# 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. 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. Typically played in February one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year 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.

## Finals
### 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

* 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 | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32$^1$ | 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 | — | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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 | Rank$^1$ | 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