The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56QQ2Q1 Singles90058535019010560130201 1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56Q2Q1Singles$591,750$295,900$147,750$68,125$33,750$17,325$8,900$4,955$2,550$169,280$85,600$42,360$21,235$10,805$5,335 *per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank1 SeedCaroline Wozniacki11Simona Halep22Elina Svitolina33Garbiñe Muguruza44Karolína Plíšková55Jeļena Ostapenko66Caroline Garcia77Angelique Kerber98Julia Görges109Johanna Konta1110Kristina Mladenovic1311Madison Keys1412Anastasija Sevastova1513Magdaléna Rybáriková1814Elise Mertens2015Petra Kvitová2116 1 Rankings as of February 5, 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani Çağla Büyükakçay Ons Jabeur Maria Sharapova
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Catherine Bellis Anna Blinkova Kateryna Bondarenko Duan Yingying Monica Niculescu Naomi Osaka Bernarda Pera Markéta Vondroušová
Withdrawals Before the tournament Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Donna Vekić Ana Konjuh → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Tímea Babos CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Mona Barthel
During the tournament Simona Halep
Retirements Julia Görges Daria Kasatkina Magdaléna Rybáriková
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedEkaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina61Latisha ChanAndrea Sestini Hlaváčková72Lucie ŠafářováBarbora Strýcová223Tímea BabosKristina Mladenovic244Hsieh Su-weiPeng Shuai415Irina-Camelia BeguMonica Niculescu446Chan Hao-chingYang Zhaoxuan497Andreja KlepačMaría José Martínez Sánchez508 Rankings are as of February 5, 2018.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani / Jessy Rompies Mubaraka Al-Naimi / Ons Jabeur Dominika Cibulková / Vera Zvonareva
The following pairs received entry as alternates: Mona Barthel / Carina Witthöft
Withdrawals Before the tournament Irina-Camelia Begu
Retirements Barbora Strýcová
Champions Singles
Petra Kvitová def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
It was Kvitová's first Doha title and second of the year and 22nd WTA title overall.
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko def. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 6–3
External links Main website