Qatar Ladies Open
The Qatar Ladies Open, known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is a 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.
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). In 2012, The tournament got Premier 5 status due to the success of last year's tournament that featured seven of the top ten players and also due to the recent history of the Dubai Tennis Championships. In the 2015 WTA Season, the tournament has got back its Premier status, while the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships has got back its Original status of Premier 5.
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 | .svg.png) 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 |
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| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ |
| 2011 | Vera Zvonareva |  Caroline Wozniacki | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ |
| 2012 |  Victoria Azarenka | Samantha Stosur | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2013 | Victoria Azarenka | Serena Williams | 7–6(6), 2–6, 6–3 |
| 2014 |  Simona Halep |  Angelique Kerber | 6–2, 6–3 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ |
| 2015 |  Lucie Šafářová | Victoria Azarenka | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles
| Year |
Champions |
Runners-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 |
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| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ |
| 2011 | Květa Peschke
 Katarina Srebotnik | Liezel Huber
Nadia Petrova | 7–5, 6–7(2), [10–8] |
| ↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓ |
| 2012 | Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond | Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2013 | Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci | Nadia Petrova
Katarina Srebotnik | 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| 2014 | Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai | Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–0 |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ |
| 2015 | Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears | Hsieh Su-wei
 Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–4 |
See also
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