# 2013 Qatar Total Open

The 2013 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 17 February 2013.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 620 | 395 | 225 | 125 | 70 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Doubles | 900 | 620 | 395 | 225 | 125 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $426,000 | $213,000 | $106,435 | $49,040 | $24,300 | $12,480 | $6,415 | $3,560 | $1,840 |
| Doubles * | $122,000 | $61,600 | $30,490 | $15,340 | $7,780 | 3,840 | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 2 | 2 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 4 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 5 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 6 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 7 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 8 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 9 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 11 | 10 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 12 | 11 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 13 | 12 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 14 | 13 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 15 | 14 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 16 | 15 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 17 | 16 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 18 | 17 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of February 4, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Fatma Al-Nabhani
* Heidi El Tabakh
* Ons Jabeur
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Ekaterina Bychkova
* Vera Dushevina
* Caroline Garcia
* Nadiia Kichenok
* Tadeja Majerič
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Yulia Putintseva
* Anastasia Rodionova
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
* Daria Gavrilova
* Mervana Jugić-Salkić

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Li Na (left ankle injury)
* Dominika Cibulková
* Bojana Jovanovski (back injury)

### Retirements

* Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
* Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
* Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
* Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 20 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 27 | 3 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | CHN | Zheng Jie | 30 | 4 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | USA | Liezel Huber | 33 | 5 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | CZE | Květa Peschke | 35 | 6 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 40 | 7 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | IND | Sania Mirza | 46 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of February 4, 2013.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Fatma Al-Nabhani / Kathrin Wörle
* Caroline Garcia / Christina McHale
* Petra Kvitová / Yanina Wickmayer
* Aleksandrina Naydenova / Francesca Schiavone
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Maria Elena Camerin / Simona Halep
* Justyna Jegiołka / Veronika Kapshay
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
* Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
* Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)

## Champions
### Singles

* Victoria Azarenka def. Serena Williams, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 2–6, 6–3

### Doubles

* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci def. Nadia Petrova / Katarina Srebotnik, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]