WTA Qatar Open

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Qatar Open
Tennisball current event.svg 2025 Qatar TotalEnergies Open
Qatar Total Open logo.jpg
WTA Tour
Founded2001;24 years ago (2001)
Location Doha
Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Category WTA 1000 (2024)
Surface Hard - outdoors
Draw56S / 32Q / 28D
Prize money US$3,654,963 (2025)
Website qatartennis.org
Current champions (2025)
Singles Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Anisimova
Doubles Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini

The Qatar Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a professional tennis WTA 1000 tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. After a two-year break the tournament returned in 2011 and is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

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History

The first tournament was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $170,000, as a Tier III tournament. [1] In 2004, the tournament got Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $585,000, [2] and in 2007 to $600,000. [3] For the 2008 season, which was the last season it was held, the tournament became Tier I for the prize money of $2,500,000. [4] The event then took a two-year break due to the venue hosting the WTA Tour Championship, thus not being played in 2009 or 2010. The tournament returned in 2011 as a Premier Event with the prize money of $721,000 and a 32-competitor singles draw (16-pair doubles draw). [5] The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012 to 2014, but in the 2015 WTA Season the tournament was back to a Premier event. It then switched back to being a Premier 5 tournament in 2016, when the Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Since then, the two tournaments alternated between Premier 5 and Premier (now known as WTA 1000 and WTA 500) status every year, until 2024, when both events were held as WTA 1000 events.

The event is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex which currently has a capacity of 6,911. It was originally much smaller but had a makeover in 2008. [6] Its prize money as of 2016 was $2,517,250 and the tournament director is Saad Al Mohannadi. [7]

Past finals

Victoria Azarenka serving at the 2012 Qatar Ladies Open Victoria Azarenka 4.jpg
Victoria Azarenka serving at the 2012 Qatar Ladies Open
Two-time world No. 1. Simona Halep took home her first Premier 5 trophy at the Khalifa International Complex in 2014. Simona Halep at Qatar Open 2014 Singles Final cropped.jpg
Two-time world No. 1. Simona Halep took home her first Premier 5 trophy at the Khalifa International Complex in 2014.

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
   Tier III tournament   
2001 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud 6–3, 6–2
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–6(8–6), 6–3
2003 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–1
   Tier II tournament   
2004 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina (2) Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 
2005 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 
2006 Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5
2007 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2
   Tier I tournament   
2008 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova (2) Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2009–2010Not Held
   Premier tournament   
2011 Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4 
   Premier 5 tournament   
2012 Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 6–1, 6–2
2013 Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka (2) Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber 6–2, 6–3
   Premier tournament   
2015 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–3
   Premier 5 tournament   
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
   Premier tournament   
2017 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–4
   Premier 5 tournament   
2018 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
   Premier tournament   
2019 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
   Premier 5 tournament   
2020 Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–3
   WTA 500 tournament   
2021 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová (2) Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 6–2, 6–1
   WTA 1000 tournament   
2022 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–0
   WTA 500 tournament   
2023 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek (2) Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 6–3, 6–0
   WTA 1000 tournament   
2024 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek (3) Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 7–6(10–8), 6–2
2025 Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Anisimova Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
   Tier III tournament   
2001 Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud
Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kristie Boogert
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Miriam Oremans
7–5, 7–6
2002 Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis
6–3, 6–3
2003 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Janet Lee
Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya
Flag of Venezuela.svg María Vento-Kabchi
Flag of Indonesia.svg Angelique Widjaja
6–1, 6–3
   Tier II tournament   
2004 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva
Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez
7–6, 6–2
2005 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Huber
6–3, 6–4
2006 Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian
6–4, 6–4
2007 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko
Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–1, 6–1
   Tier I tournament   
2008 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
2009–2010Not Held
   Premier tournament   
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke (2)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
   Premier 5 tournament   
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
6–3, 6–1
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci (2)
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 6–0
   Premier tournament   
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–4
   Premier 5 tournament   
2016 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
Flag of Spain.svg Carla Suárez Navarro
6–3, 6–3
   Premier tournament   
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears (2)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik (2)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Savchuk
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yaroslava Shvedova
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
   Premier 5 tournament   
2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
   Premier tournament   
2019 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching (2)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan (2)
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
   Premier 5 tournament   
2020 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei (2)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
   WTA 500 tournament   
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
   WTA 1000 tournament   
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
   WTA 500 tournament   
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula (2)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
   WTA 1000 tournament   
2024 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs (2)
Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Dolehide
Flag of the United States.svg Desirae Krawczyk
6–4, 6–2
2025 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani (2)
Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Xinyu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Fang-hsien
7–5, 7–6(12–10)

See also

References

  1. "2001 Results" . Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. "Doha results 2004" . Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. "Qatar Total Open - Doha 2007 live score / Tennis WTA - 26.02.2007 - TennisLive.com". www.tennislive.net. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. "Qatar 2008 results and prize money" . Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. "2011 Qatar Ladies Open information" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. "Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex rebuild" . Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. "WTA tournaments 2016" . Retrieved 4 April 2016.