2019 Qatar Total Open
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The 2019 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and a Premier tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 11 and 16 February 2019.
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 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $158,895 | $84,850 | $45,320 | $24,360 | $13,065 | $8,290 | $3,720 | $1,980 | $1,100 |
| Doubles* | $49,700 | $26,546 | $14,510 | $7,385 | $4,010 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 2 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 6 | 3 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 7 | 4 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 5 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 6 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 12 | 7 |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 13 | 8 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 16 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 4, 2019.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- Spain Lara Arruabarrena
- Slovenia Polona Hercog
- Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
- United States Alison Riske
- Australia Samantha Stosur
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Australia Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Slovenia Polona Hercog
- France Caroline Garcia → replaced by Spain Lara Arruabarrena
- United States Madison Keys → replaced by Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
- Japan Naomi Osaka → replaced by Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
- Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
- China Wang Qiang → replaced by United States Alison Riske
- Denmark Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Australia Samantha Stosur
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 24 | 1 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 27 | 2 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 28 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | NED | Demi Schuurs | 40 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of February 4, 2019.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani / Qatar Mubaraka Al-Naimi
- Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková / Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (viral illness)
Champions
Singles
- Belgium Elise Mertens def. Romania Simona Halep, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
- Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan def. Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Netherlands Demi Schuurs, 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]