2016 Qatar Total Open

2016 Qatar Total Open
2016 Qatar Total Open
Date	21–27 February
Edition	14th
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 26D
Prize money	$2,818,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
	Carla Suárez Navarro
Doubles
	Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan

The 2016 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 21 and 27 February 2016.

Points and prize money edit

Point distribution edit

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 edit

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$518,500^[1]	$259,300	$129,520	$59,730	$29,580	$15,185	$7,800	$4,340^[2]	$2,230
Doubles *	$148,300^[3]	$75,010	$37,130	$18,700	$9,470	$4,680	—	—	—

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Singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	2	1
ROU	Simona Halep	3	2
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	3
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	5	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	8	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	9	6
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	10	7
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	11	8
ITA	Roberta Vinci	13	9
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	14	10
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	16	11
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	18	12
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	19	13
SRB	Jelena Janković	20	14
UKR	Elina Svitolina	21	15
ITA	Sara Errani	22	16

¹ Rankings as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

Mona Barthel → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Misaki Doi
Alizé Cornet → replaced by Zheng Saisai
Camila Giorgi → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
Maria Sharapova (forearm injury) → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by Denisa Allertová

Retirements edit

Andrea Petkovic (left thigh injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SUI	Martina Hingis	IND	Sania Mirza	2	1
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	10	2
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	20	3
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	21	4
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	22	5
HUN	Tímea Babos	GER	Julia Görges	36	6
USA	Raquel Atawo	USA	Abigail Spears	39	7
SLO	Andreja Klepač	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	49	8

¹ Rankings as of February 15, 2016.

Other entrants edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals edit

During the tournament

Petra Kvitová (right leg injury)

Champions edit

Singles edit

Carla Suárez Navarro def. Jeļena Ostapenko, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles edit

Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Sara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–3

References edit

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External links edit

Official Website

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