2013 Qatar Total Open
{{short description|Women's tennis tournament}}
{{TennisEventInfo|2013|Qatar Total Open|
| date=11–17 February
| edition=11th
| draw=56S / 26D
| category=WTA Premier 5
| surface=Hard
| prize_money=$2,369,000
| venue=Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
| champs={{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
| champd={{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani / {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci
}}
The 2013 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 17 February 2013.
Points and prize money
=Point distribution=
| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |
| style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event
| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |
| style="background:#ededed;"| Singles
|rowspan=2|900 |rowspan=2|620 |rowspan=2|395 |rowspan=2|225 |rowspan=2|125 |70 |1 |30 |20 |1 |
|---|
| style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles
|1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
=Prize money=
| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |
| style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event
| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |
| style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Singles
|$426,000 |$213,000 |$106,435 |$49,040 |$24,300 |$12,480 |$6,415 |$3,560 |$1,840 |
| style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Doubles *
|$122,000 |$61,600 |$30,490 |$15,340 |$7,780 |3,840 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flag|BLR}}
|1 |1 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|2 |2 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|3 |3 |
| {{flag|POL}}
|4 |4 |
| {{flag|GER}}
|6 |5 |
| {{flag|ITA}}
|7 |6 |
| {{flag|CZE}}
|8 |7 |
| {{flag|AUS}}
|9 |8 |
| {{flag|FRA}}
|10 |9 |
| {{flag|DEN}}
|11 |10 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|12 |11 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|13 |12 |
| {{flag|SRB}}
|14 |13 |
| | |
| {{flag|ITA}}
|16 |15 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|17 |16 |
| {{flag|CZE}}
|18 |17 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 4, 2013.
=Other entrants=
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- {{flagicon|OMA}} Fatma Al-Nabhani
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Heidi El Tabakh
- {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Bychkova
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Vera Dushevina
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Nadiia Kichenok
- {{flagicon|SLO}} Tadeja Majerič
- {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yulia Putintseva
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Anastasia Rodionova
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Gavrilova
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Mervana Jugić-Salkić
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Na (left ankle injury)
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Bojana Jovanovski (back injury)
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
- {{flagicon|USA}} Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flag|ITA}}
|{{flag|ITA}} |1 |1 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
|{{flag|SLO}} |20 |2 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|{{flagu|USA}} |27 |3 |
| {{flag|ESP}}
|{{flag|CHN}} |30 |4 |
| {{flag|TPE}}
|{{flagu|USA}} |33 |5 |
| {{flag|GER}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |35 |6 |
| {{flag|CZE}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |40 |7 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|{{flag|IND}} |46 |8 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 4, 2013.
=Other entrants=
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- {{flagicon|OMA}} Fatma Al-Nabhani / {{flagicon|GER}} Kathrin Wörle
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia / {{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová / {{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Aleksandrina Naydenova / {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Schiavone
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Maria Elena Camerin / {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep
- {{flagicon|POL}} Justyna Jegiołka / {{flagicon|UKR}} Veronika Kapshay
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Lyudmyla Kichenok / {{flagicon|UKR}} Nadiia Kichenok
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|USA}} Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)
Champions
=Singles=
{{main|2013 Qatar Total Open – Singles}}
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka def. {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams, 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
=Doubles=
{{main|2013 Qatar Total Open – Doubles}}
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani / {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Nadia Petrova / {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203202451/http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/index/48 Official Website]
{{Qatar Open tournaments}}
{{2013 WTA Tour}}