2023 Qatar Total Open | |
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Date | 13–18 February 2023 |
Edition | 21st |
Category | WTA 500 |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | $780,637 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Doha, Qatar |
Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Iga Świątek | |
Doubles | |
Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula |
The 2023 Qatar Total Open, also known as Qatar TotalEnergies Open, was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the event as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar, during 13–18 February 2023. [1]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $120,150 | $74,161 | $43,323 | $20,465 | $11,145 | $7,500 | $5,590 | $2,860 | $1,500 |
Doubles* | $40,100 | $24,300 | $13,900 | $7,200 | $5,750 | — | — | — | — |
*per team
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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POL | Iga Świątek | 1 | 1 |
USA | Jessica Pegula | 4 | 2 |
FRA | Caroline Garcia | 5 | 3 |
USA | Coco Gauff | 6 | 4 |
GRE | Maria Sakkari | 7 | 5 |
Daria Kasatkina | 8 | 6 | |
SUI | Belinda Bencic | 9 | 7 |
Veronika Kudermetova | 11 | 8 |
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following player received a special exempt into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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USA | Coco Gauff | USA | Jessica Pegula | 6 | 1 |
UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 21 | 2 |
USA | Desirae Krawczyk | NED | Demi Schuurs | 27 | 3 |
MEX | Giuliana Olmos | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 34 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
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