The Qatar 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.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Tier I for the prize money of $2,500,000.[ 4] 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).[ 5] Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Since then, the two tournaments alternated between Premier 5 and Premier (now known as WTA 1000 and WTA 500) status every year, until 2024, when both events were held as WTA 1000 events.
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.[ 6] [ 7]
Past finals File:Victoria Azarenka 4.jpg Victoria Azarenka serving at the 2012 Qatar Ladies Open File:Simona Halep at Qatar Open 2014 Singles Final cropped.jpg Two-time world No. 1. Simona Halep took home her first Premier 5 trophy at the Khalifa International Complex in 2014. Singles
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
↓ Tier III tournament ↓
2001 Switzerland Martina Hingis France Sandrine Testud 6–3, 6–2
2002
United States Monica Seles Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–6(8–6) , 6–3
2003 Russia Anastasia Myskina Russia Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–1
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2004 Russia Anastasia Myskina (2) Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2005 Russia Maria Sharapova Australia Alicia Molik 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2006 Russia Nadia Petrova France Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5
2007 Belgium Justine Henin Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2
↓ Tier I tournament ↓
2008 Russia Maria Sharapova (2) Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2009–2010
Not Held
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2011 Russia Vera Zvonareva Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2012 Belarus Victoria Azarenka Australia Samantha Stosur 6–1, 6–2
2013 Belarus Victoria Azarenka (2) United States Serena Williams 7–6(8–6) , 2–6, 6–3
2014 Romania Simona Halep Germany Angelique Kerber 6–2, 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015 Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová Belarus Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–3
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2016 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2017 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–4
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2018 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2019 Belgium Elise Mertens Romania Simona Halep 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2020 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–3
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2021 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (2) Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 6–2, 6–1
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2022 Poland Iga Świątek Estonia Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–0
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2023 Poland Iga Świątek (2) United States Jessica Pegula 6–3, 6–0
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2024 Poland Iga Świątek (3) Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 7–6(10–8) , 6–2
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ Tier III tournament ↓
2001 France Sandrine Testud Italy Roberta Vinci Netherlands Kristie Boogert Netherlands Miriam Oremans 7–5, 7–6
2002
Slovakia Janette Husárová Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario France Alexandra Fusai Netherlands Caroline Vis 6–3, 6–3
2003 Chinese Taipei Janet Lee Indonesia Wynne Prakusya Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi Indonesia Angelique Widjaja 6–1, 6–3
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2004 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia Elena Likhovtseva Slovakia Janette Husárová Spain Conchita Martínez 7–6, 6–2
2005 Italy Francesca Schiavone Australia Alicia Molik Zimbabwe Cara Black South Africa Liezel Huber 6–3, 6–4
2006 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Japan Ai Sugiyama China Li Ting China Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–4
2007 Switzerland Martina Hingis Russia Maria Kirilenko Hungary Ágnes Szávay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–1, 6–1
↓ Tier I tournament ↓
2008 Czech Republic Květa Peschke Australia Rennae Stubbs Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Liezel Huber 6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
2009–2010
Not Held
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2011 Czech Republic Květa Peschke (2) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik United States Liezel Huber Russia Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–7(2–7) , [10–8]
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2012 United States Liezel Huber United States Lisa Raymond United States Raquel Kops-Jones United States Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–1
2013 Italy Sara Errani Italy Roberta Vinci (2) Russia Nadia Petrova Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei China Peng Shuai Czech Republic Květa Peschke Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–0
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015 United States Raquel Kops-Jones United States Abigail Spears Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei India Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–4
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2016 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Italy Sara Errani Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 6–3, 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2017 United States Abigail Spears (2) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (2) Ukraine Olga Savchuk Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2018 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko Slovenia Andreja Klepač Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2019 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching (2) Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan (2) Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Netherlands Demi Schuurs 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2020 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei (2) Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2021 United States Nicole Melichar Netherlands Demi Schuurs Romania Monica Niculescu Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2022 United States Coco Gauff United States Jessica Pegula Russia Veronika Kudermetova Belgium Elise Mertens 3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2023 United States Coco Gauff (2) United States Jessica Pegula (2) Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2024 Netherlands Demi Schuurs (2) Brazil Luisa Stefani United States Caroline Dolehide United States Desirae Krawczyk 6–4, 6–2
See also References External links
Tournaments by year Active tournaments Defunct tournaments Other
Previous women's tournament categories (2001–2020)
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