2014 Qatar Total Open – Singles
# 2014 Qatar Total Open – Singles

Simona Halep defeated Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2014 WTA Qatar Open.

Victoria Azarenka was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to a foot injury.

## Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

    01. Li Na (third round)
    02. Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)
    03. Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals)
    04. Sara Errani (quarterfinals)
    05. Jelena Janković (semifinals)
    06. Angelique Kerber (final)
    07. Simona Halep (champion)
    08. Caroline Wozniacki (second round)
    09. Ana Ivanovic (second round)
    10. Dominika Cibulková (first round, retired because of a gastrointestinal illness)
    11. Roberta Vinci (first round)
    12. Samantha Stosur (second round)
    13. Carla Suárez Navarro (withdrew because of an elbow injury)
    14. Sloane Stephens (first round)
    15. Eugenie Bouchard (first round)
    16. Kirsten Flipkens (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q | Petra Cetkovská | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 6 | 6 | Angelique Kerber | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Jelena Janković | 1 | $6^6$ | | | | |
| 3 | Petra Kvitová | 1 | 3 | 5 | Jelena Janković | 1 | $6^6$ | | | | |
| 5 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | Angelique Kerber | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | 7 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 7 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Sara Errani | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Sara Errani | 2 | 0 | 7 | Simona Halep | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Yanina Wickmayer | 2 | 1 | 2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| 2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | N Li | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone | 5 | 6 | $6^3$ | | M Rybáriková | 1 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Rybáriková | 7 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 1 | N Li | $6^2$ | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | P Cetkovská | $7^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Zanevska | 3 | 2 | | | S Zhang | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Cetkovská | 7 | 6 | | Q | P Cetkovská | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | S Stephens | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | P Cetkovská | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | A Ivanovic | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Kerber | 6 | 6 |
| | D Hantuchová | 5 | $0^r$ | | 9 | A Ivanovic | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Svitolina | 2 | 4 | | | K Zakopalová | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Zakopalová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Zakopalová | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Kerber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Ç Büyükakçay | 3 | 3 | | | Ka Plíšková | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | A Kerber | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 3 | P Kvitová | 6 | 2 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | V Williams | 2 | 6 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Martić | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | P Kvitová | $7^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Peng | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | L Šafářová | $6^2$ | 7 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | N Petrova | $6^5$ | 5 | | | S Peng | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Šafářová | 5 | 6 | 6 | | L Šafářová | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | K Flipkens | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Kvitová | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | D Cibulková | $5^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Janković | 6 | 6 |
| WC | A Kleybanova | 5 | | | WC | A Kleybanova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Vögele | $7^8$ | 7 | | | S Vögele | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet | $6^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | WC | A Kleybanova | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | K Knapp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Garcia | 4 | 1 | | | K Knapp | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 7 | S Halep | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | K Kanepi | 4 | 6 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lepchenko | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Barthel | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | A Beck | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | A Beck | $7^7$ | 6 | | A Beck | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Pironkova | 6 | 6 | Q | T Pironkova | $7^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | R Vinci | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Halep | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | E Bouchard | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Errani | 2 | 0 |
| | B Mattek-Sands | 7 | 6 | | B Mattek-Sands | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | M Niculescu | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al-Nabhani | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | M Niculescu | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | S-w Hsieh | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | S Errani | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Pennetta | 5 | 3 | Q | S-w Hsieh | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | S Errani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 8 | C Wozniacki | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Petkovic | 4 | 4 | | | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Wickmayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Y Wickmayer | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Mladenovic | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | J Čepelová | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | J Čepelová | 6 | $7^7$ | | | J Čepelová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Erakovic | 4 | 2 | | 12 | S Stosur | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y Wickmayer | 2 | 1 |
| LL | T Majerič | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Lučić-Baroni | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Meusburger | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Q | M Lučić-Baroni | 4 | $1^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | 2 | A Radwańska | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea | 2 | 6 | 7 | | S Cîrstea | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Radwańska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Tsvetana Pironkova (qualified)
* Hsieh Su-wei (qualified)
* Nadia Petrova (qualified)
* Petra Martić (qualified)
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualified)
* Zarina Diyas (first round, retired)
* Alla Kudryavtseva (qualified)
* Maryna Zanevska (qualified)
* Tadeja Majerič (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Vera Dushevina (first round)
* Claire Feuerstein (qualifying competition)
* Alexandra Panova (first round)
* Petra Cetkovská (qualified)
* Mathilde Johansson (qualifying competition)
* Alexandra Dulgheru (qualifying competition)
* Kristýna Plíšková (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

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

### Lucky losers

* Tadeja Majerič

### Draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Vitalia Diatchenko | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Vitalia Diatchenko | 2 | 3 | 1 | Tsvetana Pironkova | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | 15 | Alexandra Dulgheru | 2 | 5 |
| | Kristina Barrois | 4 | 4 | 15 | Alexandra Dulgheru | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Alexandra Dulgheru | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Laura Thorpe | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Laura Thorpe | 2 | 4 | 2 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 9 | Tadeja Majerič | 1 | 4 |
| | Ekaterina Bychkova | 2 | 3 | 9 | Tadeja Majerič | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Tadeja Majerič | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Marta Domachowska | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Marta Domachowska | 3 | 3 | 3 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 3 | 3 |
| | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 6 | 6 | | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Vera Dushevina | 3 | 0 | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Petra Martić | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | Arina Rodionova | 4 | $6^2$ | | | | | |
| | Arina Rodionova | 4 | $6^2$ | 4 | Petra Martić | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 16 | Kristýna Plíšková | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| WC | Irina Buryachok | 1 | 2 | 16 | Kristýna Plíšková | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Kristýna Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Fifth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kristina Kučová | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Kristina Kučová | 5 | 4 | 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Danka Kovinić | 4 | 4 |
| | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | Danka Kovinić | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Alexandra Panova | 3 | 3 | | | | |

**Sixth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Zarina Diyas | $6^6$ | $2^r$ | | | | |
| | Anastasia Rodionova | $7^8$ | 3 | | | | |
| | Anastasia Rodionova | $7^8$ | 3 | | Anastasia Rodionova | 2 | $0^r$ |
| | | | | 13 | Petra Cetkovská | 6 | 3 |
| WC | Michaela Hončová | 0 | 2 | 13 | Petra Cetkovská | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | Petra Cetkovská | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Seventh qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Alla Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Duan Yingying | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Duan Yingying | 2 | 4 | | 7 | Alla Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Claire Feuerstein | 2 | 2 |
| | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | Claire Feuerstein | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Claire Feuerstein | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

**Eighth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Maryna Zanevska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Alberta Brianti | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Alberta Brianti | 2 | 2 | | 8 | Maryna Zanevska | $6^6$ | $7^{10}$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 14 | Mathilde Johansson | $7^8$ | $6^8$ | 3 |
| | Eva Birnerová | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Mathilde Johansson | $7^8$ | $6^8$ | 3 |
| 14 | Mathilde Johansson | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
