2017 Qatar Total Open
# 2017 Qatar Total Open

The 2017 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 18 February 2017.

## 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 | $132,740 | $70,880 | $36,850 | $20,350 | $10,915 | $6,925 | $3,110 | $1,650 | $920 |
| Doubles* | $41,520 | $22,180 | $12,120 | $6,165 | $3,350 | — | — | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 2 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 5 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 4 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 7 | 5 |
| RUS | Elena Vesnina | 15 | 6 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 16 | 7 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 17 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 6, 2017.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani
* Çağla Büyükakçay

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Madison Brengle
* Lauren Davis
* Jelena Janković
* Christina McHale

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Johanna Konta → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Laura Siegemund
* Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Monica Puig

### Retirements

* Timea Bacsinszky
* Yulia Putintseva

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Yung-jan | SUI | Martina Hingis | 20 | 1 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 21 | 2 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CHN | Peng Shuai | 26 | 3 |
| USA | Abigail Spears | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 46 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of February 6, 2017.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mubaraka Al-Naimi
* Chuang Chia-jung / Jelena Janković

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Madison Brengle / Naomi Broady

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Tímea Babos
* Timea Bacsinszky

## Champions

### Singles

* Karolína Plíšková def. Caroline Wozniacki, 6–3, 6–4

### Doubles

* Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik def. Olga Savchuk / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, $7–6^{(9–7)}$
