2017 Qatar Total Open

2017 Qatar Total Open
2017 Qatar Total Open
Date	13–18 February
Edition	15th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$776,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
	Karolína Plíšková
Doubles
	Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik

The 2017 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 13 and 18 February 2017.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles	470	305	185	100	1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$132,740	$70,880	$36,850	$20,350	$10,915	$6,925	$3,110	$1,650	$920
Doubles*	$41,520	$22,180	$12,120	$6,165	$3,350	—	—	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	2	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	5	3
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	6	4
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	7	5
RUS	Elena Vesnina	15	6
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	16	7
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	17	8

¹ Rankings as of February 6, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Johanna Konta → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Monica Puig

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
TPE	Chan Yung-jan	SUI	Martina Hingis	20	1
IND	Sania Mirza	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	21	2
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CHN	Peng Shuai	26	3
USA	Abigail Spears	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	46	4