness)

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2020 Qatar Total Open – Singles

• Aryna Sabalenka def. Petra Kvitová, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2020 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

• Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]

References

1. "Qatar Total Open Overview". wtatennis.com.

External links

• Official website