2019 Qatar Total Open
# 2019 Qatar Total Open

The 2019 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 16 February 2019.

## 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 | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $158,895 | $84,850 | $45,320 | $24,360 | $13,065 | $8,290 | $3,720 | $1,980 | $1,100 |
| Doubles* | $49,700 | $26,546 | $14,510 | $7,385 | $4,010 | — | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 2 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 3 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 7 | 4 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 5 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 6 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 12 | 7 |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 13 | 8 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 16 | 9 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 4, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani
* Ons Jabeur
* Elina Svitolina
* Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Anna Blinkova
* Karolína Muchová
* Ajla Tomljanović
* Zhu Lin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Lara Arruabarrena
* Polona Hercog
* Kristýna Plíšková
* Alison Riske
* Samantha Stosur

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Polona Hercog
* Caroline Garcia → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
* Madison Keys → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
* Naomi Osaka → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
* Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
* Wang Qiang → replaced by Alison Riske
* Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Samantha Stosur

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 24 | 1 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 27 | 2 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 28 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | NED | Demi Schuurs | 40 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of February 4, 2019.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mubaraka Al-Naimi
* Karolína Plíšková / Kristýna Plíšková

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Ons Jabeur / Alison Riske

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Karolína Plíšková (viral illness)

## Champions

### Singles

* Elise Mertens def. Simona Halep, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

### Doubles

* Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs, 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
