# 2020 Qatar Total Open

The 2020 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 23 and 29 February 2020.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $605,000 | $304,005 | $151,515 | $69,775 | $34,500 | $17,800 | $9,100 | $5,080 | $2,620 |
| Doubles* | $172,000 | $87,000 | $43,500 | $21,700 | $11,000 | $5,500 | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 3 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 4 | 4 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 5 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 7 | 6 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 7 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 11 | 8 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 13 | 9 |
| CRO | Petra Martić | 15 | 10 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 16 | 11 |
| CZE | Markéta Vondroušová | 17 | 12 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 18 | 13 |
| KAZ | Elena Rybakina | 19 | 14 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 21 | 15 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 22 | 16 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 23 | 17 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of February 17, 2020

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Sorana Cîrstea
* Ons Jabeur
* Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
* Yaroslava Shvedova
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Priscilla Hon
* Daria Kasatkina
* Tereza Martincová
* Bernarda Pera
* Laura Siegemund
* Kateřina Siniaková
* Jil Teichmann
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Tímea Babos
* Misaki Doi

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jennifer Brady
* Catherine Bellis → replaced by Polona Hercog
* Danielle Collins → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Simona Halep → replaced by Misaki Doi
* Angelique Kerber → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Tímea Babos

#### During the tournament

* Amanda Anisimova (gastrointestinal illness)
* Elena Rybakina (left leg injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 3 | 1 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 2 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 11 | 3 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 19 | 4 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CHN | Xu Yifan | 26 | 5 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 26 | 6 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 26 | 7 |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | NED | Demi Schuurs | 27 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 17, 2020.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Çağla Büyükakçay / Laura Siegemund
* Caroline Garcia / Sania Mirza
* Alla Kudryavtseva / Katarina Srebotnik

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Latisha Chan (dizziness)

## Finals
### Singles

* Aryna Sabalenka def. Petra Kvitová, 6–3, 6–3

### Doubles

* Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]