2021 Qatar Total Open
2021 Qatar Total Open | |
---|---|
Date | 1–6 March |
Edition | 19th |
Category | WTA 500 |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | $565,530 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Doha, Qatar |
Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
Champions | |
Singles | |
![]() | |
Doubles | |
![]() ![]() |
The 2021 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played in Doha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021.[1] The tournament was played on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and was a WTA 500 event on the 2021 WTA Tour.[2][3] Typically played in February[4] one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year[5] in order to adjust for the delayed start of the 2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]Petra Kvitová def.
Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–2, 6–1.
It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.
Doubles
[edit]Nicole Melichar /
Demi Schuurs def.
Monica Niculescu /
Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $68,570 | $51,000 | $32,400 | $15,500 | $8,200 | $6,650 | $3,295 | $2,350 | $1,800 |
Doubles* | $25,230 | $17,750 | $10,000 | $5,500 | $3,500 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Elina Svitolina | 5 | 1 |
![]() |
Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 2 |
![]() |
Aryna Sabalenka | 8 | 3 |
![]() |
Petra Kvitová | 10 | 4 |
![]() |
Kiki Bertens | 11 | 5 |
![]() |
Belinda Bencic | 12 | 6 |
![]() |
Jennifer Brady | 13 | 7 |
![]() |
Victoria Azarenka | 14 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by
Ons Jabeur
Amanda Anisimova → replaced by
Misaki Doi
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by
Wang Qiang
Simona Halep → replaced by
Amanda Anisimova
Sofia Kenin → replaced by
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Iga Świątek → replaced by
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by
Zheng Saisai
- During the tournament
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Barbora Krejčíková | ![]() |
Kateřina Siniaková | 15 | 1 |
![]() |
Nicole Melichar | ![]() |
Demi Schuurs | 23 | 2 |
![]() |
Shuko Aoyama | ![]() |
Ena Shibahara | 29 | 3 |
![]() |
Anna Blinkova | ![]() |
Gabriela Dabrowski | 59 | 4 |
- Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Hayley Carter /
Luisa Stefani → replaced by
Akgul Amanmuradova /
Liang En-shuo
Xu Yifan /
Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by
Elena Rybakina /
Yaroslava Shvedova
Zhang Shuai /
Zheng Saisai → replaced by
Zheng Saisai /
Zhu Lin
References
[edit]- ^ "QTF". www.qatartennis.org. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Koobit". www.koobit.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Qatar Total Open 2021 2021 Draws | WTA Official".
- ^ "Qatar Total Open 2021 Past Winners | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Qatar Open Tennis Tournament Fan Guide (ATP & WTA)". 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Australian Open delayed by three weeks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-02-05.