2017 Qatar Total Open
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The 2017 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 18 February 2017.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Doubles | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $132,740 | $70,880 | $36,850 | $20,350 | $10,915 | $6,925 | $3,110 | $1,650 | $920 | |
| Doubles* | $41,520 | $22,180 | $12,120 | $6,165 | $3,350 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 2 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 5 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6 | 4 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 7 | 5 |
| RUS | Elena Vesnina | 15 | 6 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 16 | 7 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 17 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 6, 2017.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- United States Madison Brengle
- United States Lauren Davis
- Serbia Jelena Janković
- United States Christina McHale
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- United Kingdom Johanna Konta → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
- Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Laura Siegemund
- Spain Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Monica Puig
Retirements
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Chan Yung-jan | SUI | Martina Hingis | 20 | 1 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 21 | 2 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CHN | Peng Shuai | 26 | 3 |
| USA | Abigail Spears | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 46 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 6, 2017.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani / Qatar Mubaraka Al-Naimi
- Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung / Serbia Jelena Janković
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Champions
Singles
- Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková def. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles
- United States Abigail Spears / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik def. Ukraine Olga Savchuk / Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)