title: 2016 Qatar Total Open
text: # 2016 Qatar Total Open
  
  The 2016 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 21 and 27 February 2016.
  
  ## 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 | 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 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | $518,500 | $259,300 | $129,520 | $59,730 | $29,580 | $15,185 | $7,800 | $4,340 | $2,230 |
  | Doubles * | $148,300 | $75,010 | $37,130 | $18,700 | $9,470 | $4,680 | — | — | — |
  
  $_{*perteam}$
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GER | Angelique Kerber | 2 | 1 |
  | ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 2 |
  | POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
  | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 5 | 4 |
  | CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 5 |
  | SUI | Belinda Bencic | 9 | 6 |
  | CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 10 | 7 |
  | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 11 | 8 |
  | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 13 | 9 |
  | CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 14 | 10 |
  | SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 16 | 11 |
  | RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 18 | 12 |
  | DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 19 | 13 |
  | SRB | Jelena Janković | 20 | 14 |
  | UKR | Elina Svitolina | 21 | 15 |
  | ITA | Sara Errani | 22 | 16 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Fatma Al-Nabhani
  * Eugenie Bouchard
  * Çağla Büyükakçay
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Kateryna Bondarenko
  * Jana Čepelová
  * Kirsten Flipkens
  * Ana Konjuh
  * Anastasija Sevastova
  * Donna Vekić
  * Elena Vesnina
  * Wang Qiang
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Mona Barthel → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
  * Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Misaki Doi
  * Alizé Cornet → replaced by Zheng Saisai
  * Camila Giorgi → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
  * Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
  * Maria Sharapova (forearm injury) → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  * Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by Denisa Allertová
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Andrea Petkovic (left thigh injury)
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
  | USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 10 | 2 |
  | FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 20 | 3 |
  | TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 21 | 4 |
  | CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 5 |
  | HUN | Tímea Babos | GER | Julia Görges | 36 | 6 |
  | USA | Raquel Atawo | USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 7 |
  | SLO | Andreja Klepač | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 49 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Fatma Al-Nabhani / Varvara Lepchenko
  * Simona Halep / Raluca Olaru
  * Petra Kvitová / Barbora Strýcová
  * Ons Jabeur / Olla Mourad
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Petra Kvitová (right leg injury)
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Carla Suárez Navarro def. Jeļena Ostapenko, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Sara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–3
  