WTA Qatar Open
# WTA Qatar Open

The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. After a two-year break the tournament returned in 2011 and is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

## History

The first tournament was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $170,000, as a Tier III tournament. In 2004, the tournament got Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $585,000, and in 2007 to $600,000. For the 2008 season, which was the last season it was held, the tournament became Tier I for the prize money of $2,500,000. The event then took a two-year break due to the venue hosting the WTA Tour Championship, thus not being played in 2009 or 2010. The tournament returned in 2011 as a Premier Event with the prize money of $721,000 and a 32-competitor singles draw (16-pair doubles draw). The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012 to 2014, but in the 2015 WTA Season the tournament was back to a Premier event. It then switched back to being a Premier 5 tournament in 2016, when the Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Now, the two tournaments alternate between Premier 5 and Premier status every year.

The event is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex which currently has a capacity of 6,911. It was originally much smaller but had a makeover in 2008. Its prize money as of 2016 was $2,517,250 and the tournament director is Saad Al Mohannadi.

## Past finals

### Singles

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| ↓ Tier III tournament ↓ ||||
| 2001 | Martina Hingis | Sandrine Testud | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2002 | Monica Seles | Tamarine Tanasugarn | $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 6–3 |
| 2003 | Anastasia Myskina | Elena Likhovtseva | 6–3, 6–1 |
| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ ||||
| 2004 | Anastasia Myskina (2) | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2005 | Maria Sharapova | Alicia Molik | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Nadia Petrova | Amélie Mauresmo | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2007 | Justine Henin | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6–4, 6–2 |
| ↓ Tier I tournament ↓ ||||
| 2008 | Maria Sharapova (2) | Vera Zvonareva | 6–1, 2–6, 6–0 |
| 2009-2010 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2011 | Vera Zvonareva | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2012 | Victoria Azarenka | Samantha Stosur | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2013 | Victoria Azarenka (2) | Serena Williams | $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 2–6, 6–3 |
| 2014 | Simona Halep | Angelique Kerber | 6–2, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2015 | Lucie Šafářová | Victoria Azarenka | 6–4, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2016 | Carla Suárez Navarro | Jeļena Ostapenko | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2017 | Karolína Plíšková | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–3, 6–4 |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2018 | Petra Kvitová | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2019 | Elise Mertens | Simona Halep | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2020 | Aryna Sabalenka | Petra Kvitová | 6–3, 6–3 |
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2021 | Petra Kvitová (2) | Garbiñe Muguruza | 6–2, 6–1 |
| ↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2022 | Iga Świątek | Anett Kontaveit | 6–2, 6–0 |
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2023 | Iga Świątek (2) | Jessica Pegula | 6–3, 6–0 |

### Doubles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| ↓ Tier III tournament ↓ ||||
| 2001 | Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci | Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans | 7–5, 7–6 |
| 2002 | Janette Husárová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2003 | Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya | María Vento-Kabchi Angelique Widjaja | 6–1, 6–3 |
| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ ||||
| 2004 | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 2005 | Francesca Schiavone Alicia Molik | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama | Li Ting Sun Tiantian | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2007 | Martina Hingis Maria Kirilenko | Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová | 6–1, 6–1 |
| ↓ Tier I tournament ↓ ||||
| 2008 | Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–1, 5–7, [10–7] |
| 2009–2010 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2011 | Květa Peschke (2) Katarina Srebotnik | Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova | 7–5, $6–7^{(2–7)}$ , [10–8] |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2012 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2013 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci (2) | Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik | 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| 2014 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–0 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2015 | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | Hsieh Su-wei Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2016 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 6–3, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2017 | Abigail Spears (2) Katarina Srebotnik (2) | Olga Savchuk Yaroslava Shvedova | 6–3, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2018 | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–3, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ ||||
| 2019 | Chan Hao-ching (2) Latisha Chan (2) | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs | 6–1, 3–6, [10–6] |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2020 | Hsieh Su-wei (2) Barbora Strýcová | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–2, 5–7, [10–2] |
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2021 | Nicole Melichar Demi Schuurs | Monica Niculescu Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–2, 2–6, [10–8] |
| ↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2022 | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula | Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens | 3–6, 7–5, [10–5] |
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ ||||
| 2023 | Coco Gauff (2) Jessica Pegula (2) | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–4, 2–6, [10–7] |
