2018 Qatar Total Open
| 2018 Qatar Total Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12–17 February |
| Edition | 16th |
| Category | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Prize money | $2,666,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Doha, Qatar |
| Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Petra Kvitová | |
| Doubles | |
 Gabriela Dabrowski /  Jeļena Ostapenko | |
The 2018 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 12 and 17 February 2018.
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 56 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $591,750 | $295,900 | $147,750 | $68,125 | $33,750 | $17,325 | $8,900 | $4,955 | $2,550 |
| Doubles* | $169,280 | $85,600 | $42,360 | $21,235 | $10,805 | $5,335 | — | — | — |
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 1 |
 ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
 UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 3 |
 ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 5 | 5 |
| LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 6 |
 FRA | Caroline Garcia | 7 | 7 |
 GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 8 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 9 |
 GBR | Johanna Konta | 11 | 10 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 11 |
 USA | Madison Keys | 14 | 12 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 15 | 13 |
 SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 18 | 14 |
 BEL | Elise Mertens | 20 | 15 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 21 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 5, 2018.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Catherine Bellis
Anna Blinkova
Kateryna Bondarenko
Duan Yingying
Monica Niculescu
Naomi Osaka- Bernarda Pera
Markéta Vondroušová
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by 
Donna Vekić- Ana Konjuh → replaced by
Aleksandra Krunić - Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by
Tímea Babos - CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by
Mona Barthel
- During the tournament
Retirements
[edit]Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 6 | 1 |
 TPE | Latisha Chan | CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | 7 | 2 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 3 |
 HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 24 | 4 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei |  CHN | Peng Shuai | 41 | 5 |
| ROU | ROU | ||||
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 49 | 7 |
 SLO | Andreja Klepač | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 50 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 5, 2018.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Retirements
[edit]Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Petra Kvitová def.
Garbiñe Muguruza, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
It was Kvitová's first Doha title and second of the year and 22nd WTA title overall.
Doubles
[edit]
Gabriela Dabrowski / 
Jeļena Ostapenko def. 
Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 6–3