2021 Qatar Total Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2021|Qatar Total Open|

| date=1–6 March

| edition=19th

| draw=28S / 16D

| category=WTA 500

| surface=Hard

| prize_money=$565,530

| location=Doha, Qatar

| venue=Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex

| champs={{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová

| champd={{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Melichar / {{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs

| main_name=Qatar Total Open{{!}} Qatar Open

}}

The 2021 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played in Doha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021.{{Cite web|title=QTF|url=https://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/qatar-total-open-2021/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.qatartennis.org}} The tournament was played on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and was a WTA 500 event on the 2021 WTA Tour.{{Cite web|title=Koobit|url=https://www.koobit.com/qatar-total-open-e601|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.koobit.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/1003/doha/2021/draws|title=Qatar Total Open 2021 2021 Draws | WTA Official}} Typically played in February{{Cite web|title=Qatar Total Open 2021 Past Winners {{!}} WTA Official|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/1003/doha/past-winners|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Women's Tennis Association}} one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetennistribe.com/qatar-open-guide/#:~:text=This%20year%2C%20however%2C%20the%20AO,March%201%2D7%2C%202021.|title=Qatar Open Tennis Tournament Fan Guide (ATP & WTA)|date=7 October 2020}} in order to adjust for the delayed start of the 2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|title=Australian Open delayed by three weeks|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/55199746|access-date=2021-02-05}}

Finals

=Singles=

{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová def. {{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–2, 6–1.

It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Melichar / {{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs def. {{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu / {{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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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 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q3 \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Singles \|rowspan=2\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|18 \|13 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Doubles \| 1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

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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

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q3

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#ededed;"| Singles

|rowspan=2|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|18

|13

style="background:#ededed;"| Doubles

| 1

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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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 32¹

|width=85|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Singles

|$68,570

|$51,000

|$32,400

|$15,500

|$8,200

|$6,650

|$3,295

|$2,350

|$1,800

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Doubles*

|$25,230

|$17,750

|$10,000

|$5,500

|$3,500

| {{n/a}}

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Elina Svitolina \|5 \|1
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|6 \|2
{{flag\|BLR}} \|Aryna Sabalenka \|8 \|3
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|10 \|4
{{flag\|NED}} \|Kiki Bertens \|11 \|5
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Belinda Bencic \|12 \|6
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Jennifer Brady \|13 \|7
{{flag\|BLR}} \|Victoria Azarenka \|14 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Elina Svitolina

|Karolína Plíšková

|Aryna Sabalenka

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|CZE}}

|10

|11

|12

|13

|14

¹ Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.

=Other entrants=

The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
{{flagicon|TUR}} Çağla Büyükakçay
{{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko
{{flagicon|EGY}} Mayar Sherif

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

{{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova
{{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Pegula
{{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková
{{flagicon|GER}} Laura Siegemund

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Doi

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|CAN}} Bianca Andreescu → replaced by {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
{{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Anisimova → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Doi
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang
{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Anisimova
{{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Kenin → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
{{flagicon|POL}} Iga Świątek → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova
{{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka

Doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Krejčíková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Kateřina Siniaková \|15 \|1
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Nicole Melichar \|{{flag\|NED}} \|Demi Schuurs \|23 \|2
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Shuko Aoyama \|{{flag\|JPN}} \|Ena Shibahara \|29 \|3
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Anna Blinkova \|{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|59 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Barbora Krejčíková

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Kateřina Siniaková

|15

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flagu|USA}}

|{{flag|NED}}

|23

|{{flag|JPN}}

|29

|{{flag|CAN}}

|59

Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.

=Other entrants=

The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|TUR}} Çağla Büyükakçay / {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
{{flagicon|GER}} Laura Siegemund / {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

{{flagicon|SLO}} Andreja Klepač / {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza

The following pair received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|UZB}} Akgul Amanmuradova / {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|USA}} Hayley Carter / {{flagicon|BRA}} Luisa Stefani → replaced by {{flagicon|UZB}} Akgul Amanmuradova / {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo
{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Yifan / {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by {{flagicon|KAZ}} Elena Rybakina / {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Shuai / {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai / {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin

References

External links

Qatar Total Open

Category:Qatar Ladies Open

Category:2021 in Qatari sport

Qatar Total Open