2021 Qatar Ladies Open

The 2021 Qatar Total Open is an upcoming professional women's tennis tournament set to be played in Doha, Qatar between 1st - 6th March 2021.[1] The tournament is played annually on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and is 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 will unusually be played in March this year.[5] This accommodates the delayed start to the Australian Open, which will begin three weeks later than usual as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.[6]

2021 Qatar Total Open
Date1 – 6 March
Edition19th
CategoryWTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$
SurfaceHard
LocationDoha, Qatar
VenueKhalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
2020 Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová

Point distribution
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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Doubles* $ $ $ $ $ N/A N/A N/A N/A

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 2 1
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  • 1 Rankings as of February 22, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
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  • Rankings are as of February 22, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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Champions

Singles
  • TBD def. TBD

Doubles
  • TBD / TBD def. TBD / TBD

References
  1. "QTF". www.qatartennis.org. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. "Koobit". www.koobit.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/1003/doha/2019/draws
  4. "Qatar Total Open 2021 Past Winners | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  5. https://www.thetennistribe.com/qatar-open-guide/#:~:text=This%20year%2C%20however%2C%20the%20AO,March%201%2D7%2C%202021.
  6. "Australian Open delayed by three weeks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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