2013 Qatar Total Open
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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 | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
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 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | 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:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
- Russia Vera Dushevina
- France Caroline Garcia
- Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
- Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
- United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva
- Australia Anastasia Rodionova
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- China Li Na (left ankle injury)
- Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
- Serbia Bojana Jovanovski (back injury)
Retirements
- Russia Maria Kirilenko (shoulder injury)
- United States Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
- Russia Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
- Belgium Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | 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:
- Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani / Germany Kathrin Wörle
- France Caroline Garcia / United States Christina McHale
- Czech Republic Petra Kvitová / Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
- Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova / Italy Francesca Schiavone
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
- Italy Maria Elena Camerin / Romania Simona Halep
- Poland Justyna Jegiołka / Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
- Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- United States Varvara Lepchenko (upper respiratory illness)
- Russia Ekaterina Makarova (left hill injury)
- Belgium Yanina Wickmayer (low back injury)
Champions
Singles
- Belarus Victoria Azarenka def. United States Serena Williams, 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
Doubles
- Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci def. Russia Nadia Petrova / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik, 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]