| 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 | ||||
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The2021Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played inDoha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021.[1] The tournament was played onhard courts at theInternational Tennis and Squash Complex, and was aWTA 500 event on the2021 WTA Tour.[2][3] Typically played in February[4] one to two weeks following theAustralian Open, the tournament was played in March this year[5] in order to adjust for the delayed start of the2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Petra Kvitová def.
Garbiñe Muguruza, 6–2, 6–1.It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.
Nicole Melichar /Demi Schuurs def.
Monica Niculescu /
Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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
| 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 |
The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by
Ons JabeurAmanda Anisimova → replaced by
Misaki Doi
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by
Wang QiangSimona Halep → replaced byAmanda AnisimovaSofia Kenin → replaced by
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Iga Świątek → replaced bySvetlana KuznetsovaMarkéta Vondroušová → replaced byZheng Saisai| 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 |
The following pairs will receive wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry into the doubles main draw using a protected ranking:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Hayley Carter /
Luisa Stefani → replaced by
Akgul Amanmuradova /
Liang En-shuoXu Yifan /Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by
Elena Rybakina /Yaroslava ShvedovaZhang Shuai /Zheng Saisai → replaced byZheng Saisai /Zhu Lin
