# 2018 Qatar Total Open

The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.

## 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 | $591,750 | $295,900 | $147,750 | $68,125 | $33,750 | $17,325 | $8,900 | $4,955 | $2,550 |
| Doubles* | $169,280 | $85,600 | $42,360 | $21,235 | $10,805 | $5,335 | — | — | — |
$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 3 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 5 |
| LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 6 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 7 | 7 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 8 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 9 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 11 | 10 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 11 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 14 | 12 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 15 | 13 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 18 | 14 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | 20 | 15 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 21 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of February 5, 2018.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Fatma Al-Nabhani
* Çağla Büyükakçay
* Ons Jabeur
* Maria Sharapova
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Catherine Bellis
* Anna Blinkova
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Duan Yingying
* Monica Niculescu
* Naomi Osaka
* Bernarda Pera
* Markéta Vondroušová

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Donna Vekić
* Ana Konjuh → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Tímea Babos
* CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Mona Barthel

#### During the tournament

* Simona Halep

### Retirements

* Julia Görges
* Daria Kasatkina
* Magdaléna Rybáriková

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 6 | 1 |
| TPE | Latisha Chan | CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | 7 | 2 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 3 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 24 | 4 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CHN | Peng Shuai | 41 | 5 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 44 | 6 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 49 | 7 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 50 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of February 5, 2018.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Jessy Rompies
* Mubaraka Al-Naimi / Ons Jabeur
* Dominika Cibulková / Vera Zvonareva
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Mona Barthel / Carina Witthöft

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Irina-Camelia Begu

### Retirements

* Barbora Strýcová

## Champions
### Singles

* Petra Kvitová def. Garbiñe Muguruza, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
It was Kvitová's first Doha title and second of the year and 22nd WTA title overall.

### Doubles

* Gabriela Dabrowski / Jeļena Ostapenko def. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 6–3