Qatar Ladies Open

Qatar Ladies Open
WTA Tour
Location Doha
 Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Category Premier (from 2011)
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Draw 28M/32Q/16D
Prize Money $721,000

The Qatar Ladies Open , known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is 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. Total S.A. was the main tournament sponsor. After a two year break the tournament returned in 2011.

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History

The first tournament was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $170,000, as a Tier III tournament. In 2004, the tournament got Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $600,000, and in 2007 to $1,340,000. 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. The tournament 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).

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  Tier III tournament  ↓
2001 Martina Hingis Sandrine Testud 6–3, 6–2
2002 Monica Seles Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–6(6), 6–3
2003 Anastasia Myskina Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–1
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2004 Anastasia Myskina 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 Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2009-2010 Not Held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2011 Vera Zvonareva Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champion Runner-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
Katarina Srebotnik		 Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova		 7–5, 6–7(2), [10–8]

See also

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