2016 Qatar Total Open
| 2016 Qatar Total Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21–27 February |
| Edition | 14th |
| Category | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 26D |
| Prize money | $2,818,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Doha, Qatar |
| Venue | Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Carla Suárez Navarro | |
| Doubles | |
 Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan | |
The 2016 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 21 and 27 February 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $518,500[1] | $259,300 | $129,520 | $59,730 | $29,580 | $15,185 | $7,800 | $4,340[2] | $2,230 |
| Doubles * | $148,300[3] | $75,010 | $37,130 | $18,700 | $9,470 | $4,680 | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 GER
|
Angelique Kerber | 2 | 1 |
 ROU
|
Simona Halep | 3 | 2 |
 POL
|
Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
| ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 5 | 4 |
 CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 8 | 5 |
 SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 9 | 6 |
| CZE
|
Lucie Šafářová | 10 | 7 |
| ESP
|
Carla Suárez Navarro | 11 | 8 |
 ITA
|
Roberta Vinci | 13 | 9 |
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 14 | 10 |
| SUI
|
Timea Bacsinszky | 16 | 11 |
 RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 18 | 12 |
 DEN
|
Caroline Wozniacki | 19 | 13 |
 SRB
|
Jelena Janković | 20 | 14 |
 UKR
|
Elina Svitolina | 21 | 15 |
| ITA
|
Sara Errani | 22 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Kateryna Bondarenko
Jana Čepelová
Kirsten Flipkens
Ana Konjuh
Anastasija Sevastova- Donna Vekić
- Elena Vesnina
Wang Qiang
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Mona Barthel → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
- Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by
Misaki Doi 
Alizé Cornet → replaced by Zheng Saisai- Camila Giorgi → replaced by
Yaroslava Shvedova - Peng Shuai (right hand injury) → replaced by
Tsvetana Pironkova - Maria Sharapova (forearm injury) → replaced by
Bethanie Mattek-Sands - Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by Denisa Allertová
Retirements
- Andrea Petkovic (left thigh injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI
|
Martina Hingis |  IND
|
Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
| USA
|
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | KAZ
|
Yaroslava Shvedova | 10 | 2 |
| FRA
|
Caroline Garcia | FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 20 | 3 |
| TPE
|
Chan Hao-ching | TPE
|
Chan Yung-jan | 21 | 4 |
| CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 5 |
 HUN
|
Tímea Babos | GER
|
Julia Görges | 36 | 6 |
| USA
|
Raquel Atawo | USA
|
Abigail Spears | 39 | 7 |
 SLO
|
Andreja Klepač | SLO
|
Katarina Srebotnik | 49 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 15, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Fatma Al-Nabhani / Varvara Lepchenko- Simona Halep / Raluca Olaru
- Petra Kvitová / Barbora Strýcová
Ons Jabeur / 
Olla Mourad
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
- Petra Kvitová (right leg injury)
Champions
Singles
- Carla Suárez Navarro def. Jeļena Ostapenko, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Doubles
- Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Sara Errani / Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–3, 6–3
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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