2012 Qatar Total Open
{{unreferenced|date=February 2012}}
{{TennisEventInfo|2012|Qatar Total Open|
| date=13–19 February
| edition=10th
| venue=Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
| champs={{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} Liezel Huber / {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond
}}
The 2012 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event. It took place at International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 19 February 2012. It was upgraded from a Premier event to a Premier 5 event. Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.
Champions
=Singles=
{{main|2012 Qatar Total Open – Singles}}
{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur, 6–1, 6–2
- It was Azarenka's 3rd title of the year and 11th of her career. It was her 1st Premier 5 title of her career and 6th total Premier title. It was her 3rd consecutive title and 17th consecutive match win.
=Doubles=
{{main|2012 Qatar Total Open – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Liezel Huber / {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Kops-Jones / {{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–1
Singles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flag|BLR}}
|1 |1 |
| {{flag|DEN}}
|4 |2 |
| {{flag|AUS}}
|5 |3 |
| {{flag|POL}}
|6 |4 |
| {{flag|FRA}}
|7 |5 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|8 |6 |
| {{flag|ITA}}
|11 |7 |
| {{flag|SRB}}
|13 |8 |
| {{flag|GER}}
|14 |9 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|15 |10 |
| {{flag|SVK}}
|16 |11 |
| {{flag|CHN}}
|17 |12 |
| {{flag|SRB}}
|18 |13 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|19 |14 |
| {{flag|SVK}}
|20 |15 |
| {{flag|GER}}
|21 |16 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 6, 2012
=Other entrants=
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- {{flagicon|OMN}} Fatma Al-Nabhani
- {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
- {{flagicon|MAR}} Nadia Lalami
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Vera Dushevina
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Anne Keothavong
- {{flagicon|USA}} Varvara Lepchenko
- {{flagicon|POL}} Urszula Radwańska
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Virginie Razzano
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Aleksandra Wozniak
=Withdrawals=
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová
- {{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Petkovic (low back stress fracture)
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Marion Bartoli (right calf injury)
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro (right hip injury)
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Vera Zvonareva (left hip injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flagu|USA}}
|{{flagu|USA}} |3 |1 |
| {{flag|IND}}
|{{flag|RUS}} |15 |2 |
| {{flag|SVK}}
|{{flag|POL}} |37 |3 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|{{flag|GER}} |55 |4 |
| {{flag|ESP}}
|{{flag|AUS}} |57 |5 |
| {{flag|RSA}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |59 |6 |
| {{flag|GER}}
|{{flag|CHN}} |64 |7 |
| {{flag|CZE}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |66 |8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of February 6, 2012
=Other entrants=
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
- {{flagicon|OMA}} Fatma Al-Nabhani / {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|POL}} Urszula Radwańska (upper respiratory injury)
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208134818/http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/index/31 Official Website]
{{Qatar Open tournaments}}
{{2012 WTA Tour}}