The 2015 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar from 23 February to 28 February.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles4703051851005512518131Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1Singles$124,000$66,000$35,455$19,050$10,220$5,580$2,920$2,900$1,555$860Doubles*$39,000$20,650$11,360$5,875$3,140 *per team
Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedPetra Kvitová31Simona Halep42Caroline Wozniacki53Agnieszka Radwańska84Ekaterina Makarova95Andrea Petkovic106Venus Williams117Angelique Kerber128Carla Suárez Navarro139 1 Rankings as of February 16, 2015.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Victoria Azarenka Ons Jabeur Caroline Wozniacki
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alexandra Dulgheru Kirsten Flipkens Daria Gavrilova Stefanie Vögele
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Zheng Saisai
Withdrawals Before the tournament Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Sabine Lisicki Simona Halep (right rib injury) → replaced by Zheng Saisai Peng Shuai → replaced by Casey Dellacqua
Retirements Alexandra Dulgheru (upper respiratory tract infection) Jelena Janković (right hip injury) Garbiñe Muguruza (viral illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHsieh Su-weiSania Mirza111Ekaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina162Martina HingisFlavia Pennetta173Raquel Kops-JonesAbigail Spears224 1 Rankings as of February 16, 2015.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani / Zheng Saisai Victoria Azarenka / Kirsten Flipkens The following pairs received entry as alternates: Yuliya Beygelzimer / Olga Savchuk Jarmila Gajdošová / Andrea Petkovic Darija Jurak / Klára Koukalová
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kristina Mladenovic (viral infection) Garbiñe Muguruza (viral illness) Karolína Plíšková (viral illness) During the tournament Kirsten Flipkens (viral illness)
Champions Singles
Lucie Šafářová def. Victoria Azarenka, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears def. Hsieh Su-wei / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–4
External links Official Website