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.[1] In 2004, the tournament got Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $585,000,[2] and in 2007 to $600,000.[3] 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.[4] 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).[5] The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012–2014, 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.[6] Its prize money as of 2016 was $2,517,250 and the tournament director is Saad Al Mohannadi.[7]
Past finals
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 |
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 |
↓ 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 |
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 |
↓ 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] |
See also
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