2021 Qatar Total Open

2021 Qatar Total Open
2021 Qatar Total Open
Date	1–6 March
Edition	19th
Category	WTA 500
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$565,530
Surface	Hard
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
Champions
Singles
	Petra Kvitová
Doubles
	Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs

The 2021 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament, played in Doha, Qatar between the 1st and the 6th of March 2021.^[1] The tournament was played on hard courts at the International Tennis and Squash Complex, and was a WTA 500 event on the 2021 WTA Tour.^[2]^[3] Typically played in February^[4] one to two weeks following the Australian Open, the tournament was played in March this year^[5] in order to adjust for the delayed start of the 2021 tournament, which was held three weeks later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Champions

It was Kvitová's first title of 2021 and the 28th of her career.

Nicole Melichar / Demi Schuurs def. Monica Niculescu / Jeļena Ostapenko, 6–2, 2–6, [10–8]

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}
_{*per team}

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	2
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	8	3
CZE	Petra Kvitová	10	4
NED	Kiki Bertens	11	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	6
USA	Jennifer Brady	13	7
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	14	8

The following players will receive wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	15	1
USA	Nicole Melichar	NED	Demi Schuurs	23	2
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Ena Shibahara	29	3
RUS	Anna Blinkova	CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	59	4