2021 Qatar Total Open

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2021 Qatar Total Open
Date1–6 March
Edition19th
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$565,530
Surface Hard
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
  2020  · Qatar Open ·  2022  

The 2021 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played in Doha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021. [1] The tournament was played on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and was a WTA 500 event on the 2021 WTA Tour. [2] [3] Typically played in February [4] one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year [5] in order to adjust for the delayed start of the 2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

Contents

Champions

Singles

It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Singles$68,570$51,000$32,400$15,500$8,200$6,650$3,295$2,350$1,800
Doubles*$25,230$17,750$10,000$5,500$3,500N/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 Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 51
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 62
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 83
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 104
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 115
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 126
Flag of the United States.svg USA Jennifer Brady 137
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 148

Other entrants

The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 151
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 232
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 293
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Blinkova Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski 594

Other entrants

The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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