Tennis tournament
The Qatar 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 to 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. Since then, the two tournaments alternated between Premier 5 and Premier (now known as WTA 1000 and WTA 500) status every year, until 2024, when both events were held as WTA 1000 events.
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
Victoria Azarenka serving at the 2012 Qatar Ladies Open
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
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2023
Iga Świątek (2)
Jessica Pegula
6–3, 6–0
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2024
Iga Świątek (3)
Elena Rybakina
7–6(10–8) , 6–2
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]
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2023
Coco Gauff (2) Jessica Pegula (2)
Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko
6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
↓ WTA 1000 tournament ↓
2024
Demi Schuurs (2) Luisa Stefani
Caroline Dolehide Desirae Krawczyk
6–4, 6–2
See also
References
External links
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Previous women's tournament categories (2001–2020)