2020 Qatar Total Open

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2020 Qatar Total Open
Date23–29 February
Edition18th
Category Premier 5
Draw56S / 28D
Surface Hard
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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]

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56QQ2Q1
Singles90058535019010560130201
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56Q2Q1
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$5,500N/AN/AN/A

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty 11
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 22
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 33
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 44
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 65
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sofia Kenin 76
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 87
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 118
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 139
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 1510
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 1611
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 1712
Flag of the United States.svg USA Alison Riske 1813
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 1914
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 2115
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 2216
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 2317

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking 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
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 31
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 72
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 113
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 194
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 265
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 266
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan 267
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ashleigh Barty Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 278

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

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