2015 Qatar Total Open
# 2015 Qatar Total Open

The 2015 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar from 23 February to 28 February.

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

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $35,455 | $19,050 | $10,220 | $5,580 | $2,920 | $2,900 | $1,555 | $860 |
| Doubles* | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,875 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 3 | 1 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 4 | 2 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 5 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 8 | 4 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 9 | 5 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 10 | 6 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 11 | 7 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 12 | 8 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 13 | 9 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 16, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Victoria Azarenka
* Ons Jabeur
* Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Alexandra Dulgheru
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Daria Gavrilova
* Stefanie Vögele

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Zheng Saisai

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Sabine Lisicki
* Simona Halep (right rib injury) → replaced by Zheng Saisai
* Peng Shuai → replaced by Casey Dellacqua

### Retirements

* Alexandra Dulgheru (upper respiratory tract infection)
* Jelena Janković (right hip injury)
* Garbiñe Muguruza (viral illness)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | IND | Sania Mirza | 11 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 16 | 2 |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 17 | 3 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 22 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 16, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Zheng Saisai
* Victoria Azarenka / Kirsten Flipkens

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

* Yuliya Beygelzimer / Olga Savchuk
* Jarmila Gajdošová / Andrea Petkovic
* Darija Jurak / Klára Koukalová

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kristina Mladenovic (viral infection)
* Garbiñe Muguruza (viral illness)
* Karolína Plíšková (viral illness)

**During the tournament**

* Kirsten Flipkens (viral illness)

## Champions

### Singles

* Lucie Šafářová def. Victoria Azarenka, 6–4, 6–3

### Doubles

* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears def. Hsieh Su-wei / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–4
