2021 Qatar Total Open

The 2021 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played in Doha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021.^[1] The tournament was played on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and was a WTA 500 event on the 2021 WTA Tour.^[2][3] Typically played in February^[4] one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year^[5] in order to adjust for the delayed start of the 2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

2021 Qatar Total Open
Date	1–6 March
Edition	19th
Category	WTA 500
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$565,530
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2021 Qatar Total Open – Singles

• Petra Kvitová def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–2, 6–1.

It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2021 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

• Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs def. Monica Niculescu / Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]

Points and prize money

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	$68,570	$51,000	$32,400	$15,500	$8,200	$6,650	$3,295	$2,350	$1,800
Doubles*	$25,230	$17,750	$10,000	$5,500	$3,500	—	—	—	—

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	2
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	8	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	10	4
NED	Kiki Bertens	11	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	6
USA	Jennifer Brady	13	7
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	14	8

• ¹ Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.

Other entrants

The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Victoria Azarenka
• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Mayar Sherif

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:

• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anna Blinkova
• Jessica Pegula
• Kristýna Plíšková
• Laura Siegemund

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Misaki Doi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Ons Jabeur
• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Wang Qiang
• Simona Halep → replaced by Amanda Anisimova
• Sofia Kenin → replaced by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Iga Świątek → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Zheng Saisai

During the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	1
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	23	2
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	29	3
RUS	Anna Blinkova	CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	59	4

• Rankings determined by February 22, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Laura Siegemund / Elena Vesnina

The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:

• Andreja Klepač / Sania Mirza

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Akgul Amanmuradova / Liang En-shuo

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Hayley Carter / Luisa Stefani → replaced by Akgul Amanmuradova / Liang En-shuo
• Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by Elena Rybakina / Yaroslava Shvedova
• Zhang Shuai / Zheng Saisai → replaced by Zheng Saisai / Zhu Lin