2013 Qatar Total Open

The 2013 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 17 February 2013.

2013 Qatar Total Open
Date	11–17 February
Edition	11th
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 26D
Prize money	$2,369,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Victoria Azarenka
Doubles
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	900	620	395	225	125	70	1	30	20	1
Doubles						1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$426,000	$213,000	$106,435	$49,040	$24,300	$12,480	$6,415	$3,560	$1,840
Doubles *	$122,000	$61,600	$30,490	$15,340	$7,780	3,840	—	—	—

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	1	1
USA	Serena Williams	2	2
RUS	Maria Sharapova	3	3
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	4
GER	Angelique Kerber	6	5
ITA	Sara Errani	7	6
CZE	Petra Kvitová	8	7
AUS	Samantha Stosur	9	8
FRA	Marion Bartoli	10	9
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	11	10
RUS	Nadia Petrova	12	11
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	13	12
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	14	13
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	15	14
ITA	Roberta Vinci	16	15
USA	Sloane Stephens	17	16
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	18	17

• ¹ Rankings as of February 4, 2013.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani
• Heidi El Tabakh
• Ons Jabeur

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ekaterina Bychkova
• Vera Dushevina
• Caroline Garcia
• Nadiia Kichenok
• Tadeja Majerič
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Yulia Putintseva
• Anastasia Rodionova

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

• Daria Gavrilova
• Mervana Jugić-Salkić

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Li Na (left ankle injury)
• Dominika Cibulková
• Bojana Jovanovski (back injury)

Retirements

• Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
• Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
• Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
• Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	1	1
RUS	Nadia Petrova	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	20	2
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	27	3
ESP	Nuria Llagostera Vives	CHN	Zheng Jie	30	4
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	USA	Liezel Huber	33	5
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	CZE	Květa Peschke	35	6
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Šafářová	40	7
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	IND	Sania Mirza	46	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 4, 2013.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani / Kathrin Wörle
• Caroline Garcia / Christina McHale
• Petra Kvitová / Yanina Wickmayer
• Aleksandrina Naydenova / Francesca Schiavone

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

• Maria Elena Camerin / Simona Halep
• Justyna Jegiołka / Veronika Kapshay
• Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
• Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
• Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2013 Qatar Total Open – Singles

• Victoria Azarenka def. Serena Williams, 7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2013 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

• Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci def. Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]

External links

• Official Website