2016 Qatar Total Open
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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 | 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 | $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 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
- Slovakia Jana Čepelová
- Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
- Croatia Ana Konjuh
- Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
- Croatia Donna Vekić
- Russia Elena Vesnina
- China Wang Qiang
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Germany Mona Barthel → replaced by Russia Daria Kasatkina
- Romania Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Japan Misaki Doi
- France Alizé Cornet → replaced by China Zheng Saisai
- Italy Camila Giorgi → replaced by Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
- China Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova
- Russia Maria Sharapova (forearm injury) → replaced by United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- United States Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by Czech Republic Denisa Allertová
Retirements
- Germany Andrea Petkovic (left thigh injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani / United States Varvara Lepchenko
- Romania Simona Halep / Romania Raluca Olaru
- Czech Republic Petra Kvitová / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
- Tunisia Ons Jabeur / Qatar Olla Mourad
Withdrawals
During the tournament
- Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (right leg injury)
Champions
Singles
- Spain Carla Suárez Navarro def. Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Doubles
- Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan def. Italy Sara Errani / Spain Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–3