2024 Qatar TotalEnergies Open

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2024 Qatar TotalEnergies Open
Date11–17 February 2024
Edition22nd
Category WTA 1000
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$3,211,715
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek
Doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs / Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
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The 2024 Qatar TotalEnergies Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the WTA Qatar Open, and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar, from 11 to 17 February 2024. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles1000650390215120651030202
Doubles10

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Iga Świątek 11
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Gauff 32
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 53
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 64
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Qinwen 75
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 86
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 97
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 118
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 129
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 1310
Daria Kasatkina 1411
Liudmila Samsonova 1512
Veronika Kudermetova 1613
Ekaterina Alexandrova 1914
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 2115
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Navarro 2316

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 31
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 112
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 233
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund 294
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 295
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 336
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Storm Hunter Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alycia Parks 357
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Giuliana Olmos 468

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Qatar TotalEnergies Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Swiatek, Sabalenka, Gauff, Osaka on Doha entry list". wtatennis.com. 22 January 2024.