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 .
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]
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. 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
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
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