2021 Qatar Total Open
Women's tennis tournament
Tennis tournament
| 2021 Qatar Total Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1–6 March | |||
| Edition | 19th | |||
| Category | WTA 500 | |||
| Draw | 28S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $565,530 | |||
| Surface | Hard | |||
| Location | Doha, Qatar | |||
| Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Petra Kvitová | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Nicole Melichar /  Demi Schuurs | ||||
| ||||
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.[1] 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.[2][3] Typically played in February[4] one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year[5] 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.[6]
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová def. 
Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–2, 6–1.
It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / 
Demi Schuurs def. 
Monica Niculescu / 
Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $68,570 | $51,000 | $32,400 | $15,500 | $8,200 | $6,650 | $3,295 | $2,350 | $1,800 |
| Doubles* | $25,230 | $17,750 | $10,000 | $5,500 | $3,500 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 UKR | Elina Svitolina | 5 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 2 |
 BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 8 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 10 | 4 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 11 | 5 |
 SUI | Belinda Bencic | 12 | 6 |
| USA | Jennifer Brady | 13 | 7 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 14 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.
Other entrants
The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by 
Ons Jabeur- Amanda Anisimova → replaced by
Misaki Doi 
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by 
Wang Qiang- Simona Halep → replaced by Amanda Anisimova
- Sofia Kenin → replaced by
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 
Iga Świątek → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova- Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Zheng Saisai
- During the tournament
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 15 | 1 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | NED | Demi Schuurs | 23 | 2 |
 JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 29 | 3 |
 RUS | Anna Blinkova |  CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | 59 | 4 |
- Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.
Other entrants
The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Hayley Carter /
Luisa Stefani → replaced by 
Akgul Amanmuradova / 
Liang En-shuo - Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by
Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova - Zhang Shuai / Zheng Saisai → replaced by Zheng Saisai / Zhu Lin
References
- ^ "QTF". www.qatartennis.org. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Koobit". www.koobit.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Qatar Total Open 2021 2021 Draws | WTA Official".
- ^ "Qatar Total Open 2021 Past Winners | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Qatar Open Tennis Tournament Fan Guide (ATP & WTA)". 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Australian Open delayed by three weeks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
