2020 Qatar Total Open
| 2020 Qatar Total Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 – 29 February |
| Edition | 18th |
| Category | Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Doha, Qatar |
| Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Doubles | |
 Hsieh Su-wei /  Barbora Strýcová | |
The 2020 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 23 and 29 February 2020.[1]
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $605,000 | $304,005 | $151,515 | $69,775 | $34,500 | $17,800 | $9,100 | $5,080 | $2,620 |
| Doubles* | $172,000 | $87,000 | $43,500 | $21,700 | $11,000 | $5,500 | — | — | — |
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 AUS
|
Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
 ROU |
|||
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 3 |
 SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 4 | 4 |
 UKR
|
Elina Svitolina | 6 | 5 |
 USA
|
Sofia Kenin | 7 | 6 |
 NED
|
Kiki Bertens | 8 | 7 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 11 | 8 |
| BLR
|
Aryna Sabalenka | 13 | 9 |
 CRO
|
Petra Martić | 15 | 10 |
 ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 16 | 11 |
| CZE
|
Markéta Vondroušová | 17 | 12 |
| USA
|
Alison Riske | 18 | 13 |
 KAZ
|
Elena Rybakina | 19 | 14 |
 GRE
|
Maria Sakkari | 21 | 15 |
 BEL
|
Elise Mertens | 22 | 16 |
| CRO
|
Donna Vekić | 23 | 17 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 17, 2020
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Kirsten Flipkens
Priscilla Hon
Daria Kasatkina
Tereza Martincová
Bernarda Pera
Laura Siegemund- Kateřina Siniaková
Jil Teichmann
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jennifer Brady- Catherine Bellis → replaced by
Polona Hercog - Danielle Collins → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
Simona Halep → replaced by 
Misaki Doi- Angelique Kerber → replaced by
Carla Suárez Navarro 
Johanna Konta → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by
Tímea Babos
- During the tournament
- Amanda Anisimova (gastrointestinal illness)
Elena Rybakina (left leg injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE
|
Hsieh Su-wei | CZE
|
Barbora Strýcová | 3 | 1 |
 HUN
|
Tímea Babos |  FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 2 |
| BEL
|
Elise Mertens | BLR
|
Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 3 |
| CZE
|
Barbora Krejčíková | CZE
|
Kateřina Siniaková | 19 | 4 |
| USA
|
Nicole Melichar |  CHN
|
Xu Yifan | 26 | 5 |
 CAN
|
Gabriela Dabrowski |  LAT
|
Jeļena Ostapenko | 26 | 6 |
| TPE
|
Chan Hao-ching | TPE
|
Latisha Chan | 26 | 7 |
| AUS
|
Ashleigh Barty | NED
|
Demi Schuurs | 27 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Çağla Büyükakçay / Laura Siegemund
Caroline Garcia / 
Sania Mirza- Alla Kudryavtseva / Katarina Srebotnik
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
Latisha Chan (dizziness)
Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka def. Petra Kvitová, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles
- Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Gabriela Dabrowski /
Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
References
- ^ "Qatar Total Open Overview". wtatennis.com.