2018 Qatar Total Open – Singles

Singles
2018 Qatar Total Open
2017 Champion	Karolína Plíšková
Draw	56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2018 Qatar Total Open

Karolína Plíšková is the defending champion.

Caroline Wozniacki and Simona Halep are in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. Halep must reach at least the quarterfinals in order to have a chance at regaining the top ranking from Wozniacki.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

2

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	C Wozniacki
		T Maria	3	0					C Witthöft
		C Witthöft	6	6
	Q	M Niculescu	4	6	6
	WC	M Sharapova	6	4	3			Q	M Niculescu
	WC	F Al-Nabhani	3
	14	M Rybáriková	6
	10	J Konta	77	6
	Q	B Pera	65	1				10	J Konta
		C Suárez Navarro
	Q	K Bondarenko
		S Stosur	6
		I-C Begu	4
								8	A Kerber

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								3	E Svitolina
		Y Putintseva	3	1				Q	M Vondroušová
	Q	M Vondroušová	6	6
		M Barthel	6	3	5
		A Radwańska	3	6	7				A Radwańska
	WC	Ç Büyükakçay	0	3				16	P Kvitová
	16	P Kvitová	6	6
	9	J Görges
		L Šafářová
		B Strýcová
		A Krunić
		L Tsurenko	5	4
		M Buzărnescu	7	6					M Buzărnescu
								6	J Ostapenko

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								7	C Garcia
		D Cibulková	710	6					D Cibulková
		A Pavlyuchenkova	68	4
		E Vesnina	1	3
	Q	A Blinkova	6	6				Q	A Blinkova
		S Peng	2	4				11	K Mladenovic
	11	K Mladenovic	6	6
	15	E Mertens
		T Babos
		M Sakkari	2	3					S Cîrstea
		S Cîrstea	6	6
	WC	O Jabeur	2	3											4	G Muguruza
	Q	Y Duan	6	6				Q	Y Duan	3	4
								4	G Muguruza	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								5	Ka Plíšková
		A Kontaveit	2	1					A Cornet
		A Cornet	6	6
	Q	C Bellis	7	4
		D Kasatkina	5	1r				Q	C Bellis
		Q Wang	1	4				12	M Keys
	12	M Keys	6	6
	13	A Sevastova	6	6
		D Vekić	3	4				13	A Sevastova
	Q	N Osaka	6	6				Q	N Osaka
		K Siniaková	4	0
		E Makarova	7	6
		S Zhang	5	0					E Makarova
								2	S Halep

Qualifying

Seeds

2

Qualifiers

2

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Catherine Bellis	6	6
	WC	Mubaraka Al-Naimi	0	0
								1	Catherine Bellis	6	6
									Sofya Zhuk	1	3
		Sofya Zhuk	6	6
	9	Francesca Schiavone	3	2

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Naomi Osaka	6	6
		Lu Jingjing	3	4
								2	Naomi Osaka	6	6
								16	Danka Kovinić	3	1
		Michaela Hončová	4	7	1
	16	Danka Kovinić	6	5	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Markéta Vondroušová	6	6
	WC	Sabine Lisicki	1	3
								3	Markéta Vondroušová	6	6
								PR	Kristína Kučová	1	2
	PR	Kristína Kučová	6	6
	10	Océane Dodin	4	1

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Hsieh Su-wei	4	4
	WC	Vera Zvonareva	6	6
								WC	Vera Zvonareva	67	77	3
								11	Duan Yingying	79	65	6
		Barbora Krejčíková	63	4
	11	Duan Yingying	77	6

Fifth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Christina McHale	6	6
	WC	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3	0
								5	Christina McHale	3	0
								14	Bernarda Pera	6	6
		Tereza Martincová	2	4
	14	Bernarda Pera	6	6

Sixth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Kateryna Bondarenko	6	4	6
		Sesil Karatantcheva	3	6	3
								6	Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6
								13	Sara Sorribes Tormo	4	3
		Naomi Broady	4	77	5
	13	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6	61	7

Seventh Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6	7
		Arina Rodionova	4	5
								7	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2	2r
									Anna Blinkova	6	4
		Anna Blinkova	6	6
	15	Jana Fett	1	1

Eighth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	8	Monica Niculescu	6	6
		Risa Ozaki	1	0
								8	Monica Niculescu	6	6
								12	Andrea Petkovic	4	1
		Han Xinyun	3	1
	12	Andrea Petkovic	6	6

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw