2018 Qatar Total Open

2018 Qatar Total Open
Date	12–17 February
Edition	16th
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 28D
Prize money	$2,666,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko
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The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 56	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Doubles						1	—	—	—	—

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 56	Q2	Q1
Singles	$591,750	$295,900	$147,750	$68,125	$33,750	$17,325	$8,900	$4,955	$2,550
Doubles*	$169,280	$85,600	$42,360	$21,235	$10,805	$5,335	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	1	1
ROU	Simona Halep	2	2
UKR	Elina Svitolina	3	3
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	4
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	5	5
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	6
FRA	Caroline Garcia	7	7
GER	Angelique Kerber	9	8
GER	Julia Görges	10	9
GBR	Johanna Konta	11	10
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	13	11
USA	Madison Keys	14	12
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	15	13
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	18	14
BEL	Elise Mertens	20	15
CZE	Petra Kvitová	21	16

• ¹ Rankings as of February 5, 2018.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani
• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Ons Jabeur
• Maria Sharapova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Catherine Bellis
• Anna Blinkova
• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Duan Yingying
• Monica Niculescu
• Naomi Osaka
• Bernarda Pera
• Markéta Vondroušová

Before the tournament

• Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Donna Vekić
• Ana Konjuh → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Tímea Babos
• CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Mona Barthel

During the tournament

• Simona Halep

• Julia Görges
• Daria Kasatkina
• Magdaléna Rybáriková

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	6	1
TPE	Latisha Chan	CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	7	2
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	22	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	24	4
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CHN	Peng Shuai	41	5
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	Monica Niculescu	44	6
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	49	7
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	50	8

• Rankings are as of February 5, 2018.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani / Jessy Rompies
• Mubaraka Al-Naimi / Ons Jabeur
• Dominika Cibulková / Vera Zvonareva

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

• Mona Barthel / Carina Witthöft

Before the tournament

• Irina-Camelia Begu

• Barbora Strýcová

• Petra Kvitová def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

It was Kvitová's first Doha title and second of the year and 22nd WTA title overall.

• Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko def. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 6–3

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