2019 Qatar Total Open

The 2019 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 16 February 2019.^[1]

2019 Qatar Total Open
Date	11–16 February
Edition	17th
Category	Premier
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$916,131
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Elise Mertens
Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$158,895	$84,850	$45,320	$24,360	$13,065	$8,290	$3,720	$1,980	$1,100
Doubles*	$49,700	$26,546	$14,510	$7,385	$4,010	—	—	—	—

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	5	2
GER	Angelique Kerber	6	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	7	4
NED	Kiki Bertens	8	5
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	10	6
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	12	7
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	13	8
GER	Julia Görges	16	9

• ¹ Rankings as of February 4, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani
• Ons Jabeur
• Elina Svitolina
• Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anna Blinkova
• Karolína Muchová
• Ajla Tomljanović
• Zhu Lin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Lara Arruabarrena
• Polona Hercog
• Kristýna Plíšková
• Alison Riske
• Samantha Stosur

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Polona Hercog
• Caroline Garcia → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
• Madison Keys → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
• Naomi Osaka → replaced by Barbora Strýcová
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Alison Riske
• Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Samantha Stosur

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	24	1
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	27	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	28	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	NED	Demi Schuurs	40	4

• Rankings are as of February 4, 2019.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Fatma Al-Nabhani / Mubaraka Al-Naimi
• Karolína Plíšková / Kristýna Plíšková

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Ons Jabeur / Alison Riske

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Karolína Plíšková (viral illness)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Qatar Total Open – Singles

• Elise Mertens def. Simona Halep, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

• Chan Hao-ching / Latisha Chan def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Demi Schuurs, 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]