The 2012 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event. It took place at International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 19 February 2012. It was upgraded from a Premier event to a Premier 5 event. Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.
Champions
Singles
Victoria Azarenka defeated Samantha Stosur, 6–1, 6–2 It was Azarenka's 3rd title of the year and 11th of her career. It was her 1st Premier 5 title of her career and 6th total Premier title. It was her 3rd consecutive title and 17th consecutive match win.
Doubles
Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–3, 6–1
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedVictoria Azarenka11Caroline Wozniacki42Samantha Stosur53Agnieszka Radwańska64Marion Bartoli75Vera Zvonareva86Francesca Schiavone117Jelena Janković138Sabine Lisicki149Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1510Dominika Cibulková1611Peng Shuai1712Ana Ivanovic1813Svetlana Kuznetsova1914Daniela Hantuchová2015Julia Görges2116 1 Rankings as of February 6, 2012
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani Ons Jabeur Nadia Lalami
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kateryna Bondarenko Vera Dushevina Caroline Garcia Anne Keothavong Varvara Lepchenko Urszula Radwańska Virginie Razzano Aleksandra Wozniak
Withdrawals Petra Kvitová Andrea Petkovic (low back stress fracture)
Retirements Marion Bartoli (right calf injury) Carla Suárez Navarro (right hip injury) Vera Zvonareva (left hip injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond31 Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina152Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska373Maria Kirilenko Sabine Lisicki554Nuria Llagostera VivesAnastasia Rodionova575 Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová596Julia Görges Zheng Jie647Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová668 1 Rankings are as of February 6, 2012
Other entrants The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani / Ons Jabeur
Retirements Urszula Radwańska (upper respiratory injury)
References
External links Official Website