2020 Qatar Total Open

2020 Qatar Total Open
2020 Qatar Total Open
Date	23–29 February
Edition	18th
Category	Premier 5
Draw	56S / 28D
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
	Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
	Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová

The 2020 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 23 and 29 February 2020.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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	900	585	350	190	105	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 56	Q2	Q1
Singles	$605,000	$304,005	$151,515	$69,775	$34,500	$17,800	$9,100	$5,080	$2,620
Doubles*	$172,000	$87,000	$43,500	$21,700	$11,000	$5,500	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	1	1
~~ROU~~	~~Simona Halep~~	2	2
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	3
SUI	Belinda Bencic	4	4
UKR	Elina Svitolina	6	5
USA	Sofia Kenin	7	6
NED	Kiki Bertens	8	7
CZE	Petra Kvitová	11	8
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	13	9
CRO	Petra Martić	15	10
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	16	11
CZE	Markéta Vondroušová	17	12
USA	Alison Riske	18	13
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	19	14
GRE	Maria Sakkari	21	15
BEL	Elise Mertens	22	16
CRO	Donna Vekić	23	17

¹ Rankings as of February 17, 2020

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jennifer Brady
Catherine Bellis → replaced by Polona Hercog
Danielle Collins → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova
Simona Halep → replaced by Misaki Doi
Angelique Kerber → replaced by Carla Suárez Navarro
Johanna Konta → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Tímea Babos

During the tournament

Amanda Anisimova (gastrointestinal illness)
Elena Rybakina (left leg injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	3	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	7	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	11	3
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	19	4
USA	Nicole Melichar	CHN	Xu Yifan	26	5
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	26	6
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	26	7
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	NED	Demi Schuurs	27	8