2014 Qatar Total Open
# 2014 Qatar Total Open

The 2014 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 10 and 16 February 2014.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $441,000 | $220,200 | $110,100 | $50,700 | $25,135 | $12,900 | $6,630 | $3,700 | $1,900 |
| Doubles * | $126,000 | $63,750 | $31,665 | $15,880 | $8,020 | 3,980 | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CHN | Li Na | 3 | 1 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 4 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 8 | 5 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 6 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 10 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 8 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 9 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 10 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 14 | 11 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 16 | 12 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 17 | 13 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 18 | 14 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 19 | 15 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 20 | 16 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 3, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani
* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Alisa Kleybanova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Petra Cetkovská
* Hsieh Su-wei
* Alla Kudryavtseva
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Petra Martić
* Nadia Petrova
* Tsvetana Pironkova
* Maryna Zanevska

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Tadeja Majerič

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Victoria Azarenka (foot injury) → replaced by Annika Beck
* Jamie Hampton → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
* Bojana Jovanovski → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
* Madison Keys → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Shuai Zhang
* Sabine Lisicki (shoulder injury) → replaced by Monica Niculescu
* Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
* Carla Suárez Navarro (elbow injury) → replaced by Tadeja Majerič
* Serena Williams (back injury) → replaced by Karolína Plíšková

### Retirements

* Dominika Cibulková (gastrointestinal illness)
* Daniela Hantuchová (right knee injury)
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (low back injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CHN | Peng Shuai | 7 | 2 |
| SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | CZE | Květa Peschke | 17 | 3 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | IND | Sania Mirza | 22 | 4 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 25 | 5 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 36 | 6 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 41 | 7 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 48 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 3, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Michaela Hončová
* Yuliya Beygelzimer / Olga Savchuk
* Kirsten Flipkens / Francesca Schiavone
* Jelena Janković / Alisa Kleybanova

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (low back injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* Simona Halep def. Angelique Kerber, 6–2, 6–3

### Doubles

* Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai def. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–4, 6–0
